XFL
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And yet most people only remember one because it was a good league and began the highly successful Superbowl era. The other was about 70 years ago and wasn't really a success and even old geezers like you and I can not remember it.....and I'm only 69.
Oh and it died, nobody else really cares, the records are not even in the NFL HOF.......let it rest in peace. It's totally dead and gone.
Well....the Cleveland Browns are not gone, the San Francisco 49ers are not got....the Baltimore Colts are gone...but just to Indy.
Again....if you hate the Browns and wish to constantly denigrate their history, their chances.... why are you even on here?
Well....the Cleveland Browns are not gone, the San Francisco 49ers are not got....the Baltimore Colts are gone...but just to Indy.
Again....if you hate the Browns and wish to constantly denigrate their history, their chances.... why are you even on here?
The Baltimore Colts that came from the AAFC has nothing to do with the Baltimore Colts that became the Indianapolis Colts.
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Well....the Cleveland Browns are not gone, the San Francisco 49ers are not got....the Baltimore Colts are gone...but just to Indy.
Again....if you hate the Browns and wish to constantly denigrate their history, their chances.... why are you even on here?
The Baltimore Colts that came from the AAFC has nothing to do with the Baltimore Colts that became the Indianapolis Colts.
The Baltimore Colts that came from the AAFC has nothing to do with the Baltimore Colts that became the Indianapolis Colts.
That is correct...technically.
Some however have this theory that the Colts can actually trace their lineage back to I think, the Dayton Triangles.
How to get from Dayton to Indianapolis by way of Brooklyn, Boston, New York, Dallas, Hershey and Baltimore
By Bob Carroll
The Coffin Corner
Volume XVII
Originally published in Ragtyme SportsTeams Lineage Summary:
- Dayton Cadets (1913-15), Dayton Triangles (1916-29), Brooklyn Dodgers (1930-43), Brooklyn Tigers (1944), Yanks (Merger with Boston in 1945). End of NFL franchise.
- Boston Yanks (1944), Yanks (Merger with Brooklyn, 1945), Boston Yanks (1946-48). End of NFL franchise.
- New York Bulldogs (1949), New York Yanks (1950-51). End of NFL franchise.
- New York Yankees AAFC (1946-48), Brooklyn-New York Yankees (Merger, 1949). End AAFC franchise. New York Yanks bought most of players.
- Baltimore Colts I (1947-49 AAFC, 1950 NFL). End NFL franchise.
- Dallas Texans (1952). End NFL franchise. Team played out of Hershey, Pa., for final five games.
- Baltimore Colts II (1953-1983), Indianapolis Colts (1984- on). Franchise still active.
It is very much a stretch....but there is that theory.
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Of course, it could depend on who played for a Cleveland XFL team. Note: two of the name players I mention above are NEOhio products: Cardale Jones of Glenville, Connor Cook of Walsh Jesuit played HS ball here. That could promote some enthusiasm.
And if Mitch Trubisky does not get his act together, he could be headed for an XFL career perhaps.
I'd rather just watch the BUCKEYES than a bunch of stiffs that couldn't even make an NFL taxi squad......hey maybe some were really driving taxis!
....or Uber guys.
I'd rather just watch the BUCKEYES than a bunch of stiffs that couldn't even make an NFL taxi squad......hey maybe some were really driving taxis!
....or Uber guys.
I think a lot of the guys that may play there are no longer eligible for the NFL Practice Squads. Thus, they have to make an active roster....or hit the streets. Here is a place for them to land.
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Starts February 8, 2020 anybody even remotely interested in this ?
There's part of me almost wishing this frustrating as hell Browns season would just wrap up...
So no, no interest in watching the WWE doofus try to placate his ego in trying this again.
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There's part of me almost wishing this frustrating as hell Browns season would just wrap up...
So no, no interest in watching the WWE doofus try to placate his ego in trying this again.
It's like the season just abruptly ended -but- there are 4 more games still to play...... almost like preseason II.
Feels like cold January is here already.
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The NFL minor league and unless proped up will probably fade into obscurity with all of the others.....
