Silver_Star Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 On 7/16/2023 at 12:08 AM, heavybass said: I say we are about 25% into this thread and to celebrate this achievement... time to enjoy the dynasty that is from Florida. Yes I said Florida. Everyone: Miami Seahawks? Oh no.... when I think Seahawks, I think Seattle and nothing will change that.... so with that in mind. THE MIAMI DOLPHINS When you think of a successful dynasty in football, you think of the Miami Dolphins whom in the course of the late 80's - early 90's went on to win... 5 STRAIGHT SUPER BOWLS People underestimated this team during the actual period and considering the AFL Bills didn't exist here.... I used the powerhouses that were the Dolphins. This was their 1987-1989 look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Silver_Star said: This was their 1987-1989 look Yes and in this timeline, they won 5 Super Bowls back to back with this look which is why they kept it and reverted back when given the option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 The last team for now because 32 is a brilliant number to cap off.... and so we head back to Florida to find a team that in need decided to do something quite different... hire a third party to design their next uniform, what they got was something unexpected and exciting.TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS In 2020 Torch Creative made history by becoming the first third party designers to an NFL team... their idea was to re-create the Creamsicles but add touches to the previous uniform set so that is what they did.... found a new orange and red and redesigned Bucco Bruce to be more intimidating. ((I love the logo when it first dropped and I wanted to finally use it in a concept involving the Bucs, I didn't want to merge them with the Bandits again nor did I want to make the Pewters although a Pewter centric Bruce sounds interesting)) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersReorg Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Two-thirds done! Can't wait to see the expansions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 12, 2023 Author Share Posted August 12, 2023 Alright everybody before we get to wave 1 of the expansions, I want to say thanks for being with me as we got to 32. The teams coming up will be legacy WFL that never got in with the nfl/afl merger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 13, 2023 Author Share Posted August 13, 2023 EXPANSION TIME! And so we begin with a history lesson... back in the AFL there were 16 teams that existed and when the merger happened with the NFL, only 12 of those teams were able to join... the other 4 were left in the lurch and the NFL then had a gentlemen's agreement to add in the remaining 4 teams in an expansion to bring the league up to 36 teams with equal rates for all. Well that was the plan at least. However a lawsuit defeated the NFL's plan when said lawsuit made by Gary Davidson one of the original AFL founders argued successfully that the 12 AFL teams that wanted to merge with the NFL were wrong and that they needed to pay the financial costs that would of occured from such a merger. All the teams were affected and 2 of them went bankrupt as a result... thankfully this occured in 1992 where the NFL essentially gifted those sides that went bankrupt with free rebrands.... the first was the Vulcans and the second was this team:PORTLAND THUNDER The 1992 WLAF World Bowl winning Orlando Thunder relocated to Portland, took over affairs from there and whilst they did play in horrible lime green for a few years... eventually they adopted a forest green and used that from now on... they went with the wrap around helmet from the 2000's at the time with their fierce rivals the Seahawks. Portland is the only team in the league to have colored numbers in both home and road sets and they have royal blue pants as alt wear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 Colorful was the theme for this wave of expansions as now it's time I went down to California to finally address the most unique color scheme in all of football.... THE SO CAL SUN The Southern California Sun aka in shortened terms the So Cal Sun are a side that got screwed initially by to the shock of no one the Oakland Raiders whom didn't want their OTHER hated rival to join them and the Chargers in the NFL so for years they got shafted until the gentlemen's agreement was made and they were able to get in. From the city of Anaheim, the Sun have been incredibly loyal for a number of decades even when they have stadium issues or when they had to deal with that cheap corrupt bastard Arte Moreno... the Sun are always loyal to Anaheim for they also have the most unique scheme in all of the NFL. With So Cal Magneta and So Cal Orange as their main colors whilst adopting Hot Pink as So Cal Pink as their tertiary color alongside So Cal Silver for a scheme that is unique in the NFC.... even the Vikings couldn't complain. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 Do the So Cal Sun take advantage of the pink trend? Yes they were one of the first teams to do so when the color became new at the peak of the 2000's... they were previously a white helmet team with purple and orange and felt that they were missing a signature theme and so they decided to take advantage of hot pink. Rival fans often call them the So Cal Barbies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Good on them, that is a look that I can get behind I don't care what anyone says, pink is manly 3 Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 +1 for the Bret Hart reference @Bomba Tomba 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 Moving onto the 35th team of the NFL... an expansion deep in the heart of Texas although they had a harder time trying to win over those that aren't affliated with the Cowboys and the Oilers.... that team is.SAN ANTONIO WINGS The Wings are amongst a number of teams affected by San Antonio's push for the Alamo in terms of marketing since that city made it law to put it in... the Spurs are also affected as well, as for the wings they are placed in the AFC West alongside a whole colorful selection of rivals including their close rivals Denver. