THE OTHER RANDOM FOOTBALL LEAGUES THREAD

[johnnyboy]

3 hours ago, DEAN said:

HAMBURG SEA-DEVILS!  VIENNA VIKINGS!  FOR ALL THE MARBLES! SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRIA!

Klagenfurt is fully purple.

Another round of expansions announced for next season... still no Amsterdam or London

[johnnyboy]

 

[Dolfan in NYC]

Oh damn...

 

 

[RIPPA]

• Arlington Renegades
• DC Defenders
• Orlando Guardians
• Houston Roughnecks
• San Antonio Brahmas
• Seattle Sea Dragons
• St. Louis BattleHawks
• Vegas Vipers

Basically all teams in their original cities kept their name

[elizium]

The Bombers are good

[Serious Darius Bagfelt]

Chad Kelly sighting for the Argos today. 

[Pete]

Tampa out...

...Memphis in.

[RIPPA]

The XFL did it's QB draft

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/xfl-draft-2023-a-j-mccarron-ben-dinucci-headline-15-qbs-taken-as-league-prepares-for-relaunch/

The "biggest" names are Ben DiNucci (Seattle) and AJ McCarron (St Louis)

DC has only one QB because their other one was just signed by the Carolina Panthers

[Serious Darius Bagfelt]

Argooooos. Another Chad Kelly sighting.  Chad Kelly, Shawn Oakman and McLeod Bethel-Thompson are champions. And the running back dropped 2 F -bombs on live TV 

Edited November 21, 2022 by Serious Darius Bagfelt

[elizium]

I was mad and O'Shea was too cute by half bringing the back up in for that series, but I'm good with it now. I honestly never expected to see the Bombers go on a run like they have in the last 3 seasons. They've been a pretty incompetently run team for most of my adult life.

My earliest football memory is the 90 Grey Cup. I was alive in the 80s, but too young to remember the 80s team. Since that Cup, its been a pattern of putting together a decent team for a couple years, lose a Cup, then go back to being shitty. One Cup was amazing, two was unbelievable. Winning 3 Cups is hard, things have to go perfect and they didn't today.

As far as teams to lose to, I'd rather it be the Argos than any of the other western teams or the fucking Ti-cats.

[cubbymark]

Henoc Muamba’s postgame interview are well worth seeking out. His daughter running out as he was awarded the MOP and MOC for the Grey Cup was adorable.

[elizium]

Assuming Andrew Harris retires, that's not a bad way to go out. 3 Cups in a row, greatest Canadian running back ever.

Not bad for a kid from my high school.

Now hopefully the other Canadian rb from my high school, Brady Oliveira, can have a career with a few more Cups as well.

Oak Park Raiders represent

[Death From Above]

That Grey Cup ruled. 

I found very little overall enthusiasm this season probably because the Elks are an absolute flaming dumpster. Chris Jones might be the worst GM in football.

[Dewar]

I won 100 bucks on the game, but that result was just a punch to the balls. Bomber offense was way too cute with the playcalling. Argos played really well, so a tip of the hat to them. 

[Pete]

 

[RIPPA]

First game is Feb 18

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The XFL has split its eight teams into two divisions. D.C., Seattle, St. Louis and Vegas will comprise the XFL North, with the remaining teams in the XFL South. They will play 10 games on consecutive weekends through April 23, and the top two teams in each division will play semifinal playoff games during the weekend of April 29-30.

The XFL's 2023 championship game is scheduled for May 13.

 

[Dolfan in NYC]

 

[Raziel]

Wait, is the first AFL back, or AF2?  Or are we just gonna call this one AF3?

[RIPPA]

21 hours ago, Raziel said:

Wait, is the first AFL back, or AF2?  Or are we just gonna call this one AF3?

Technically both since the most recent reboot (the one that had Bon Jovi and KISS as owners) was a combo of AFL and AFL2 already

But boy - coming back with 16 teams is a bold fucking strategy

[Dewar]

Kenny Lawler back to the Blue Bombers for two years. 

[hammerva]

Of course Luis Perez is starting in the XFL.  Feel like he has been in every startup league in the last 10 years

It is strange seeing Martavius Bryant playing after the disaster his Steelers run was

[SirFozzie]

Going to watch the XFL games on DVR today and tomorrow). Then the USFL next month..

[RIPPA]

Arlington has quite the Iowa method of scoring points

2 pick sixes and lots of FGs

[johnnyboy]

Dipped into the highlights of the XFL on YouTube and it offends my eyes from an aesthetic standpoint.  If the score and ticker bar is going to take up 1/3rd of the screen it shouldn't look so ugly.  The last before-times iteration of the XFL at least had a logo that didn't look like it was designed on a graphing calculator.  I did like the 1-2-3 point conversions though.

[DEAN]

BEN DeNUCCI!  DUKES! DUKES! DUKES!