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I heard in conversation last night somebody said the lakefront renderings reminded them of World's Fair artwork and Land of Tomorrow concepts.  I've never looked at stadium renderings that way before, but with this particular stadium and the wretched logistics that control it, those designs are absolutely FutureWorld goofiness.  As others have said and will continue to say, this is not going to happen, and if it does, it certainly won't be anything like this.  At this rate the Bears would be lucky to come out of this with marginal "improvements" to Soldier Field.  Likely one of which would be a statue of Kevin Warren holding hands with Jesus ala the "Partners" sculpture in Disney World.

7 minutes ago, Sodboy13 said:

Publicly funded stadiums are politics. So here are some more words from politicians who are not Brandon Johnson, courtesy of https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/24/pritzker-says-he-remains-skeptical-about-bears-proposal-im-not-sure-that-this-is-among-the-highest-priorities-for-taxpayers/

 

 

@Sodboy13 (quoted above) and @The_Admiral can opine with more clarity on the politics and local points, so I'll not bother, but as a very passionate and long-time Bears fan, the non-twitter reaction to the renderings, the financial plan, and the church sermon/press conference has been quiet.  Dead quiet.

I think most will view this whole endeavor with a pre-installed fatigue over the consistently mind-boggling financial decisions the Bears organization has made for decades, bolstered by the tiresome and constant hand-wringing of billionaire NFL owners crying poor, and how stadiums are, for whatever reason, only lasting maybe 10-15 years before it is absolutely vital that a new stadium be built with a huge allotment of taxpayer dollars.

The twist of having this particular mission being, apparently, a mission from The Lord, is a particularly insulting one, but I guess relentless prayer has kept Virginia McCaskey alive since the Battle of Bull Run and was surely the primary constructor of US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, so what the hell do I know?

The prayer before the stadium presentation was really a bad look.  Kevin Warren's faux-ministry bull stuff really makes me ill.

I could give a rat's ass about the renderings or the financial plans.

26 minutes ago, JM11_Design said:

From release video on Youtube. Darker blue, lighter red. 

Old Poorly-Educated Great-Uncle Voice:  HEHEH LOOKS LIKE DEH TEXANS ARE ON THE RAGGGGGG

2 minutes ago, Brave-Bird 08 said:

It says on the Texans landing page for the reveal that the alternate is the "first City Edition" in the NFL. It actually says that.

Just now, bowld said:

Saw this on their website-

UPDATED DEEP STEEL BLUE COLOR MATCHES ORIGINAL DEEP STEEL BLUE UNVEILED IN 2000

That's a great look.  I like the new numbers, personally.  Collar looks good with pads.  

2 minutes ago, bowld said:

HOME AND AWAY:

ALTERNATE:

COLOR RUSH:

15 minutes ago, Echo said:

If they're gonna go with that helmet bumper they might as well go all the way and install an actual altimeter in there so we know how high they are for road games as well.

Between weed, painkillers, and HGH, they'll be plenty high for both road and home games next season.

edit:  Oh, and cocaine!

13 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Our lord & savior gets it.

4 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

And just like that, the new uniforms were made obsolete.

 

 

This feels very much like a Jets situation.  They'll drop these crap-ass new unis and go with the old school look asap.

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

I still think about this.

The captain looks far more bored in the new branding.  In the previous design he's pleasantly sauced, arrogant, and trying to get laid.

In this new one it's the same photoshoot but the next morning when he's hungover as and is preoccupied with getting Taco Bell.

Guessing they'll do something like Copperheads or Honey Badgers.

What else can be said?  We’re in hell.  

The White Sox odds are +25,000 to win the world series, so

2 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

In a move that surprised no one . . . 

This looks like a cover for a 90s Madden game.

Also there's no shortage of guys that can come in and play DL for UFL squads.  Guy is a jackass and can find work elsewhere, at a Waffle House or something.

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

Taulia, younger brother of Tua Tagovailoa , has had quite the interesting few months following the end of the 2023 CFB season.

 

First, he opts out of Maryland’s bowl game vs Auburn.

 

Second, he enters the transfer portal to seek a 6th year of eligibility and promptly gets denied.

 

Thirdly, he plays in the East-West Shrine game for Maryland (which personally if I was Maryland Athletics, I wouldn’t allow after he tried to jump ship).

 

Fourthly, he did not receive an invite to the 2024 Combine.

 

Fifthly, he reportedly sucked at his Pro Day.

 

Get ready to learn UFL, Buddy.

Tua will probably push to get him signed to the Dolphins PS or something.  He'll do everything under the sun for at least a year or two before going to the UFL, because while to the average person like you and me, the UFL is the obvious option, but to a dope like Taulia, it's better to rot on a dozen practice squads than to lower himself to this league.

11 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Same deal like with NFL, but this time with spring ball. Clearly a drastically smaller sample size of 4 games a week, so 2 Best & 2 Worst. We’ll see if this works. Let’s jump in—

 

Best

 

Battlehawks @ Panthers

The most complete looking game. Great uniforms from both teams, even if Michigan changed their pants stripe to something Bengals-esque.

