The 2024 CFL season experienced week to week has felt somewhat odd: Stuff like the crashes-and-burns of the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders, the defending West champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers digging themselves out of a hole to rise to first place, essentially every team except the Calgary Stampeders forced to give #2 and/or #3 QBs quality min…

The Fightin' Texas Aggies did what they were expected to do in a 52-10 drubbing of McNeese State at Kyle Field. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño recap on Saturday and turn the page to night week's SEC opener in Gainesville.Billy Liucci

Even at 13-13 in the final seven minutes of a Saturday night showdown, Texas A&M fell short as Notre Dame escaped Kyle Field. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño reflect on a 23-13 loss in Mike Elko's first game as the head coach in Aggieland.Billy Liucci

(alternative title: Argos win on missed FG; Football fandom freaks out) After week 12, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts could talk about how all four games came down to a touchdown or less, about another fantastic showing by the East, about how the top three teams by win-loss record are now in the East, about how the Winnipeg Blue Bombers ar…

Once again, Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts talk an anomalous sweep in the Canadian Football League – Just three weeks after an exceptionally rare 4-0 showing by the four East division teams, week 11 saw the visitors sweep the homedogs. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can’t decide which is more amazing: The visitors sweeping or Os g…

You've waited somewhat patiently for a Billy Liucci update on Texas A&M's Fall Camp, and with kickoff just 12 days away, here it is. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, "The Source" and David Nuño provide the most up-to-date look at the Ags ahead of the 2024 campaign.Billy Liucci

OK, so the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast ins’t *quite* covering 1,001 news items, hot (or lukewarm) takes and predictions but hoo boy, is this league generating some serious fodder for chatter at the halfway point of the season. First and foremost is the round of quarterback roulette in which most CFL teams are currently embroiled; more intrigue w…

You read that right: the Rouge, White & Blue Podcast affirms that the CFL right now is absolutely nuts, bananas and any more idiomatic expressions with food you want to use. Seriously, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis can only gawk in confusion at some of these teams, barely sputtering a “WTF” when asking stuff like: How did this BC Lions of…

As the dust settles on a historic East division sweep in week 8, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast remarks on this year’s crop of backup quarterbacks; marvels at the Montreal Alouettes’ defense and the Ottawa Redblacks in general; and remains baffled by the unbettable Calgary Stampeders. RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis answer questions lik…

At the top of this week’s Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, the discussion naturally begins with a wrap of week 7 games – while meandering through some grousing about what was seemingly a poor fantasy week for everyone. (Jake Maier the top QB? A touchdown from rookie FB Clint Ratkovich? Dude.) Light on fantasy football points the slate of games may h…

RWB CFL podcast #263: Chris Jones out, end of an era The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast began when head coach Chris Jones was on the way to winning his first (and, as it turns out, likely his only) Grey Cup. Thiw week, the key CFL-centric story is the firing from the Edmonton Elks of Coach Jones. Yet, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis somehow…

The 2024 edition of SEC Media Days begins on Monday in Dallas, as all 16 teams will take the stage from July 15 through July 18. Before heading to North Texas, Billy Liucci and David Nuño sat down to preview the biggest storylines entering the unofficial kickoff to football season.Billy Liucci

We’re about one-quarter of the way through the 2024 CFL season and even though two teams remain undefeated and one is still winless, some annual signs of the season progressing are staring to show. This week, the Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard take stock of week 5 to weight in on topics such as: What to make of…

For Rouge White and Blue CFL Podcast co-host Os Davis it was just one of those weeks – namely, a total washout in CFL fantasy football and a clean 0-4 showing in the league’s Pick ‘Em contest. Yeesh. Nevertheless, Os, together with RWB co-host Joe Pritchard, attempt to make sense of last week’s results – though truth be told, Joe doesn’t really nee…

RWB CFL podcast #260: What’s up with all the scoring?So maybe three weeks of a single CFL season is too small a sample size for relevant discussion, by the Rouge White & Blue Podcast is a bit taken aback with the 1990s-style scoring exhibited by most teams early on. And so in this episode, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis marvel at some barn…

We’re totally jinxing the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast here but whoa, do co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis have some bragging rights after week 2…To wit, Joe maxed out in fantasy football while Os went 4-0 in the CFL Pick ‘Em contest and gave out at least one profitable bet last week (after missing Calgary Stampeders +9 by a single point). But …

