PromoTheRobot
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WTF. After all we heard about cap hits etc? I guess whenever there's smoke there is fire, huh?
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9 minutes ago, BigDingus said:
It must be annoying to the XFL that the second someone looks good, the NFL is going to come take away your player 😆
It's the whole selling point of the league. They want their players to move up.
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What is this from?
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3 hours ago, billsfan89 said:
I am very happy the UFL exists (and that it is a combination of the XFL and USFL as there isn't room in the market for two spring football leagues) because it does give guys a chance to make the NFL in unorthodox ways. The CFL is viable too but I think for whatever reason it is a lot harder to go from the CFL to the NFL. Maybe because the CFL rules are so vastly different?
Anyway I am glad to have a spring football league where guys can find ways to get into the NFL that weren't there in the past.
The difference between the CFL and UFL is players can't get out of CFL contracts to go to the NFL, while all UFL contracts are just one season long.
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Totality in Vermont is a two hour drive from me. I'm going to wait to see 1) is it a clear sky, and 2) what's traffic looking like.
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55 minutes ago, Warcodered said:
I think you might have linked the wrong video I just see an ad
Could always be depended to deliver a message even 50 years in the future.
I cleaned it up. That's what happens when you post from your phone with a lousy connection.
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Often teamed up with John Candy on skits like Schmenge Brothers and Count Floyd.
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Is it too soon for this?
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6 hours ago, Punching Bag said:
Neilson numbers may be more important to keep broadcasters continuing to show games.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ufl-attendance-gets-off-to-so-so-start
UFL attendance gets off to so-so start
(NBC is not broadcasting partner so do not expect soft treatment)
UFL’s debut had so-so attendance, to no surprise. Via Mike Mitchell of SI.com, the opening game between the Birmingham Stallions and the Arlington Renegade attracted 14,153 fans.
The second game, featuring the Michigan Panthers hosting the St. Louis Battlehawks, drew 9,444 to Ford Field.
NFL analyst points out reasons for "so-so" attendance at UFL season opener
https://www.sportskeeda.com/nfl/news-nfl-analyst-points-reasons-so-so-attendance-ufl-season-opener
The official attendance figure for the UFL’s opening game at Choctaw Stadium between the @USFLStallions and @XFLRenegades is 14,153.
St. Louis had huge numbers last year. Wait until their home opener. But UFL aren't going to go above 20K on average.
Ever watch Tuesday/Wednesday MACtion college games on ESPN? Most nights they barely have a hundred people in the stands.
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1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:
At first I thought the entire XFL and the entire USFL combined to make a big league. That would be much cooler. Still, the games yesterday were pretty good. I have enjoyed it
Only 4 franchises from each former league survived the merger, but they could be reactivated later
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48 minutes ago, SirAndrew said:
I like the fact that Memphis, San Antonio, Birmingham, and St.Louis are in this league. The idea of a spring league in smaller markets without an NFL team is great. Fan enthusiasm is important to me when trying to get into a new league. If I don’t see any interest in the stands, why should I be interested? It adds a human element that I find important. On the same note, I don’t understand why these leagues keep trying DC, Dallas, and Houston. Texas loves football, but those large markets aren’t going to care, they already have enough football to stay occupied.
DC would sell out their 17K soccer stadium. In fact they are famous for their "beer snakes "
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1 hour ago, Punching Bag said:
Is the team name for Brahmas on Brahma, one of the major gods of Hinduism, or Brahma chickens or Brahma Beer?
Brahmas, as in longhorn steer
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It's the UFL opening weekend, you lucky people.
Week 1
Saturday, March 30
Birmingham Stallions at Arlington Renegades, 1 p.m. (FOX)
St. Louis Battlehawks at Michigan Panthers, 4 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, March 31
D.C. Defenders at San Antonio Brahmas, noon (ESPN)
Memphis Showboats at Houston Roughnecks, 3 p.m. (ESPN)
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On 3/26/2024 at 2:01 PM, Doc Brown said:
Just kick it through the end zone to get it at the 30. Either way scoring will go up which is what the NFL wants.
That's one aspect of the XFL kickoff the NFL did not adopt. Touchbacks are a penalty (illegal kick) putting the ball on the 40.
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34 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:
The defense will have to adjust once the ball touches the ground or the returner fields the kick. I would think you would see several coverage guys either drop back a few yards are perhaps more likely stay where they are rather than be part of the initial pursuit. That way the defense sets up multiple layers.
The question is how fast can that coverage team react to misdirection. see below.
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Anger and fear are the most potent ways to get a reaction from people. It's also the easiest. Chuck Dickerson succeeded on the radio because he got people mad. And when you're mad, you stop thinking.
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I actually called Schoop and Bulldog the other day and asked if anyone considered the scope of this rule change? (FYI, They didn't.) This changes the old fashioned kickoff into a wildcat running play with only one layer of defense.
In the XFL, this rule only resulted in 2 kickoff returns for touchdowns. But consider that XFL teams have no off-season and minimal training camps. Teams are put together and game plans worked out in a few weeks.
