The E-Pod

Elks quarterback Trevor Harris is coming off the longest off season ever, but he put the extra time to good use educating himself and looking for ways to prolong his career.

Harris talks about his growing family, his trip to TB12 camp, bologna sandwiches, his hometown and his football journey that includes playing behind two of the best ever in Ricky Ray and Henry Burris.    

At Half-Time, Blake Dermott talks about prolonging careers and how it is different now than when he played. The man who played 14 years in the CFL also discusses the tough decision to walk away.

In an interview conducted before coronavirus was a household word, Eddie Steele wrapped up a very successful nine-year CFL career after the 2018 season. On this episode of The E-Pod, Eddie looks back on his career in Hamilton, Edmonton and Saskatchewan and his Grey Cup Championship with the Elks franchise in 2015.

Steele also talks about flipping back and forth between the defensive and offensive lines for a couple of years under Chris Jones. Blake Dermott, who filled both lineman roles in high school and college, explains just how difficult it really is.

We will also find out about what a great sales tool a Grey Cup ring is.

Born and raised a fan of the Double E, Ryan King got to live out his dream of playing for his hometown team. King, who spent eight season as the Double-E long snapper, tells stories from draft day to retirement day.  The 2015 Grey Cup Champion also discusses the game and dishes on the party that followed.

Blake Dermott was one of King's coaches when he started playing football.  At Halftime, Blake will talk about King’s progress from day one in minor football to becoming one of the most recognized players in the city of Edmonton.

He is a lawyer, a former professional tennis player, a family man and a football coach. Jaime Elizondo is the 23rd head coach of the Edmonton Football Team and on this episode of The E-Pod, he tells his story from his early days in Mexico and Texas to learning from many of the best coaches and quarterbacks of this generation.

At half time, Blake Dermott gives his impression of Elizondo and talks about the couching changes he saw in his playing career.

Quarterback Logan Kilgore has announced his retirement from the Canadian Football League. Kilgore played four seasons in the league with Toronto, Hamilton and in Edmonton where he played a key role in helping the EE Football Team to a playoff spot in 2019.

As a back up to Trevor Harris, he started five games and won a huge one against B.C. late in the season to clinch a playoff spot. He tells the story about taking a big hit early and spending most of the game with blood dripping from his mouth, and also about how he almost left mid-season in 2019.

As Kilgore leaves for a coaching job in the NCAA, he reflects on his season in Green and Gold and why he decided now was the time to walk away as a player.

From mauler to med student, that's the path former EE football player Mark Mackie is taking. After two years in Edmonton he has gone back to school...medical school, in fact. Mackie dishes on that difficult decision and what lies ahead on the road to being called Dr. Mackie.

He also reflects back on his two years in Green and Gold and his heartbreaking Vanier Cup experience with McMaster, and ponders the connection between the football field and medical field.At half time , Blake Dermott talks about the smartest teammates he has had.

With the 2020 CFL season cancelled, the focus has shifted to 2021 and what the league needs to do to re-launch successfully.

Morley is joined by two Grey Cup Champions and former members of the Edmonton Football Club, Blake Dermott and Eddie Steele to talk about what needs to change and what needs to be better going forward.  

The trio also discuss Labour Day without football for the first time in a long time.

Quarterback Zach Kline spent just two years in Edmonton and only played in the preseason, but his stay had a huge effect on his life. Kline talks about preseason heroics, meeting his future wife on the sidelines at Commonwealth Stadium and his football and music heroes.

At halftime, Former Eskimos offensive lineman Blake Dermott says that Kline is not the first EE to have a music career on the side.