RWB CFL podcast #258: After week 1, (almost) everything is awesome It happens every time to The Rouge, White & Blue CFL podcast as well as to fans, bettors and pundits: The realization that, during the propounding of preseason predictions, we all knew next to nothing about many teams – or at least far less than we’d let on… So how are RWB co-hosts …

Happy Opening Week to Canadian Football League enthusiasts! The Rouge, White & Blue gets our game on in the episode to (admittedly futilely) forecast the upcoming season. First off, RWB co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard go long(-term) in picking division standing as well as win-loss records for each of the teams. Unlike previous seasons, there is…

Texas A&M is really good at home, and their 35-3 record at Blue Bell Park will be put to the test this weekend against the Oregon Ducks in a super regional. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño talked about both baseball and football.Billy Liucci

The Fightin' Texas Aggies are the No. 3 national seed in the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament and will host Louisiana, Texas and Grambling State this weekend. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci, David Nuño and Ryan Brauninger offer their instant reactions.Billy Liucci

The 2024 Canadian Football League season has begun! Well, sort of … as of this recording of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, one preseason game has been held – but that’s more than enough for RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis to speculate about the upcoming season, specifically within the framework of the league’s “Futures” competition. Jo…

Happy New Year -- or rather, Happy New CFL Season! With preseason games about to start in the Canadian Football League, the Rouge White & Blue returns for another year of podcasting our favorite gridiron game. Co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis talk a whole lot of offseason football, from Chad Kelly's suspension to the reshuffling of the coaching …

The 2024 edition of the Maroon & White Game has been moved to a noon kickoff as the Aggies return to Kyle Field on Saturday. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño provide a spring football update as Mike Elko and the Ags prepare for the spring game.Billy Liucci

The playoff field is set, and so are bowl matchups as the Texas Aggies are headed to the Bayou City for the 2023 TaxAct Texas Bowl. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci was joined by Ryan Brauninger and Olin Buchanan to break down the Selection Sunday craziness.Billy Liucci

After the110th Grey Cup, after co-host Joe Pritchard’s return from Cup-hosting Hamilton, after US Thanksgiving Weekend, the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast has finally reassembled the team of two to wrap the 2023 CFL season, take a tiny peek ahead to 2024, and, oh yes, discuss the actual Grey Cup game itself. Said Grey Cup of course resulted in a st…

A&M's coaching search reached ludicrous levels of weirdness on Saturday night, and it seems that more twists could be on the horizon. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño provide an update on where the search stands as of Sunday morning.Billy Liucci

After getting Elijah Robinson his first head coaching victory, the Aggies now turn their attention to a very potent LSU offense next weekend. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño recap the win, analyze a tough test in Baton Rouge and more.Billy Liucci

Usual Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-host Joe Pritchard is up in Hamilton this week to enjoy the Grey Cup week festivities, our man across the Pacific, Greg St. James of Gridiron Japan subs in as co-host. Greg joins Os Davis to discuss once again what else but the 110th Grey Cup in which the surprising Montreal Alouettes look to keep the Winnipe…

For the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast, this Grey Cup feels like the culmination of years’ worth of our tit-for-tat chatting. This edition of what we’re calling the RWB Cup pits co-host Joe Pritchard’s dominating Winnipeg Blue Bombers in their fourth consecutive championship game against Os Davis’s plucky Montreal Alouettes for all the marbles. Lik…

Despite drubbing Mississippi State the night before, Jimbo Fisher was still let go as the head coach of Texas A&M on Sunday morning. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño sat down to analyze how this decision was reached and what happens next.Billy Liucci

This has got to be some sort of record: On this episode of the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis are joined by Greg St. James, co-host of the Gridiron Japan podcast. Could this be the first-ever podcast recorded from three countries – none of which are Canada, and all three on different continents, no less – across …

Jimbo Fisher and Texas A&M are now 10-11 over the last two seasons following a 38-35 defeat at Ole Miss on Saturday. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño react to another disappointment for the Maroon & White.Billy Liucci

Welcome to the 2023 CFL playoffs! Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis again experience the paradoxical simultaneous feeling that this Canadian football season started eons again, yet is ending far too quickly. The beginning of the end of said 2023 CFL season kicks off on Saturday with the semifinal round of the playof…

With South Carolina in the rearview, Texas A&M's attention is squarely on Lane Kiffin and his top-10 Ole Miss squad. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño break down the win over the Gamecocks and share what is required heading into Oxford.Billy Liucci

