MJWalker45
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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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USL Super League will be on Peacock.
"Tampa, Fla., and New York, NY (June 13, 2024) – The USL Super League, a new Division One professional women’s soccer league beginning play in the U.S. this summer, and Peacock announced today that the streaming service will become the “Official Home of the USL Super League,” beginning in the league’s inaugural season. The multi-year agreement is the centerpiece of an expanded partnership with NBCUniversal that will see additional USL leagues and properties leverage NBC Sports Next’s SportsEngine Play streaming service and innovative digital products.
Starting with the USL Super League’s weekend August 17-18, every regular season and playoff match – 115 matches, combined – will be available to stream on Peacock for fans in the United States".
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7 hours ago, PrimalCookie said:
Conferences are looking at European soccer for ideas on how to make more money out of their sports teams. Now that they're no longer hiding behind the facade of amateur sports it's going to be interesting to see how they come up with more ways to get the money they denied themselves for decades.
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21 hours ago, WSU151 said:
UNLV with updated uniforms for 2024. White numbers this year instead of gray, and sleeve stripes replace the sleeve numbers. Nice unis but not a huge upgrade.
I feel like they should have swapped the stripe colors or added a black outline to the grey stripes.
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On 6/11/2024 at 5:33 PM, Rygi13 said:
The cynic in me thinks Nike is doing simple designs to save money.
It's cheaper to keep the old designs. This is the coaches changing teams to meet their ideas of what a uniform should look like.
On 6/11/2024 at 4:23 PM, Rygi13 said:Photoshopped uni reveal is crazy. Didn't even wait to get them in hand and take new photos.
Depending on when they decided to order them, they probably aren't ready and won't be until late July.
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17 minutes ago, GDAWG said:
So this league has been a mess. First they announced a 6 team league for 2024 including a team in El Paso but pushed it back to 2025, without the El Paso team but with teams in Tampa, Portland, Huntsville (Alabama) and the Gulf Coast Region of Louisiana. However, Portland and Gulf Coast were removed and added a team in Las Vegas and now San Antonio.
I just want to know how much cheaper it is to play at UIW instead of Alamo Stadium?
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When you get beat so bad by a supposedly lesser team to Brazil, they try giving them the goals you scored!
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IFA preparing to announce San Antonio tomorrow for the June 2025 season. They'd be playing at UIW Tom Benson Stadium if they take the field. I don't think they realize how few people they'll get to the games when it's over 100 and 30% humidity.
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Championship game ball
Interesting that you can see the XFL logo where the team logos normally go on the lower panel of the ball on the lower left side. So I guess that means they pre-ordered the balls before the season, or during it.
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22 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:
So, any truth to “Canton Bulldogs” and “Nashville Tuners” coming into the league? Whether through expansion and/or relocation?
Moose has said they aren't planning to move or add teams next season. So if it happens, it will likely be because a team can't get the stadiums for the dates the league needs.
8 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:These good television numbers underscore the reality that, for this league, what is most important is viewership, so as to attract and keep sponsors.
By contrast, the only role that attendance fills is to enhance the look of the games on television. This is why this league (apart from St. Louis and D.C.) should aim to use the smallest possible stadiums, so that the television viewers are more likely to see occupied seats than empty seats in the background of each shot.
I think if they can get buy in from MLS or USL teams that fit that 20,000-30,000 seat setup it can help with how the game looks on TV. The idea that if New Orleans Breakers could come back and that they'd be stuck using a setup similar to what the Vegas Vipers had is not a good look in my opinion. Using Yulman Stadium on Tulane's campus is a better choice in my opinion. Something else I've noticed about stadiums in the US is how even newer ones, outside of MLS, don't really utilize the idea of covering the stands with an overhanging roof like we see in most European stadiums that help protect fans from the heat and the rain.
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On 6/9/2024 at 1:08 PM, TrueYankee26 said:
NBC is done broadcasting the French Open. TNT Sports takes over for the next 10 years.
On 6/9/2024 at 4:55 PM, nickp91 said:I’m thrilled that NBC is losing its rights to televise the French Open
Until last weekend I didn't even realize the French Open was going on. It's probably a good thing they are moving it if NBC couldn't be bothered to promote it above WWE competitions.
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In case you thought they may change the trophies for the conferences, at least for now they're carried over from the previous leagues.
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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.