When Canada wins the next year and he shakes hands on the other side of losing, he bets Lourdes feels the same.īut mostly the labels don’t even make sense. When Canada bows to the US for Gold, David feels that rivalry, with Lourdes’ grin so obnoxious he wants to knock it off his face. They have been advertised as rivals since people figured out they would be important, the brash American and the polite Canadian, like they’re national figures instead of teenage boys. Turned it around when he was seventeen, captain now, facing Lourdes, captain himself, and serving the States that silver medal right between their teeth.

Has played him since he was sixteen, new to the U18s and shaking with pride, just to watch Lourdes and his team hand them silver with a smug grin. There’s no point wondering.ĭavid has known Jake Lourdes’ name since he was fourteen years old.

He doesn’t, however, nor does he much care. He doesn’t remember it, but if he asked one of the reporters bunched in front of him, microphones in his face, he’s sure they could tell him, tell him it was a handshake line in Lake Placid or an illegal hit in London or neighbouring urinals in Rochester. In all likelihood, David met Lourdes somewhere in the multiplicity of tournaments: Lake Placid, London, Rochester, a blur of Southern Ontario and upstate New York. He imagines it’s irrelevant, how they met, though he’s sure the media would consider it fated. David doesn’t remember meeting Jake Lourdes. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at. If you like podcasts where JP invokes the legendary Ron Swanson and Pete just BOTCHES an Ernest Hemingway reference, then this is the episode for you. Then, to close, you'll get a US Open preview and a harrowing tale from Pete that involves choking on rice. Once that ends, they toss to their interview with rookie corner Benjamin St-Juste, who was really impressive in terms of his professionalism, attitude and opinion on taxes.

After exhausting that angle, JP runs through a story he wrote that looked at a whole bunch of random topics relating to the Burgundy and Gold with training camp a month-plus away, and he allows Pete and Mitch to react to some of his points. In that segment, the guys try to estimate the odds of Taylor Heinicke starting over Ryan Fitzpatrick in Week 1, and JP tries to figure out Pete's exact stance on Fitzy. JP Finlay, Mitch Tischler and Pete Hailey have a classic, all-over-the-place but very useful Washington Football Talk here for you, and it begins with a deep dive into what's going on at QB.

And Then by Taylor Fitzpatrick