MJWalker45
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19 hours ago, GDAWG said:
What's up with Winnipeg this year?
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3 hours ago, TrueYankee26 said:
Ouch Turkey
It looked pretty though.
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18 hours ago, rfraser85 said:
Something just dawned on me. Don’t the teams themselves paint the helmets? The manufacturers may be responsible for the holes in the helmets, but I don’t think they paint them.
I know for Salt Lake City in the AAF, all helmets were painted blue, then marked off and the silver paint was added on. Though I think all players had to wear Riddell so they all had the same base colors. Same applies for San Antonio's helmet I believe.
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2 minutes ago, Sykotyk said:
I get that. But then you also have stagnation. In order for these spring leagues to survive they have to grow the game not just in their host markets on game days. Getting more markets helps grow interest in games not featuring your local team.
I wonder how much of this would be that the cities they wanted to go back to in 2025 weren't willing to give them the breaks they needed?
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15 minutes ago, GDAWG said:
I was referring to the name of the merged league. What would their name be? Which teams would be a part of the merger?
I like the idea of North American Volleyball (NAVB). That way, if you want to consider teams in Canada or Mexico, you're good to go with the name. I think the max size of the league would probably be 8 teams to start, so I guess the question is who survives once they get to that point, and what is the formula to decide that? Is it possible that they have a big enough talent pool available, US and worldwide, to keep all of the teams in place? The advantage they have over the UFL is that they aren't dealing with other leagues in the United States that could challenge how they reform.
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Blazers and blue jeans for the US Olympic team.
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11 hours ago, GDAWG said:
the end result will be a merger, but on who's end?
If they follow the USFL/XFL model they'll probably go with adidas for the uniforms. I guess the big question is where do they fit in the calendar? Could they take a page from Liga MX and do split seasons based around the Olympics and national team tournaments?
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39 minutes ago, timjameskohler said:
I wish the helmet had the normal primary logo, but other than that -- I love this.
I think this logo is better than the regular helmet logo.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c299yn7335ro
English Premier League fixtures have been announced! The biggest game for Week 1 is Manchester City away to Chelsea. Newest EPL team Ipswich Town welcomes Liverpool. The first game of the season is Manchester United hosting Fulham on a Friday night kickoff. The last non-traditional Big 6 champ, Leicester City, ends the week vs Tottenham Hotspurs at home.
Premier League opening-weekend fixtures in full
All times BSTFriday, 16 August
Manchester United v Fulham (20:00)
Saturday, 17 August
Ipswich Town v Liverpool (12:30)
Arsenal v Wolverhampton (15:00)
Everton v Brighton (15:00)
Newcastle United v Southampton (15:00)
Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth (15:00)
West Ham United v Aston Villa (17:30)
Sunday, 18 August
Brentford v Crystal Palace (14:00)
Chelsea v Manchester City (16:30)
Monday, 19 August
Leicester City v Tottenham (20:00)
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25 minutes ago, SSmith48 said:
They are pretty basic but I'm surprised that Nike got them the higher end template on such short notice. Designs are ok, they still feel pretty haphazard.
yeah, short notice, but I wouldn't be surprised if they have a teamwear version of this available next year just without the contrasting cuffs and collar.
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3 hours ago, NH4 said:
Well Nike went back to the “give a team practice uniforms for their primary uniforms” for TCU. The spiked collar was super unique and now they look like a high school team
One way to instantly improve these was to put the TCU logo on the sleeves instead of the numbers. And put the horned frog logo on the collar.
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I think it's strange that Nike and adidas seem to have switched roles this year in terms of team specific numbers for the Euros, The teams that seem to have their own numbers for Nike are the second tier clubs while the top tier European teams all got the same font, just with their own crests on them. Belgium is still wearing the standard font for this year, however.
The Netherlands still managed to keep their previous font though.
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Barcelona finally got their helmet stickers last week
Vienna wearing their own version of the Army tribute uniform, complete with olive drab helmets.
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13 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:
Not sure how Garbers went from competent last week to looking like the second backup, but at least the team improved from last year.
Apparently he was told prior to the game he had a training camp offer. Still doesn't excuse not risking a big play by the defense and sliding short of the line to gain twice. He got bailed out the first time, but he was a good yard short on a play that he should have been able to get the first down and more.
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8 hours ago, GDAWG said:
That has to be the saddest way to lose a game. You're losing momentum, just go to overtime!
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Just now, ManillaToad said:
Threepeat!
Not sure how Garbers went from competent last week to looking like the second backup, but at least the team improved from last year.
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2 hours ago, DCarp1231 said:
They didn’t want to take attention away from the US Army patch
Yeah, not like the game patch didn't include it. Pretty poor game by the Brahmas today.
