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57 minutes ago, McCall said:

I'm fairly new to MLS, but can someone explain the point of having a 3-game series for the "first round" (not wild card) when every other round is a single game?

Owners were complaining if they lose the first game on the road they get no gate money. 

1 hour ago, DCarp1231 said:

It was interesting that some players on New England opted for the double red stripe white “socks”. I didn’t mind it. However, it reminded me of the very out of place triple blue striped socks on the last set.

 

Those socks were the remnants of when adidas created that uniform. I'm surprised it took Nike so long to change the uniforms, even with Brady winning all the time. 

The Claymores jerseys truly do remind me of the Patriots template that was actually being used in NFL Europe for a few years. 

I think using something similar to their initial uniforms would work better, and separate them from the templated era of the World League. Obviously with the logo on the sleeves instead of the front of the jersey.

Columbus and Orlando have also made the Champions Cup due to top 3 in the league finishes, long with FC Cincinnati, Houston Dynamo and Inter Miami who'd already qualified.

4 hours ago, dont care said:

By wearing chrome and silver?

Yup! Not truly period appropriate though.

3 hours ago, walkerws said:

Not really.  Their Air Power series is just like the Army Navy sets. 

And the uniforms recognize when they were the Army Air Corps. So yes, Army dress up! 

3 hours ago, 4_tattoos said:

 

 

 

 

I'm glad the Whipsnakes didn't go with the logo at bottom right. It could be mistaken for something else. All of the Chrome logos look great.

Why is Cincinnati wearing all orange vs Atlanta who's in red and black?

23 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

I suspect the Maulers will be permanently in Canton, Ohio because I can't see this merged league getting into Acrisure.   I can't see how the Generals and Stars return, at least not in the cities that they were designated for anyways.  So the Gamblers are going to replace the Roughnecks in Houston. which is a weird move.  There had been rumors that before the news of merger talks were leaked, that the USFL was talking about placing the Breakers in New Orleans with the Shrine on Airline and Yulman Stadium as options.  

Yulman makes more sense to me. Except for one weekend for a spring game it's probably not in use if they used the USFL schedule for 2024. The Shrine is laid out similar to what Vegas was last year, so it's not an improvement over Memphis or Birmingham. So if they're doing hubs I could see the Breakers sharing space with either Houston or San Antonio, but I'd rather San Antonio still have the Alamodome all to themselves, especially since we still have the Home Shows, Disney on Ice and other events that are scheduled throught he summer. The only way around that would be double header days or a Saturday/Sunday split like was done this year. 

I love the fact that Air Force is cosplaying as Army against Navy! Hahahahahaha!!!!

2 hours ago, McCall said:

A 2-division format for a 12-team league with a 10-game schedule means you would only play your divisional opponents. An increase to a 12-game would still only mean you play 2 from the other division. 3 divisions of 4 means you can keep a 10-game schedule, play home and home against your division and 2 teams from each of the other 2 divisions, and the other 2 the next year. And it's not really any less likely that you get an under-.500 if you go the 3 division winners plus 1-3 wild card teams, regardless of division.

Last year's USFL had two 4-6 teams representing the North division with two divisions. I'd rather the only way a 4-6 team make it in is as a champ, not as the 2nd place team as well. 

Icarus can help with soccer jerseys. In fact, they produced all of the jerseys for two summer 7v7 tournaments this year.

https://www.icarus-cup.com/

15 hours ago, TBGKon said:

I understand that Seattle had the fanbase, but geographically Seattle is an outlier.

 

Geography doesn't matter if Seattle gets more people in the seats at Lumen than Pittsburgh can get in Acrisure or even Highmark or Duquesne. We have to stop treating air travel like we're still in the 1950's. With cheaper airlines, and proper planning for discount seats and hotels fans can make the trip directly from most airports now. 

5 hours ago, Red Wolf said:

 

Sorry, the point I was trying to make is that the rule has failed its purpose. It's there to make teams wanting to move up only do so because they have the resources and commitment to make it work. Schools like James Madison, Old Dominion, and even Jacksonville State looked at moving up for years before it actually happened.

 

Sam Houston had no ambitions of moving up. They got a call from Conference USA and two weeks later made the move. Sam Houston moved up because they were worried that they would get locked out of the opportunity in the future with the NCAA raising the requirements to transition. The NCAA just this month changed the application fee from $5K to $5 million.