The NFL minor league and unless proped up will probably fade into obscurity with all of the others.....
i kind of lost interest in these secondary football leagues when the usfl ....the one where sipe went to jacksonville....and it died...at least they had some nfl players that had a yr or 2 left in the gas tank......since then....eh, not interested....and if the nfl does not do something about these refs and some of the new rules, i may lose interest....getting close for me...i know alot of folks i grew up with stopped watching...so we talk about music mostly....
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The NFL minor league and unless proped up will probably fade into obscurity with all of the others.....
i kind of lost interest in these secondary football leagues when the usfl ....the one where sipe went to jacksonville....and it died...at least they had some nfl players that had a yr or 2 left in the gas tank......since then....eh, not interested....and if the nfl does not do something about these refs and some of the new rules, i may lose interest....getting close for me...i know alot of folks i grew up with stopped watching...so we talk about music mostly....
i kind of lost interest in these secondary football leagues when the usfl ....the one where sipe went to jacksonville....and it died...at least they had some nfl players that had a yr or 2 left in the gas tank......since then....eh, not interested....and if the nfl does not do something about these refs and some of the new rules, i may lose interest....getting close for me...i know alot of folks i grew up with stopped watching...so we talk about music mostly....
Yes. Since then they were novelty leagues even the indoor football league folded. The USFL looked promising but.....
http://www.espn.com/30for30/film/_/page/small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl
About Small Potatoes: Who Killed The USFL?
Film Summary
In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000 and started off with respectable TV ratings.
But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league's founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, "Who Killed the USFL?"
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The XFL kicks off pretty soon, so do you think that it has a chance?
The XFL 2020 schedule, a 79-day sprint from kickoff to the championship game, starts on Saturday, Feb. 8 when the DC Defenders host the Seattle Dragons at 2 p.m. ET (ABC). The debut is followed by the Los Angeles Wildcats at the Houston Roughnecks at 5 p.m. ET (FOX).
The opening weekend of the 10-week regular season continues on Sunday, Feb. 9, when the New York Guardians host the Tampa Bay Vipers at 2 p.m. ET (FOX) and concludes later that day when the St. Louis BattleHawks travel to face the Dallas Renegades at 5 p.m. ET (ESPN).
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND! -
"Who Killed the USFL?"
The answer is: Donald Trump
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The XFL kicks off pretty soon, so do you think that it has a chance?
The XFL 2020 schedule, a 79-day sprint from kickoff to the championship game, starts on Saturday, Feb. 8 when the DC Defenders host the Seattle Dragons at 2 p.m. ET (ABC). The debut is followed by the Los Angeles Wildcats at the Houston Roughnecks at 5 p.m. ET (FOX).
The opening weekend of the 10-week regular season continues on Sunday, Feb. 9, when the New York Guardians host the Tampa Bay Vipers at 2 p.m. ET (FOX) and concludes later that day when the St. Louis BattleHawks travel to face the Dallas Renegades at 5 p.m. ET (ESPN).
The XFL kicks off pretty soon, so do you think that it has a chance?
The XFL 2020 schedule, a 79-day sprint from kickoff to the championship game, starts on Saturday, Feb. 8 when the DC Defenders host the Seattle Dragons at 2 p.m. ET (ABC). The debut is followed by the Los Angeles Wildcats at the Houston Roughnecks at 5 p.m. ET (FOX).
The opening weekend of the 10-week regular season continues on Sunday, Feb. 9, when the New York Guardians host the Tampa Bay Vipers at 2 p.m. ET (FOX) and concludes later that day when the St. Louis BattleHawks travel to face the Dallas Renegades at 5 p.m. ET (ESPN).
I thought you had no interest? That you would rather watch women's volleyball and X game skiing.
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Yea, possibly. It remains to be seen.
If there were an XFL team in Cleveland....would it matter to you then?
No. I'm busy enough with the "real" football, baseball and March madness stuff and the like. I don't need "fake" sports.
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, TRIBE, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes, I like ND!
No. I'm busy enough with the "real" football, baseball and March madness stuff and the like. I don't need "fake" sports.
GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, TRIBE, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes, I like ND!
