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raysox

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  1. not your fault, but I think we've reached the point where cities like OKC, Omaha, Portland, and Louisville are way too small scale for the NFL to target for expansion. People in Oklahoma still likely tune in to NFL games on sunday rooting on whoever they've chosen because they're general football fans. The league is absolutely massive. I think if the NFL ever wants to expand, its to a place where pro football has no footprint and they can have a much bigger foothold in a market. I know London was included, but I think the NFL stands to make tons more money with a team in Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, or Sao Paulo compared to a mid sized city in a smaller importance state if that makes sense
  2. GREAT second attempt. Love the name and this logo is really sharp.
  3. Yeah the Eagles were in free fall - One of the more enjoyable Bucs games in the past 3 seasons. Should have been even bigger if a few more catches were made, but I'm not going to complain about the best defensive game I've seen them play since the Super Bowl. On to Detroit, playing with house money
  4. I think the Highmark Stadium debate was the core flaw of the new USFL. They rehashed markets that may or may not have worked for a home stadium because the old league had a team. It would make more sense to have a team in a place like San Diego or Salt Lake City that COULD accommodate a team - but they had to use old IP instead for some weird nostalgia of a league that lasted 3 years. Hell, the new USFL nearly matched the old league's duration
  5. I would get this if they went 4-4 for each league, but having an XFL and USFL conference with the USFL conference actually having an XFL team name is sooooooooo lameeeeeeee Want to be united? Do a north and south or east and west. Mix in the teams. It doesn't matter now that Arlington and Birmingham are defending champions in each league since they have 0 titles in this new one.
  6. revisionist history, I removed JMU from the empire east! I keep looking at that logo and want to update it too, maybe one day
  7. This will be my 3rd dip into the "college football has jumped the shark and what if me, a geography major and graphic designer, was in charge" series by Raysox. As much as you can, this isn't about the realignment concept. Problem: Western Kentucky, Marshall, and Middle Tennessee State all are linked in my mind. They exist in the area between the MAC and Sun Belt. The Sun Belt is getting comfier and comfier inching it's way up the east coast, collecting schools outside of the traditional Sun Belt territory, in my mind. The Appalachians, and surrounding areas to the east and west have a few decent programs, but rivalries are new and decentralized. Also, they don't have a logo. Solution:
  8. I think this roll out was kind of botched in the sense that now all these people think they can go see their hometown Philadelphia Waterdogs multiple times in a season and buy season tickets or whatever. They haven't announced stadiums, but people assume they'll just play at the stadium the league has gone to. They selected hometowns to ease into that, but next year a lot of people will realize what this meant and be annoyed
  9. Team that was tied against a 2023 CFP team at half releases stadium renderings finally Looks really good. The stadium faces east/west so sunsets will be behind the student section
  10. something stupid: -Big Ten is focused on expanding to markets and academic prestige (no Iowa St) -SEC is focused on boosting academics and basketball (UK, Kansas, Duke, UNC in the same conference is insane) -ND might be non-football, but aligned B1G (unless?) -I have no clue what happens to Wake
  11. Alabama nearly lost to Arkansas and Auburn with their full starters btw
  12. Still frustrated in this decision, but I think the worst part is accelerating the death of another regional p5 conference
  13. florida state alumni here! that's annoying
  14. thanks yeah I was worried about that and had these guys with black for a majority of the development
  15. Coventry Titans Last team! People on twitter really wanted to see Coventry, and this team threw me for a loop for a bit. But the more I looked into the city, the more obvious the team logo became. Coventry has a lot of elephant imagery, including the town crest and several buildings in the area. I went with Titans as a name, among a few options. The colors are sky blue and muted navy, to tie to other teams in the stadium. The checker board pattern throughout was a suggestion on twitter because local band The Specials used it on an album cover, and since then, the city has adopted it as a symbol of pride. The uniforms are what you'd expect with what I laid out. Think if UNC was Kentucky. That's what I was aiming for.
  16. I'm sure Orlando could work if done right, but why should they continue to exist if they averaged 7th of 8 teams at just a shade under 9000 fans a game
  17. Unsure what you guys disappointed that there's only 8 teams post-merger want. They went with the 3 USFL cities that they had stadium deals with, the top 3 in attendance in XFL, the city with a team in both, and a team that takesthe highest priority in their home stadium. They picked the strongest 8 options i feel moving forward. Seattle got bumped to thursday night games twice by the Sounders. Just kinda the reality of it. Plus have you seen the quality of play at the NFL level? Have to condense a little bit for stability. Hell, after a couple years put a team in Ohio and San Diego. But now I think theyre trying to catch their footing.
  18. Same with Scotland, it's a broad sweeping brush to represent the entire country. Fair point though.
  19. Wales Dragons Little bit of a layup for a name, but I think it's a strong identity to build around. The dragon on the Welsh flag is a little unique, with a pointed chin, a big ear, and spiked tongue. I tried to bring all of that in to really lean into the uniqueness of that specific dragon. The colors are red and green, as to represent all of Wales. The uniforms are kind of simple, but kind of modeled after some Rams uniforms where the uniforms have a big loop and different colored sleeves. THe helmet and pants were kept clean, otherwise.
  20. Thanks everyone. Small update but I have officially finished this in the back end, including two small redos of Manchester and Bristol. I'll get them knocked out and posted then move on to something else to possibly bring this alive.
  21. London Hornets This name felt appropriate for a team in London, mostly due to the downfall of the London Wasps rugby team. This team would be a crosstown rival of the London Lightning playing at Tottenham, while the Hornets play at the rugby center of England, Twickenham - who has hosted NFL games before. I created a stinger-forward hornet at an angle using a green and faded yellow color, paired with off white. The eye is a honey comb shape. The home uniforms were inspired by the Packers alternates, that they funny enough wore this week. I wanted a classic look, and I feel like the yellow details paired with the numbers on the helmets did this. The away uniforms did end up looking like the Packers, but that's a feature not a bug.
  22. no more NFL Europe teams, just the two. The last three will be London, Cardiff, and Coventry! Kind of thought in this universe that it competes with the ELF, or else i'd have had a paris team.
  23. Merseyside Shipwrights Boxed myself into a corner naming this Liverpool team after a profession, but I guess the Steelers fall into line too. A shipwright is a person that builds ships. Liverpool, or the greater area Merseyside, is known for that. Easy peasy. I made an M logo with a ship crashing through waves in the negative space at the top of the letter. I made it asymmetric because it began to look like a bird with two symmetrical sides. The colors were something I was excited to use. It's kind of Dolphins-y, but a darker shade of green to match a few ships I found online. The rust orange color comes from the paint on the bottom half of a sea liner ship. The uniforms are the most modern in this series, taking cues from the Dolphins and Falcons. The pants are interchangable so long the orange side stripe matches.
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