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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40014492/reggie-bush-heisman-trophy-returned Reggie Bush getting his Heisman Trophy back. Reggie Bush has his 2005 Heisman Trophy back, as the Heisman Trust announced Wednesday the formal "reinstatement" of the trophy to Bush amid what it calls "enormous changes in the college football landscape." The Heisman Trust's decision comes after Bush forfeited his Heisman Trophy in 2010 in the wake of significant NCAA sanctions for USC, which included Bush receiving improper benefits during a Trojans career that spanned from 2003 to 2005. As part of the decision Wednesday, the Heisman Trust is returning the Heisman Trophy to Bush and a replica to USC. Bush will again be invited to all future Heisman Trophy ceremonies, beginning in the 2024 season.

This is the best option for the turquoise jerseys if they actually hit the field during the season.

I'm thinking they expected more teams to jump from the NAL and IFL, and that when the NEL or AIFA slop they can move teams to those spots and bring the names into the league.

Because they can use the red pants with all of the other combinations.

The two worst teams playing on FS1, that number makes sense. If it were on Fox I'd be more worried. This week will have two games on at 7 PM again, and I'd expect similar numbers with the Stallions at Roughnecks and Brahmas at Renegades. At least there shouldn't be a repeat of the weather delay this weekend. There's a 14% chance of rain but thunderstorms aren't expected until Sunday. It's also a new league and a new schedule. As for Houston, locals know that last year's Roughnecks are in San Antonio now. That is throwing some XFL and USFL people off as well, because they figured the league season is either over, or not started yet. Granted the people that are thinking like that are probably the guy who showed up for one game and didn't pay much attention to it, or they are Lions fans and only want to watch those games in person. However, if this is their max level after next season, then you have to move them somewhere else. But I think you avoid Canton unless they prove that they want a team there. How to do that is the question. Do you take deposits and see how many people actually make that choice, knowing that if they don't meet the number you're looking for that you'll have to refund them? I don't like the idea unless you know that you absolutely want to put a team there and you want the local community to confirm that they are all in with the idea before you go with that decision. I know Greg Williams talked about jumping up to 12 teams next year, but unless the coaching staffs and players are pressing for it, I don't think it occurs next year. And if it does happen, I think you'll see a few Thursday or Friday night games during the year to help make up for lack of TV slots on the weekends, no matter what time of year the season starts.

I believe Arlington and Birmingham have more fields available for training, as well as hotel space near those areas. What I believe needss to happen next season, is that the teams need to have a home practice facility during the season. Just being there full time where they can do events during the week instead of the day before or the day of will be a tremendous boost for the league and the players. But I will say one thing that just hit me based on a Battlehawks fan's Reddit post: Pretty much every UFL team has at least a minor league baseball or hockey team around them, if not a major league team that they could have been planning a UFL night once they set the league schedule. I think if the Brahmas showed up at the San Antonio Missions game the night prior to Week 8 with a ticket booth inside the gate, and players throwing out pitches, they could get a few more fans showing up for the Sunday afternoon game. For next season or really even this season, possibly plan to have a gameday suite giveaway at the game, which is something they do outside the game on gameday. Arlington has the Rangers right there as do the Roughnecks with the Astros and the Panthers with the Tigers and Redwings, so no reason not to use them for attention as well. Birmingham has already done this with the Barons who play nearby in Hoover.

It happens much more than you would think.

One thing that I noticed is that the Texans are using the alternate FUSE template cut. I think if Denver had chosen to use this cut instead of the standard. It really helps to go with this version when adding the horns to the away jerseys. At least the uniforms will fit much better than here, but at least you can see how this cut helps the design.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/6U5BX7esP9rdAri9/?mibextid=xfxF2i Southwest Kansas is reportedly looking for host families for their players.

Tigres broke out their own Earth Day jerseys. It's the same ones used by MLS, but with three options for fans instead of one per team.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/22/24137251/apple-streaming-fifa-club-world-cup-report Apple looks like the host for the 2025 Club World Cup next year.

I was wondering who's numbers they looked like!

Nike will add this for the next Oregon uniform

This was him for the past week, at the NFL offices.

I feel like that 5280 is something that fits a college team, not a NFL team. On the pants is fine, but the bumpers should say either Denver or Broncos.

Maybe they'll copy what Ohio State did for a few years and add "mountain tops" on the back of the collar.

Season openers almost always are better attended than any other game of the year when you're not a Big 4 league. The 7 PM start also helps when compared to an 11:30 AM start on the same day that the Cardinals are playing just up the road. With only one of their remaining home games starting before 2 PM against a pretty good Defenders team, I would expect around 32,500-35,000 per game regardless of Battlehawks record going forward. And if that Brahmas game is for the division title, expect 40,000+. I think Vegas had other issues besides just stadium attendance just based on some of the conversations that were being had after the season regarding Cashman Stadium, Sam Boyd and other possible locations. Unless you have a way of proving another location is willing to get the amount of butts in seats that they want, the UFL is going to stay put for at least one more year.

Michigan has had 3 home games and Houston has had 2. Their average is still around 7,000 for the 5 games. Houston being winless, and also pretty bad up until today didn't help. I think the league needs to accept that they need to have physical advertising in these cities, and as far as I can tell none of them have it. The league just figured that if St. Louis didn't need it they don't need to do that for anyone else. And since the Rock is back to focusing on WWE/TKO the only time he's been seen is the ZOA Energy drink commercials. Surprisingly, I think a lot of people are happy that's been the limit of his influence so far this year. I don't know if they have a deadline, but teams are able to do trades. I think with so many free agents that would have been on a team in either one of the old leagues, teams don't feel like they have to go to other teams to fix roster holes. I know a few Brahmas fans that want Lindsey Scott from Arlington, but it was also unlikely Arlington was going to let him go.

The Brahmas defense came out to play tonight!

What does that have to do with purple? Pretty much everyone expected them to keep the current colors regardless of name changes.

Cities need to make use of these stadiums year round now. If that means a dime or retractable roof, then by all means get it done. Moving a stadium to the suburbs isn't the same as losing the team to another city. It's also important to know that the options for these owners to move to are drying up. They need to realize they have to pay more for these stadiums then they had to prior. The Chiefs tried to threaten KC voters to get what they want and got rebuffed. The Browns would likely receive the same treatment as well.

The sign stealing probe is still ongoing, but I still felt this was pretty light. A G5 team would have lost postseason games.

http://amp.awfulannouncing.com/fox/tbt-multi-year-rights-deal-fs1.html The Basketball Tournament is moving to Fox Sports. No mention of TST, but I'd expect that may move as well.

Ohio State was testing the helmet comms during the Spring Game. I think that's the best move going forward. It'll help stop some of the sign stealing issues that have been happening, even if they aren't completely gone. I don't think they needed to add the 2 minute warning. They say it's not a TV timeout, then why even have it?

Yup, that's what I meant.