Posted on 02/06/2020 2:33:13 PM PST by Impy
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.
I noticed that too. It’s a family business for that punter, actually.
I think they have the proper formula — sort of wondering why they put some teams where they did,though — I do think that the AAFL had a workable formula too, before their late investor screwed them over last year.
There are so many competing content delivery dervices out there that the traditional ones are certainly willing to pay decent money for any football content, since it can give them a better audience than even “big” baseball games do these days.
Then you’d better get well soon! That’s some good Irish whisky, though! :-D
if Impy's life depended on it. I am not you, Big! I am your evil twin... 
frig'o_freeper--
Gadzooks-- Everyone who is anyone... 
knows that.
Now, just don't... 
turn your back on old Frig--
Yeah-- I once... 
turned my back on old Frig--
AND "Boy oh boy!" I did not get... 
any respect from him!
No respect... 
at all!
Well, Old Frig respected me, twice... 
and I LOVED IT!
Yes, he... DID!!!
REPORT: The XFL has already sold more tickets to games in it’s first week than the AAF did in its entire season.
It’s trending on twitter as well.
Yep, thanks
Yep!
They could work on their uniforms a bit.
I like the new kick off return rule. Makes some sense.
:)
Extra points should be more fun, too.
Well Bend, some things never change. Like my boys beating your boys. Your boys do have a good kicking game though 
Bob? What... 
happened?
St. Louis over Dallas
umm...DC over Seattle
Houston over LA (keeps the theme going)
Tampa Bay over Meow York (is Manning their QB?)
That makes you 3 & 1--
Tied with me as I picked the same except for my picking Dallas over your Battlebyrds--
Imp, I see you had:
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Houston
St. Louis
making you 2 - 2
L,TOWM went for DC. Houston, NY & Dallas for a tie with me and Big at 3 - 1
RedMonqey went with Seattle, LA, NY & Dallas to go 3 - 1 for a share of the lead
Cletus.D.Yokel went Seattle, Houston, NY & Dallas to go 2 - 2
Last Year's World Champion NFL Picker Enterprise went Seattle, Houston, Tampa & Dallas to end up 1 - 3
I cannot do the counting as the season goes on I have more medical stuff going on, but this week I got all that picked all four games.
So, Big, I see from the schedule that the only time my Boys will get a chance for revenge on your Byrds is if both of us reach the Championship of the whole megillah April 26th--
See ya... 
there!
Next week I'm picking Meow York over DC--
Seattle over Tampa--
My Renegades over them LA Wussiecats--
And lastly, My Baby Oilers over Big's Byrdboys--
Y'all all take care!
For week two
NY over DC
Seattle over TB
Dallas over LA
St Louis over Houston
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