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15 hours ago, Sec19Row53 said:

You said it yourself - maybe a few more would attend. That's not enough.

So what is "enough", and why is minor league football expected to draw so many more people than other minor league sports? The league-wide attendance average for the AHL this past season was 5,920, and that was a record high. The top team, Cleveland, averaged 10,347. For baseball, the IL averaged 6,061 and the PCL averaged 5,762, with their top teams averaging 7,990 and 7,048 respectively.

So while Michigan's numbers could certainly be better, it seems pretty in line with minor league attendance numbers.

1 hour ago, GDAWG said:

 

I thought it looked a bit better today. It's nice to see the attendance go up. I think one thing that's been hurting them is that a lot of people aren't yet willing to pay $65+ for the middle sections. When I've looked up tickets, the $27 and $22 dollar sections seem to be selling pretty well. It looks a bit scattered on TV because people aren't sitting in their assigned seats. They only sell tickets for the first 20 rows, but people are clearly choosing to sit higher up, and some may even be filling in the undersold middle sections.

12 hours ago, mattb6 said:

These look like the old-style gold helmets, too. They look very dull and not at all like the bright gold flake from the last decade or so. 

It's a little more accurate in this shot, but it's probably just the limitations of the graphics. ND's foil-leaf texture is a middle ground between metallic and chrome that it seems EA has yet to fully master.

The real helmets can also vary wildly depending on lighting.

6 minutes ago, JQK said:

You're calling Native Americans a-holes?

 

How progressive of you...

Oh  off.

Anyone that still intentionally uses the old name in reference to the current Washington NFL team is being a stubborn a-hole, regardless of who they are. It's not the team's name anymore, so don't call them that.

5 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

Commies, Manders, Mandies, 32s???

 

C’mon now. I know you’ve been around these boards long enough to see these being used.

 

See, ending in -dians is a hell of a lot different than starting a name with Red-. It gives fans an excuse and easy out to still use the old name. Doesn’t matter if it was Redwolves, Redtails, Redwhatever. The old name would come up a lot more. Detaching the brand completely from the old name was and is the only option.

I said good short names. Commies, Manders and Mandies are all terrible, and mostly used tongue-in-cheek. 32s is only used here, and is from the WFT days, not related to Commanders. It's also not shorter to say out loud.

Obviously it didn't have to start with "Red", but keeping it 2 syllables would have flowed so much better. And the people that would have said the old name instead are still stubbornly saying the old name anyways. A-holes will be a-holes.

5 minutes ago, BJ Sands said:

People wouldn't hate the Commanders name if the uniforms weren't hot garbage. The Guardians name is just as mid but it was paired with classy, well-designed uniforms and seems to be catching on.

 

(And the Snyder factor. Can't forget that.)

No, I would hate the name "Commanders" just as much even if they had just slapped the new logo on the old helmet and uniforms. It's a dumb, clunky name that is too long and has no good short nickname. It's also a name that nobody asked for. When they polled fans, people overwhelmingly wanted some variation of Wolves, Hogs, or Redtails. And then they pulled Commanders out of their ass, which I don't even remember being discussed as an option.

Guardians worked because it has the same cadence as the previous name. Yes, keeping the uniforms similar helped, but the real key was finding a name that naturally fit into the flow of speech fans were used to. That's why I was a fan of going with Redtails, and why a lot of the favored names were Red______.

29 minutes ago, PlayGloria said:

Looking at all of the Cardinals recent X posts and other media, everything is in red and black. I have a feeling that is where this CC is headed. 

Brutal.  I would much rather them lean into navy blue. At least that is a team color and part of their history.

9 hours ago, Andrew_Gamer_NZP said:

Cleveland city connects.

Probably the best we're going to get out of the City Connect program. The giant "CLE" is a little goofy, but at least it's not "The Land". Otherwise, that's an excellent uniform that still looks like the Guardians.

11 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

"Washington 1932" has a nice soccer sound to it and feels like it commemorates the election of Franklin Roosevelt as much as the Rdskns' relocation from Boston.

54 minutes ago, BBTV said:

elected in 32 and the 32nd president. He’s the 32iest politician  ever

Washington Roosevelts. Done. That's the name. Send it to Josh Harris.

