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tadashi posted:Especially given what we know about the long term effects of football injuries and all the safety precautions they eliminated. Like catching passes from Tommy Maddox and Jim Druckenmiller.
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DJExile posted:i don't care what anyone says, i thought that scramble drill instead of a kickoff was amazing Didn't guys get hurt doing this?
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Bird in a Blender posted:Didn't guys get hurt doing this? probably
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I heard on What's the Point last week that ESPN is launching a 30 for 30 podcast series, which I couldn't be more excited about.
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DJExile posted:probably That's like, the most famous XFL story. It was a scramble instead of a coin toss to determine who got the ball to start the game, and a guy got a separated shoulder and missed the year in the very first week.
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Chromatic posted:you guysssssssssssssssss I was once interviewed as a 13 year old in the game room at the Washington, DC ESPNZone by a local news station on my thoughts of what the XFL was going to be like (because there was hardly anyone else there and I guess I looked like a target). I had no idea about it and think I rambled something out about hoping it wouldn't look too much like WWF meets football. What I'm saying here is I watched some of the XFL and reaaaaaaaaaaaally want to see this.
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CBJSprague24 posted:I was once interviewed as a 13 year old in the game room at the Washington, DC ESPNZone by a local news station on my thoughts of what the XFL was going to be like (because there was hardly anyone else there and I guess I looked like a target). I went to two Memphis Maniax games with my dad
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VikingSkull posted:I am upset there is no Opie and Anthony in it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovJIML2F53I Seriously. Between this and the "INSIDE THE NFL" segments that Jim Florentine did? It's been the closest I've seen to Football pregame shows being entertaining. And it's not even that O and A were GOOD at it. But they were so self deprecating about it that it made it incredible.
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FuzzySkinner posted:The NFL comes across like it's ran by a bunch of upper class Ivy League WASP's. I find it amazing that the person "Who killed the USFL" is the same person who is about to kill our country as we know it.
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Your Taint posted:I find it amazing that the person "Who killed the USFL" is the same person who is about to kill our country as we know it. It'd have been great if he would have kept lobbing bombs at the NFL, stealing their talent and coaching while keeping his league in the spring. Kinda like some combination of Steinbrenner and Al Davis. He almost got Lawrence Taylor for example. The NFL really could have used it then, and sure as hell needs it now. e: Not excusing him killing off the USFL. That was horseshit, but drat I want to see some scare the poo poo out of the NFL again.
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I'm excited about this if no one else is.
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Didn't the XFL invent the camera on a cable above the field? If nothing else, that's a pretty big part of every NFL broadcast.
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Your Taint posted:Didn't the XFL invent the camera on a cable above the field? If nothing else, that's a pretty big part of every NFL broadcast. They didn't invent it but they were the first to really heavily use it. They were also largely responsible for pioneering the deeper access/coverage into huddles, locker rooms, etc. The XFL was a mess but in terms of broadcasting they really got the ball rolling on a lot of what's standard today in college and the NFL.
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Yeah I think he did play by play for the sooners on a regional fox sports network a while back. Using him for the XFL wasn't really out of the ordinary
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Jesse Ventura in the booth and fuckin' Stephanie on the sidelines were probably bigger broadcasting sins e- goddamn the XFL was extra terrible in retrospect, I never really gave it much thought before by all accounts, it should have succeeded in America
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The XFL was basically one huge middle finger to the NFL. For that alone it is to be commended.
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DJExile posted:Yeah I think he did play by play for the sooners on a regional fox sports network a while back. Using him for the XFL wasn't really out of the ordinary I'm pretty sure he used to be the Atlanta Falcons PBP guys a long time ago if I'm not mistaken.
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Mahoning posted:I'm pretty sure he used to be the Atlanta Falcons PBP guys a long time ago if I'm not mistaken. Wiki says he was actually there twice, first as color commentary on radio then PBP for them on TV. Neat.
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Chromatic posted:Ventura is actually a really good announcer but I don't think he knew much about football itself which probably hurt the product. that owned, it was like pappy o'daniel doing the hillbilly flour radio hour from the governor's mansion
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I'm watching Catholics v Convicts and I can't work it out. Like, it's entertaining me, but something is bugging me about this fan film about the rich white kids who really enjoyed it when Reagan spoke at their school getting revenge on those wild people from the poor university that beat 'em up at a football game previously.
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algebra testes posted:I'm watching Catholics v Convicts and I can't work it out. Like, it's entertaining me, but something is bugging me about this fan film about the rich white kids who really enjoyed it when Reagan spoke at their school getting revenge on those wild people from the poor university that beat 'em up at a football game previously. That's pretty much been the consensus response from TFF. It's supposed to make ND look sympathetic but it makes them look even worse than usual.
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algebra testes posted:I'm watching Catholics v Convicts and I can't work it out. Like, it's entertaining me, but something is bugging me about this fan film about the rich white kids who really enjoyed it when Reagan spoke at their school getting revenge on those wild people from the poor university that beat 'em up at a football game previously.
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algebra testes posted:I'm watching Catholics v Convicts and I can't work it out. Like, it's entertaining me, but something is bugging me about this fan film about the rich white kids who really enjoyed it when Reagan spoke at their school getting revenge on those wild people from the poor university that beat 'em up at a football game previously. Miami was not a poor university. Miami was, is and always will be a university of insufferable fucks who won't shut up about how great they were running the score up on unranked teams because Jimmy Johnson was a gigantic rear end in a top hat. gently caress Miami.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Miami was not a poor university. ....oooookay. On the other hand gently caress Notre Dame about a million times as much for the same reason over about a hundred coaches.
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Those drat kids with their hootin' and hollerin' and their swagger and celebrations, not playing the game the white, I mean, right way.
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Genocide Tendency posted:Miami was not a poor university. The school isn't poor but I'm sure if you compared the players' family's incomes they would be dwarfed by ND. Also gently caress you for your painfully bad opinion.
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VikingSkull posted:you should always run the score up because gently caress The Other Team I've never understood the whole run up the score idea. Like it's somehow a bad thing to play at your best for the duration of a game.
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Obligatory good sportsmanship should stop at the high school level.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Obligatory good sportsmanship should stop at the high school level.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Obligatory good sportsmanship should stop at the high school level. There's a place for good sportsmanship at all levels, just as there is a place for blood rivalries and hate.
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