The East & West Semi-Finals took place this past weekend, as well ads HUGE news out of Ottawa

October 31st marks 3 years of the Around The CFL Podcast and it's playoff time. We look at week 21 in the CFL, and the past week in U-Sports. And it wouldn't be Halloween unless we sneak in and see what is scaring each of the 9 teams this spooky season.

Taking a look at week 20 in the Canadian Football League as well as an action packed U-Sport week.

We are joined this week by the CEO of all University Athletics in Canada, U-Sports' Pierre Arsenault. We chat about the CFL rule changes impacts on Canadian College Footbll, SFU, and the direction the sport is going in Canada.

We are back after a short break and we are talking week 18 as well as a look back at the Canadian College Football week, then looking forward to the playoff push of week 19 in the 2025 CFL season.

Monday's announcement by CFL Commissioner Stewart Johnson sparked a lot of conversation. This week my good friend and CFL on TSN Insider Dave Naylor comes on quickly to talk about the new rules and what we could expect. We also take a moment to celebrate the legendary life of Hamilton Tiger-Cats General Manager Ted Goveia who recently passed.

This very special guest deserves an episode all to herself. She is a Grey Cup Champion, and the first transgender athlete from either the CFL or NFL. I was lucky enough to sit down with the amazing Maven Maurer to talk about her journey and where she is today

Labour Day weekend has past and that means 2 things. We are 2/3's of the way through the 2025 CFL season, and Canadian College Football has begun. This week we recap the CFL week, as well as all of the U-Sport football games. We also send some love to our Canadian's who made the 53's in the NFL, and look ahead to week 14.