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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Kaos on August 19, 2018, 11:18:07 AM
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After record setting stints in the NFL and CFL the great Trent Richardson is likely coming home to anchor the Birmingham franchise of the Alliance of American Football.
https://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/08/saskatchewan_roughriders_relea.html
University of Alabama alumni with housesitting needs should contact the Richardson family immediately. In expectation of increased business opportunities, Birmingham area Enterprise Rental locations are adding additional staff.
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University of Alabama alumni with housesitting needs should contact the Richardson family immediately.
Well played sir. Well played!
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Just let me know when the festivities begin. Our hero has been laboring in a foreign land all while being separated from his childen and his return is cause for a parade people, A PARADE!
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Funny how things fall apart when random drug tests become part of the scene.
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Funny how things fall apart when random drug tests become part of the scene.
I like how that one former Bama clown with the Ravens said he was gonna be better this season because he “was getting back on that Alabama stuff†and al.com splooged over ‘the process’ as opposed to what he really meant.
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My favorite part of the story though is how they make it sound that getting cut by a CANADIAN football team is really better because now he will be able to play closer to home. I love it when a plan comes together!
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Games start Saturday.
Two games at 7 (CBS carrying one, I think) and then two more games on Sunday.
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My favorite part of the story though is how they make it sound that getting cut by a CANADIAN football team is really better because now he will be able to play closer to home. I love it when a plan comes together!
Kinda like that time WT got fired by that Carey guy and ended up working at the McDonalds just down the street from his parents?
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Anyone watch the initial game? My regional broadcast was the ATL/ORL game.
I thought the product on the field was quality football. Certainly better than arena ball and XFL (in its previous iteration...the quality of the new version is tbd) and about on par with NFL Europe.
Some familiar names and faces on the field, but the star power is on the sidelines and in the front offices. I didn't realize Bill Polian was co-founder of the league...that's instant credibility. It's always fun to watch Spurrier coach (even though he is getting old as fuck and it's unsettling to see him at less than 100%) but this league is emphasizing transparency, so you get bonus SOS with lots of audio during the game.
In the spirit of transparency, you also get to listen in as the officials review plays (quickly and without all the foot dragging that the NFL and CFB engage in.)
I think the biggest problem they have (based on my one game experience) is getting the broadcast booth to quit acting surprised at the product's quality. I understand Gary Danielson was there to lend some football credibility and won't likely be a full-time broadcaster, but the league needs everyone with a microphone to drop phrases like "good enough" or "better than expected." That's a fine line, I suppose (spontaneous response from the booth vs scripted corporate jargon), but you still want the product "sold" by people that believe in it.
TL/DR: was pretty good and I'll probably watch the B'ham game today. 3pm.
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Today's game is on the CBS Sports Network...which, for some reason, isn't part of my CBS All Access subscription.
So, I'm forced to watch this one on my laptop.
That's sub-optimal and will affect my future viewership.
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The B'ham squad looks to be pretty salty. The defense was smothering and the QB has a nice rapport with his receiving corps.
I was enjoying watching Richardson flail about and take loss after loss...until ultimately the Memphis defense got tired and he punched the rock in twice.
I'm adopting the Chad strategy he's employing with Ingram in NO.
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Only AU disappointment was Avery Young getting beat out by bammers!
Overall decent football. No kneeling so I don’t mind watching.
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I can't support it.
al.com ruins it for me. Went there to see a little about the game. Almost every photo in their game gallery is of T-Rent.
No thanks.
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I can't support it.
al.com ruins it for me. Went there to see a little about the game. Almost every photo in their game gallery is of T-Rent.
No thanks.
Oh, don't be such a puss. Just watch it. I cannot stomach arena league, XFL, etc, so I was a little weary of AAF. However, I really enjoyed the product on the field this weekend. As Chizad mentioned, it was pretty cool to get the bonus content of hearing the replay booth conversation, players, etc. I went into it thinking this would be a one-off and the AAF wouldn't make it a second year, but I think they're going to make it. There seems to be a lot of fan support judging by attendance.
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As Chizad mentioned, it was pretty cool to get the bonus content of hearing the replay booth conversation, players, etc.
Fuck you in the goat ass.
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Fuck you in the goat ass.
If he had met both of you in person he would know Chad was a solid foot taller than you. No offense.
