2026 Season Premiere with Paul LaPolice

About this episode

The episode features a recap of the BC Lions' offseason activities and an interview with Paul LaPolice discussing the upcoming season and Canada's flag football aspirations.

Matt and Nik are back for another year of fun and hard-hitting BC Lions talk! On our maiden voyage of 2026, we recap Holiday activities and a busy couple of weeks of signings. TSN analyst and Canada Flag Football head coach Paul LaPolice stops by to talk about his Lions outlook for this season and how the squad is looking to build off of a solid bounce-back campaign. Lapo also gives an update on Canada’s quest to qualify for the Flag Football event at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. We wrap things up with trivia and our always fun ‘Go For It Or Punt’ segment. TIMESTAMPS: ⁣ 0:00 - intro ⁣ 5:14 - CFL Winter Meetings⁣ 8:47 - BC Lions signings⁣ 20:41 - Paul LaPolice interview ⁣ 41:19 - Kowalski's BC Lions trivia ⁣ 49:16 - Go for it or Punt

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt, Nik

Guest: Paul LaPolice

Topics covered

• BC Lions
• CFL
• flag football
• 2026 season
• Paul LaPolice
• trivia
• Go For It Or Punt

Keywords

• BC Lions
• Paul LaPolice
• CFL signings
• flag football
• 2026 season
• Olympics
• trivia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BC Lions, TSN, Canada Flag Football

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