CrimsonBull9584

3 hours ago, McCall said:

What they need to do is elevate the Power 5 conferences to a new level, leave the Group of 5 schools in FBS to create three Division I levels. Some FCS schools (North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Montana, etc.) can probably move up to FBS and compete with the likes of the Group of 5 schools. Schools like Boise State, Memphis (since Houston, UCF, Cincinnati and BYU are already moving to the Big XII) and a few others could probably go to the Power 5 level.

 

So Division I would look like this:

- "Power 5" (working title): SEC, Big Ten, Big XII, ACC, Pac-12 (+Notre Dame & some other schools moving up)

- FBS: Mountain West, American, Sun Belt, MAC, C-USA

- FCS: As is

Why? Why is it necessary to "elevate" the Power 5? Why do we even need a Power 5 and Group of 5? Why not just FBS? Why is there this artificial division between the teams? Texas is equal to Rice in all the requirements to be an FBS program, so why push down on Rice and elevate Texas when they are equal? I never understood this stupid division between teams. To me, it's just a way for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer. For someone reason the Power 5 schools love to punch down at everyone who is not them. Why not just make all of FBS equal? Why not allow all 10 conference an equal share of the pie? I do not understand why we treat 5 conferences like Gods and the other five like pitiable children. 

15 hours ago, sportsfan7 said:

As far as religious schools go, TCU is pretty non-religious

How can you have the word "Christian" in your name and be "non-religious"?

16 hours ago, Geoff said:

Exactly. They're like UCF.

 

UCF is UCF, they don't want to be called the University of Central Florida. TCU has long been insisting on being TCU, not Texas Christian or Texas Christian University. It's ruffled some feathers with older alums but not enough to turn off donations.

I guess I'm confused on this point. It's like KFC. They don't want you to call it Kentucky Fried Chicken because the connection to "unhealthy food", but we all know what the reality is. (Side note, people I've met from Asian call it Kentucky Fried Chicken and I have to explain to them that we call it KFC for shot). Why would anyone get upset by calling the university by its actual name? And, I thought, that UCF didn't want to be called C. Florida and that University of Central Florida or Central Florida was acceptable use in the style guide. 

16 hours ago, Geoff said:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Sources say Houston and TCU were ‘this close’ to receiving an invite to the Pac-12

 

Um... didn't see that coming.

I was always under the impression that one of the reasons the PAC-10 didn't take BYU when Utah came in, was that the conference didn't want any religious institutions. This was the same reason why Baylor was left out when Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech were rumored to form the PAC-16. 

So what's the deal? Are they interested in religious school or are they not? And if they weren't previously, what changed?

20 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

Thank you for the comment. My enthusiasmvfor the documentary is thus dashed. 

 

I will probably still watch the thing, but I am saddened to know that it is not a well-rounded portrayal, and that it completely ignores important perspectives such as your own.

 

By the way, while your team struggled on the field, it had the best uniforms and logo. So the Atlanta Legends ought to always be remembered for that.  I believe that the Legends' logo even managed to appear in an episode of the excellent Donald Glover series Atlanta.

 

Anyway, you are spot-on in your comment that the AAF deserves a nuanced treatment along the lines of the USFL 30 for 30 episode, one which deals with the league's good aspects alongside its (unfortunately many) flaws.

What's further depressing is that the film's ratings, according to Amazon Prime, is currently at 5 stars. People seem to love this film, but I suppose they are just haters continuing to dump on the AAF.

I always thought that the Salt Lake Stallions had the best logo, uniforms, and color scheme. While I loved ours, I loved watching film on the Stallions. The week we folded we were suppose to play the Stallions and I would have loved to have seen that cool color gold/silver match up. We certainly had great uniforms, I was eventually won over by the purple helmet, but I do wish it wasn't matted. Still, we were better looking than Birmingham. 

Fun fact: according to my co-workers in the league, either the AD or university president (I can't remember which one) at the University of Utah hated the Stallions being there. Which is one of the reasons the Stallions were not allowed to paint the field with their colors. Word was, if the league got to a second season, the Stallions were not going to be welcomed at Rice-Eccles Stadium and that the team was going to try and play at Rio Tinto Stadium. I'm not sure that's 100% the case, but I always trusted my sources in the AAF, at least as far as video coordinators went.

8 minutes ago, tigers said:

 

Was it all Business or were there some theatrical moments that left you smiling?

 

I'm not sure what you mean by "theatrical moments". I mean, it was all work, every day. We lived in that San Antonio hotel for a whole month. And every day was film, practice, film, practice, film, practice. But that's typical of any college program, except you're not in a hotel. And we did have fun, the afore mentioned steakhouse as an example. But we also went to the bar one night as a staff, this time paid by Coach Coyle and we all went bowling shortly before training camp ended.

41 minutes ago, Red Comet said:

Like, what was fun about working with the Atlanta Legends? What did you enjoy doing the most?