 

Pretty easy top pick this week.  A feast for the eyes.

1 hour ago, MJWalker45 said:

Talking with a coworker, apparently he sat where DC fans were last year for the championship because he said they upped the security in his area due to people throwing things on the field last year. Hahahahaha!!! I was disappointed to see no lemons this time out. 

The lemons were just the beginning.  Someday there will be another seemingly harmless promotion that will result in meme-actions aplenty once more.  The league may publicly poo-poo things like hurling lemons, but they need that kind of organic tomfoolery to generate buzz.

2 hours ago, GDAWG said:

A football league with competent referees?  What the hell is this?  

It's about as close to Robo-Umpires as the sport can get.  There's eye in the sky for all the flags and infractions, reviews are fast and ultimately judged by Dean Blandino.  It's butter smooth, IMO, but it'll never reach the NFL unless the NFLRA is dismantled.

Stallions v. Renegades

• Matt Corral is an intriguing talent
• The Renegades can suck it

Battlehawks v. Panthers

• Great uniform matchup
• Not a great turnout.  Easter/Elite Eight weekend didn't help, but I hope those numbers turn around, for everybody's sake
• McCarron may not finish the season if his line doesn't give him more protection.  He's gonna get rolled up on one of these games.
• EJ Perry is once, twice, three times a Panther, and he was solid.  Gutsy draw at the goal line, knowing he was going to get rocked. He puts on a good show with his legs, somebody to keep an eye on as the season gets going.
• The color commentator was peaking all over with his mic levels.  Annoying.
• Jake Bates is going to be an NFLer this season if he keeps this up.

Showboats v. Roughnecks aka Broke-Ass Wal-Mart Oilers

• Houston continues to have probably the worst uniforms in the sport.  Just awful.
• Darius Victor, 30 years old, the Liberian Loveboat, gave CTE the stiffarm (for now) with some tough runs.  Not many good runs, but ya know, tough-like.
• Case Cookus sucks.
• Daewood Davis is someone to keep an eye on.
• TJ Pledger confused me.  For a minute I thought his name was "Pleasure," so when the broadcaster said that Guarantano found Pleasure, I stifled a giggle.
• Sage Surratt's name being called reminded me of the existence of Chazz Surratt, who never amounted to much.  Bummer, I really liked Chazz coming out of college.
• Game ending on a muffed punt kinda blew, but hey, UFL football baybay.

Defenders v. Brahmas

• McFarland returning the opening kickoff with one shoe is peak UFL.
• Keep the name Pooka Williams in mind.  He's in the running (from the cops) for the UFL's Bad Boy candidate of the year.
• Cool red zone play by SA, fake shovel pass into an end around.  Didn't score, but I liked the concept.
• Love the optical measurement of the 4th down.  Again, another brilliant thing the NFL should adopt, but probably won't because the officials wouldn't be able to shave points.
• Big swollen balls call by the Brahmas to let their punter chuck a deep ball for a touchdown just before half.  Caught by the center, no less!  The UFL needs to encourage this kind of stuff.  Go wild.
• Jordan Ta'amu fumbling for no reason,  then completing a no-look whoopedy-doo spinning pass while taking a hit is what this league is all about.
• Jean DeLance not only committing a false start, then spitting on a guy is the inaugural, and thus eponyous recipient of the Jean DeLance Award for Being a Sports Dumbass.

2 minutes ago, kmccarthy27 said:

With the NFL adopting the XFL kick off, is the UFL going to use it now? Last I heard Daryl Johnston hated it and so they are using the USFL kickoff which was just the traditional NFL kick off. 

Correct.

 

Kickoffs

Kickoffs will look like more traditional college/NFL kickoffs but will take place from the 20-yard line of the kicking team. A kickoff out of bounds will give possession to the receiving team 30 yards from the spot of the kickoff or at the spot where the ball went out of bounds. A kickoff that is untouched by the receiving team may only be recovered by the kicking team up to 20 yards from the spot of the kick.

Other Kicking/Touchback Rules

All touchbacks on kicks (punts or kickoffs) will be placed at the receiving team’s 25-yard line. Any punt that goes out of bounds inside the receiving team’s 25-yard line will be considered a touchback and placed at the 25-yard line. Non-kicking touchbacks will also be placed at the 25-yard line.

24 minutes ago, Cujo said:

Football fans are apparently triggered over this image of Caleb Williams.. 

 

Bears twitter has basically already decided he is a homosexual and should be run out of the game.

It's really, really depressing, but not unexpected that people behave like that.

Here's a side by side of the Texans with the red facemask, socks, and numbers for comparison.

54 minutes ago, MCM0313 said:

These are crying out for red socks. 

3 hours ago, Jezus_Ghoti said:

 

Think these would really benefit from red facemasks.