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Inspirations: eggshell helmet, tied into a new egg vendor at the stadium; ownership hoping if players crack their heads open it will drive omelet sales up red speckled road whites, inspired by blood spatter formations, potential promotional tie in with Dexter reboot? novel light shade of orange, representing iodine wash put on Carson Palmer’s knee before one of his many surgeries a bold gradient blend of gold and maroon, called Friendly Fire, a touching tribute to Pat Tillman a league first - gray turf, an homage to the many generations of fans who have died, never having seen the team win a Super Bowl

This reminds me of when 4chan enlisted a dope to drive around the boonies of Tennessee honking the horns of a truck to locate Shia Labeouf's flag.

My guesses based on actual shades of orange: fulvous gamboge xanthous My guesses based on goofy southwestern words that they could pull out of their ass: sonoran (desert) sedona (city) creosote (brush plant) chiracahua (national monument) rhyolite (rock type) pedregosa (former ancient sea near the area) agate (a quartz-y, colorful rock formation)

The NO/PIT broadcast had to have been sweetening the mix with fake crowd noise. There were like a dozen people in attendance, maybe. The Panthers/Gamblers game had virtually no attendance as well, but they had a more natural sounding crowd (for the like fifteen people that came by to watch). This can't be sustained. The XFL is not only better in terms of quality of play, rules, etc., but the legit interest from several fanbases creates national buy-in. The USFL is playing in front of covid-era crowds, jerking their fans around with the pointless city names.

Sea Dragons v. Battlehawks: Hell of a showing for the Sea Dragons. DiNucci has a lot of guts, and I enjoyed him laying his shoulder into a defender on his designed touchdown run. Seattle's gotta get into the playoffs, man. They're one of the funnest teams in this tiny league. Defenders v. Renegades: The alternating pick-sixes by Men With Glorious Dreads was a highlight. Joe Powell's incredible mane blessed the DC fans in attendance, even if it was called back (somewhat unfairly, IMO). De'veon Smith impressed, as did the quantity of shirtless Defender fans in the crowd. The "IF YA SMEEEELLLLL WHAT THE XFL IS COOKIN'!" call was just terrible. Guardians v. Brahmas: Another Guardians game, another game where Dormady gets planted into the turf every other snap. Two bad teams put together some game tape with nothing to play for, and it was entertaining. The fake punt was fantastic, good close contest. Vipers v. Roughnecks: The Roughnecks uniforms are so, so awful. Threw a ton of bad design ideas into a blender and signed off on the tragic output. Gradient numbers, split helmet, flag helmet, helmet numbers, shoulder yokes, unconventional font, etc. Gross. There was a game played, sure, but nothing impressed. Mutual incompetence was exploited by both defenses.

The kerning between a and x is off by ONE PIXEL and it's killing me.

The Max thing feels very much like a "shell company just in case we have to file for bankruptcy due to lawsuits/etc" situation.

Somebody coordinated this with the wrong team and they couldn't get the arrangements undone, so they said to hell with it. Or the Pirates told them to go to hell, which is also plausible.

Sea Dragons vs. DC Defenders: Oh man, what a game. Defense wasn't much of a factor, but there were some exciting fumbles and a tipped pick to keep it spicy. Crowd was loud, back and forth between two very good teams, broadcast was sharp. Shame Seattle couldn't convert at the end, but still, damn fun game. Brahmas vs. Roughnecks: Poor Jack Coan. Guy got the absolute religion beaten out of him, made some bad plays, and probably had one of those moments after the game in the locker room where he pondered many of his life choices that led him to this place. Vipers vs. Battlehawks: Tiano with a gutsy game for St. Louis, and the Vipers, to their credit, played very well until overtime. Their own coach screwed his defense over with the sideline penalty, lol. Battlehawks remain fun. Guardians vs. Renegades: Orlando sucks. Arlington also is mostly garbage. Guardians going for one at the end earned boos from the, like, 40 people who showed up to support them. Even when they get the ball back, Dormady can't do anything with it. What a disaster. Big games next week. Sea Dragons/Battlehawks should be awesome.

Kyle Long similarly dropped a ton of weight after getting out of football. Keeping on a ridiculous pile of bulk requires a ton of work and an obscene diet. It's gotta feel so liberating to graduate away from maintaining a 40,000 calorie-a-day lifestyle just so other 300+lb guys can hit you 6 days a week.

Looks like a turkey is crawling up the ass of the bear.

"Broncos country - let's white." I apologize for the low effort and quality of this post.

Battlehawks/Roughnecks: Houston just can't get out of its own way. I remember being intrigued by Cole MacDonald out of college but yikes, he looks pretty lost out there. Battlehawks handle their business. Guardians/Defenders: Easily the best game the Guardians have had all season. Dormady looks like their guy going forward. Some of those catches/throws were extremely impressive. Defenders have nothing to hang their heads about (except for how their defense played). GG, WP. Sea Dragons/Renegades: Arlington getting booed at home was pretty fun. Seattle is so damned entertaining. The corner end zone throw from DeNucci to Gordon was just bonkers. Vipers/Brahmas: The Rod Smith hurdle is a signature highlight of the XFL season, what a move. First kick return touchdown in this iteration of the XFL goes to the Vipers. Vegas played damn good football, it's just a shame it takes place in the most embarrassing broadcast conditions imaginable for a league trying to make a good impression.

Can't wait to start a new thread in 20 years going, "Pepsi changed their logo (again!)" Like they've rebranded five times in ten years or something.

aka “Gruel”

Probably some legacy automated computer system that would fudge the entire league's tax paperwork or something.

Upgrade, I think? I'm glad they went back to the wavy ball in its usual form, but going with BFBS is a shame. The font choice is very bland.

Opportunity to start, benefits, and pay. I have no idea which league would be better.

When the Renegades try to get their home crowd hyped up: The overall day of the Vipers offense at home against the Battlehawks: The Sea Dragons holding on to barely overcome the mighty now 0-6 Orlando Guardians:

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How well-liked is Deion Sanders in Florida? Assuming he flames out in Colorado, the XFL would be a logical landing spot.