First, I'll say I loved the atmosphere. I've worked for a number of college teams where the coaches were so tightly wound and needlessly aggressive. A certain special teams coordinator comes to mind. But no one was like that with the Legends. It was honestly a kinda laid back atmosphere. Sure, we wanted to win and coaches worked the players hard, but it never felt that someone was going to bite your head off for a small mistake. I remember Coach Childress being real cool. I was very intimidated by him when we first met, but after a while I wasn't worried he was going to rip into me like other coaches I knew. He would always have positive things to say. My boss and I had to wire the entire hotel conference room setup with the XOS sever so that the coaches could watch film in all the rooms, it took us hours. And during a team meeting, Childress called me and my boss out for doing "Yeoman's work". I don't know what that sticks with me, it just does. Coach even once took the entire staff out to this 5 star steakhouse in San Antonio. I mean a place where the entrees started at $60 , and he bought everyone dinner. He was just a real good guy. Even told us stories of him ice fishing with Bud Grant in Minnesota. It's things like that that I remember most. 

And why did I enjoy it most? I just did. I was fun. It was pro football with a coaching staff that respected you and everyone wanted to make this work. I'm sure there is more I can tell, but that's just me rambling. 

2 hours ago, Red Comet said:

Yeah, the quality on the field wasn’t anywhere near NFL level and the off the field situation was more of a black comedy than anything resembling a well-run organization.

 

But I think it would at least be worthwhile to listen to someone who worked for an AAF team. I’d like to hear more about what it was like outside of the circus behind the scenes. Tell me more @CrimsonBull9584.

Well, what would you like to know specifically? 

2 hours ago, Cujo said:

 

Instantly dismissed your take when I saw your avi.

 

The AAF sucked. SUCKED.

I was there. It was great!

On 8/11/2021 at 5:33 AM, schlim said:

Didn't want to search for a two/three year old thread, but there's a new documentary coming out about the demise of the Alliance of American Football.

The film is really bad. It only highlights the negatives and bad experiences that someone people had with the league. I worked for the Atlanta Legends and it was the best job I ever had! I have nothing but positive things to say about the AAF and tons of good memories! This documentary is dark, depressing, melancholy, and just sad. Not a single positive story, joke, or anecdote from anyone being interviewed. I'm extremely disappointed that I was not asked to interview, but I'd imagine that they would cut everything I'd say because I loved the AAF! I wish this were more like the USFL 30 for 30, but no, they decided to be somber about the AAF. Yes, there are people that had a bad time with the AAF, but I wish they would have sought out more people with good things to say.

Besides Balfour and Jostens, are there any other companies that make championship rings?

Georgia State Lendingtree Bowl Rings.

I've been trying to contact someone in the league for a week now. Both to find out more about it, and to possibly get a job with them, but no one has responded. They won't answer their e-mails, nor have I been able to get a hold of them via Twitter or Facebook. Most leagues at least would reply in some fashion by now, makes me question their legitimacy. 

On 2/13/2021 at 4:42 PM, NicDB said:

 

FCS affiliated, but non-scholarship, which is why you never hear of them. They're a glorified club team.

 

As far as a new nickname, I'd like them to choose somethinh that would enable them to keep their current identity package, as I think it's very well done. I would go with Squires. It means the same basic thing as Knights, but much more unique.

I've heard of them. Does no one follow FCS football around here? And what makes them a "glorified club team"? Because they don't have scholarships? This is the kind of attitudes that always frustrate me. 

What's the word "on the street" about the European League of Football?

Best I can tell, it will be a professional American football league, not unlike NFL Europe, but beyond that.... information is spotty and my attempts to contact them on various social media has been fruitless. 

What has everyone been hearing? 

https://www.europeanleague.football/

When the ASUN FCS conference debuts this fall, which teams will we see? I'm still a little hazy on who is going to make up the fall lineup.

On 12/9/2020 at 7:32 AM, Magic Dynasty said:

Not sure if anything will come of this, but this is interesting. Boise State might be trying to force their way out of the Mountain West again, at least if they listed to the coach. The conferences they looked (are looking?) at are the WCC and Big West, probably with football becoming an independent or joining the American.

Why would Boise leave? Being an Independent or going to the American is a lateral move. It's only worth leaving if they go to the Pac-12.

26 minutes ago, cajunaggie08 said:

National Championship Game returning to black endzones after a one year break due to the Superdome endzones never being painted.

 

 

Why the black endzones? Are red endzones too much color for people to handle? 

On 12/20/2020 at 7:35 PM, BC985 said:

 

Are they just now getting them? That took a while.

6 hours ago, Michael Bolton said:

The field looks great, but I can assure you no one within Georgia Tech's target demographic will want anything to do with that ATL script.

What do you mean? I'm curious mainly because I worked for Tech in the 2019 season.

2 hours ago, cajunaggie08 said:

Indeed one should be enough. However this has been standard practice for some time now as I recall the BCS issuing a standard design championship ring with the number 1 on it to go along with a custom designed ring that the athletic department gets for the team. It certainly showcases just how much excess money there is in college football.

And it shows how some of the "excess" isn't going to people who need it. (Don't worry, I'm not going to get up on my soap box... this time.)

As someone who loves championship rings, and have three of my own, I still don't get why you need three for one season. Isn't one enough?

On 6/18/2020 at 11:58 AM, MJWalker45 said:

When I saw the first logo I thought it was for the Doug Flutie football game. 

Same here! I think bowl sponsors are trying to outdo each other on the most ridiculous names.

New Mexico State has a new secondary logo.

9 minutes ago, Ridleylash said:

Eh, I wouldn't call the RPM logo "associated with failure", since RPM was actually a really good show. Man, if you want a real example of Power Rangers and failure...

RPM was the worst Power Rangers series. Period.

OO on the other hand, is not really as bad as people claim.