I probably will watch the initial games but unless they are really good I'll go with the other sports entertainment out there.
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The only thing exciting about the XFL is the sexy cheerleaders.. But I will say.. "He Hate Me" was my favorite name in Football.... But like last time.. I expect this league to flop again!...
The only thing exciting about the XFL is the sexy cheerleaders..
Yeah but this time of year all the hotties in Western FL are laying in the sand on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico listening to some blow hard name Flugel tell them YO QUIERO!!!!
Watch Ghoolie show up in a thong and scare them away just to bust my balls!
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The only thing exciting about the XFL is the sexy cheerleaders..
Yeah but this time of year all the hotties in Western FL are laying in the sand on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico listening to some blow hard name Flugel tell them YO QUIERO!!!!
Watch Ghoolie show up in a thong and scare them away just to bust my balls!
Yeah but this time of year all the hotties in Western FL are laying in the sand on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico listening to some blow hard name Flugel tell them YO QUIERO!!!!
Watch Ghoolie show up in a thong and scare them away just to bust my balls!
If you offer those girls tacos things would go better for you.
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Yeah but this time of year all the hotties in Western FL are laying in the sand on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico listening to some blow hard name Flugel tell them YO QUIERO!!!!
Watch Ghoolie show up in a thong and scare them away just to bust my balls!
If you offer those girls tacos things would go better for you.
If you offer those girls tacos things would go better for you.
If those girls offered you tacos things would go better for you.
FIFY?
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The NFL minor league and unless proped up will probably fade into obscurity with all of the others.....
Maybe. But the XFL did just conduct a "draft" ...not a college draft, but one that apparently picked up street Free Agents, including the following names:
Cardale Jones
Connor Cook
Sammie Coates
Matt McGloin
Landry Jones
Orson Charles.
Maybe. But the XFL did just conduct a "draft" ...not a college draft, but one that apparently picked up street Free Agents, including the following names:
Cardale Jones
Connor Cook
Sammie Coates
Matt McGloin
Landry Jones
Orson Charles.
Sammie Coates? How many years has he been out of football? He had 6 rec in da Land in 2017. Landry Jones? LOL
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Of course, it could depend on who played for a Cleveland XFL team. Note: two of the name players I mention above are NEOhio products: Cardale Jones of Glenville, Connor Cook of Walsh Jesuit played HS ball here. That could promote some enthusiasm.
And if Mitch Trubisky does not get his act together, he could be headed for an XFL career perhaps.
I'd rather just watch the BUCKEYES than a bunch of stiffs that couldn't even make an NFL taxi squad......hey maybe some were really driving taxis!
....or Uber guys.
I'd rather just watch the BUCKEYES than a bunch of stiffs that couldn't even make an NFL taxi squad......hey maybe some were really driving taxis!
....or Uber guys.
I'd be willing to bet an XFL squad could give the Buckeyes a serious battle, if not win outright. That Cardale Jones feller- remember him from his time in Columbus? As was posited earlier in the thread- a lot of the XFL players have probably used up their practice squad eligibility- Cardale certainly has. Regarding XFL vs. top NCAA teams- take off your Buckeye homer glasses. In a given year how many Bucs get drafted- 5 maybe? First round one? The rest go on to be NFL nobodies in general. 90%+ of FCS players go on to be accountants, sports announcers (Herbstreit), or wind up pumping gas- just like those XFL guys you're not impressed with.
Sometimes those not ready for the NFL guys just need a chance to shine on a lower level- like our own Garrett Gilbert.
And IIRC Kevin Mack and Frank Minnifield came out of the USFL.
Starts February 8, 2020 anybody even remotely interested in this ?
Yeah, I'm going to tune in for a look.
FWIW, checking prices- if I lived in an XFL city, I'd consider going to a game at $20. OTOH, Flyer Basketball Mania has taken over in Dayton now that they're ranked in the NCAA top 10. Glad I caught a game in person before the price on resale tickets went insane. We're talking NFL playoff level prices ($500) to get prime seating for a regular season Saturday afternoon game. Some folks are asking $100 bucks for nosebleeds.
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