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XFL Football: Live Thread 1
2-6-2020

Posted on 02/06/2020 2:33:13 PM PST by Impy

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File:Logo of the XFL.svg

What is it? A new football league owned by Vince McMahon, the WwE guy. I think Trump body slammed him once. Actually it's not exactly new, see it had one season way back in 2001 and went belly up, but it's back and this time, it's personal. 10 week season kicks off this weekend. Top two teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.

What are the teams and their head coaches?

Western Conference

Dallas Renegades, Bob Stoops
Houston Roughnecks, June Jones
Los Angeles Wildcats, Winston Moss
Seattle Dragons, Jim Zorn

Eastern Conference

DC Defenders, Pep Hamilton
New York Guardians, Kevin Gilbride
St. Louis BattleHawks, Jonathan Hayes
Tampa Bay Vipers, Marc Trestman

Any rules different compared to the NFL? Yes, they want kickoffs to be exciting again so rules for that are different. In addition there will be no PATs, instead they will attempt to convert from scrimmage, from the 2 yard line for one point, from the 5 yard line for two points, or from the 10 yard line for three points. Turnovers on conversion attempts can be returned for the same number of points. Double forward passes are allowed (if both are behind the line of scrimmage). Overtime will be a 2-point conversion shootout. The play clock will be 25 seconds.



Saturday, February 8, 2020 (All times Eastern)

Seattle at DC
2 PM, ABC

Los Angeles at Houston
5 PM, Fox

Week 1

Sunday, February 9, 2020

Tampa Bay at New York
2 PM, Fox

St. Louis at Dallas
5 PM, ESPN


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: breadandcircues; football; xfl
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To: big'ol_freeper
Tampa Bay over Meow York (is Manning their QB?)

No. It's Luis Perez, last seen in the huddle of the Birmingham Iron of the AAF. The kid who was a bowling prodigy, decided he wanted to give football a try, taught himself how to play by watching YouTube videos and went to a D-II school where he ended up winning that division's version of the Heisman Trophy.

A really cool story. He'll likely light-up the pro bowling circuit once he's done with second-tier football.


21 posted on 02/07/2020 6:02:11 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Impy; Bender2

It’s football, I’ll be watching...

I’ll take

DC
HOUSTON
NEW YORK
DALLAS

Bender — hope the time in the shop gets the job done, sir!


22 posted on 02/07/2020 9:37:10 AM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: Enterprise

This week, I went with the team that had a QB that I recognized...

Matt McGloin and Landry Jones had their struggles in the NFL, but they should be men among boys in this league.


23 posted on 02/07/2020 9:38:44 AM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: Impy

Total dart throwing!!!

Going all homer for Week 1:

DC
Houston
NY
Dallas

Am interested to see how the 1-2-3 pt conversions play out.


24 posted on 02/07/2020 10:26:08 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Impy

Please add me to the XFL Ping List. Thanks!


25 posted on 02/07/2020 10:28:53 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Hillary Clinton: Just like Joe with only half the dementia.)
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To: Impy; Bender2
bttt - this should be fun!


26 posted on 02/07/2020 10:36:38 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: L,TOWM

I’m going to flounder badly for a few weeks. By the time I get it figured out the season will be over.


27 posted on 02/07/2020 12:31:28 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Impy
OK, a less XFL-ish, more NFL-ish 'Let's Play A Game': Who can tell me what Ron Rivera's really thinking while he's staring at the back of Little Danny Snyder's thick skull? 😈


28 posted on 02/07/2020 7:03:34 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: Viking2002; big'ol_freeper; Impy; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; Liberty Valance; Perdogg; ...
Close but no cigar--

Thanks to all of y'all for your prayers and support. Your prayers helped a great deal but I am not out of the woods yet.

Yesterday the doc did the scoop on me and the cancer has spread, but not very far he says. He took out as much as he felt he could and I will soon be seeing an oncologist for I assume chemo and radiation.

So, I feel somewhat both kind'a upbeat and kind'a raw, too, as it is not all over yet. I say 'yet' because I do feel with all the prayers I have received, my chances are excellent in beating this!

To all of you, dear friends and distant family, I love each and every one--

Take care & God Bless,

Danny

Go Renegades! Go Roughnecks!

29 posted on 02/08/2020 12:32:38 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Bender2; big'ol_freeper; Impy; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; Liberty Valance; Perdogg; ...
An extra set of prayers up, Danny. I hope you aren't seeing my oncologist; he doesn't (don't say it Vike; fight the urge....... no; no; no; must fight.......).....gawd, no......KNOW HIS ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND!!!!!! HEE HEE HA HA HA HA HA........🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That would explain the 'rawness'. (Jeez, where to they get their gear from? The Harbor Freight catalog?) They clipped five polyps from my municipal plumbing the last time 'the gopher went on holiday', if you get my drift. My mom (age 80, going on the last Egyptian dynasty) just went through the surgical/chemo/nuke treatment herself. (Picture a curmudgeon and a full-blown geezer locking horns. It's like a toxic waste spill at Christmas.) I'm heading back in next week because my PSA and liver enzyme levels are spiking again and they need to establish a new baseline. Suck it up, eat well, but just live a little. We're all on the same carnival ride, just in different cars. That's why we're FReepers. If you feel like you feel need to shoot the shit, You know where the IM button is.

Hey, Vision! I finally chased off the resident Salvation Army flophouse! WOO HOO!

30 posted on 02/08/2020 2:21:22 AM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: Bender2

Prayers up.

Go BattleHawks!


31 posted on 02/08/2020 4:28:40 AM PST by big'ol_freeper (If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. ~ Sun Tzu)
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To: Bender2

I’m going back to sleep.

But first I will say a bunch of prayers for you.

You will lick it. You’re a FReeper :)

I’m WAY behind on my followup colonoscopy after they found pretty big, though non cancerous polyps last time.

Like 6 years behind!!

Guess I want cancer. Lazy idiot that I am.

Well, let me go pray.

ciao


32 posted on 02/08/2020 6:32:14 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: Viking2002

Viking, I’m sorry to hear about this, and I hope you can get over it quickly!

At least you and Mrs. Viking have your home back to yourselves again. :-)


33 posted on 02/08/2020 6:41:51 AM PST by WXRGina (Please get well, Rush! <3)
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To: logitech

ping


34 posted on 02/08/2020 6:44:37 AM PST by WXRGina (Please get well, Rush! <3)
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To: Impy

https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/02/07/xfl-rules-players-to-know

XFL rule changes. Will be interesting.


35 posted on 02/08/2020 7:37:23 AM PST by dynachrome (Build the wall, deport them all. And send her back!)
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To: Enterprise

I’m going with

Seattle
Tampa Bay
Houston
St. Louis

Source: My butt ;-d


36 posted on 02/08/2020 11:00:08 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Bender2
I am sorry you need chemo and nuking but it sounds like it could of been much worse and you have a good chance to beat this. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
37 posted on 02/08/2020 11:02:03 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: fhayek

Sure thing!


38 posted on 02/08/2020 11:02:34 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Adding you, to XFL only and not NFL if I read you right.


39 posted on 02/08/2020 11:45:39 AM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Jim W N

Your welcome, Jim! Thank you for your game analysis!


40 posted on 02/08/2020 12:25:44 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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