Roughrider Memories
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In North America, no other place personifies the term "Gridiron America" than a sparsely populated part of Canada on the edge of the former British Empire- Regina, Saskatchewan. Unlike Green Bay, Wisconsin, which also personifies the term "Gridiron America," in Regina, the Roughriders are in many ways the last of the old school small town professional teams, as they, from an economic point of view, are a working class team for an equally working class fan base. The Roughriders of Saskatchewan, like rival Winnipeg, and the NFL's Packers, are also one of the last of the community owned pro football teams, which makes their memories that much sweeter.
Edmonton's Premiere Gridiron Historian- Superfan Mike
When we embarked on this podcast journey way back in 2021, we were originally a Canadian football history podcast. Though, as we soon realized, you can't tell the story of Canadian football without talking about America. Why? Well, Canada has been welcoming Americans for decades, which is why, if I had a choice, I would be living in the Great White North rather than on the far side of the world. However, thanks to technology, no matter where we CFL fans are in the world, we are all one big Canadian football league family...
Paul Woods, the CFL and the Toronto Argonauts
One of our most entertaining guest who joined us on the 55 Yardline was Paul Woods- journalist, Canadian football historian and author of "Bouncing Back: From National Joke to Grey Cup Champs", which chronicled the Toronto Argonauts winning the championship in 1983 after 31 years of futility and misery. At the time of the episode in 2021, Paul discussed with us the history of the Argonauts, including the John Candy years which is chronicled in his second book- "Year of the Rocket."
History of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
In the history of North American gridiron football history, there is one team and coach who often get overlooked, and that is the Bud Grant era Winnipeg Blue Bombers. In our second episode of From the 55 Yardline here on Gridiron America Radio, we sat down with Winnipeg Blue Bomber historian Roy Rosmus author of five books that span from the team's inception to their 2019 Grey Cup championship.