THURSDAY SHOW RECAP

Thursday’s show was Episode #39 of The Rod Pedersen Show. Here are the highlights!

• Rod and Dupes were joined in the bunker by Kelly Remple “The Silver Fox” for The Warmup. They teed up the CFL doubleheader on Thursday Night Football beginning with Calgary at Ottawa, followed by Toronto at Edmonton.
• In honour of show #39, they recognized sports figures who wore #39 including Doug Weight, Dave Albright, Willie Pless, Larry Csonka, Darryl Strawberry and Roy Campanella.
• TSN Calgary’s Jermaine Franklin joined the show via video chat to talk about the new Calgary arena deal. He said what sold the City of Calgary on the deal is the fact the Flames ownership group put up their share of the $550-million pricetag up front. He also noted that it’s a source of frustration for the Stampeders that no new football stadium is in the offing.
• The CFL on TSN’s Henry Burris made another appearance from Toronto. He was supposed to tee up Week 7 in the CFL, but Facebook viewers took over the interview, peppering Smilin’ Hank with questions about his career. He said the infamous “Hennnnnnryyyyyy” chants never bothered him except for the 2013 Grey Cup. He said nothing went right for his Ticats that day, in an eventual 45-23 loss to the Roughriders at Taylor Field.
• Regarding his decision to get into the media after his football career, Hank said his initial plan in college was to be an orthopaedic surgeon however he didn’t want to go to school for that long! He said he was offered this position with Bell/TSN/CTV and he’s greatly enjoying it.
• The crew went off the grid with the daily Capital Auto Mall/Universal Collision Centre poll, asking viewers and listeners if wearing socks with sandals is appropriate? The result was a resounding “no”, with 80% saying it’s a bad look.
• The boys announced plans for the inaugural RP Show Watch Party this Saturday at 5:00 pm at Baller’s Rec Room to watch Saskatchewan at BC. Everyone is invited to come on down and watch the game with the boys!
• Thursday’s show is available for viewing NOW on our Facebook page, or listen to the podcast by clicking on the PODCAST tab at the top of this page.
• On Friday’s show, we’ll recap Thursday’s CFL games. Guests include Hall of Fame Rider broadcaster John Lynch and free agent LB Otha Foster. See you 10:00 am MT on Facebook Live!