FOOTBALL FRIDAY RUNDOWN: BARKER & MADDEN!

Fridays are reserved for football on the RP Show and we tackled ALL the biggest football news on Episode #1,063 of The RP Show – Daytime Sportstalk – live from Century Downs Racetrack & Casino! Here’s the rundown:

• RP and Kevin The Medium kicked things off with The Warmup covering these Quick Six show topics: 1) The Edmonton Elks FINALLY win, 24-10 at Hamilton, 2) Week 11 continues with Winnipeg at Calgary Friday night, 3) In NFL preseason play Cleveland and Philadelphia tied 18-18 on Thursday, 4) Friday’s NFL preseason sked consists of Carolina at NY Giants and Cincinnati at Atlanta, 5) The Blue Jays are at Cincinnati Friday night, and 6) Legendary Buffalo Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret passes at age 81.
• CFL On TSN analyst Jim Barker joined the show from Toronto to discuss all of the Week 11 CFL games, and the growing pressure on the Dickenson brothers in Calgary and Sask. Regarding Sunday’s BC/Saskatchewan game, Barker had this to say about the Riders’ starting QB: “I’m not a big fan of Jake Dolegala. I look at the CFL and try to look at the QBs who’ve had success that are 6’4” and up and he’s 6’7”. It’s harder to protect with a bigger QB like that.”
• In Hour 2 we were joined by Calgary-based sports betting expert Jo Madden of Sports Grid TV! She was an amazing guest and although she provides betting advice on ALL leagues, she focused on the NFL in our interview and took plenty of questions from viewers. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @JoMaddenSports.
• The daily Key Yorkton Kia poll question was: Who’s the Super Bowl favourite – Kansas City, Philadelphia, Cincinnati or Buffalo? At press time the Chiefs were leading by a mile.
• Edmonton sportscaster Jason Gregor joined the show to discuss the launch of Sports 1440 Radio on September 5, in the wake of TSN 1260 going off the air earlier this summer. Gregor talked about how the sports channel came about, who its personalities will be, and also gave his Mount Rushmore of Edmonton Oilers.
• Thursday’s Rockstar of the Day was Cami Kepke. Friday’s was Jo Madden!
• If you missed the show you can catch the replay at 10 pm PT/12 am CT on Game+TV, on our YouTube Channel or wherever you enjoy your podcasts.
• See you at 12 pm ET on Monday on Game+TV, WQEE Radio, Podcast and YouTube Live!