2013 Schedule Thread

[Mulder]

My predictions.

Pre-season
Thursday June 13th -> 15th

Blue Jays in town, but it's their off day. This game is going to be at varsity stadium. I didn't know they would play at Varsity. Can you give me that one?

Regular season

June

Possibility of the Thursday June 27th to Saturday the 29th
Jays at home on the 1st as always

Home opener June 28th Vs Ticats

July

Thursday 11th -> Sunday 14th Open for a home game. Probably week 3

Only game I predicted in July. We play the Riders July 11th.

Did not see us playing Tuesday July 30th at home Vs BC.

August

Thursday 1st - Monday 5th Could do another civic holiday monday game

Friday 16th - 18th Dome available (Jays game on thursday)

Thursday 22nd to Sunday 25th - Open for a home game a well

We got both Sunday the 18th vs Edmonton
and Friday the 23rd vs Calgary.

September

Labour day Monday -> (September 2nd) It's a tight fit to host the labour day game. Jays game the day before and now the "jays' say it takes 48 hours to convert. Keeps getting longer and longer eh.

Friday 6th to Sunday 8th - Dome open again.

Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd - Dome available

This month dumbfounds me, We play 1 home game Tuesday the 3rd vs Montreal before going on a 4 game road trip in Montreal, Sask, Calgary then Edmonton. I'm guessing there is a yet to be named concert. But something over the course of 2 weeks? wow

October

4 weeks available

Friday Oct 4th vs Ticats

Thursday Oct 24th vs Winnipeg

November
1 week before playoffs.

Friday Nov 1st vs Montreal

Breakdown of home games
Tuesday - 2
Thursday - 2
Friday - 4
Sunday - 1

[Will]

The SkyDome is left predictably clear for much of October.

[294life]

varsity stadium. how exotic.

[Mulder]

The SkyDome is left predictably clear for much of October.

Only 1 home game between Sept 3rd and October 24th....

[bluto]

Seeing as i enjoy weekend afternoons most of all, this is a bitter disappointment to me. i forsee stressful afternoons of trying to wrap up work, in time to fight traffic, in time to change clothes, in time to choke down dinner, in time to find parking to get to my seat for kickoff.

At least with tailgating effectively nixxed by the lack of space due to condos, there's really no reason to be early anymore.

[ArgoRavi]

Only 1 home game between Sept 3rd and October 24th....

This clears the way for the Jays to dominate the local sports scene on the way to their inevitable World Series berth this year.

[ArgoGabe22]

The 2 Tuesdays and 2 Thursdays are a pain for me. What ever happened to Saturday/Sunday afternoon games? I'm too lazy to check the Jays schedule but there must have been a date available somewhere. Maybe a bit better than last years M-T-W-T-F-S-S fiasco where we played on each day of the week.

[Mulder]

The 2 Tuesdays and 2 Thursdays are a pain for me. What ever happened to Saturday/Sunday afternoon games? I'm too lazy to check the Jays schedule but there must have been a date available somewhere. Maybe a bit better than last years M-T-W-T-F-S-S fiasco where we played on each day of the week.

Just remember this, the last 2 times we've played at home every day of the week, We've won the Grey Cup.

[shayman]

At least there are no 6:30 starts.

Looking forward to the Thanksgiving Day Monday Classic in Guelph!

[ArgoRavi]

I'm too lazy to check the Jays schedule but there must have been a date available somewhere.

There are very, very few available dates for the Argos. In other words, I would say that there was not an available date somewhere for the Argos to play on a Saturday or more than one Sunday.

[gilthethrill]

If I were the Argos I would release this schedule too.....

