Three months and counting!

The 2004 CFL season will begin on Sunday May 30th with the first pre season game between the Argonauts and the Ti-Cats at Ivor Wynne Stadium. June 15th sees the regular season kick off with Saskatchewan visiting Toronto to play the Argonauts. Saskatchewan will also close the season off in Vancouver with a game against the Lions at BC Place on October 30th.

In between we'll be treated to weekly contests through the summer and fall, including the epic battles of Labour Day and Thanksgiving. Old rivalries will be re-visited on the Labour Day weekend, Ottawa and Montreal, Toronto and Hamilton, Calgary and Edmonton and of course Saskatchewan and Winnipeg. Thanksgiving will bring us some interesting match ups as well, Montreal and Edmonton, BC at Toronto, Saskatchewan at Ottawa and Hamilton at Winnipeg. As well the CFL continues it's tradition of celebrating Canada Day with it's Canada Day bashes on July 2nd.

Friday night will once again be football night, as TSN presents Friday Night Football, one of the most successful appointment night promotions in CFL history. A full fledged big time event, over the years Friday Night football has become one of the hottest properties in Canadian Sport Television. This year will see one absent member of the panel, Matt Dunigan of course moving on to take on the job of GM and coach of the Calgary Stampeders, no word on who will replace him on the panel.

CBC will return with Saturday Night action in the Hockey Night in Canada timeslot, an experiment that proved to be very successful last year, a nice bridge between the NHL playoffs and the regular season and keeping a prime piece of TV ratings territory filled with quality sports action. They've worked hard to make that Saturday Night broadcast a big event on the network. Last year proving to be a successful bit of programming.

Training camps open up in May, with nine CFL cities holding the two a day drills, off field training and comprehensive playbook sessions. Through the summer and fall, every week Canadians will be following their favorite teams through the season. The lucky ones continue play on through November, leading to this years Grey Cup , November 21st in Ottawa. Kickoff is just three months away!