Now consider NFL teams have higher level talent and coaches that can work year-round on game planning, plus have mini-camps, training camp and preseason games to implement this.
And with both receiving team and coverage teams lined up against each other in line across the field, there are no second or third level defenders to make tackles, except for the kicker. If you create a hole and your guy gets through it, you are off to the races.
So I'm really curious to see how this works out for the NFL because it completely changes the skill sets needed. Open field blockers versus line-of-scrimmage run blockers. Kick returners versus runners that can find holes. There might be one or more kick returns for TD per game, and will that be a good thing.
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2 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:
I understood the PSL argument from the start. The part that I’m hung up on is why are you trying so hard to differentiate a PSL from any other ticketing fee that you pay as a “right to buy the ticket?” That’s obviously way more common when you’re talking about standalone events like a concert or show. You’re paying someone for the right to buy that seat. It’s the same thing. It just lines someone’s pockets as opposed to funding a portion of stadiums (although sometimes it does fund a portion of the stadium).
I guess the other part that I’m hung up on is, “why do you have an issue with PSLs when the people using the product are the one’s electing to purchase?” have 2 club seats and plan to continue in a similar capacity. It is my choice whether or not to continue. Do I want to pay a crazy amount for the right to buy two seats? Of course not!! I understand though, if I’m going to be using the stadium, it’s reasonable to expect me to contribute more than someone not using it.
I get that you don’t want to pay your PSL. None of us do. There will be PSLs that are probably as low as $1000. If someone can’t afford that, with 10 years to finance, they probably shouldn’t be buying season tickets. That’s $10 a month(ish). Fortunately, we all have the choice to pay it or not. If we want to keep our tickets, that’s what it’s costs now.
I knew this is what the Bills were heading for years ago and started putting away some money in anticipation. Now if the actual cost of those PSLs go beyond that amount I'm not sure what I'll do.
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19 hours ago, Irv said:
Anybody know if major college programs sell PSL's?
In a sense. Some schools require a mandatory donation to buy tickets.
2 minutes ago, Bob Jones said:So you make my point then, as the Bills (as long as they're good/JA is around) would have been selling out ALL seats in the current stadium. With as much as PSLs AND higher new tickets cost, they may not be selling out all the non-suite seats in the new place. We shall see.
If I'm reading the signs correctly, and from perusing social media over the past week, I think I am, the Bills have overestimated their ability to get fans to buy in at these high costs.
I thought I read @Mr Info saying some sections are sold out already?
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39 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:
So can you still kick it into the EZ? If so, same boring play…doesn’t matter where everyone else lines up.
NFL puts touchbacks on the 30. XFL put it on the 40 as an illegal kick penalty.
25 minutes ago, Bob Jones said:Pretty bad when the NFL is stealing ideas from the XFL...
Almost every NFL rule change came from either college or a rival league.
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1 hour ago, The Jokeman said:
Yeah I haven't watched the UFL to see what this is all about, preseason will definitely be good to see how this rule works.
Oddly enough, the UFL abandoned the XFL-style kickoff rule and went back to the usual format.
1 hour ago, BuffaloBillyG said:I know some will hate it because "change bad" but I'm interested to see how this plays out. I like the idea of keeping returns relevant. Of course this would hit at a time where Buffalo doesn't have a clear "return specialist" rostered ..but let's see what the draft brings.
This changes the kickoff strategy 100%. Now it's about making holes to run through. There's no second level so once you break through it's a foot race.
1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said:How would an onside kick attempt work?
The old way. The XFL made you convert a 4th and 15 at your own 25 to retain possession. The NFL did not adopt that rule.
1 hour ago, warrior9 said:I really dislike that they passed this without trying it for a year in the pre-season first, like have done with MANY other rules. If players, coaches, fans, etc hate it... why keep it?
We may all love it but at the end, all of the rule changes coming are harming the game.
Just doing this in preseason is impractical. Preseason is when you work on plays for the upcoming season. Why put in all that work for a rule that goes away?
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18 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:
Yep. And newly constructed bridges usually do but not always. Fun fact, the picture of the Skyway in that Wikipedia site is of a bridge that was built to replace a bridge that was destroyed in the exact same way as the Key Bridge was today. Ship collision. Hence when they built its replacement protection from ship collision was a strong consideration.
The Key Bridge was built in 1977. There are TONS of older bridges in shipping lanes that don't have them. The South Grand Island Bridge is an example. The Bay Bridge in Annapolis doesn't have them either.
Whatever they replace the Key Bridge with won't be built the same way. It'll either have the biggest dolphins you've ever seen or be a different type of bridge that gets the support pillars much further out of the shipping channel so any ship would ground itself before hitting them.
Or a tunnel, like the I-95 Harbor Tunnel.
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6 minutes ago, That's No Moon said:
Ships are really heavy and when moving represent a lot of kinetic energy. Bridges aren't built to withstand that.
But what about the cement foundations?
Diggs traded to Texans for picks
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