Barney Shynkaruk\u2019s Behind the Face Mask takes a closer look at your favourite Saskatchewan Roughriders. This week, he chats with quarterback\u00a0Brayden Schager.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk\u2019s Behind the Face Mask takes a closer look at your favourite Saskatchewan Roughriders.<\/p>\n
This week, he chats with quarterback\u00a0Brayden Schager.<\/p>\n
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Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
All right, ready to go here. Brayden Schager with us Behind the Face Mask.<\/p>\n
I have a third-string quarterback. What are you telling people back home? Where are you on the depth chart here?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m trying to learn every day and get better. That\u2019s what I\u2019m telling them.<\/p>\n
Just trying to learn from the guys in front of me. Trying to pick up every bit of information I can from Trevor (Harris).<\/p>\n
Obviously, he\u2019s done it for a long time, and he\u2019s very good at what he does and very knowledgeable.<\/p>\n
Probably the most knowledgeable quarterback I\u2019ve ever been around, so it\u2019s awesome to learn from him every day. That\u2019s just what I\u2019m trying to do.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
OK, let\u2019s have some fun here. Is it Highland Park High School? Quite the athletic program.<\/p>\n
Was it like Sports Illustrated\u2019s top in America in 2005?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Oh yeah. We had Clayton Kershaw, Scottie Scheffler, Matthew Stafford, all those guys.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a long list, so I\u2019m just hoping to be another one waiting to do something at some point so I can be known.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
I was going to ask you about notable alums, and the list goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re a golfer. (Scottie) Scheffler, right? You\u2019ve been playing a lot of golf.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your handicap at now?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m around a seven or an eight right now, but I kind of get good in the offseason, and then whenever I have to go in-season, it gets worse because I can\u2019t play as much.<\/p>\n
So I try to get good in the offseason, and then it falls off, but I love to play.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Favourite golf course you\u2019ve ever played?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Ever played? Probably either Kapolei or Turtle Bay in Hawaii because there are some pretty special courses out there in Hawaii.<\/p>\n
I love playing out there.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Give us one that\u2019s on the bucket list.<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve always wanted to play Pebble Beach or Spyglass in California, so hopefully I can play there one day.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
The first four holes of Pebble are really easy, so don\u2019t be puckered up. I\u2019ve screwed it up twice.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s go with this: How fast would Scott Schager pin you in a wrestling match?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve had this discussion a lot, and I told him back in the day he might have been able to get me, but now it\u2019s over.<\/p>\n
I got him now. I always tell him I could beat him up, and I could definitely get him now.<\/p>\n
He knows it, too.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
That\u2019s his father, by the way.<\/p>\n
Did you wrestle much?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I never wrestled. He grew up in Iowa, so it was a big sport there.<\/p>\n
He never really got me into it. I wish I had, but I try to take that toughness part from my dad, from the wrestling and all that.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
What\u2019s the family dynamic? Do you have brothers, sisters? Was Mom an athlete?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got one sister. She goes to TCU.<\/p>\n
My mom says she taught me how to throw, but I’d say I got most of my athleticism from my dad.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Fort Worth. It\u2019s a nice spot to be.<\/p>\n
OK, Hawaii. That\u2019s where you came from. He\u2019s from Hawaii and all that.<\/p>\n
Were there other options for you? Was North Dakota an option and then Hawaii? Or did you have options?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Yeah, I had quite a few. I could have stayed in Texas. I could have gone to Texas State.<\/p>\n
I could have gone to a lot of Ivy League schools, but why not play in Hawaii?<\/p>\n
My dad always said it was a four-year paid vacation, so it was pretty fun. I don\u2019t regret it.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Not a lot of transfer portal out of Hawaii?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
No, not a lot, yeah.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Can you surf?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Yes, I did. My first year there, I got into surfing a bunch, bodyboarding.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so fun to go out there after practice. Everybody gets in the back of trucks. We\u2019re headed to the beach right after practice.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Where\u2019s your spot? Where\u2019s the hidden spot that the locals go to? You used to go to\u2026<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Sandy\u2019s Beach. That\u2019s where we\u2019d all be right after practice.<\/p>\n
We\u2019d go to Sandy\u2019s and sit out there all day and have some fun.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Alright. Who\u2019s Brayden Schager\u2019s celebrity crush?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Celebrity crush? Well, I\u2019d have to say my girlfriend or else she\u2019s going to get mad at me.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Well, you\u2019re allowed to.<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
My girlfriend\u2019s a celebrity, Kate Lang. She\u2019s a celebrity. She played volleyball at Hawaii.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
First thing you buy if you win the Powerball or the Lotto Max here in Canada?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
First thing I would buy? Probably a new set of some nice golf clubs. I think that\u2019s pretty good.<\/p>\n
You know, get fitted, nice clubs. Yeah, I\u2019d do that.<\/p>\n
Maybe that boys\u2019 trip to Spyglass and Pebble?<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Maybe that?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Yeah. Maybe go on a boys\u2019 trip there with some new clubs. That\u2019d be fun.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Do you play any instruments?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
I do not.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your go-to karaoke?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
Go-to karaoke? Probably I\u2019m Good by Blue. I can sing that sometimes.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Hawaii food-wise, what’s your favourite thing to eat in Hawaii?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
The best thing you\u2019ve got to get when you\u2019re there is poke.<\/p>\n
Fresh, you know, raw fish, raw tuna. The raw ahi is how they say it.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the best thing to do. Get some raw ahi, put some shoyu sauce on that, some unagi. That\u2019s going to be good.<\/p>\n
Barney Shynkaruk:<\/p>\n
Favourite place to eat in Regina?<\/p>\n
Brayden Schager:<\/p>\n
It\u2019s probably either Victoria\u2019s Tavern, or you can\u2019t go wrong with Earl\u2019s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barney Shynkaruk\u2019s Behind the Face Mask takes a closer look at your favourite Saskatchewan Roughriders. This week, he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":923237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-923236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}