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If he had met both of you in person he would know Chad was a solid foot taller than you. No offense.
Its all the same lean...
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Oh, don't be such a puss. Just watch it. I cannot stomach arena league, XFL, etc, so I was a little weary of AAF. However, I really enjoyed the product on the field this weekend. As Chizad mentioned, it was pretty cool to get the bonus content of hearing the replay booth conversation, players, etc. I went into it thinking this would be a one-off and the AAF wouldn't make it a second year, but I think they're going to make it. There seems to be a lot of fan support judging by attendance.
I’ve seen enough “inspiring†Richardson stories to last me a lifetime. When he fails here, as he likely will, then I’ll give it a shot. Until then? Better things to do.
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If he had met both of you in person he would know Chad was a solid foot taller than you. No offense.
None taken.
Just never pass up an opportunity to tell a bama fan to get fucked.
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None taken.
Just never pass up an opportunity to tell a bama fan to get fucked.
Rws doesn’t go to his own teams game. Sure as hell isnt going to another teams.
Weldome back rws.
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When the Iron starts playing in the new proposed stadium next to the BJCC I’ll start attending. I hope the league is successful and I hope they continue to make a living off Alabama and Auburn players.
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When the Iron starts playing in the new proposed stadium next to the BJCC I’ll start attending. I hope the league is successful and I hope they continue to make a living off Alabama and Auburn players.
Don't you need tetanus and rabies shots just to attend games at Legion field?
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Don't you need tetanus and rabies shots body armour and an assault weapon just to attend games at Legion field?
fixt
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Don't you need tetanus and rabies shots body armour and an assault weapon just to attend games at Legion field?
fixt
Well, Token has no excuse then.
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(https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/styles/blog_main_wide_580x384/public/field_image/web18-cbpriotgear-1160x768.jpg?itok=cMXnz-LY)
Fans line up at Legion Field before last Sunday's showdown between the Birmingham Iron and the Memphis Singletarys.
In other Iron news, T-Rent Richardson is now "back" for the 112th time, eclipsing the "I'm back" record established by Rick Flair of the WWE.
https://aaf.com/trent-richardson-regains-love-for-the-game-with-iron
In a related story, stock in Enterprise Rent-a-Car was up 11 points on the news that Richardson might stick with this team for longer than two games. Also trading higher was T-Town Menswear as well as assorted steak and sushi restaurants in Tuscaloosa frequented by Tom Al-Betar his young, white female friends. Stock in hair weave companies rose slightly on the news that Sevina Fatu was spotted near the Iron training camp (look it up).
Conversely, stock in peanut butter -- the only thing Richardson ever ate before he was hired at he signed with Alabama out of Pensacola -- was down.
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K, you loathe more than anyone I know. The dude is a NFL washout who is making a salary measurable by an hourly rate. He likely spent all of his NFL money with nothing to show for it. He's left playing football in front of 15k people at the shittiest stadium in the entire state. Even then he didn't rush for 3 yards per carry. He's never going back to the NFL. The ONLY thing the guy has left is being a mediocre running back in a brand new football league. You won. Trent lost.
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K, you loathe more than anyone I know. The dude is a NFL washout who is making a salary measurable by an hourly rate. He likely spent all of his NFL money with nothing to show for it. He's left playing football in front of 15k people at the shittiest stadium in the entire state. Even then he didn't rush for 3 yards per carry. He's never going back to the NFL. The ONLY thing the guy has left is being a mediocre running back in a brand new football league. You won. Trent lost.
(https://www.mememaker.net/api/bucket?path=static/img/memes/full/2017/Jan/27/22/omg-i-won.jpg) (https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjgsMLa_rbgAhVIR6wKHQuKDJEQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mememaker.net%2Fmeme%2Fomg-i-won%2F&psig=AOvVaw1xIQ4jYc42_3jgDRS8jNup&ust=1550088182425307)
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K, you loathe more than anyone I know. The dude is a NFL washout who is making a salary measurable by an hourly rate. He likely spent all of his NFL money with nothing to show for it. He's left playing football in front of 15k people at the shittiest stadium in the entire state. Even then he didn't rush for 3 yards per carry. He's never going back to the NFL. The ONLY thing the guy has left is being a mediocre running back in a brand new football league. You won. Trent lost.
