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Post by ochobeavo on Feb 5, 2019 12:50:09 GMT -8
The Alliance of American Football starts this weekend!!! Time for some relatively useless information. Factoid 1: The Arizona Hotshots (Coached by Rick Neuheisel) feature former Beavs Tim Cook, Richard Mullaney, Connor Hamlett and Boom Gwachum. aaf.com/arizona-hotshots/rosterFactoid 2: In an odd (to me) move, Mike Riley's San Antonio Commanders have James Rodgers as OLB coach. Lyle Moevao coaching RBs. Also former Beav OL Fred Lauina on the team. 210football.com/commanders-assistant-coaches-at-work-part-1Factoid 3: Dennis Erickson is coaching the Salt Lake Stallions. He got the band back together- Tim Lappano, Dan Cozzetto, Michael Gray on his staff. There you go. That's the full extent of my AAF knowledge, free of charge. |
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Post by atownbeaver on Feb 5, 2019 13:05:41 GMT -8
The Alliance of American Football starts this weekend!!! Time for some relatively useless information. Factoid 1: The Arizona Hotshots (Coached by Rick Neuheisel) feature former Beavs Tim Cook, Richard Mullaney, Connor Hamlett and Boom Gwachum. aaf.com/arizona-hotshots/rosterFactoid 2: In an odd (to me) move, Mike Riley's San Antonio Commanders have James Rodgers as OLB coach. Lyle Moevao coaching RBs. Also former Beav OL Fred Lauina on the team. 210football.com/commanders-assistant-coaches-at-work-part-1Factoid 3: Dennis Erickson is coaching the Salt Lake Stallions. He got the band back together- Tim Lappano, Dan Cozzetto, Michael Gray on his staff. There you go. That's the full extent of my AAF knowledge, free of charge. I am real curious how this league shapes up. I think it was a savvy move to try and make it a supplement of sorts to the NFL, instead of a competitor of the NFL. Regardless, it is pro-rules football, and even if these guys are not NFL quality per se, they are still exceptionally good football players. so good coaching experience for James Rodgers and Moevao. Good to see Riley doing some past guys some solids! What ultimately killed the XFL was bad football. unexciting, blunder filled games. Hopefully the AAF can avoid those pitfalls and put a watchable product on the field. Good news for them is the Superbowl just set the bar REAL low! |
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Post by nexus73 on Feb 5, 2019 15:43:39 GMT -8
5 PM pregame, 5:30 PM kickoff, this Saturday, CBS. The first game? MR's first NFL head coaching gig, San Diego, provides the visitor to the Alamodome, where Mr. Nice Guy & His Minions await! I think it is pretty cool for the first Alliance game to feature so much Beaver goodness.
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Post by joecool on Feb 6, 2019 8:46:53 GMT -8
will be more exciting that the 'super' bowl! I seriously doubt that. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 6, 2019 11:38:50 GMT -8
will be more exciting that the 'super' bowl! I seriously doubt that. I agree. How can you top the excitement and drama of Johnny Hekker kicking a 65-yard punt out of his own end zone? |
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Post by joecool on Feb 6, 2019 11:54:09 GMT -8
I'm so tired of all this Super Bowl was boring talk. There was a lot of punts and not much scoring. But it was a close game until the end, isn't that what most people want?
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 6, 2019 12:00:41 GMT -8
I'm so tired of all this Super Bowl was boring talk. There was a lot of punts and not much scoring. But it was a close game until the end, isn't that what most people want? After yesterday's "Super" Bowl, the NFL is officially dead, mourned by no one. Good riddance. The Blazers and Beaver basketball are doing well. The Timbers have already started playing. Beaver baseball kicks off in eight days. |
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Post by atownbeaver on Feb 6, 2019 12:07:45 GMT -8
I'm so tired of all this Super Bowl was boring talk. There was a lot of punts and not much scoring. But it was a close game until the end, isn't that what most people want? So, I know football. I am not a casual fan. I can appreciate a defensive battle. This game sucked. It just did. A couple of suspect ref calls didn't help, but at the end of the day, it was boring as hell. Despite a close game, it never even came close to being overall suspenseful or engaging. They flirted with it a bit in the 4th quarter, but then you had plays like the Goff airmail to Cooks that just ruined it. Fun fact. McCourty was 19.2 yards away from Cooks when Goff released the ball according to Next Gen Stats. THAT is how bad of a ball he threw. It was that high, that wounded that a defender closed damn near 20 yards in the time a 35 yard pass took to get there... So that is part of it. It wasn't just good defense (I mean, good on McCourty getting there) it was bad play mixed in there as well. Tom Brady was, quite frankly, awful as well. then of course there is just national appeal. I think part of the larger picture is that anybody not currently living in Massachusetts is just freaking sick and tired of the Patriots. I wanted, with every fiber in my being, for the Chiefs to get there. The Rams-Chiefs is a game that I think generates far more nationwide excitement. It is probably a "better" game too because the Chief's defense is hot garbage! |
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Post by bucktoothvarmit on Feb 6, 2019 12:27:10 GMT -8
I'm so tired of all this Super Bowl was boring talk. There was a lot of punts and not much scoring. But it was a close game until the end, isn't that what most people want? After yesterday's "Super" Bowl, the NFL is officially dead, mourned by no one. Good riddance. The Blazers and Beaver basketball are doing well. The Timbers have already started playing. Beaver baseball kicks off in eight days. The NFL is far from dead imho. The NBA on the other hand has been dead for years. Ever since LeBron et-al have been able to stack a select few teams, every other team is just the "Washington Generals" playing the "Globe-trotters." They have no chance of a championship and the fans of those teams are being duped. If the script starts to change, the refs step up and keep things as they should be. I would rather watch paint dry than an NBA "game"
Go Beavs!!
