Two Canadian Football League games per week will be broadcast on NFL Network in the U.S. this season. NFL Network’s telecast of 2011 CFL regular season games is part of a new agreement with the CFL.
Last season, NFL Network carried 14 CFL games featuring the fast-paced, wide open Canadian game, which included numerous players familiar to Americans who follow U.S. college football.
This year’s CFL season kicks off June 30 when the British Columbia Lions, quarterbacked by former Montana State star Travis Lulay, visit the defending Grey Cup Champion Montreal Alouettes and their head coach Marc Trestman, whose extensive coaching resume includes successful stints as an NFL offensive coordinator in Cleveland, San Francisco, Arizona and Oakland.
The 99th Grey Cup game will be played in Vancouver on Nov. 27.
There will be more Canadian Football League games on NFL Network early this season.
The network announced a new deal with the CFL on Tuesday. There will be two games shown per week through the first five weeks of the season. NFL Network has the option to show more regular-season games, as well as the playoffs and the Grey Cup. Betting lines in the CFL are available daily.
The schedule starts June 30, when British Columbia meets Montreal at 7:30 p.m. Toronto is at Calgary at 8 p.m. July 2.
Week 2 features a double-header July 9: Montreal at Saskatchewan at 4 p.m., and Hamilton at Edmonton at 7 p.m.
There is another double-header in Week 3: Saskatchewan at Hamilton at 4 p.m., and British Columbia at Edmonton at 7 p.m.
Week 4’s games are Edmonton at Calgary at 7 p.m. at July 23, and Saskatchewan at Montreal at 7 p.m. July 24.
The Week 5 games are British Columbia at Winnipeg at 8 p.m. July 28, and Calgary at Saskatchewan at 9:30 p.m. July 30.
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