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Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XLVIII Wave 3: Albany ((Thread Complete))


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On 7/28/2023 at 9:27 PM, heavybass said:

Well i'm out of the hospital... and good thing too because I was able to quickly whip this up for the next team in the series... and they are a real buzz.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS

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The Hornets remained as traditional as they could of been for roughly 25 years with the same yellow, black and white that they were able to get out... however eventually the Hornets moved onto their honey gold and was able to keep the logo the same.

They are mostly known for inventing the unitard look.

What happens to the NBA Hornets in this Universe? Is it gonna be a NY Giants Situation all over again?

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Im an isles,rangers,devils,Sabres,Yankees,Mets,Braves,hawks,knicks,nets,bills,giants,falcons,and jets fan. So?

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14 hours ago, heavybass said:


They should actually but they don’t… then again the giants are also half a dynasty because of those cancerous mannings and I mean the uniforms, not the people

I get your point, yeah

 

But you probably shouldn't be throwing out the word "cancerous" like that

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6 hours ago, Bomba Tomba said:

I get your point, yeah

 

But you probably shouldn't be throwing out the word "cancerous" like that


I have been known lately for having bad takes outside here, convinced the eye roll emote was added because of me but here I will lessen said language.

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Alright then time for another team and this one was something I'd been dreading but that is mostly because this team comes from a vital area in the South and is essentially important to the AFL... and that is Birmingham, Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM VULCANS

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Someone: But Heavy these aren't the Birmingham Vulcans that I know of.

 

Correct! These are the Birmingham Vulcans that the team adapted after the team went bankrupt in 1992 thus allowing the NFL to transfer the image of the previously bankrupted Birmingham Fire of the WLAF onto said team and take over... essentially this team is the Houston Texans of our timeline, a timeless look that slightly adapted because Chicago complained when the deal was proposed.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXIII: The Birmingham Vulcans

Last team for this batch because we're still in the AFC part and now for an integral part of the athletic which technically only lasted for a year in our time but given a decade to become it's own thing....

CINCINNATI BENGALS

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Without the direct comparison to the Browns, the Cincinnati Bengals are their own thing.... the cool cats that connected the northern parts of the athletics to the Florida teams of the South... in fact the real life Bengals are still cool looking cats... I just added a personal touch here and there like the B's above the numbers but that's my preference.

They are also grateful to the AFC North because it gives them rivalry games against the Buffalo Bills and their close rivals the Cleveland Browns now that they don't have the history behind it.

Plus as I mentioned cool cats.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXIV: The Cool Cats of Cincinnati
On 7/31/2023 at 9:13 AM, heavybass said:

The NBA Hornets don't exist because of the NFL Hornets... the NBA Hornets are the NBA BOBCATS

*Internal Screaming* 

Seriously, I appreciate a good WFL/Hornets concept when I can find one. Would add that Honey Gold home jersey to my collection.

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On 8/4/2023 at 9:06 PM, qckgnc said:

*Internal Screaming* 

Seriously, I appreciate a good WFL/Hornets concept when I can find one. Would add that Honey Gold home jersey to my collection.


The Honey Gold is something you don't see in football or pretty much anywhere that isn't Georgia Tech.

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Anyway the next 8 batch of updates are going to be the last ones before the all important 32 league placement... so the last two are predetermined.

However what isn't determined is this next team because without their traditional rivals... they have been able to face off against the likes of the Bills, the Browns, the Steelers and more important their oldest rivals the Chiefs... however like in our reality, they do eventually move westward to become...

 

ARIZONA CARDINALS

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In an ideal world, the Arizona Cardinals would of had Pat Tillman as a part time owner and something the fans would be proud of... a military hero coming back from Afganhistan without being cowardly murdered by someone in his own platoon... no the spinless :censored: would of been executed as a traitor.

Anyway the Pat Tillmans still remain Cardinals best look and right now with a uniform change that is literally mid... that and I don't know how to add flake to helmets, I went with the total embrace of Arizona's flag.... and long may you not see silver and black ever again.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXV: The Arizona Cardinals

Next up in the series is the team from New York that is a major player in the athletic... and no its not New England yet.

