WEDNESDAY COMMENTARY – CANADA’S GAME OF THE WEEK

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IT’S A CFL EDITION OF THE GOOD, THE GREAT, THE UGLY! FOR THOSE NEW TO CANADA’S FAVOURITE GAME SHOW … FOLLOW ALONG.

FIRST, THE GOOD: IT COMES FROM SASKATCHEWAN WHERE, ‘WHO DOESN’T LOVE A GOOD QUARTERBACK CONTROVERSY?’

THE GREEN & WHITE WILL TRY TO AVOID A THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS WHEN THEY WELCOME NATHAN “WESTJET” ROURKE AND THE BC LIONS TO MOSAIC STADIUM IN A HUGE WEST DIVISION SHOWDOWN FRIDAY EVENING.

IT’S GOOD FOR HEADLINES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY GOOD FOR THE RIDERS; AS WE SIT HERE MIDWEEK, SASK HASN’T NAMED A STARTING QUARTERBACK. IT FEELS LIKE ANY ONE OF CODY FAJARDO, MASON FINE OR JAKE DOLEGALA COULD START.

IF I WAS THE COACH – AND YOU CAN THANK THE STARS I’M NOT – I’D BE STARTING THE 6-FOOT-7 DOLEGALA.

NEXT, THE GREAT: AND IT COMES FROM HERE IN CALGARY WHERE THE TOWN IS FINALLY BUZZING ABOUT SATURDAY’S MASSIVE CLASH BETWEEN THE BLUE BOMBERS AND STAMPEDERS AT MCMAHON STADIUM.

WITHOUT QUESTION, IT’S CANADA’S GAME OF THE WEEK. THE BOMBERS ARE 7-0 AND DEMOLISHING EVERYTHING IN THEIR PATH BUT THEY HAVEN’T WON IN CALGARY SINCE 2017.

IF YOU’RE NOT EXCITED ABOUT THIS GAME, YOU DON’T HAVE A PULSE. YOU CAN EXPECT A BIG CROWD AS CALGARY IS TURNED ON FOR THIS ONE.

AND LASTLY, THE UGLY: WE ARE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT ANDREW HARRIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. PERHAPS FOREVER.

THE ARGONAUTS RUNNING BACK AND 3-TIME GREY CUP CHAMP PILED UP 143 YARDS RUSHING AGAINST SASK ON THE WEEKEND BUT HIS CRITICS SAY IT’S BECAUSE OF STEROIDS THAT A 35-YEAR OLD COULD BE SO EFFECTIVE.

IT’S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE HARRIS WAS SUSPENDED TWO GAMES FOR A DOPING VIOLATION, WHILE WITH WINNIPEG, BUT IT STILL COMES UP. A LOT.

THE ANNOUNCERS ALWAYS REFER TO ANDREW AS A “FIRST-BALLOT HALL OF FAMER” BUT I WONDER IF HE’S GOING TO BE CANADA’S BARRY BONDS OR MARK MCGWIRE?

IF I HAD A VOTE, I’D PUT HIM IN.

YOU THINK NOBODY IN THE CANADIAN FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME EVER USED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS?

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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