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1 hour ago, ruttep said:

Trying to imagine what vertical sleeve stripes would look like, and I'm not a fan, especially at the expense of TV numbers. But to each their own.

Ohio State had something like that in the 1950's. Eventually it became the sleeve stripes under Woody Hayes.

44 minutes ago, 655321 said:

I see your Zubaz and I raise you some Thunder...

These were pretty good too. 

Info on some of the stadiums being used this year, as well as some of the fan gear. It's pretty echoey though. 

Stadion Kleinfeld - Helvetic Mercenaries (5,360)

Estadio Vallehermoso - Madrid Bravos (9,000 seats)

Also, former Cleveland Browns great Joe Thomas is coaching the offensive line at Stuttgart this year. 

20 hours ago, walkerws said:

Gross. Just put the bird on there

It would have been the only good part of this look, but it would look good. 

Just now, Anubis2051 said:

 

I know it's branch specific, but I wouldn't hate seeing a Scrambled Eggs Design one year:

 

Or the simplest, a tactical hat, with Velcro patch:

I'm surprised we haven't seen the velcro cap yet. 

21 hours ago, Anubis2051 said:

Armed forces day caps are out and...yikes

 

They do look like morale caps that some units wear, so at least there's that. 

2 minutes ago, Digby said:

I'm not one of those people who roots for your league if your team itself is knocked out -- we don't have the coefficient stuff in North America, rivals can go to hell, MLS is ridiculous anyway -- but I have to say I like the idea of "Columbus, Ohio: continental powerhouse". Obviously MLS will take credit as if they even want that team to exist. How long before Nancy makes the leap to a European side?

Columbus just signed him to a big extension, so we know he's not long for this club. If we get to keep him for one more season after this I think we'll be lucky. I just hope he doesn't go to the EPL, because unless he's dropped into a club that looks like the Crew I don't think he'll have the immediate level of success he needs to stay long term. I do think Ligue A or a mid-table La Liga squad would be a great spot for him. 

Columbus Crew win 2-1 in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup semi-finals, over Monterrey. The next leg is Wednesday at Monterrey. Club America and Pachuca tied 1-1 on Tuesday. A lot of people were ganging up on Jacen Russell-Rowe just before he headed in the winner, so that was great on his part. 

10 hours ago, udubfan19 said:

Houston looks like the 2017 Arizona jerseys.

 

It's a better version of those uniforms. I'm happy they didn't try to have that stripe go all the way across the back of the jerseys either.

16 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

I used to think the Bears had the best uniforms in the NFL, but now I firmly believe it’s the Browns.

I'd say it's a tie. The Color Rash for the Browns is so plain and generic that if you count it in the overall rating it drops the Browns to a C instead of a B+. 

https://www.instagram.com/stories/soccercentralsa/3353421026683096859?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWRtdzR5ZTVtMmxlag==

Same setup coming to San Antonio. Soccer Central is where Juventus has their youth academy here 

1 minute ago, TruColor said:

Brown facemasks are apparently still going to be used on the White throwbacks.

And probably on any other third helmet too

9 minutes ago, OnWis97 said:

Side note/unpopular opinion...but boo to the Browns for ditching the awsome brown facemask in favor of the sore-thumb white one.

That brown facemask was horrible and I'm happy we have the white facemasks back. Especially since the team looks closer to the days we had Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar. 

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.

On 4/20/2024 at 10:56 PM, Survival79 said:

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

15 hours ago, Sykotyk said:

The league will survive. How many teams do is the big question. 

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.

20 minutes ago, VDizzle12 said:

So you're telling me that the red pants have blue and white stripes. Yet the red jersey and helmet doesn't have white in the "horns'? Why on earth would they do this. There are so many inconsistencies and easy fixes in this set.

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

2 hours ago, Red Comet said:

That Arlington-Houston game:

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. 

5 hours ago, McCall said:

This isn't year 1. Michigan has been around for 3 years and this is their 2nd playing IN Detroit. This is Houston's 3rd year playing in Houston when counting the 2020 XFL season. These are NFL markets. If they're not showing interest now, they're probably not going to. Seattle and DC showed continued interest. Seattle's only problem was geography. It's not "hitting the panic button". It's fixing the market situation while you still can. Move them to markets that may actually be wanting a team, like in Ohio (Columbus or Canton) or Orlando, etc. Wait too long, and THAT could be the death knell for the league.

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.

On 4/21/2024 at 10:03 PM, Sodboy13 said:

If your gate receipts are declining and your TV ratings are flat in year three, where is your money coming from, outside of hoping that Dwayne's charisma can coerce Fox Sports executives into fronting them the cash for a few seasons? At some point your business actually has to be in business, even in Silicon Valley's edgiest cases of dullards throwing venture capital at whatever is new.

 

Honestly, forget Birmingham and Arlington, maybe they should have headquartered spring football in St. Louis from the jump.

 

I am reminded of the final sketch of the terrible teenage garage band from Kids in the Hall:

"We were so close. We had sixty people at a gig."

"Yeah, sixty people!"

"That's a salad bar."

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. 

5 minutes ago, PurpleHayes said:

Ice??  In Houston??

It happens much more than you would think. 

15 minutes ago, 29texan said:

 

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. 

7 minutes ago, WSU151 said:

There are about three good combos and the rest are garbage. The number font looks collegiate - should have kept the old font. The white helmet is hideous.  The new navy helmet is a lateral move.

 

The sleeve stripes are cool but also close to something you’d see on a college jersey. 

 

Expected better. 

 

 

I was wondering who's numbers they looked like!

47 minutes ago, Echo said:

If they're gonna go with that helmet bumper they might as well go all the way and install an actual altimeter in there so we know how high they are for road games as well.

Nike will add this for the next Oregon uniform