I don't really loathe, I just don't let it go. I didn't like Richardson coming out of Pensacola. The peanut butter sandwich stories stuck in my craw and I've held on to that since. I didn't like the blatantly obvious and unpunished extra benefits when he was at Bama. (Not his fault but) I'm sick to f$(*%&@ death of the knobslobbing al.com has done over every worthless move this barely literate cretin has made. Hope he enjoyed all those free rental cars, meals on T-Town Tom's tab, PED's, look-the-other-way-at-domestic-violence freebies and the housesitting jobs.
The only thing that could make this better would be if Ingram was there too and the pair combined for a total of 18 yards on the season.
Where's the Tylenol?
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Kaos fixed the newel post
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Bedridden with flu. Watched some of today’s game.
That is one of the most wretched excuses for football I’ve ever seen.
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I tuned in at the end of the third. I saw an exciting comeback victory and a tough defensive stand.
But the game stats were pedestrian...at best.
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I tuned in at the end of the third. I saw an exciting comeback victory and a tough defensive stand.
But the game stats were pedestrian...at best.
Flu, so I dozed off during the third when it was 9-0. Woke back up when some penalty gave the Steamers (or whatever) a second chance to butcher a potential tying field goal late in the fourth.
The whole production just seemed second rate. Announcers, studio (the one girl was hideous), production,camera work. Maybe it will grow into something.
Al.com still hyping T-rent but 20 carries for 40 yards and no burst isn’t gonna move anybody’s needle. Hand me the ball 20 times and I can get 40
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I like you bro, but ima call bullshit on dat’un!
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This is a bad look:
https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/1097752181304844293
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This is a bad look:
https://twitter.com/sportingnews/status/1097752181304844293
You don't make much money when you have to give away 15,000 tickets a week to have a crowd of 17,000.
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The XFL is coming back next year, so the AAF better get their finances in order now or it'll likely not be around much longer.
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The XFL is coming back next year, so the AAF better get their finances in order now or it'll likely not be around much longer.
I'm not sure that the XFL is a true competitor to the AAF.
What I mean is that they are both, ostensibly, B-grade professional leagues with rosters sprinkled with NFL washouts and hopefuls.
I think (or at least I thought before the paychecks bounced) that the AAF has the implicit support of the NFL as a place for the spread/scramble QBs to learn to sit in the pocket and throw. There is a dearth of that coaching in the collegiate ranks and the pros are tired of throwing $40MM at a guy who will get smashed to a pulp by his fourth game as he continually tries to make the corner against NFL DBs.
I think (again...naked speculation) that the XFL will have trouble distancing itself, if it even wants to, from its prior iteration. I don't think either position is a winner for them.
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I'm not sure that the XFL is a true competitor to the AAF.
What I mean is that they are both, ostensibly, B-grade professional leagues with rosters sprinkled with NFL washouts and hopefuls.
I think (or at least I thought before the paychecks bounced) that the AAF has the implicit support of the NFL as a place for the spread/scramble QBs to learn to sit in the pocket and throw. There is a dearth of that coaching in the collegiate ranks and the pros are tired of throwing $40MM at a guy who will get smashed to a pulp by his fourth game as he continually tries to make the corner against NFL DBs.
I think (again...naked speculation) that the XFL will have trouble distancing itself, if it even wants to, from its prior iteration. I don't think either position is a winner for them.
I wouldn't doubt it that the AAF could become a farm league to the NFL. The QB thing would definitely help.
Birmingham Barons - Chicago White Sox
Birmingham Iron - Pittsburgh Steelers
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Curiouser and curiouser...
https://twitter.com/orlandosentinel/status/1098166448512483328
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My guess neither the XFL or AAF will make it more than 2 years. Give or take a year.
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Rws doesn’t go to his own teams game. Sure as hell isnt going to another teams.
Weldome back rws.
I went this season. Sorry to take that away from you.
Wes - my bad.
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I went this season. Sorry to take that away from you.
Wes - my bad.
But.
Was it at bds?
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My prediction is the AAF won't survive beyond the end of this season, end of next at the max.
Whether it's coaching, players, team nicknames, uniforms or whatever the football being played is numbingly boring. Everything about the league right now screams low rent.
Week 4 total attendance for all games combined was less than an average spring football game at Auburn. Total league attendance was under 40,000 for the week. Only about 5,000 turned up to see the Birmingham Ooze fall to the San FranDieTonio Commodes 12-11. That's right, 12-11. Other games around the league ended with scores of 20-11, 14-11 and 23-26. Those aren't football scores.
