Red Comet

On 1/15/2024 at 11:19 AM, Skycast said:

 

I think that dude is better suited for the cesspool better known as Reddit.

I think Xitter is more his speed. I don't think anyone who  follows leagues like this long-term actually expect this to last decades or really beyond a few years. But, a lot of us are burned out by the NFL and maybe we want to see something else succeed. I get that people like that are addicted to being right more than having any actually coherent viewpoint but why be a killjoy to others? Is that dopamine hit worth that much? 

Houston vs. Baltimore

Green Bay vs. San Francisco

Tampa Bay vs. Detroit

Kansas City vs. Buffalo

Looks like Mahomes is about to face the final unanswered question: Can he win on the road? 

Most people are obviously going to wish he can't, but, success inevitably breeds contempt. 

30 minutes ago, Sykotyk said:

That's why the crew on the field should not be doing the replay. They're incredibly biased. 

Isn't the final decision rendered at NFL HQ in New York? If so, this would be more of an institutional problem than anything else. 

Maybe he meant combining the AFC and NFC teams into one playoff with the best 8 teams from both conferences combined into one bracket. Which I still wouldn’t like, but it wouldn’t let the Panthers in. 

I know dunking on the obvious troll is fun and all, but ignore has kept me about as sane as I can be. 

7 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

Three minutes in and I can tell you he's already full of . on at least one thing. NBC didn't use people "who have no sports experience" to broadcast the game. That's simply not how sports productions work - especially at the network level. If NBC actually was short of qualified crew people (they weren't) there are at minimum hundreds of highly qualified sports production people they could have brought in to pick up the slack. The simple explanation is the production team had a bad night. It happens.

 

If he really did work for the "ESPN family of networks" he should already know this. Especially when you understand that ESPN uses freelancers all the time all over the country. Does this guy really believe that networks have full time crews for every NFL game and all the college football games they do? (they don't) He does if he has no idea what he's talking about.

 

Case in point, we have a big NHRA event every year. The broadcast was on Fox andFS1, but the production was done by a non-affiliated production company that was hired to do the event. Long story short, the idea that NBC didn't have enough qualified people so they grabbed someone from the Nightly News or whatever is absurd. That's just not how it works.

 

Back when I was working for the "ESPN family of networks" (AKA as freelancing through our local RSN) our people were worked for any network that needed them. I worked for ESPN, ABC, and CBS broadcasts. A couple years ago, a friend of mine in Syracuse - whose full time job is teaching at a local college - directed a bowl game the Buckeyes played in. (I can't remember which game. Might have been the Cotton Bowl.) That's a lot of words to say that JG9 is talking out his ass on this one. He may have sat in ESPN trucks, but he clearly has no idea how working in sports production actually works.

Thank you for the actual insider perspective. Part of me had an inkling of an idea that he was exaggerating his accomplishments when I posted it, then I see GDAWG saying he graduated from law school at Arizona State and then I knew this guy was talking out of his ass. I would respect a law degree from Disneyland more than Arizona State. Dude always had a pompous tone in his videos too so I guess I thought I could overlook it based on the pretense of expertise. 

Really shows the whole "real experts aren't talking about their expertise on TV or social media. they're actually working in their field under practical anonymity". 

JaguarGator9 breaks down into detail why the Peacock broadcast sucked beyond the whole “putting crucial games behind a paywall”. Guy apparently worked in a production truck for ESPN so this is really good coming from that perspective. I missed the first half of the third quarter because of those clowns. 

3 minutes ago, ruttep said:

 

So what you're saying is we're going to essentially see another Freezer Bowl tonight. Got it.

 

Wonder what tonight's super cold game nickname will be.

Hoth in the Heartland? 
 

The Glacier in the Great Plains?

Alright, I'll get off your lawn. I'm just of the opinion that hazards make a more memorable game which makes better TV. I'm a bit of a psychopath, sue me. If it actually gets to a point where it would kill someone with the physical fitness of an NFL player, the game shouldn't be played. Like lightning. I played football. Bad weather games were what I would kill for. 

4 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

I was being sarcastic. It's not football weather, it's the Arctic Circle come to Kansas City and no one should be playing sports outdoors there.

I'm well aware you were being sarcastic, hence why I said "But unironically" in the very next sentence. I'm just going to enjoy the scheisseshow that'll ensue. Because despite what Eric Winston said, NFL players are like gladiators and Arrowhead in particular and most NFL stadiums in general are like the Roman Coliseum. And I demand to be entertained. 

1 hour ago, infrared41 said:

More "football weather."

 

 

 

I agree it’s football weather. But unironically. I’m not stupid enough to sit there and freeze my ass off but 70,000 or so will be. I had to go back to my truck every other minute this morning when I was deicing it because my hands kept freezing up. I guess I’ll be dining on a Frozen Japanese delicacy tomorrow because the cold  will probably make Miami's receivers ability hold onto the ball on par with Kadarius Toney in normal conditions.

59 minutes ago, sportsfan7 said:

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This was uncovered by The Athletic

Thanks for the correction. I’ve modified my original post on it. 

2 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

Accurate.