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No championship patches on the jerseys. That's disappointing.
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The Brahmas will be going with the home uniform tonight, based on socks only.
https://x.com/XFLBrahmas/status/1802393964655313309?t=2K3L9jvYHgR0qqp-poNqSQ&s=19
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2 hours ago, GDAWG said:
The UFL getting the trademarks to "Canton Bulldogs" and "Ohio Bulldogs" is interesting. Since the NFL has allowed the European League of Football to use a bunch of NFL Europe Trademarks, the same could be said here with the Canton Bulldogs, or it could also be that the NFL no longer has it trademarked.
I could see it being the former more than the latter. No one would expect Canton to really ever come back unless the Browns or Bengals did a one off uniform. The Hall of Fame probably doesn't carry much stuff from defunct teams either.
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Brady calling the second quarter today for his first test run. We'll see how it goes.
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1 hour ago, JH42XCC said:
I could see the NJ Generals playing at Rutgers University's SHI Stadium or Princeton University's Powers Field in case the New York Red Bulls aren't willing to share Red Bull Arena with them.
Same case with the Philadelphia Stars and Subaru Park, as the Philadelphia Union might show the same reluctance to letting them play at their stadium. To that end, I could see the Stars playing at UPenn's Franklin Field, though they might run into some scheduling conflicts with the Ivy League school hosting the Penn Relays and whatnot They could even try Villanova Stadium or the University of Delaware's football stadium, even though neither option would be ideal.
As for the Colorado Gold -- which would be the name of UFL's Colorado team should the league place an expansion team there -- they have some good options for a home venue: University of Colorado's Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado State's Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, and Falcon Stadium at the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. So if the Colorado Rapids are not willing to share DSG Park with the Colorado UFL team, any of the three aforementioned venues would be a good fit.
It might be too early to tell whether or not Nashville SC would let the Nashville Tuners (a possible UFL expansion team) play at Geodis Park, but if that's a no-go, the Nashville area has a couple of good venue options for the Tuners: Vanderbilt's FirstBank Stadium and Middle Tennessee's Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium in nearby Murfreesboro.
Providence Park might be a hard sell for a Portland UFL team, since the owners of the Portland Timbers would be reluctant to having a football team play at the venue. In fact, the forced Portland State's football program to play in nearby Hillsboro Stadium. Speaking of Hillsboro Stadium, it only has only 7,600 permanent seats, which would be way too small for a UFL team anyway. The closest stadium to Portland with an ideal capacity for a UFL team would be Oregon State's Reser Stadium in Corvallis. But honestly, would anyone in Portland be willing to go to Corvallis to see their team on the field? Then again, if OKC gets a UFL team, do you really think anyone in OKC would travel to Stillwater to see their team play at Oklahoma State's Boone Pickens Stadium?
As far as the Michigan Panthers' stadium situation is concerned, I'm surprised they didn't even consider Eastern Michigan's Rynearson Stadium or Central Michigan's Kelly/Shorts Stadium, as both have the ideal capacity for a UFL venue. Plus, I think the UFL should bring back the Maulers, and relocate them from Pittsburgh to Canton, OH, thus becoming the Ohio Maulers.
36 minutes ago, McCall said:There is so much nonsense in this entire post.
1. Where has it been stated at all that "Colorado Gold" WOULD be THE name of a potential team there?
2. Why would they play anywhere outside of the immediate Denver area? Just because there's a stadium somewhere doesn't make that a viable market. Then you later you asked, "would anyone travel to Corvallis/Stillwater?" Same would apply to all those other Colorado markets.
3. #2 also applies to any Michigan market outside of the Detroit metro area, so no, Central (or Western) Michigan would in no way be considered.
Portland - I think PSU wasn't willing to pay the fees needed to stay at Providence Park. I don't think that would be an issue for the UFL. Seeing as the Breakers played there in a previous life, I could see the league preferring to put a Portland team there instead of anywhere else in Oregon.
Colorado/Denver - Dick's Sporting Goods Park is probably in play as well as Boulder.
Nashville - Vanderbilt is updating the stadium, so Geodis or Nissan Stadium are the likely options.
Columbus/Canton - Maulers should not be the name for the team. That's why they coming up with Bulldogs.
Panthers - I think figuring out how to get more fans into Ford Field is their best move going forward.
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Spain looks the real deal. I expected more fight from Croatia. That first half was a dismantling.
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5 minutes ago, Dilbert said:
Its interesting that USL Championship and League One have a deal with CBS, while the Super League went with NBC and Peaccock.
The NWSL also has a deal with CBS/Paramount, so that's probably why they shopped it to NBC/Peacock.
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I don't think anyone expected this group to come down to the final day for every team in here. Most probably expected Slovenia to be cannon fodder.