'Superstar' T-Rent Poorardson had a paltry 15 yards in the (lack of) effort. He's far from the only non-dynamic player on rosters across the league, but he's the most worthlessly hyped around here. Quick. Name one single other player in the entire league. Just one. We know there are some AU players on the Birmingham Melt, but who are they?
It's an abysmal, unwatchable brand of football. Unless whoever is running this league makes some wholesale changes -- and quick -- this is a dead enterprise.
Let's start with simple things like team names, uniforms and colors. Simple merchandising could help.
Birmingham's logo is utterly uninspiring. Who would want that ugly thing on a shirt, jacket or other gear? The drab black/white uniform combo is even worse. Bolts, Fire, Stallions, Americans... all better visualized than this dull set.
The rest of the league is just as bad. The Fleet? The Commanders? The Legends? The Hotshots? What is this some suppositories and then a list of bad 9-10 year old Dixie League softball teams? The names are bad, the color schemes and uniforms are atrocious. You can't build a brand with ugly merchandise that no one is going to want to buy.
Every single thing about this league is done wrong and I don't see any way it can recover now short of scrapping it all and rebooting next year.
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Every single thing about this league is done wrong and I don't see any way it can recover now short of scrapping it all and rebooting next year.
I would not say EVERY single thing.
This league has the same problem that the XFL had, they do not have the talent yet.
Can they stick around long enough for the NFL guys on the edge come to play in this league? That will be the difference. If the talent comes, the people will watch.
Right now, you got WRs getting hit in the head with the football. Rarely do you see that happen in the NFL, or even the CFL. If the league can hang on long enough to get the talent, it can survive.
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I would not say EVERY single thing.
This league has the same problem that the XFL had, they do not have the talent yet.
Can they stick around long enough for the NFL guys on the edge come to play in this league? That will be the difference. If the talent comes, the people will watch.
Right now, you got WRs getting hit in the head with the football. Rarely do you see that happen in the NFL, or even the CFL. If the league can hang on long enough to get the talent, it can survive.
True but it's a chicken egg thing, If no ones watching the league isn't making money to survive.
Honestly, I think you need a hook of some sort like the XFL did, otherwise who wants to watch semi-pro crappy football? No one... by the numbers apparently.
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My only other thought to get attendance would be to get Players for the team that were drawn from the surrounding college football teams. So Birmingham would go after guys from FUGA, Auburn, UAB, bammer, LSU, Kentucky and try to draw fans from the college ranks that want to see the guys they loved in college play football in their market area.
I still don't know that anyone wants to watch second rate football. Personally, I'd rather watch the Bud Light vs Budweiser cans play each other.
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True but it's a chicken egg thing, If no ones watching the league isn't making money to survive.
That is why I said "if they can hang on til they get better talent".
If they can get the good players (that just barely missed the NFL) from the local college teams to participate, then it might create more interests. Right now they have a lot of guys you never heard of. Where else can a guy make 80k a year right out of college? Somebody like Golson would have been a candidate.
Btu many of these guys, if they don't make the NFL, they start careers. There's not usually a market for football that pays near 80k.
And I would rather see Pettway than Richardson's washed up ass. (Even Jovon Robinson. Where is he now?)
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My only other thought to get attendance would be to get Players for the team that were drawn from the surrounding college football teams. So Birmingham would go after guys from FUGA, Auburn, UAB, bammer, LSU, Kentucky and try to draw fans from the college ranks that want to see the guys they loved in college play football in their market area.
I still don't know that anyone wants to watch second rate football. Personally, I'd rather watch the Bud Light vs Budweiser cans play each other.
RIP Bud Bowl
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That is why I said "if they can hang on til they get better talent".
If they can get the good players (that just barely missed the NFL) from the local college teams to participate, then it might create more interests. Right now they have a lot of guys you never heard of. Where else can a guy make 80k a year right out of college? Somebody like Golson would have been a candidate.
Btu many of these guys, if they don't make the NFL, they start careers. There's not usually a market for football that pays near 80k.
And I would rather see Pettway than Richardson's washed up ass. (Even Jovon Robinson. Where is he now?)