3 minutes ago, udubfan19 said:

32nd in standings

Excuse me, but they were 31st in standings last year, thank you very much.

7 minutes ago, tBBP said:

I've wondered for a few years now why UA makes ND's numbers so small and so narrow...I mean, can't they bulk them up justalittlebit?

One of many reasons I wanted ND to drop Under Armour when their contract was up. For some reason, UA insists on using smaller numbers for all their teams. South Carolina's numbers look absolutely tiny here:

I think UA uses 8" numbers on the front, and 10" numbers on the back, while Nike uses 10" on the front, and 12" on the back. I think ND's numbers would look so much better at the Nike sizes.

48 minutes ago, aawagner011 said:

There is a second version of that image which has a gold tag on the upper neck. Might be new uniforms.

 

Definitely not a fan of that tag. Although when zooming in it looks like a pixely, different-colored part of the jersey fabric, not a patch. Could be a placeholder spot on the texture map that they forgot to fix before recording that version? Would explain why there's two versions of the image.

36 minutes ago, dont care said:

Maybe shamrock series? 

I doubt it. The Shamrock Series uniforms are never this restrained.

38 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

We don’t need multiple teams named after numbers. Besides, the franchise is like 90 years old. There are 32 teams now, but Washington is nowhere near the 32nd. 

"32s" is a reference to 1932, not being the 32nd team.

8 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:

Conspiracy theory time-

 

The person who decided on the name “Commanders” was none other than Ron Rivera because of his family’s military background. No one else had input on the name and it wasn’t some bs about honoring the nation’s capital or whatever was said. Hell, he’s definitely the one who designed the all black uniform too.

Ron Rivera absolutely played a big part in picking that dumb name. From what I recall, they pretty much said so when they released it. Allowing a coach to rebrand the franchise is incredibly stupid (especially now that he's been fired), but also incredibly on-brand for Dan Snyder and his ineptitude.

So for now we're stuck with a name that was chosen by an owner and coach that are no longer with the team, only 2 years after being unveiled. Harris can't fix this clown show soon enough.

8 hours ago, Carolingian Steamroller said:

I believe the "Commanders" nickname part but as far as the uniform, I'm not unconvinced Snyder himself did it partially out of spite.

"Oh you want me to change the name? Well here's the uniforms that I want."

Snyder had wanted to introduce black to the uniforms since at least the early 2000s, so it's no surprise that when they came out with new uniforms they included black. And it was just as horrible as we all expected it to be.

Either EA leaked new uniforms for Notre Dame, or they done goofed again.

If real, I'm not sure I like it, but I'll have to see actual uniforms on the field. I have noticed an increase in the prominence of gold under Freeman, so a switch to gold sleeve logos isn't totally surprising.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

Can hardly make out the number in this photo, which is from way closer than the seats are.   They could definitely have made the outline thicker.

 

I'm not sure a thicker outline would have been enough, especially with that font. They should have made the whole number (and wordmark) the gradient.

2 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

That roundel has absolutely horrid readability.

2 hours ago, GDAWG said:

 

 

Next we'll  find out that "Lee Hutton" never actually existed.

I liked the 16 game schedule just for how neat and orderly it made scheduling, post 2002 realignment.

56 minutes ago, tBBP said:

 

Well Denver better hope that neither Albuquerque nor especially Santa Fe ever get a top-pro basketball or football team then, because both of them have Denver beat in the altitude game...

 

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Albuquerque: 5,312 ft.

Santa Fe: 6,998 ft.

 

Mexico City is 7,350 ft above sea level, and they've actually hosted NFL games!

SkyRay Bridge logo: A

Skateboarding Ray logo: A

Hat: A

Jersey: F

They got so much right, but totally biffed it on the jersey. Black wordmark and numbers on a black jersey is always terrible. The illegibility of the wordmark is made even worse by the flames. I get what they were trying to do, but those look like hot rod flames. It just doesn't work. And the whole sun-bleached Nike-speak is just ridiculous.

9 hours ago, See Red said:

I’m not surprised Hartman wasn’t drafted. He’s 25 and doesn’t have a great arm or vision. I feel like he benefitted by playing in a very unique offense at Wake with the slow read plays and, imo (but I’m not a scout so it’s worth nothing), wasn’t that impressive at ND despite being a fifth or sixth year starter, which is a huge advantage in college.  He’s no threat to Daniels and I doubt Washington sees him as more than a guy who can maybe play the backup role eventually. 

