Posted on 02/06/2019 4:42:27 PM PST by Impy
What is it? A new minor league to test American's appitite for football and give players a chance to audition for the NFL. Founded by Charlie Ebersol and former NFL executive Bill Polian.
What are the teams and their head coaches?
Eastern Conference
Atlanta Legends, Kevin Coyle
Birmingham Iron, Tim Lewis
Memphis Express, Mike Singletary
Orlando Apollos Steve Spurrier
Western Conference
Arizona (Tempe) Hotshots, Rick Neuheisel
Salt Lake Stallions, Dennis Erickson
San Antonio Commanders, Mike Riley
San Diego Fleet, Mike Martz
Did they put a lot of thought into these team names?? Probably not.
How do you watch it? The inugaral game, San Diego at San Antonio, is on CBS, Saturday FEB 9th, 8:30 Eastern Standard Time (pre game at 8). There are 4 games a week, one a week will air on CBS Sports Network, Memphis at Birmingham at 4 eastern on Sunday FEB 5th, the rest will available on the AAF app for free.
Are the rules different from NFL? There are no kickoffs, teams will begin possesions on their own 25 yard line. There are no PAT kicks, teams will attempt 2-point conversions after each touchdown. There will be no TV time outs and fewer commercials. The play clock is 35 seconds instead of 40. Overtime will be "High School rules" each team gets a possention on their own 10 yard line, games end in tie if still tied after that. I don't much care for elimination of kickoffs cause I know the NFL wants to follow suit, they've already tried hard to ruin them so no one will care when they are abolished. No PATs probably makes it more interesting though.
Where can you find more info? The internet. https://aaf.com/schedule
Will this be the thread for the whole season or will it be weeky or whatever? That depends on interest level, my whims, and the whims of anyone else that might like to post AAF threads.
Is there a picks contest? I don't plan on it but feels free to make picks!!!
Should you care? Only if you want to. Feel free to just ignore the thread if you don't! Or you could troll it, whatever you want.
They had the Birmingham / Atlanta game playing at the Buffalo Wild Wings earlier today. Those guys play hard. I was a skeptic at first but this league might have some staying power. Especially if they don’t kneel for the national anthem.
Gee Bend I don't collect them. I keep
deleting them and Jerry keeps sending them to my smart phone addressed
to some guy named Carlos Danger.
Gametime!! Ready!
Meh, try being a Lions fan.
Hush your mouth!
Trust me, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.
and my other brother Darrylbot-- And we want to say we now know... 
why San Diego nemed their team after an enema product--
Danger, Logan Woodside... 
Danger!
Yeah, after suffering the Tijuana two step Sunday night... 
we can all testify that it is not pretty!
on to next week--
Cousin Steve's Apollos stay unbeaten over Salt Lick--
Memphis suffering continues was the Fleets new QB keep the Enemas on track--
My San Antonio lads don't have a Chinman's chance, but I'll saying they upset the Iron in Birmingham--
The Hotshots pour gasoline on the fire as Atlanta gets burn to the ground again.
All the games still streaming on youtube if you cannot get the above.
Results, bruH! Results!
I cain’t be pickin this week’s games widout no damn results!
Plus, I don’t know how MY PICKS turned out....
Orlando over Salty Lake
Memphis over the Enemas
Birmingham over San Antonio (sigh)
Arizona over Atlanta
Orlando
SanDiego
B’ham
Arizona
Is Johnny Football coming to the AAF?
Manziel released, barred from other CFL teams
http://www.espn.com/cfl/story/_/id/26094839/manziel-released-barred-other-cfl-teams
Jason Witten returning to the Cowboys
I crapped out on posting the week 3 results so better late than never
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= Birmingham (28) at Atlanta (12)
==== San Antonio (11) at San Diego (31)=== Imp's Pickz Week 4
Cause Spurrier, why not
Cause The Amtracks suck
Those dicks! Inquiring minds want to know what happened.
He had transgressed The Unwritten Law.
Well the Express found an acorn, besting the Enemas 26 - 23, and making me 0 - 1 so far—
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