Around The CFL Podcast

What a wild week it was. e are joined by the Western Regional Recruiter for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues and we discuss his long lasting career, and what it takes to make it in College Football.

It was an exciting, and in some cases wet week 3 in the Canadian Football League, and we take a look back as well as ahead to what is coming up in week 4.

Week 2 is over and brought some excitement. We look back on what was a busy week, and look ahead to the match up's in week 3.

Week 1 of the 2025 CFL regular season is over and we recap everything that happened, as well as look ahead at week 2.

We are about to kick-off on another CFL regular season and we are joined by CFL on TSN Insider and friend of the show, Dave Naylor. We talk about Top 50, the 2028 Olympics, and we break down the 2025 season.

Football is back! And so are we. Joining us today is Marshall Ferguson as we talk about some notable draft picks heading to the NFL, as well as the impact this year's draft class is going to have on the coming 2025 season.

The 2025 CFL Draftis just days away an joining us is CFL on TSN's Coach Jim Barker. We discuss grading the players as wel as we do a Mock Draft of our own.

The second part of our chat with CFL Equipment Manager Olyvia Hoban. We talk about her path from high school football all the way to the CFL.

This week we are joined by CFL Equipment Manager Olyvia Hoban. We talk about her path from high school football all the way to the CFL.

The greatest running back of all time and one f the greatest players to come out of the CJFL Andrew Harris joins us to talk about the importance junior football had on his life, and giving back to the CJFL. Of course we get into coaching in Riderville too.

The new starting Quarterback of the Edmonton Elks, Tre Ford stops by to chat about the past few seasons in Edmonton and what to look forward to in 2025.

TSN's Dave Naylor is back in the co-host chair and we discuss everything pre- and post Free Agency while breaking down some key pieces to watch this coming season.

This week we are joined by the new head coach of the BC Lions Buck Pierce. We talk about his return to where his CFL career began, as well as the type of team he wants to build going into 2025.

Get ready R Nation, this week we are joined by Redblacks Head Coach, Bob Dyce. We talk about the 2024 season and what we can look forward to in 2025 in the Nations Capital.

We finish off our Kicker Club series with the defending Grey Cup Champion kicker from the Toronto Argonauts Lirim Hajrullahu. We get into his training process, and discuss the differences between his time in the NFL to the CFL

This week one of the absolute best, Calgary Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes, stops by to talk about the changes happening around the Stampeders and what the future looks like for him.

Our Kicker Club series continues this week with "Mr. Automatic" from the Ottawa Redblacks, Lewis Ward. We talk about hos path from England to Ontario, and what it has taken to be one of the best to play the position.

We are starting 2025 with a bang. We kick off a new series called the Kicker Club with BC Lions legand and Hall of Famer Lui Passaglia. We talk about his outstanding career, and how the game has changed from his time to today

Merry Christmas to all! It's that time of year again, and with Canada Post finally back at it, we have hijacked the letters to santa once again. We read out what is on each of the 9 CFL teams letters and discuss the bigger picture. But fear not, we sealed them back up and called trust Ol' FedEx to swing by to get them safely to Saint Nick.

We have hit our 100th episode and who better to share it with than one of my childhood heroes. Hall of Fame quarterback Matt Dunigan joins us to talk about his legendary career, and his take on the QB pool going into the 2025 CFL season

We are at episode 99 and joined by Dave Nayor to talk about a very busy start to the offseason for a number of teams! There is a part of the episode where we dive into the Chad Kelly situation. This may be a trigger for some, so please take care whe listening

It is that time of year again. The 111 Grey Cup is upon us

TSN's QB1 Marshall Ferguson stops b to talk playoff football and some interesting storylines including the CFL Awards

The BoneCrusher came on this week in the co-host chair to talk about the final week of the regular season, the CFL Award Finalists, and a preview of the East & West Semi Finals

With the playoffs just around the corner we re-visit that great conversation we had with CFL Hall of Famer, and someone who knows a little about Playoff pressure, Mr. Damon Allen!

This week we look at all the major playoff implecations as the 2024 CFL season is coming to an end

UBC alum and Detroit Lions 4th round pick in this past April's NFL draft, Giovanni Manu stops by to talk about his beginnings in Tonga, to his name being read out during the NFL draft. We also talk about the definition of GRIT

This week we are joined by star UBC grad and current Lineman for the NFL's Chicago Bears, Theo Benedet. We talk about coming up through U-Sport and breaking into the NFL

Coming to you during a flu, we are talking week 16 and playoff implacations. We also run down the top 10 MOP list, and look ahead to week 17

This week we take a look back at week 15 in the 2024 CFL regular season. We also send a huge congratulations to long time friend Keon Raymond as he signed a 1 day contract with the Calgary Stampeders

The Labour Day Classics are here again and we recap everything that took place, as well as look forward to week 14

Head coach of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Darrell Adams stopped by to chat about what he is building at the U of T.

Due to technical difficulties we had to release this episode later than usual

Our tour around the U-Sport football landscape continues this week with the new head coach of the University of McGill Redbirds, coach Alex Suprenant. We talk about the University's illustrious history, and what it will take for McGill to compete in the very tough RSEQ conference

We are joined by the legendary head coach of the University of Manitoba Bisons's, Brian Dobie. We talk about is historic career, and signing phenom Kicker Maya Turner

This week captain America, Jake Ceresna stops by to talk about all things Argo's, and we discuss the idea of bringng a Pro Bowl style event to the Grey Cup Weekend

Joining us this week is Team Ontario Red head coach carlie Manners, fresh of the gold medal win in the U18 Women's National Football Tournament

This week we look at what was a very strange week with strange games, strange outcomes, and strange energies

This week we look back at week 6 and we also celebrate a big milestone for the show, 5,000 downloas

This week we look at the craziness that happened in week 5, and look ahead to week 6 with a little fantasy Football in there too

This week we are joined by award winning and inspirational author of the new book Big Dreams, Alexandra Hoffman. This story is the first of it's kind and a must read!