The 2010 Canadian Football League schedule kicks off with a Grey Cup rematch, features classic Labour Day match-ups, and promises to go down to the wire.
The 2010 schedule released Monday is capped by the 98th Grey Cup Game in Edmonton on Sunday, Nov. 28.
It also features the first regular season CFL game ever played in Atlantic Canada, with the Edmonton Eskimos meeting the Toronto Argonauts in Moncton on September 26 in CFL Touchdown Atlantic, the name chosen by Moncton area fans.
Other highlights include:
- A Canada Day Kickoff including a rematch of the 97th Grey Cup Game when the Saskatchewan Roughriders host the Montreal Alouettes on Canada Day, July 1st, followed by the Toronto Argonauts visiting the Calgary Stampeders later that evening, and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday, July 2 and the BC Lions visiting the Edmonton Eskimos on Sunday, July 4.
- The CFL Retro goes seventies: This year the CFL and its teams are celebrating the 1970s with retro-themed jerseys by Reebok during Week 6 and 7.
- The Labour Day Classic Weekend match-ups featuring the Lions at Montreal, the Bombers in Regina, the Argos visiting Hamilton and the Eskimos travelling to Calgary.
- Thanksgiving Weekend games that include the Eskimos visiting Hamilton, the Argos in Regina, Calgary in Montreal and British Columbia at Winnipeg.
- A final weekend that takes on added significance after the battle for playoff spots went down to the very last game of 2009, this year has the Stamps visiting Winnipeg, the Lions in Hamilton, the Eskimos in Saskatchewan and the Argos travelling to Montreal.
- The CFL Playoffs featuring the Eastern and Western Semi-Finals on Sunday, Nov. 14 and the Eastern and Western Finals on Sunday November 21.
The are plenty of story lines already in place for 2010, including the Montreal Alouettes' bid to repeat as Grey Cup champs, the Riders' attempt to bounce back from a stunning last second defeat in last year's Grey Cup in Calgary, the Stamps and Lions looking to return to the top in the West, the Eskimos hoping to play in the Grey Cup in their own backyard, the Argos and Bombers featuring retooled front offices and new head coaches, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, looking to continue their resurgence in the East.