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomba Tomba Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 Reminds me of the Battlehawks, who for me have the best look in the current XFL Quote If you read on the card you'll be cheating on your heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Bomba Tomba said: Reminds me of the Battlehawks, who for me have the best look in the current XFL I see these as the original Battlehawks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 The last team of Wave 1 and I've saved the team that essentially carried the old World Football League but here they were reduced to being ball carriers to the AFL's Miami Dolphins who were the dominant team at the time and essentially are 6 time Super Bowl champs because of the 5 year streak. This however did not deter them from trying to usurp and acquired 3 of their best players in a massive signing boost to try and clinch their own AFL championship.... and yet fell in the final hurdle against the Oakland Raiders.... TWICE. This team was owned by John Basset as he sold his controlling share to another owner before trying again with the Bandits and yeah that went smoothly... Well until this team tried to register their name to which it was denied so they had to change their name.... twice. Finally at the big unveiling of the new uniforms, everything went smoothly UNTIL the reveal of said uniforms where one simple mistake gave the team the most infamous sports botch in history for the....MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES The dinguses in charge of the uniforms made a mistripe that literally gave them the reputation monkier of the Memphis Mistripes... originally their uniforms were straight up expys of the Browns and the Browns weren't happy at all forcing the uniforms to change and then the mistripe happened and they were like Oh. They play in the NFC South against the Chiefs, the Vulcans and the Bucs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 17, 2023 Author Share Posted August 17, 2023 Wave 1 is over, the expansion that takes place in the early 90's which would of been where Carolina and Jacksonville came in yields in 4 teams that were leftovers from the old AFL. Wave 2 coming up will essentially be the late 90's where the Texans would of come in as well as the Browns relocation to Baltimore to become the Ravens which then would of opened up a expansion slot where the new Cleveland Browns team assumes the identity of the old team there and something I wish the Tennessee Titans would do to give the Oilers back to Houston but they are skinflints. So expect the following... CAROLINA JACKSONVILLE ST LOUIS and... INDIANAPOLIS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersReorg Posted August 18, 2023 Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 8/17/2023 at 8:50 AM, heavybass said: CAROLINA Raleigh, I assume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindsay Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 On 8/17/2023 at 9:36 AM, heavybass said: The last team of Wave 1 and I've saved the team that essentially carried the old World Football League but here they were reduced to being ball carriers to the AFL's Miami Dolphins who were the dominant team at the time and essentially are 6 time Super Bowl champs because of the 5 year streak. This however did not deter them from trying to usurp and acquired 3 of their best players in a massive signing boost to try and clinch their own AFL championship.... and yet fell in the final hurdle against the Oakland Raiders.... TWICE. This team was owned by John Basset as he sold his controlling share to another owner before trying again with the Bandits and yeah that went smoothly... Well until this team tried to register their name to which it was denied so they had to change their name.... twice. Finally at the big unveiling of the new uniforms, everything went smoothly UNTIL the reveal of said uniforms where one simple mistake gave the team the most infamous sports botch in history for the....MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES The dinguses in charge of the uniforms made a mistripe that literally gave them the reputation monkier of the Memphis Mistripes... originally their uniforms were straight up expys of the Browns and the Browns weren't happy at all forcing the uniforms to change and then the mistripe happened and they were like Oh. They play in the NFC South against the Chiefs, the Vulcans and the Bucs. So what’s gonna happen to the NBA Grizzlies? Is it gonna be a NY Giants Situation or do they just stay in Vancouver? Or new name entirely? Quote Im an isles,rangers,devils,Sabres,Yankees,Mets,Braves,hawks,knicks,nets,bills,giants,falcons,and jets fan. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 19, 2023 Author Share Posted August 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Blindsay said: So what’s gonna happen to the NBA Grizzlies? Is it gonna be a NY Giants Situation or do they just stay in Vancouver? Or new name entirely? Stay in Vancouver but as a new name that suits the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 On 8/19/2023 at 12:47 AM, SpidersReorg said: Raleigh, I assume? Don’t mention Raleigh, a certain someone might overhear…….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersReorg Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 4 hours ago, heavybass said: Don’t mention Raleigh, a certain someone might overhear…….. Oh sorry. It's just that Charlotte already has the Hornets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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