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The USFL - Will you watch?
doubledragon
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We haven't had a good election around here lately, the USFL is rebooting and it will debut on Saturday, April 16th when Fox and NBC simultaneously broadcast the season opener, will you watch?
The USFL - Will you watch?
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Not if I want to remain married
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Here is a little bit about the USFL reboot:
NBC To Broadcast USFL Games Along With Fox Under New Multi-Year Rights Deal
NBC Sports will televise USFL games along with Fox Sports when the pro football league returns in a new incarnation next spring.
Starting in April, NBCUniversal will carry 21 USFL games in 2022, with eight on NBC, nine on USA Network and four on Peacock. Fox will have 22 games, 12 on its flagship broadcast network and 10 on cable’s FS1.
The USFL’s 20 national over-the-air broadcast windows will exceed the number for any regularly scheduled sport in the first half of 2022, according to the league.
The newly constituted USFL is controlled by Fox Sports and not affiliated with the original organization, which had a short but tumultuous run in the 1980s. While many alternatives to the NFL have been attempted, none has managed to survive for long. The XFL, which was forced into bankruptcy in 2020 due to Covid, has been acquired by Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia and RedBird Capital, has also vowed to return in 2023.
The USFL’s eight teams will play a 10-game schedule in a single host city, which will be revealed soon. TV schedule details will be released at a later date.
“We’re excited to partner with the USFL and Fox Sports to present this new era of professional football,” NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua said. “With our multiple platforms across broadcast, cable, and streaming, football fans throughout the country will be able to experience the USFL’s opening season this spring.”
Fox Sports CEO and Executive Producer Eric Shanks, who will be the chairman of the USFL’s board of directors, saluted NBC’s “reputation for excellence in football production.” The commitments by NBC and Fox, he added, “will provide fans unprecedented access all season long.”
The new USFL’s teams are the Birmingham Stallions, Houston Gamblers, New Orleans Breakers, Tampa Bay Bandits, Michigan Panthers, New Jersey Generals, Philadelphia Stars and Pittsburgh Maulers. Four teams will make the playoffs and will compete in semifinal games and a championship matchup between divisional winners.
I will watch it, put some beer in me and it should be interesting.
Nope it will fold anyways
Let me make it clear, I will only watch if I have alcohol in me, that is the key to this whole thing, I must have beer to watch the USFL.
Uh oh, we're behind in the polls, time to do a little campaigning. Please vote yes for Christ's sake!
Only if Manziel makes a comeback!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Is Bobby Hebert still the QB for the Michigan Panthers?
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
This election was rigged, I blame the hanging chads, I demand a recount, this election is now closed!
I remember that Houston Gamblers team with Jim Kelly and that run and shoot offense! Those guys were so fun to watch and you needed a calculator to keep track of their points!
Spring football is a lot better than spring baseball. Hard to believe, but the LA Express played a few games at Pierce College during the 1985 season.
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I was really getting into my football fandom as a young pup when the USFL came out. The USFL was 1983-85. So I was just seven that first year. I think that the excitement of the new league is part of what sparked my love of football. And as soon as the league was over, I experienced my first real football pain when the Patriots got trounced by the Bears in the SuperBowl.
As I'm channel surfing I may watch until a commercial comes on, then I move on. I may watch the last few minutes of a game if it's tight.
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Ralph
No I just wouldn't have any interest in watching.
Sigh. It looks like the election is lost. How do I go on?
If it's on at the watering hole sure. Otherwise same as Mark - if it's on at the house wifey=pissy.
Dragon Master......I just showed this to The Lovely Mrs. Hydrant...... Her response....." Now that's the one we need to print up!".........she's working on it now.........THANKS MAN!!!!!
You're welcome grasshopper, I'm always happy to spread wisdom.
watching fire hydrant working on the ranch without a shirt on > watching this incarnation of the USFL
fire hydrant working on the ranch without a shirt on > Double Dragon eating a Reese's Pie with his hands tied behind his back off of Patty Labelle's butt > watching the incarnation of the USFL
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
Double Dragon eating a Reese's Pie with his hands tied behind his back off of Patty Labelle's butt
Hmmm..........................
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
My answer is “maybe,” so there is no vote for me.
The American Football League started in 1960, and I got hooked on the Huston Oilers and George Blanda when I was a kid. During a visit to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, I learned that there have been several pro football leagues that started and failed over the decades. This one probably will not amount to anything, but who knows?