Heys, good on Deadspin for coming up with a story that didn’t involve doxing and slandering children. Improvement all around!

EDIT: The Athletic was responsible. 

6 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

What's even Stranger is that Sam Ponder was called Steven Ponder. Did they not know any other names for women that start with S? 

"While reviewing the 2010 and 2011 credit lists, The Athletic found three additional names that could not be verified that also closely resemble the names of “College GameDay” talent: Erik Andrews (Erin Andrews) in 2011; Wendy Nickson (Wendi Nix) and Jenn Brownsmith (Jenn Brown) in 2010. Nix confirmed that she was given an Emmy around 2010 and said she had no idea it was improperly obtained; it just arrived in the mail one day. She was not contacted about returning it before or after she left ESPN in August 2023. Brown, who left ESPN in 2013, confirmed she also was given one and didn’t know it was ill-gotten. She said: “This is all news to me and kind of unfortunate because you’ve got people who believe they rightfully had one. There are rules for a reason … it’s unfortunate (those were) abused and for so many years, too.” Brown said she has not been contacted by ESPN about returning it. Andrews, who left ESPN in 2012, declined to comment through a spokesperson".

The entertainment industry must be staffed entirely by nepotistic morons in order for this to have gone on as long as it did. 

Cleveland vs. Houston

Miami vs. Kansas City

Pittsburgh vs. Buffalo

Green Bay vs. Dallas

Los Angeles vs. Detroit

Philadelphia vs. Tampa Bay

10 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

 

I don't. The weather forecast for Saturday in KC is 14 degrees. Probably colder at night. I don't think the Dolphins offense is built for that kind of weather.

FWIW, that’s supposed to be the high. It’s going to be closer to zero by kickoff.
 

If Pacheco is back, I see the Chiefs wearing Miami down with the running game and suffocating them with a defense that everyone else seems to be sleeping on. Eh, let them. It’ll be that much more satisfying when they find out.   

2 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

 

There's this YouTuber out there named Zennie Abraham who is Winston's #1 supporter and believes that any Jameis slander is racist.  He also believes that public money for stadiums is not a bad thing and also that the city of Oakland and not John Fisher is 100% to blame for the A's leaving and is 100% certain that the A's will be in Las Vegas.  He used to work for the city of Oakland and claimed to have led Oakland's bid for the 2005 Super Bowl that went to Jacksonville.  

So a clown defends the circus. 
 

That’s just called knowing who butters their bread. 

If I’m in charge of a new league, I can’t afford to stubbornly stick to “tradition” because there isn’t any sort of tradition yet. Tabula rasa and all that. How does a league last long enough to make traditions? By getting the most eyeballs on my product. And how do I get the most eyeballs on my product? By having the best matchups possible. It’s great Arlington won, but, they never should have made it in the first place. 

If the UFL was an established league with decades of history? Yeah, maybe they could get away with a playoff format straight out of the Expansion Era NHL. But they aren’t and if I’m a league like the UFL, I want the best matchups possible and even if it isn’t perfect, the most reliable way to get the best matchups is to have the teams with the best records to make the postseason. 

7 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

If he's the face, I don't want to see the butt of the league.

I think this is one of those situations where the head of the league doesn't ever have to get a prostate exam as he's got a 24/7 view. 

Welcome to Week 18, which is an absolute abomination that shouldn’t exist. All credit for maps go to 506Sports.com. Go support them. 

CBS 1:00 PM EST/12:00 PM CST

Red: Jaguars at Titans

Blue: Falcons at Saints

Green: Browns at Bengals

CBS 4:00 PM EST/3:00 PM CST

Red: Bears at Packers

Blue: Eagles at Giants

Green: Chiefs at Chargers

FOX 1:00 PM EST/12:00 PM CST

Red: Vikings at Lions

Blue: Buccaneers at Panthers

Green: Jets at Patriots

FOX 4:00 PM EST/3:00 PM CST

Red: Cowboys at Commanders

Blue: Rams at 49ers

Green: Seahawks at Cardinals

Yellow: Broncos at Raiders

I'd like to see how this chopped and glued UFL does for a year before thinking about expansion.

If this doesn't work, I don't see how spring football could ever be viable. I'd like to see it happen, however, "trust but verify" is the phrase that comes to mind. 

Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore

Houston vs. Indianapolis

Tampa Bay vs. Carolina

Atlanta vs. New Orleans

NY Jets vs. New England

Cleveland vs. Cincinnati

Jacksonville vs. Tennessee

Minnesota vs. Detroit

Philadelphia vs. NY Giants 

Dallas vs. Washington 

Seattle vs. Arizona

LA Rams vs. San Francisco

Chicago vs. Green Bay

Kansas City vs. LA Chargers

Denver vs. Las Vegas

Buffalo vs. Miami

On 11/27/2023 at 12:21 PM, Sport said:

Tepper is an Owner to Watch.

14 minutes ago, the admiral said:

Yeah, just watched him throw his drink on a fan.

Hey, somebody had to pick up the slack after Dan Snyder got ousted. Watch as he also intentionally neglects BoA Stadium so he can get a new stadium or finds "critical structural integrity faults". Is it a lack of luxury boxes or PSLs causing these issues?