An Unlikely Story
from 2 and Out CFL Podcast Hosted by Travis Currah & Sheldon Jones
Howie Mooney of The Sports Lunatics is the author of "An Unlikely Story - How the 1981 Ottawa Roughriders Just Missed a Miracle" and he joins Travis Currah and Sheldon Jones to talk about the book and that 1981 team! 00:00 - Open 00:57 - Why release the book now? 04:20 - What was it like being an Ottawa fan that lost their franchise? 11:20 - Player turnover from the 1976 Grey Cup team 14:14 - Ottawa's 1981 regular season 19:24 - Edmonton coming in as 22.5 point favourites 21:42 - Ron Simmons on the team 22:16 - The week leading up to the game 26:26 - Catching Edmonton off guard 31:05 - Double Interference 33:35 - Tony Gabriel 36:24 - What does this team represent? 41:23 - Where can we get the book? SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1-WTbs82THRNHc-RQbCVA Join 2 and Out for CFL Fantasy: https://gamezone.cfl.ca/fantasy/leagues/join?league_code=6YDHO8F4 Join 2 and Out for CFL Pick 'Em: https://gamezone.cfl.ca/pickem/invite/5GA91N8Y 2 and Out Merch: https://2-and-out-cfl.myspreadshop.ca/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/2andOutCFLPodcast
Embed this episode
No transcript yet.