To be fair, ND's receivers were incredibly average this past year, and no tight end stepped up to fill Mayer's role. They were also a very run-focused offense. Which maybe speaks to their lack of confidence in the passing game I suppose. I don't see him as a threat to Daniels, but Cousins wasn't supposed to be a threat to RG3 either. Then the injuries happened. We'll see if they did enough to fix their horrid offensive line so they can actually protect Daniels.

44 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

If we're giving things back because the rules have changed, can Jim Tressel get his wins back too? His kids sold their own stuff for tattoos and got hammered.

Does this mean that SMU finally gets to play their 87 and 88 seasons?

So Washington takes Daniels at #2 to be their new franchise QB, but they also sign Hartman as an undrafted FA. Obviously not the same as drafting a second QB in the 3rd round, but this is feeling a little too much like 2012. I honestly don't even understand how Hartman went undrafted, and I don't understand how the NFL grades quarterbacks anymore. Ten to fifteen years ago, I feel like he's exactly the style of QB teams looked for, and he would have been a 3rd or 4th rounder. But the position has changed so much that now teams are trading up to #10 to draft J.J. Fing McCarthy, on the off chance he has even a fraction of Mahomes' talent (He doesn't).

3 hours ago, FiddySicks said:

Now I’m picturing a scenario where all the great QBs of the past wear caps instead of helmets. What hats would they wear? 
 

You would have to think that Mahomes wears a 59Fifty with a stick straight bill. Maybe a slight turn of the cap to the right, for style (not Pedro Stroop style turned, but just a little bit). 
 

Peyton Manning is for sure gonna wear one of those low profile caps with a very curved bill and a Velcro back. He might have a pair of Maui Jim’s on the bill for, like, the Pro Bowl or games in Miami. 
 

Tom Brady, well, Tom started wearing his cap backwards after the Falcons Super Bowl Win. It’s technically against NFL rules, but who’s gonna tell Tom Brady what to do? 
 

Josh Allen goes a little wild and wears a beanie/toque, but the league still has a pretty strict rule about hats needing bills, so he wears one of those hats with the wool earflaps you can pin up instead. 
 

Aaron Rodgers started wearing the same, sad, floppy straw hat he got during a stay a few years ago at Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. It’s falling apart, and everyone keeps telling him that, but he just shuffs it off like he’s smarter than anyone else wearing hats made out of petrochemical materials sourced by the big banks. 
 

Daniel Jones has a hat, but it keeps falling off. 
 

Russell Wilson is for sure rocking a golf visor with the words Let’s Ride! Steelers Nation on it. 
 

Kyler Murray went missing a few weeks ago and the Cardinals were really worried about him. Turns out he was there the whole time, but his hat is WAY too big and everyone just mistook it for an old hat lying on the floor. 
 

Terry Bradshaw would’ve for sure worn one of those Gillian/Fishing style hats. 
 

Brett Favre also wears an old floppy hat, but he takes it off after every single play and holds it until like two seconds before the snap and it stresses out the coaches big time. He also stole that cap from the State of Mississippi’s public food bank. 
 

Joe Montana would wear a cowboy hat, and even as a 49er and also as a goofy white dude, still pulls it off so damn well. 
 

Troy Aikman wears an old deflated basketball. It’s all that will fit his huge melon head. 
 

Kurt Cousins always has a new hat, and it always seems WAY out of his price range, but he always inexplicably gets someone else to pay for it. 
 

Gardner Minshew wears one of those old fancy velvet top hats. Because wouldn’t seeing Minshew huck tuddies in a top hat just be so wonderful? Attached Monocle for red zone trips. 

Joe Burrow doesn’t wear a hat. His hair is far too cool. Also, technically against NFL regulations, but viewership triples when those golden locks are out flowing. 
 

Speaking of golden locks, Trevor Lawrence has been required by his employer to wear a hair net. It just causes too much of a health hazard otherwise. 
 

Got any more? 

 

Flip Bradshaw and Montana. Bradshaw definitely would have worn a cowboy hat.