Remember your please and thank you's on the field...

Something to keep our minds focused on those warm spring days ahead when the CFL kicks off the 2015 Training camp season.

The month of February features a Family Day holiday for a number of provinces in Canada and in a bit of a stretch, we highlight the event with a look at how Family Guy views a CFL training camp.

We suspect it isn't quite as polite as all this, but we imagine that the CFL doesn't mind the 23 second burst of recognition.

CFL releases 2015 Schedule

It may seem a fair bit away's just yet, but the CFL season isn't as far off as you might think, with the league releasing the 2015 schedule last week.

The first competitive hit between teams takes place on June 8th when Ottawa and Hamilton kick off the Pre-season, putting in motion three weeks of evaluation and position battles that will see coaches and GM's settle on their opening day rosters.

Ottawa will also get the honour of kicking off the Regular season, a June 25th trek to Montreal to take on the Alouettes. The first game of the 2015 season that will take us to the third Sunday of November and the Grey Cup, this year hosted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

For the most  part the Schedule makers have tried to ensure that the usual rivalry games are kept in place and as even a distribution of home and away treks is balanced through the year.

The exception this year being the lot of the Toronto Argonauts, as Stadium issues and the Pan AM games combining to make the Boatmen more like Vikings travelling the oceans for weeks at a time.

Included in the Argo frustrations, a season opening home game to be hosted in Fort McMurray, Alberta, featuring the Edmonton Eskimos as the opposition, something that probably ends any dreams of a home field advantage on June 27th.

As well, with Canada hosting the 2015 Women's FIFA World Cup this year, a number of CFL stadiums will be in use, leaving Ottawa, Edmonton and BC looking to host a game away from their comfortable home environment.

Fort McMurray, almost gets that valued tenth CFL franchise status it seems,  as the Northern Alberta city will also be hosting a pre-season game between the Esks and Riders

The Argos won't have a "real" home game until near the middle of August,  the majority of their early season to be spent wandering the stadiums of Western Canada.

Perhaps in adversity they will find a common cause, though being the CFL's Bedouin's of the year should provide no shortage of challenges for the Argos for the first half of the season.

The full schedule for 2015 can be found here, some background on the league's creation is reviewed here.

You can keep up to date on CFL developments through their website and twitter feed

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A New Year, A new resolution for a little more longevity...

Still a few months away, but
CFL Training camps are on the way

OK, here's the plan, we're going to shake some of the cobwebs from the blog and see what kind of a playbook we can put together for the 2015 season.

Yes, we know, we've said this before, but with Spring on its way (trust us east of BC, this is the truth, it is on the way, one day) and CFL training camps in the planning stages, a new season is almost upon us.

With that, we'll issue our hopeful forecast of a more dedicated effort towards blogging on CFL issues this season, we're reviewing where things would get congested last year and with a bit of a refocus we think we'll be able to provide a more consistent effort through the year.

We have a few new ideas
for the 2015 season

Well, we hope, that's the case.

With a soft spot for the three down game in our heart, the thought of ending this overview of the CFL isn't something that we want to give serious thought to, so with that, onward, upward to the publish button we go.

Through the next few months leading up to the start of training camps, we'll keep an eye on the Free
Agent situation, as well as developments as the nine squads look to the June training period.

Posts may not be on a daily basis through these next few weeks, but we'll endeavour to at least keep the pilot light burning as we revamp our presentation.

For those that have continued to click on the site, it's that interest that has spurred on this review and from it we're hoping to be back on track shortly.

Stick around, we have some ideas that we think might just keep this ole blog tossing the ball around for another season.