Football is Back - USFL 2022 Official Thread

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[44Bobcats55]

Inaugural Season? Didn’t the NJ Generals sign Herschel Walker in the mid 80’s. Should call it the reboot season.

 

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Inaugural Season? Didn’t the NJ Generals sign Herschel Walker in the mid 80’s. Should call it the reboot season.

touché

 

[BamaRidger]

Inaugural Season? Didn’t the NJ Generals sign Herschel Walker in the mid 80’s. Should call it the reboot season.

Yep, Donald John Trump was the owner of the NJ Generals.

 

[shiv]

Can we get a summary of the weekend football events @OffTheDeck ?

Does it seem like it's worth following?

 

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Can we get a summary of the weekend football events @OffTheDeck ?

Does it seem like it's worth following?

Week 1 (April 16-17):

New Jersey Generals at Birmingham Stallions, April 16, 7:30 p.m. ET, FOX, NBC, Peacock

Houston Gamblers at Michigan Panthers, April 17, noon ET, NBC, Peacock

Philadelphia Stars vs. New Orleans Breakers, April 17, 4 p.m. ET, USA

Tampa Bay Bandits at Pittsburgh Maulers, April 18, 7 p.m. ET, FS1

 

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Can we get a summary of the weekend football events @OffTheDeck ?

Does it seem like it's worth following?

It's good football. Definitely a talent gap from NFL to USFL as it's a minor league. These guys play with heart because they want to keep their football careers alive and are playing for love of the game.

There is talent though. On the opening game broadcast, it was stated the Birmingham Stallions had over 94 combined NFL starts amongst its defense.

 

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Birmingham packed the house with fans for its first game. You have to question USFL's decision to play all the games in Birmingham. Maybe this wIll help the league survive because there are no travel costs or multiple facilities to fund. However, it's a ghost town for the non-Stallion games. Birmingham doesn't have the population or incomes to fill all those seats every game each week.

 

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[ChicagoFats]

Watched a little of one of the games and I’m pretty sure they didn’t allow fans in the stadium.
I kind of enjoyed the overall product but thought they would at least have a few fans.

 

[TJHall1]

Watched a little of one of the games and I’m pretty sure they didn’t allow fans in the stadium.
I kind of enjoyed the overall product but thought they would at least have a few fans.

Fans are allowed. All games are played in 1 stadium so they only show up for the 1 actual home team.

 

[ChicagoFats]

Fans are allowed. All games are played in 1 stadium so they only show up for the 1 actual home team.
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Whatever game was on last night ..... i don't think there was 1 fan in the stadium. Not exaggerating, ill see if i can find a pic

 

[TJHall1]

Whatever game was on last night ..... i don't think there was 1 fan in the stadium. Not exaggerating, ill see if i can find a pic

Yes, I know. But it's not because fans aren't allowed. Every game is played in 1 stadium. Who do you expect to show up on a Monday night when a couple days before they were all there already to watch the hometown team?

 

[TJHall1]

Whatever game was on last night ..... i don't think there was 1 fan in the stadium. Not exaggerating, ill see if i can find a pic

Here's a video showing fans last night. That game was also postponed from Sunday, another reason no one showed up. Its Alabama, they're not restricting fans.

 

[ChicagoFats]

Here's a video showing fans last night. That game was also postponed from Sunday, another reason no one showed up. Its Alabama, they're not restricting fans.

Oh, i was bullshitting about them not letting fans in. Guess i didn't make that obvious. I just meant that no one was there, wasn't being serious about them not letting people through the gates.

 

[TJHall1]

Oh, i was bullshitting about them not letting fans in. Guess i didn't make that obvious. I just meant that no one was there, wasn't being serious about them not letting people through the gates.

There were fans there last night.

 

[ChicagoFats]

There were fans there last night.

Cot damn you are busting my balls this morning . Look at the picture, there are maybe 25 fans in that picture. That is shit no matter if its monday night or not. It was just and observation and not meant to be literal. Give your boy a break!

 

[TJHall1]

Cot damn you are busting my balls this morning . Look at the picture, there are maybe 25 fans in that picture. That is shit no matter if its monday night or not. It was just and observation and not meant to be literal. Give your boy a break!

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"Not exaggerating."

All im doing is showing you there were fans. That's not busting balls. 17,500 attendance for the first game. Like I said, what do you expect for a postponed game after fans already attented multiple of these games, in a town of 200,000?

 

[Rebarcock.]

