We know which teams will be in the CFL Playoffs. But the U.S. viewers will have to get creative to watch them.
In some previous years, some or all of the playoffs have been available to some or all cable TV viewers. One year, the Grey Cup popped up on Versus. The local cable sports channel would show the playoff games tape-delayed and the Grey Cup live. And border areas used to be able to watch the whole CFL postseason on the CBC.
This year, you have to rely on ESPN3, unless some entity comes through, more than likely for the Grey Cup. Seems a real shame, especially after the U.S. audience got a good taste of the 2010 season through a weekly game on the NFL Network. It's like having a great dinner and being ready for dessert, except you can't have dessert.
Montréal and Calgary rest for a week, having won their respective division titles. In the East, the heated rivals — Toronto and Hamilton — will battle in the Steel City. The game in Hamilton will be a similar scenario to the Labo(u)r Day game I attended (same teams, same place).
The BC Lions qualified on the final weekend, edging out Edmonton for the final spot. The Lions made the playoffs with a 8-10 record, though the team played much better down the stretch. BC travels to Saskatchewan.
The division semifinals will be this coming Sunday, and the division finals the following Sunday. This year's Grey Cup will be in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium on November 28.
For our Canadian friends, all the postseason games will be on TSN.
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