With one more week to play in the 2023 CFL season, the week 20 results in and shakeups already gone down in Roughriders land, the Rouge White & Blue Podcast assesses some final trends going into the playoffs. For example, the suddenly much clearer path for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to come out of the West, the reasons why BC Lions are ripe for an u…

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast certainly hopes those football fans who love high-scoring wild rides were tuned into the Canadian game in week 19 because the points mostly came in bunches and no lead was safe. With the 2023 CFL playoffs just about concretized into shape, RWB co-hosts Joe Pritchard and Os Davis consider if maybe the season isn’t …

In an error-filled contest by both sides, it was A&M that made the catastrophic mistakes in a 20-13 loss at Tennessee in yet another wasted opportunity. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, do not expect Billy Liucci and David Nuño to talk you off the ledge.Billy Liucci

Despite the season winding to a close with most playoff spots settled, the Rouge White & Blue Podcast remains fascinated. RWB co-hosts were knocked out this week by the dominance of the historically (in both sense of the word) mind-blowing Toronto Argonauts, the edge-of-seat thrills in week 18’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers vs. BC Lions game and the surpr…

Saturday was a tough one as Texas A&M seemingly let victory slip from its grasp as Alabama left Kyle Field victorious. In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño discuss the difference between winning and losing as the Ags are yet again on the wrong end.Billy Liucci

The Rouge White & Blue Podcast finds itself, along with the rest of CFL fandom, in a very strange bit of the season indeed. In general, co-hosts Os Davis and Joe Pritchard look back on a week 17 in which the Montreal Alouettes and Hamilton Tiger-Cats clinched playoff spots while the Ottawa Redblacks and Calgary Stampeders juuuuuuuust about got elim…

The Texas A&M defense was suffocating (again) as the Aggies beat Arkansas at AT&T Stadium (again). In this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and David Nuño donned the masks (again) as back-to-back SEC wins have set up a big-time battle with Alabama next week.Billy Liucci

The Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast retains both co-hosts, i.e. Joe Pritchard and Os Davis, yet still manage to host a guest as well – and not just any guest but already-legendary CFL-themed video maestro Coach Phil. Phil joins the RWB for a few biographical notes, but mostly to talk the 2023 CFL season, speculate on the 2023 CFL postseason, plus br…

D.J. Durkin's defense dismantled the Auburn Tigers on Saturday afternoon as the Fightin' Texas Aggies opened SEC action on the right foot. Following a 27-10 win, Billy Liucci and David Nuño sat down for another episode of the Loochador Podcast to recap a fun day at Kyle Field.Billy Liucci

To no one’s great surprise, the Rouge White & Blue Podcast loves CFL football – but after a particularly intriguing week which saw the unquestionable return of “No Lead Is Safe” gameplay (hopefully permanently), even co-host Joe Pritchard after a stunning loss by his Winnipeg Blue Bombers has to dig on the Canadian league. Along with the raves come…

All in all, it was an encouraging afternoon of football as Texas A&M took it to Louisiana Monroe at Kyle Field. Following a 47-3 victory for the Maroon & White, Billy Liucci and David Nuño react to what we saw from the Ags in this episode of the Loochador Podcast.Billy Liucci

As that professional football league south of the border kicks off this week, the Canadian Football League heads into the homestretch, with 70% of the 2023 season in the books – just in time for the return of co-host Os Davis back into the Rouge White & Blue CFL Podcast booth. Meanwhile, co-host Joe Pritchard comes to us live from Winnipeg, where h…

Texas A&M has fallen out of the polls following a head-scratching loss to the Miami Hurricanes on Saturday at Hard Rock Stadium. On this edition of the Loochador Podcast, Billy Liucci and the birthday boy David Nuño react to what went wrong in South Florida.Billy Liucci

Once again, you're stuck with Joe Pritchard running the show (don't worry, with Sunday games being off the schedule going forward, it'll be easier to get Os Davis back in the game), and Josh Smith joined him to discuss the Labour Day weekend games, this week's rematch games, and Joe's travel plans for this weekend and beyond.…

Jimbo Fisher and the Fightin' Texas Aggies racked up 52 points in a COMFORTABLE season-opening victory over the New Mexico Lobos on Saturday night. Following the dub, Billy Liucci and David Nuño put the masks on for a celebratory edition of the Loochador Podcast.Billy Liucci

Andrew Bucholtz from Awful Announcing and The Comeback is Os Davis's fill in this week, and beyond the usual reviews and previews, the conversation drifted towards quarterback development at all levels of football, of course, with an emphasis on how it affects the Canadian game.Os Davis and Joe Pritchard