Scott Taylor's Blog, page 99

What We Learned From the Jets Final Pre-Season Game

There appears to be a serious level of angst over the way the Winnipeg Jets have played during this 2014 National Hockey League pre-season schedule. Saturday night, the Calgary Flames came to MTS Centre, barely broke a sweat and lost … Continue reading →

Dictators Are Only People Who Want to Deal With IOC

Only the dictatorships of China and Kazakhstan want any part of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Now that Oslo, Norway has dropped its bid, only Almaty in Kazakhstan and Beijing in China, have any interest in playing host to the 2022 … Continue reading →

Bombers Reach New Low, Get Whipped by Expansion Ottawa

It appeared for a while this season as if the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were about to abandon their place as one of the worst franchises in professional sports. However, after losing 42-20 to the lowly Ottawa RedBacks on Friday night, … Continue reading →

CFL Picks Week 15: Bombers Favoured, Better Win

By The Coach and Dr. Football The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have lost six of their last seven games. The Ottawa RedBlacks have lost 11 of the first 12 games of their existence. That’s all you need to know about Friday’s … Continue reading →

NFL Picks Week 5: No Faith in a Vikings Repeat

By The Coach and Dr. Football The Thursday Night TV match-up is, essentially, historical. It’s the Packers and Vikings at Lambeau. The rivalry. The Border Battle. The dumpy old stadium in Wisconsin will be the site of a game between … Continue reading →

The Bombers Are Not Very Good. Fortunately, Neither is Anybody Else

By Scott Taylor and Stephen Ripley If there is one thing you can count on in the Canadian Football League, it’s that nothing is certain. After all, in 1981, a 5-11-0 Ottawa Roughriders team not only reached the Grey Cup, … Continue reading →

Late Bloomer From ‘Great Hockey Town’ Could Be Stars Secret Weapon

TAMPA — Friday night in Tampa, Winnipeg’s Ryan Garbutt wasn’t even on-hand to watch his Dallas Stars teammates get waxed 6-3 by the Tampa Bay Lightning. To be fair, not many of the players who suited up for Dallas on … Continue reading →

The Vikings Have a Quarterback for the Next Decade

Adrian Who? It was quite a Sunday afternoon at The Bank. Sure, the fact Teddy Bridgewater left the game with an injured ankle has to concern the Minnesota Vikings brain trust. After all, the Vikings had just watched their quarterback-for-the-next-decade … Continue reading →

It’s Back to Drawing Board for Bombers

Mr. Drawing Board, let me re-introduce you to Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach Mike O’Shea. Coach O’Shea, Drawing Board. Saturday night at Investors Group Field, the 2014 Canadian Football League season took another turn for the worst for Winnipeg’s beloved … Continue reading →
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CFL Week 14: Bombers Back from the Bye

By The Coach and Dr. Football After a much-needed week off, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will return to Investors Group Field on Saturday evening. Whether or not Drew Willy starts at quarterback for Winnipeg is a secret the Bombers coaching … Continue reading →