Sam Houston also just spent a mint upgrading the stadium, so now they get that money back even quicker than if they waited to be 100% ready. 

3 hours ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Taking a dislike of Harbaugh out of this, but why is 'advance scouting' illegal?

Since it's been a rule since 1994, probably has to do with smaller schools having less money to pay for airfare and hotel rooms. Nowadays you can see just about everyone's games on TV or streaming and scout from home. 

1 hour ago, Burmy said:

I too think this rule against JMU (and Jax State) is bull...but at this rate, there will most likely not be enough commonly bowl-eligible teams once again, so whichever bowl lands 'em is gonna get an uptick in popularity this year.

 

And next year, when the "transition period" is over and JMU's in a NY6 game, we'll forget all about this.

When they win the league and make the playoffs? 

15 minutes ago, WBeltz said:

In reality, Iowa needs their normal set, plus black pants, gold jersey and a gold helmet to boot if they really want to mix and match things up. This is a huge step in the right direction, I would say however that the gold jerseys need to be paired with gold pants more so than not.

Nah, BGB looks way better than BGG.

1 minute ago, GDAWG said:

 

He said DC would make it.

 

 

Not sure why my brain skipped over DC. Still, Seattle being left out doesn't make sense to me if they're trying to get as many tV slots available to them. 

2 minutes ago, GDAWG said:

 

Seattle and DC not making the cut would be pretty crap. 

16 hours ago, infrared41 said:

 

Translation: "I'm hanging everyone out to dry and saving my own ass. I'll see you all in LA with the Chargers next season."

20 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said:

Seriously.  That loony dumbass Jim Harbaugh loses every big game he gets within 100 miles of for years, than suddenly starts winning them, out of the blue?  Watching last years game between tOSU and those skunkweasles, I said to a friend of mine that it looked like the were absolutely ready every time Ohio State blitzed, with a pass over the top. Turns out the low down cheaters were stealing the signs.

 

Also explains why they got their stupid butts kicked by TCU. They never saw them coming, so they hadn't sent their spies in to cheat.

 

F those guys... death penalty, I say.

 

Are we sure he won't be with the Rams? Either way, I think he'd only last three years then go coach at another college. The Chargers need to call the head coach anytime it's 4th and longer than one yard, or put a chip in his head that shocks him when he tries to go for it on 4th and 3 from his own 35. 

16 hours ago, See Red said:

I do wish the guy would just  off back to the NFL already.  I don't even have anything against Michigan... just tired of this guy.

 

On another note, JMU not being bowl eligible is bull.  That's a dumb rule.

Especially when their defense pitched a shutout last night. I think the NCAA expected them to look more like Sam Houston State than last year's TCU. 

17 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

This is up there as one of the worst crests in the league, alongside Columbus and Nashville.

That San Diego badge is bad, but I actually like the Columbus badge. It's not a roundel, it kept the team colors and the pennant design is a bit different. That C in the badge could use a change though, I'll admit. That San Diego badge is more useful for a league design than a team's own badge. 

I think this jersey would work with the black helmet or the red one, but they should avoid using white with it. 

I would probably got with a more abstract silhouette of the Concorde. I like the uniform design though. 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/38695266/abandoned-belgium-sweden-qualifier-declared-draw-brussels-shooting-uefa

Sweden vs Belgium will stand as a 1-1 draw after both federations asked not to try to play the second half of the suspended match. The match was called off after two Sweden fans were killed prior.

2 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

I assumed that going back to E-W would be unpopular because people seemed to like it when it came out, but maybe it's growing stale. I prefer it simply because I know who's playing on which team. I also don't find the whole "all-star draft" compelling in the least. I hope they go back. While nobody cares about the conferences they way we used to care about the AL and NL, nothing about East/West was the reason the game stinks.

with so many guys refusing to play defense, and the fact you needed to have two sets of uniforms for each player last year, going to anything that lets one side of the league say they're better than the other works for me. We'll still get crazy uniforms for the game because Nike can't help themselves, but at least I can expect Giannis and Wemby to be on opposite teams this year. Mainly because I don't expect Wemby to be in the main All Star Game.