NEW YORK JETS

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The Jets were a major athletic conference juggernaut winning a total of 3 championships before the NFL-AFL merger... they still went through the bad years of the uniforms, the mismanagement and the ridicule... yet this uniform I designed for the USFL thread still works here because it's a heck of a lot better than their current uniforms although props for bringing back the sack exchange uniforms which I personally see as a big win for the Rodgers led Jets.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXVI: The New York Jets

Next up is the safe option... for all those present.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS

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Washington is here... the all dominant pigskins, took part in the greatest super bowl of all time in 1992 where they took on the Miami Dolphins in one of the greatest showings of the game itself but there had to be a loser and they were the unfortuate chaps to do it.

Miami Dolphins went on to win 5 straight super bowls as I stated before... Don Shula was a beast and it took 20 years before Bill Belichek did it with the Pats.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXVII: The Washington Commanders

Moving on from safety... we has a team that never changes... from the land of cheese.

GREEN BAY PACKERS

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Packers still remain as they have ever been except that they have 4 super bowls to their name... the Packers dominated the first two Super Bowls and as an aftermath of that dominance, the NFL and the AFL had a public spat which caused the Super Bowl to be suspended for roughly 10+ years until both leagues merged mooting the spat... the solution to come up for this was to acknowledge both NFL and AFL champion as that year's super bowl winner.

1970: New York Jets and Baltimore Colts

1971: Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Colts

1972: New York Jets and Baltimore Colts
1973: Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders

1974: Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings

1975: Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers

1976: Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers

1977: Oakland Raiders and Minnesota Vikings

1978: Denver Broncos and Minnesota Vikings

1979: New York Jets  and Pittsburgh Steelers

1980: San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers

 

Then everything proceeded as normal from 1981.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXVIII: The Green Bay Packers

Well I would say things would proceed normally in Super Bowl terms.... and everything was fine and dandy until the :censored:ing Patriots traded a metric :censored:ton of picks to Cleveland for Bill and Brady.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

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What is known today as the New England Tom Brady trade was at the time considered the most controversal trade of that time... Robert Kraft saw $$$$ in his eyes when Bill and Tom won 2 Super Bowls with the Cleveland Browns and at the time the pairing was fresh and new so Kraft sacked his coach and personally organised the trade that saw Bill and Tom take their talents and over the years transformed the New England Patriots into basically the same Navy and Silver bastards that won 5 Super Bowls.

Now that Tom has retired for good and rode his white horse into the Sunset... the Patriots ditch the Navy and returned to the Blue and employ a Unitard look that works and yes they have Silver pants on the side.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXIX: The New England Patriots

And finally the 30th team and in this continunity there is only one dominant force out there.... according to Yinzers.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

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One of the all dominant NFL sides of all.... their 5 Super Bowls ties them with the Patriots, the 49ers and the Dolphins.. their legendary feuds with the Minnesota Vikings in the 70's rose the legend of the Steel Curtain.... apart from having a bus leading them to a title against Arizona, they have been trying for YEARS to get back on top.

The only thing I did was to fix the numbers via Chicago as it was long overdue.


And with that 30 teams have been made.... the next two are going to be the expansion teams for when the National League merged with the Athletic League.

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  • heavybass changed the title to Heavy's What if the AFL didn't exist thread - Part XXX: The Pittsburgh Steelers
1 hour ago, heavybass said:

And finally the 30th team and in this continunity there is only one dominant force out there.... according to Yinzers.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS

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One of the all dominant NFL sides of all.... their 5 Super Bowls ties them with the Patriots, the 49ers and the Dolphins.. their legendary feuds with the Minnesota Vikings in the 70's rose the legend of the Steel Curtain.... apart from having a bus leading them to a title against Arizona, they have been trying for YEARS to get back on top.

The only thing I did was to fix the numbers via Chicago as it was long overdue.


And with that 30 teams have been made.... the next two are going to be the expansion teams for when the National League merged with the Athletic League.

 

I'm sorry to say this, but I can't see it.

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With the merger of the NFL and the AFL into a new league.... 30 teams were formed BUT there was an agreement between the two to add two new expansion teams to turn it into a 32 team league and now that first team was announced.

 

Team 31 goes to Seattle but it ain't to the storm.... oh no....

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS

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The Seahawks have been put into the AFC and have been in the AFC since their first season and they have been a colorful addition... the classic tale of Nikeification where a large logo on the helmet, the wrap around and the bright neon :censored:ing green has now been a staple of the northwest since the 2000's and it's not changing anytime soon.

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