TUESDAY COMMENTARY: ROASTED DUCK

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It’s Tuesday and you know what that means; time for another edition of the Good, the Great & the Ugly!

First the good: With the Grey Cup behind us, it’s time to turn our attention to all the other football leagues.

Sure the NFL and College Football are the best of the best and their biggest games have yet to be played, but don’t forget about Canada’s national university championship which will be played on Saturday in London, ON between the Saskatchewan Huskies and Laval.

It’s redemption time for the Dogs, and it’ll be on CBC.

Next, the great: I get tingles thinking about jumping on the NHL bandwagon with both feet for the next six months!

And consider this stat from NHL Radio’s Scott Laughlin on Monday’s RP Show: teams whom are in a playoff spot at U.S. Thanksgiving (this Thursday) will go on to make the playoffs over 90% of the time.

That’s great news for the Jets and Leafs and so/so news for the Flames and Oilers.

And Anaheim can probably call it a season already.

And lastly, the ugly: It’s the plight the CFL currently finds itself in.

They’re darned if they do and darned if they don’t.

Literally any move they make gets met by rage from a triggered fanbase, but they’re going to have to make a lot of improvements if this league is going to survive and thrive.

I think we all heard Commissioner Randy Ambrosie get booed upon his introduction at Grey Cup on the weekend and it’s a telltale sign of his popularity in this country.

Now’s the time to admit faults and get better.

Or, keep chugging along and ignore the signs. The choice is always theirs.

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary

(The Rod Pedersen Show airs daily at 12 pm ET on Game+ TV and WQEE Radio)