dfwabel Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 21 minutes ago, Cosmic said: Rough to lose coaches right before the season like that, but you could also see it as a positive... your coaches must be NFL quality if they’re getting poached for NFL teams. Said coach has known Arians since the 80's when Bruce was HC at Temple and he was an assistant. He also was on his Cardinals staff until Bruce stepped down after last season. Longtime football pals hook each other up. Even with the NCAA adding the 10th Assistant Coach for Division 1, there are more guys looking for jobs than jobs available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 In addition to yesterday's local interview, Waddell did an AMA early this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 11 hours ago, Cosmic said: Rough to lose coaches right before the season like that, but you could also see it as a positive... your coaches must be NFL quality if they’re getting poached for NFL teams. The league certainly doesn’t seem upset about it. Coaches and QBs being poached mean they may be on to something with this AAAA level league in terms of getting that overflow talent and giving them something better to do than just sit on NFL practice squads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, bosrs1 said: this AAAA level league Well, that will certainly have to be seen to be believed. You honestly think that the level of play in this league will be better than the big college conferences? The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 44 minutes ago, Gothamite said: You honestly think that the level of play in this league will be better than the big college conferences? Unlees star players start bypassing college signing out of HS just to get paid sooner, it’s pretty much impossible that these teams will be better or even equal than the top conference teams. On average, #10-50 on each roster might be equal or even better, but 1-10 (at least) won’t even be close. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieMoon Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Anyone know if you will be able to watch the CBS game on the Roku or Firestick's CBS Sports channel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, BringBackTheVet said: Unlees star players start bypassing college signing out of HS just to get paid sooner, it’s pretty much impossible that these teams will be better or even equal than the top conference teams. On average, #10-50 on each roster might be equal or even better, but 1-10 (at least) won’t even be close. That was my thought as well. The best college players will go right to the NFL. The best players in the AAF will be those who couldn't get on an NFL squad. Now, there may well be some diamonds in the rough who just needed another chance to prove themselves. We've seen those come out of most minor leagues. But those are the exceptions, not the rule. I would expect the overall quality of play to be significantly below most college conferences. Certainly the Power Five, but likely well below many others as well. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Gothamite said: Well, that will certainly have to be seen to be believed. You honestly think that the level of play in this league will be better than the big college conferences? I mean on the balance, yes. Keep in mind only 2% of NCAA football players are drafted to the NFL. That leaves a lot of talent just sitting around or playing in alt leagues like the CFL currently. Will they have that one or two guys who are heisman possibilities from the top Power 5 teams, no. But they’ll probably have better players than many college teams have Power 5 or otherwise, who were aged out of college but weren’t in that two percent. Will they be better than Bama and Clemson and the top of the Top 25, probably not. But they’ll be on par with most NCAA and CFL teams I’d think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 https://aaf.com/the-alliance-announces-starting-times-for-inaugural-season/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sykotyk Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Two games simultaneously to kickoff the league and then two games that Sunday that will probably overlap some. I'm not buying the whole two hour game play thing working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 1/14/2019 at 11:40 PM, Sykotyk said: Two games simultaneously to kickoff the league and then two games that Sunday that will probably overlap some. I'm not buying the whole two hour game play thing working. The inconsistent kickoff times are more concerning to me as it really indicates that they are buying time on CBSSN. The network would move NCAA hoops start times if they were truly invested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Wonder if the NFL blocks off the month of January to be exclusive? Feels like starting Weeks 1-3 starting this Saturday and running through Super Bowl weekend would get the league off to a running start before people come to grips with not having football for 8 months the week after the Super Bowl. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 1 hour ago, dfwabel said: The inconsistent kickoff times are more concerning to me as it really indicates that they are buying time on CBSSN. It was never really any secret that that league was going to be buying airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 2 hours ago, dfwabel said: The inconsistent kickoff times are more concerning to me as it really indicates that they are buying time on CBSSN. The network would move NCAA hoops start times if they were truly invested. They're pretty consistent actually after week 1. Sat always had the night game at 8pm Eastern, and Sunday has games at 4 and 8pm Eastern. Really the only floater is the early Saturday game which bounces between 2, 3, and 4pm various weeks. Considering CBS undoubtedly has other programming on the schedule during that early Saturday block it’s not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Now that the Patriots have made it to their third straight Super Bowl, how many of us are looking forward to the start of the AAF season? The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, neo_prankster said: Now that the Patriots have made it to their third straight Super Bowl, how many of us are looking forward to the start of the AAF season? And next year, the XFL. trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, neo_prankster said: Now that the Patriots have made it to their third straight Super Bowl, how many of us are looking forward to the start of the AAF season? I’ll head to Orlando’s opening game because it’s cheap, but after that I’m not sure how much I’ll care about the AAF. I’m still not convinced this league will be around in more than a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Is the AAF App out yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo_prankster Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 1 minute ago, GDAWG said: Is the AAF App out yet? Not sure. I was kinda hoping full games can be uploaded to an official AAF YouTube channel...or maybe condensed games or just highlights. The Fictional Story of Austus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 54 minutes ago, Magic Dynasty said: I’ll head to Orlando’s opening game because it’s cheap, but after that I’m not sure how much I’ll care about the AAF. I’m still not convinced this league will be around in more than a year or two. I've said this before, but I want a second season so we can get Hot Shots Part Deux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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