[argolio]

EX Wed Jun 12 Toronto @ Winnipeg 08:00
EX Thu Jun 20 Montreal @ Toronto 07:00 PM
1. Fri Jun 28 Hamilton @ Toronto 07:00 PM
2. Thu Jul 04 Toronto @ BC 10:00 PM
3. Thu Jul 11 Saskatchewan @ Toronto 07:30 PM
4. Fri Jul 19 Toronto @ Winnipeg 08:00 PM
5. Tue Jul 30 BC @ Toronto 07:30 PM
6. Thu Aug 08 Toronto @ Montreal 07:30 PM
7. Sun Aug 18 Edmonton @ Toronto 07:00 PM
8. Fri Aug 23 Calgary @ Toronto 07:30 PM
9. Tue Sep 03 Montreal @ Toronto 07:30 PM
10. Sun Sep 08 Toronto @ Montreal 01:00 PM
11. Sat Sep 14 Toronto @ Saskatchewan 09:30 PM
12. Sat Sep 21 Toronto @ Calgary 07:30 PM
13. Sat Sep 28 Toronto @ Edmonton 09:00 PM
14. Fri Oct 04 Hamilton @ Toronto 07:00 PM
15. Mon Oct 14 Toronto @ Hamilton 04:30 PM
16. Sat Oct 19 Toronto @ Winnipeg 03:30 PM
17. Thu Oct 24 Winnipeg @ Toronto 07:30 PM
18. Fri Nov 01 Montreal @ Toronto 07:00 PM


3 in a row at home followed by 6 of 7 on the road. Terrible balance.

Don't like going to BC on a short week.

Two short weeks in October as well.

I always wonder how things might have been different had Harry Ornest not foolishly sold the team's primary tenant rights to the Jays. We've been paying for that massive mistake ever since.

[AaronInToronto]

On a positive note, my wife won't have to yell at me as much about tying up a weekend day for a game. Easier for me to slip to a late evening game as the kids are asleep, though I'm very disappointed that all of the gmaes are at night. Tough to take my excited 5 year old to a game that starts an hour before her bedtime. Schedule is not going to be good for parents with young ones.

[KCargosfan]

Schedule is not going to be good for parents with young ones.

No offense, but that's not exactly something the league should keep in mind when making a schedule. Personally, I wish they would play all Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday games with some Thursday night games during the summer when the CFL should be kicking baseball's butt in TV ratings.

[paulwoods13]

We're stuck with whatever dates we get from Rogers, so no sense complaining about it. The six road games in sevenweeks is a huge bummer, but our boys will just have to fight through it. I'm personally looking forward to the Varsity game. The other lousy aspect (for the players and coaches, not so much for us) is that our bye consists of barely over a week -- we play July 30 and again Aug. 8. Every other teams gets between 11 and 14 days off between games, we get eight.

[KCargosfan]

On another note, why all the Thursday night home games for the Als? Wouldn't be too thrilled with that if I was an Als season ticket holder.

[1argoholic]

It's a really crap schedule but we're getting used to that. Sept is on the road? Thursday July 4th in BC. Short week and early for the game here. Usually it's late in the year. We have to win this before I move. Year 11 is the charm. haha. No Sat home games. That Sucks!!!

[AaronInToronto]

No offense, but that's not exactly something the league should keep in mind when making a schedule. Personally, I wish they would play all Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday games with some Thursday night games during the summer when the CFL should be kicking baseball's butt in TV ratings.

I get that for some. This is taken into consideration for NFL and NHL. I can't imagine the pushback fans would have in the NFL if every game started at 7:30pm on a week night.

[ArgoDave]

Seeing as i enjoy weekend afternoons most of all, this is a bitter disappointment to me. i forsee stressful afternoons of trying to wrap up work, in time to fight traffic, in time to change clothes, in time to choke down dinner, in time to find parking to get to my seat for kickoff.

At least with tailgating effectively nixxed by the lack of space due to condos, there's really no reason to be early anymore.

As bad as that sounds I doubt I'm gonna get to even half the games this year due to work schedule, if I'm lucky. Possibly no games at all.....Ya bitter no doubt. Good thing I only had to buy 2 ST's not 4 anymore since so many will go to waste unless anyone wants to buy some off me when the time comes. For the first time in years I have no reason to look forward to the season at all, most games will be on PVR for me.

[D-Gap-Willie]

October is very interesting, if we believe all the Blue Jays hype about making the postseason. They could fit in a Wild Card game on October 1, but with the Argo game on October 4, they supposedly could not have the Skydome ready for baseball again until the October 7. They could have problems scheduling later series, but I suppose they could always change the Argo game to another date ??