FRIDAY CAT COUNTRY COMMENTARY: 3 THINGS IN :60

(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)

I’VE GOT THREE POINTS TO MAKE AND ONLY HAVE A MINUTE SO LET’S GO …

IN OUR WEEKLY VISIT TO FANTASYLAND, THE ROUGHRIDERS BEAT THE OTTAWA REDBLACKS 27-14 ON THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IN OUR COMPUTER SIMULATED SEASON!

CODY FAJARDO FIRED THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES AS THE RIDERS IMPROVED TO 4-2, AND OTTAWA FELL TO 0-7.

DON’T LAUGH – WE’RE AT CLOSE TO 80-THOUSAND VIEWERS FOR THE GAMES.

POINT 2: SOMEWHERE, SOME PLACE WE SAW THAT CFL COMMISSIONER RANDY AMBROSIE SET TODAY AS A DROP-DEAD DATE TO ANNOUNCE A 2020 SEASON OF 6-GAMES IN THE WINNIPEG BUBBLE.

BUT TSN’S DAVE NAYLOR THREW WATER ON THAT LAST NIGHT, SAYING HE DOESN’T EXPECT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CFL TODAY; ON ANYTHING.

WILL THE CFL PLAY THIS YEAR? YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.

AND POINT 3: IT’S A SAD MESSAGE TO CURRENT PLAYERS BUT IT’S TRUE; IF YOU OPT OUT OF PLAYING OR GET SICK, THERE’LL BE SOMEBODY IN YOUR SPOT BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE ROOM.

IT’S NOT LIKE WE DIDN’T KNOW THAT, BUT IT WAS CONFIRMED THIS WEEK WHEN BASEBALL’S MIAMI MARLINS HAD A COVID OUTBREAK AND HAD TO CANCEL GAMES. G-M DON MATTINGLY’S PHONE WAS RINGING OFF THE HOOK WITH PROSPECTS WHO WANTED THEIR SHOT IN THE BIGS.

THE SAME RINGS TRUE FOR ALL SPORTS, AND REALLY ALL ACROSS THE SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WHICH HAS BEEN RAVAGED BY CORONAVIRUS.

YOU REALLY NEED TO EXAMINE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE GAME. MANY ARE, AND THEY’RE JUMPING OFF THE BOAT … NEVER TO RETURN.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.