I hadn't watched any. Is it good football? I keep meaning to but I don't even know the channel? Any info appreciated

 

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Week 1 (April 16-17):

New Jersey Generals at Birmingham Stallions, April 16, 7:30 p.m. ET, FOX, NBC, Peacock

Houston Gamblers at Michigan Panthers, April 17, noon ET, NBC, Peacock

Philadelphia Stars vs. New Orleans Breakers, April 17, 4 p.m. ET, USA

Tampa Bay Bandits at Pittsburgh Maulers, April 18, 7 p.m. ET, FS1

Link the site i wanna pick a team

 

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I'm a Bandits or a Stallion

 

[shiv]

Birmingham packed the house with fans for its first game. You have to question USFL's decision to play all the games in Birmingham. Maybe this wIll help the league survive because there are no travel costs or multiple facilities to fund. However, it's a ghost town for the non-Stallion games. Birmingham doesn't have the population or incomes to fill all those seats every game each week.

I just found out yesterday that all the games are in Birmingham. Seems like they made the decision based on a covid bubble thought process and it’s coming back to bite them.

Although it really could cut costs for the enterprise as a whole staying in one spot, but why pick such a shithole city

 

[shiv]

I'm a Bandits or a Stallion

Stallions ride or die. America’s team

 

[TJHall1]

I just found out yesterday that all the games are in Birmingham. Seems like they made the decision based on a covid bubble thought process and it’s coming back to bite them.

Although it really could cut costs for the enterprise as a whole staying in one spot, but why pick such a shithole city

That was their original plan all along. Had nothing to do with covid. Like you said th driving force was to cut costs and they don't care about attendance as all their money is coming from TV. If I remember correctly they were going to reevaluate after season 1 and see if they could afford games in the team's cities.
I do think they have to play the championship somewhere else, Canton maybe?

 

[shiv]

That was their original plan all along. Had nothing to do with covid. Like you said th driving force was to cut costs and they don't care about attendance as all their money is coming from TV. If I remember correctly they were going to reevaluate after season 1 and see if they could afford games in the team's cities.
I do think they have to play the championship somewhere else, Canton maybe?

That makes more sense. It would be cool to see this catch on, but damn they are following a path that many have failed on

 

[TJHall1]

That makes more sense. It would be cool to see this catch on, but damn they are following a path that many have failed on

Ya, and plus I read a couple days ago that executives from the xfl met with a whole load of player agents and said their pay and benefits would be better than the usfl. Also said they would pay full boarding and food, when usfl is only doing like half of boarding for the players. Something's gotta give with 1 of them for sure.

 

[shiv]

Ya, and plus I read a couple days ago that executives from the xfl met with a whole load of player agents and said their pay and benefits would be better than the usfl. Also said they would pay full boarding and food, when usfl is only doing like half of boarding for the players. Something's gotta give with 1 of them for sure.

conspiracy theory: the NFL is behind this divisiveness to keep anything from gaining traction

P.S sry for calling you out in smitty’s thread - you know I like you

 

[TJHall1]

conspiracy theory: the NFL is behind this divisiveness to keep anything from gaining traction

P.S sry for calling you out in smitty’s thread - you know I like you

I don't even know what you're talking about

 

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Stallions ride or die. America’s team

The only team with fans lol.

 

[BLatta12]

I just found out yesterday that all the games are in Birmingham. Seems like they made the decision based on a covid bubble thought process and it’s coming back to bite them.

Although it really could cut costs for the enterprise as a whole staying in one spot, but why pick such a shithole city

"Football Capital of the South"

 

[BLatta12]

That was their original plan all along. Had nothing to do with covid. Like you said th driving force was to cut costs and they don't care about attendance as all their money is coming from TV. If I remember correctly they were going to reevaluate after season 1 and see if they could afford games in the team's cities.
I do think they have to play the championship somewhere else, Canton maybe?

Yeah, the playoffs are in Canton, Ohio.

 

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conspiracy theory: the NFL is behind this divisiveness to keep anything from gaining traction

P.S sry for calling you out in smitty’s thread - you know I like you

Supposedly the NFL has been working with the USFL to use it as a development league for officials and non-rostered players.

Excerpt from an article on foxsports.com:

"The USFL will have the best officials not currently in the NFL," said Mike Pereira, USFL Head of Officiating. "Our association with the NFL Officiating Department clearly serves the USFL by supplying officials who are ready to call games at the highest level, and it also benefits the NFL by providing professional game experience for those who are just a step away from working Sundays in the fall. In fact, I expect several officials calling USFL games this spring to officiate in the NFL later this year."

USFL 2022: Everything you need to know | FOX Sports

With USFL's inaugural season underway, here's everything you need to know about the league.

www.foxsports.com

 

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Stallions ride or die. America’s team

I mecican i just move aqui

 

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