Achieve the goal (with Paul Woods, author and historian).

In this episode of Third Down Gamble, host Don Charbin sits down with renowned CFL historian and author Paul Woods to discuss his passion project, the YouTube channel Canadian Football Time Machine. Woods shares how he spent over four decades compulsively recording news segments, feature stories, and pregame shows from TSN, CBC, and CTV, creating a vast archive of Canadian football history from the mid-1980s onward. Now digitizing and uploading 10–20 clips daily, Woods is preserving rare footage of pivotal moments—like the folding of the Montreal Alouettes in 1987, the U.S. expansion era, and the legendary 1991 'Year of the Rocket' season. He recounts the emotional journey of tracking down the man who threw a frozen beer can at Rocket Ismail during the 1991 Grey Cup, a story now immortalized in his book. The conversation also dives into Woods’ acclaimed works, including Bouncing Back and The Year of the Rocket, and his upcoming biography on McLeod Bethel-Thompson. The episode closes with reflections on the CFL’s resilience, rule changes, and the enduring magic of the Argonauts’ improbable Grey Cup victories.