Mr. WEO Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 week 10: 4 games, 1.4 million viewers total.... 1 Quote
chongli Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) On 7/4/2022 at 4:01 AM, Chandler#81 said: So who won? Expand Seriously...who is desperate enough to buy USFL gear, especially Birmingham? Of note: The former Birmingham team beat Jim Kelly's Houston Gamblers in the quarterfinals in 1985. Edited July 4, 2022 by chongli 1 Quote
WotAGuy Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) On 7/4/2022 at 4:04 AM, chongli said: Seriously...who is desperate enough to buy USFL gear, especially Birmingham? Of note: The former Birmingham team beat Jim Kelly's Houston Gamblers in the quarterfinals in 1985. Expand I imagine there are lots of people in Birmingham that will buy it. It’s not like they have an NFL team (not named Crimson Tide) in their town or even in Alabama. Edited July 4, 2022 by WotAGuy 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted July 4, 2022 Author Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) On 7/4/2022 at 4:01 AM, Chandler#81 said: So who won? Expand It was a wild game, back and forth, both starting QBs knocked out. Stars would have won if not for losing theirs. A late BHM TD courtesy of former Bill Victor Boldin Jr. I really wanted it to go to OT so I could see the wacky USFL OT rules in progress. Edited July 4, 2022 by PromoTheRobot 1 1 Quote
Florida Bills Fanatic Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 It was a competitive game with two evenly matched teams. The game was entertaining. When I decided to watch it, I went into it with the mindset that I would have watching a AAA baseball game. 1 Quote
Ralonzo Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 1:51 AM, PromoTheRobot said: Ex-Bill Expand Bug was a training camp body too, wasn't he? Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted July 4, 2022 Author Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 4:39 PM, Ralonzo said: Bug was a training camp body too, wasn't he? Expand I don't recall. Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 Broken leg for Case Cookus. It looks like his shot at the NFL in 2022 is over. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/case-cookus-injury-update-usfl-stars-broken-fibula/f8pddt7ciucyjiebznzrj161 1 Quote
Nextmanup Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 2:55 PM, Florida Bills Fanatic said: It was a competitive game with two evenly matched teams. The game was entertaining. When I decided to watch it, I went into it with the mindset that I would have watching a AAA baseball game. Expand I didn't watch the game, but I would imagine the quality of play is better than AAA baseball...I assume thees teams have ex NFLers throughout their lineups...tweeners who didn't make it but can still play. I would expect quality of play to be a notch beyond big time college football. Maybe that's wrong. 1 Quote
PromoTheRobot Posted July 4, 2022 Author Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 6:05 PM, Nextmanup said: I didn't watch the game, but I would imagine the quality of play is better than AAA baseball...I assume thees teams have ex NFLers throughout their lineups...tweeners who didn't make it but can still play. I would expect quality of play to be a notch beyond big time college football. Maybe that's wrong. Expand It's a fair take. Also these teams have little time to form a cohesive unit so the play calling might be a tad less complex. But there's no question a few players will wind up on NFL teams. 1 Quote
BillsfaninChicago Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 Is it just me or is Birmingham a team that has been in virtually every professional football also ran league in the last 40 years? 1 Quote
Albany,n.y. Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 8:45 PM, BillsfaninChicago said: Is it just me or is Birmingham a team that has been in virtually every professional football also ran league in the last 40 years? Expand Never in the XFL or UFL. Quote
Buffalo716 Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 6:05 PM, Nextmanup said: I didn't watch the game, but I would imagine the quality of play is better than AAA baseball...I assume thees teams have ex NFLers throughout their lineups...tweeners who didn't make it but can still play. I would expect quality of play to be a notch beyond big time college football. Maybe that's wrong. Expand The majority of AAA baseball players are journeyman who have MLB experience or are on the cusp of the show 1 Quote
BillsfaninChicago Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 9:19 PM, Albany,n.y. said: Never in the XFL or UFL. Expand I can’t believe I am spending a part of my day off proving the existence of the Birmingham Thunderbolts and yet here I am! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Thunderbolts 1 Quote
thenorthremembers Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 6:05 PM, Nextmanup said: I didn't watch the game, but I would imagine the quality of play is better than AAA baseball...I assume thees teams have ex NFLers throughout their lineups...tweeners who didn't make it but can still play. I would expect quality of play to be a notch beyond big time college football. Maybe that's wrong. Expand I watched the game. Its exactly what you'd expect from a AAA game. The better talent shined through and the nuances of the game were below the everyday professionals. 1 1 Quote
BADOLBILZ Posted July 4, 2022 Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 9:29 PM, Buffalo716 said: The majority of AAA baseball players are journeyman who have MLB experience or are on the cusp of the show Expand And there is just a lot more talent in MLB than there are roster spots. That can happen when you are pulling talent from the Caribbean, South America and Japan/Korea. Opposite issue than the NFL has where there isn't enough talent to go around. USFL and CFL definitely aren't the equivalent of AAA baseball quality. Still entertaining to watch if you like football though. 1 Quote
Orlando Buffalo Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 I enjoyed the football of the USFL, especially when I accepted that the QB play was going to be questionable at best. The QBs and reciever did get more cohesive during season but I definitely think that that outside the QB that the talent was pretty strong. I watched about 15 games total through the season and I must state the officiating was substantially better than NFL officiating, they seemed to only make calls they saw, not what they think they saw. 1 Quote
Mr. WEO Posted July 5, 2022 Posted July 5, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 1:31 PM, WotAGuy said: I imagine there are lots of people in Birmingham that will buy it. It’s not like they have an NFL team (not named Crimson Tide) in their town or even in Alabama. Expand They won't buy a ticket to see their team play, but they will lay out for a Jersey? Quote
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