Scott Taylor's Blog, page 103

Let’s Put Some ‘Nice’ Back Into the CFL

Just like its big brother to the south, the Canadian Football League is doing everything humanly possible to make a nine-team house league into the No Fun League. Under commissioner Mark Cohon, the CFL has become a big corporate/TV entity … Continue reading →

CFL Week 9: Camouflaged Bombers Should Find a Way Against the Naked-in-the-Open Alouettes

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will wear their new experimental Reebok uniforms on Friday night when the Montreal Alouettes roll into Investors Group Field. Considering how great those jerseys could have looked – with a little gold in them – they … Continue reading →

The Manziel Scandal: Does Big Corporate Media Know Anything About Football Players?

Pre-season NFL football is generally, that period of time when hyper-active children are lulled to sleep. It’s meaningless, it’s boring and the only people benefiting (or not) from the exercise are the league’s various coaching staffs. Monday night was no … Continue reading →

You Don’t Have to Pay Extra for the Jets This Year

Now that TSN will have five networks, but no NHL national rights, it looks like the Winnipeg Jets will come streaming into your living without an extra cost this season. According to a release from Scott Brown, the Jets Senior … Continue reading →

As Bombers Prep For Gift, the East Continues to Drown

Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea has provided the official team media with all the right answers: “As we look at that and inspect it more closely, we’ve got to shore up our tackling, but the pursuit and energy … Continue reading →

Matt Cassel is Still Vikings No. 1. At Least, For Now

The way Teddy Bridgewater finished Saturday night’s pre-season game almost made us forget how Matt Cassel started it. With 1:11 remaining, Bridgewater drove the Vikings 83 yards in seven plays and capped it off with a three-yard fade to the … Continue reading →

Leipsic to be Part of 2014 NHLPA Rookie Showcase

Winnipeg’s Brendan Leipsic knows that at 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, he’s a little undersized for today’s NHL. Still, the team that drafted him, the Nashville Predators, think enough of him to consider including him in their promotional plans for 2014-15. On … Continue reading →

Argos Drill Bombers, Extract Revenge

The last time the Winnipeg Blue Bombers faced the Toronto Argonauts, it was at Investors Group Field in the 2014 CFL season opener. That night, the Bombers pasted a very bad Argo outfit 45-21. The shoe was on the other … Continue reading →

CFL Picks Week 8: Bombers on a Shortie, Argos Lie in Wait Looking for Revenge

By The Coach and Dr. Football When you have a league with nine teams, you’ll got one week in which teams must play two games in a span of five days or less. This is that week. And the two … Continue reading →

The Winners and Losers Among the Young and the Breathtaking

Teddy Bridgewater was OK. He wasn’t what one might call “the answer,” but he was OK. In a televised practice on Friday night, Bridgewater came on for Minnesota Vikings starter Matt Cassel after the first two series and while the … Continue reading →