What MIGHT work would be if you brokered a deal with the NFL and moved some of the AAFL teams around. Find areas that are without a pro football team and then tie that team to the surrounding franchises. Then each team expands its scout team roster from 10 to 15. Take the 32 NFL teams and divide it up so each AAFL team draws from four scout team squads. That's 60 players to work with. Each team can "protect" up to two players. You still have a 52-man roster.
A team from Alabama gets the scout team players from the Saints, Falcons, Titans, Panthers.
Stick a team in Florida that gets players from the Jags, Bucs, Dolphins and maybe hated Pats.
Put one in Utah that gets players from the Rams, 49ers, Raiders, Chargers.
One in Oklahoma with the Cowboys, Texans, Broncos and Cardinals.
One in Virginia that takes from the Eagles, Skins, Steelers and Bengals.
One in St. Louis that gets the Colts, Bears, Vikings and Packers.
One in Jersey that takes from the Giants, Jets, Bills and Ravens
One somewhere else, I don't care, that gets the Lions, Browns, Seahawks,Chiefs
You get the gist.
As much as I loathe AJ McCarron he'd be better off playing for the Utah Bundys than he is with his thumb up his butt on the Raider sideline. I'd rather see Stidham quarterbacking the Virginia Slims than loitering around as a backup with the Eagles.
Let each team contribute a coach to the staff. Like a guy who is the RB coach but has aspirations to be an OC.
If I'm an NFL owner? Getting the opportunity to see players who are on the fringe, see if they're hungry enough, physical enough... Get a chance to see some of the younger coaches try to make a name. I guarantee you the offenses would be more dynamic if you had people trying to prove themselves.
Why aren't I in charge of this thing? I could make it work. Somebody give Roger my number.
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NFL has kneelers. I'm out.
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NFL has kneelers. I'm out.
So does the SEC.
Old piss basketball.
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So does the SEC.
Old piss basketball.
Different scenario and doesn’t seem to be ongoing over a nonexistent issue.
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Less than three hours after my post about using NFL scout team members, this article appeared on USAToday.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2019/03/06/aaf-nfl-informal-talks-loaning-younger-players/3085167002/
The idea would be for NFL teams to assign their No. 3 quarterback and other players from the bottom half of their roster and developmental squads to gain more playing time under quality coaches. The AAF has several proven name coaches, including Steve Spurrier, Mike Singletary, Rick Neuheisel and Mike Martz.
This would be similar to young major league baseball players going down to a Class AAA affiliate to gain a few more at-bats.
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The Birmingham Aluminum Foils were shredded by the Orlando Spurriers 31-14 today.
https://www.al.com/sports/2019/03/iron-falls-to-steve-spurrier-and-orlando-apollos-suffers-2nd-straight-loss.html
No mention in the al.com article about T-Rent Poorardson. Not sure why they didn't highlight his eye-popping 21 yards on eight carries.
And yes, if you give me the ball eight times I can get 21 yards. I'm convinced of that now. You could take the handoff, look straight at the ground and manage that much even as slow as I am.
Attendance was announced as 13,310. Of that, 13,280 were Bama fans there to boo Steve Spurrier.
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My prediction is the AAF won't survive beyond the end of this season, end of next at the max.
It's an abysmal, unwatchable brand of football. Unless whoever is running this league makes some wholesale changes -- and quick -- this is a dead enterprise.
Every single thing about this league is done wrong and I don't see any way it can recover now short of scrapping it all and rebooting next year.
Winner ^^
they officially done for the season
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Winner ^^
they officially done for the season
Who's done?
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Who's done?
Spurrier said he wants his trophy.
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Spurrier said he wants his trophy.
I thought Spurrier was done when he left the Gamecocks.
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The plug be pulled:
http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26423928/aaf-immediately-suspend-operations?fbclid=IwAR3sLJjv2HBm0pMfkJ3CvPL1WH_iRg4hhI6mk79PK9AsZOIt8c7m2jZIQ9s
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Make no mistake, it was bad football bordering on — no, squatting squarely in the realm of — unwatchable.
I tried a few times. I even watched some of the Bolts, errrr Barons... errr Steel Panthers game Sunday to unwind from the Kentucky game. It was a putrid brand of football.
All that said, I didn’t necessarily want it to die. It just did so much wrong I didn’t see how it could last.
I hope Vince McMahon was watching. If you’re going to do this it has to be FUN. Nothing about the AAF was.