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OrangeAfroMan

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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2019, 09:08:02 PM »
Spurrier is as much a draw for area fans as any of the players are, for Orlando.  The fact his offense put up 40 points will help week 2 have less of a drop-off than it potentially would have.
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2019, 10:10:21 AM »
The wife and I went to a sports bar for lunch yesterday (I had a gift card).  It was Sunday around noon, really a soft time in February for any sports of note.  They had probably 30 TVs going, some on the same channel.  Rodeo was on one TV and some hockey on another and several women's BBall on the rest.

We were chatting about how saturated the sports environment is in the US, here at probably the time with the fewest sports to be watched on TV and they had 10-15 events going.

The food was mediocre, at best, I guess typical of sports bars.  They had a line of beer taps, over 30.  Anyway, ANOTHER sports league has to find some kind of space in all of this.
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2019, 11:59:13 AM »
I watched a couple of games this past weekend.  Or I should say the game in the background.   The quality of play was like watching CF, imo.   I do like some of the changes in the rules.  Made the games feel quicker.  I will continue to watch as I enjoy football more than I enjoy basketball.    I hope the league does well and succeeds.  
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2019, 12:41:42 PM »
i did pretty much the same. mostly the bham game.

agree on quality of gameplay. better than i expected, tbh. having a local team involved i think makes it a more interesting prospect for me. i doubt i'd care much either way if not. but i hope it does well.
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #18 on: February 11, 2019, 12:44:40 PM »
The "no kick-off" is a great change.  I thought I'd be against it, but it did seem to speed up the game and as reported, makes the game safer.   It is a rule others should adopt.  
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Re: Alliance of American Football
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2019, 01:41:00 PM »
That stinks, Spurrier was kicking ass.
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« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2019, 01:43:02 PM »
I find that so weird.  Didn't they sink hundreds of millions of dollars into this?  How did they go under before even getting through a full season?
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2019, 02:02:29 PM »
apparently the banker didn't check the business plan

someone lost their shorts
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2019, 02:12:50 PM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on April 02, 2019, 01:43:02 PM
I find that so weird.  Didn't they sink hundreds of millions of dollars into this?  How did they go under before even getting through a full season?
What I'm seeing is that the owner of the Hurricanes sunk the money into the league solely to buy the gambling app, and he's going to lose ~$70 million in the deal. 
Is any app worth that much?
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« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2019, 02:29:27 PM »
I like the Google maps app

Hey, Gopher!

I have confirmation that Harry, his wife, and I are making the trip to the East River Flats this fall!
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« Reply #25 on: April 02, 2019, 02:42:39 PM »
I didn't watch. I already follow the CFL, and the Columbus Destroyers are returning to the AFL. So my alternate FB league giveadamns were all used up.
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #26 on: April 02, 2019, 03:58:44 PM »
Quote from: GopherRock on April 02, 2019, 02:12:50 PM
What I'm seeing is that the owner of the Hurricanes sunk the money into the league solely to buy the gambling app, and he's going to lose ~$70 million in the deal.
Is any app worth that much?

https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1113125962953166851?s=19
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Re: Alliance of American Football
« Reply #27 on: April 02, 2019, 05:39:19 PM »
Hey now. The Wolverines won a share of the B1G East Title. 

The last Michigan coach to accomplish that was RichRod, only it was a "Big East" Title instead of a "B1G East" Title, and he won it while he was still at West Virginia. 
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