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Post by mbabeav on Feb 6, 2019 12:41:56 GMT -8
After yesterday's "Super" Bowl, the NFL is officially dead, mourned by no one. Good riddance. The Blazers and Beaver basketball are doing well. The Timbers have already started playing. Beaver baseball kicks off in eight days. The NFL is far from dead imho. The NBA on the other hand has been dead for years. Ever since LeBron et-al have been able to stack a select few teams, every other team is just the "Washington Generals" playing the "Globe-trotters." They have no chance of a championship and the fans of those teams are being duped. If the script starts to change, the refs step up and keep things as they should be. I would rather watch paint dry than an NBA "game"
Go Beavs!!
Sports radio has also died due to the NBA - if the talking heads can't spend at least half the show talking LeBron James, and that is literally, not an exaggeration, then it is a rare evening. All other sports take second fiddle to LeBron, and that includes the rest of the NBA. |
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Post by atownbeaver on Feb 6, 2019 14:06:31 GMT -8
After yesterday's "Super" Bowl, the NFL is officially dead, mourned by no one. Good riddance. The Blazers and Beaver basketball are doing well. The Timbers have already started playing. Beaver baseball kicks off in eight days. The NFL is far from dead imho. The NBA on the other hand has been dead for years. Ever since LeBron et-al have been able to stack a select few teams, every other team is just the "Washington Generals" playing the "Globe-trotters." They have no chance of a championship and the fans of those teams are being duped. If the script starts to change, the refs step up and keep things as they should be. I would rather watch paint dry than an NBA "game"
Go Beavs!!
Not really an NBA fan, but this is a pretty big exaggeration. LeBron's current team is 27-27 and in 10th place in the west. While Golden State, the latest current hotness team is at the top of the West, they are tied with the Denver Nuggets of all teams, that just a couple seasons ago were hot trash. Who is top dogs in the east? WHO? the Milwaukee BUCKS? must of been that superstar roster they constructed of (checks notes) Eric Bledsoe, Malcom Brodgon, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Brook Lopez. and those GSW super team tying Nuggets are going it on the backs of who? Jamal Murray, Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig, Paul Millsap, Nikola Jokic. Number 1 in the East with the #13 overall salary. Denver Nuggets are tied for first in the West with the #17 salary. There are about 3 names on that list your average NBA, not fan of those teams, would probably know. I think Millsap is the only guy on this list that is top 25 in the league in salary. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Feb 6, 2019 14:26:36 GMT -8
The NFL is far from dead imho. The NBA on the other hand has been dead for years. Ever since LeBron et-al have been able to stack a select few teams, every other team is just the "Washington Generals" playing the "Globe-trotters." They have no chance of a championship and the fans of those teams are being duped. If the script starts to change, the refs step up and keep things as they should be. I would rather watch paint dry than an NBA "game"
Go Beavs!!
Not really an NBA fan, but this is a pretty big exaggeration. LeBron's current team is 27-27 and in 10th place in the west. While Golden State, the latest current hotness team is at the top of the West, they are tied with the Denver Nuggets of all teams, that just a couple seasons ago were hot trash. Who is top dogs in the east? WHO? the Milwaukee BUCKS? must of been that superstar roster they constructed of (checks notes) Eric Bledsoe, Malcom Brodgon, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Brook Lopez. and those GSW super team tying Nuggets are going it on the backs of who? Jamal Murray, Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig, Paul Millsap, Nikola Jokic. Number 1 in the East with the #13 overall salary. Denver Nuggets are tied for first in the West with the #17 salary. There are about 3 names on that list your average NBA, not fan of those teams, would probably know. I think Millsap is the only guy on this list that is top 25 in the league in salary. I remember hearing that the NBA was dead when it was seemingly Magic vs Bird every year, then it was declared dead again when it was the Bulls and everyone else, then dead one more time during the early 2000's when games became WWE wrestling matches and the Pistons and Spurs were scoring in the high 70's in the NBA finals. RIP-NBA yet again when LeBron/Bosh/Wade got together, but Miami only won twice. Now apparently on life support because of Golden State. That will pass.. and then there will be some new reason to declare it dead. |
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Post by atownbeaver on Feb 6, 2019 14:57:19 GMT -8
Not really an NBA fan, but this is a pretty big exaggeration. LeBron's current team is 27-27 and in 10th place in the west. While Golden State, the latest current hotness team is at the top of the West, they are tied with the Denver Nuggets of all teams, that just a couple seasons ago were hot trash. Who is top dogs in the east? WHO? the Milwaukee BUCKS? must of been that superstar roster they constructed of (checks notes) Eric Bledsoe, Malcom Brodgon, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Brook Lopez. and those GSW super team tying Nuggets are going it on the backs of who? Jamal Murray, Malik Beasley, Torrey Craig, Paul Millsap, Nikola Jokic. Number 1 in the East with the #13 overall salary. Denver Nuggets are tied for first in the West with the #17 salary. There are about 3 names on that list your average NBA, not fan of those teams, would probably know. I think Millsap is the only guy on this list that is top 25 in the league in salary. I remember hearing that the NBA was dead when it was seemingly Magic vs Bird every year, then it was declared dead again when it was the Bulls and everyone else, then dead one more time during the early 2000's when games became WWE wrestling matches and the Pistons and Spurs were scoring in the high 70's in the NBA finals. RIP-NBA yet again when LeBron/Bosh/Wade got together, but Miami only won twice. Now apparently on life support because of Golden State. That will pass.. and then there will be some new reason to declare it dead. and not to belabor the point... but the NFL attendance has been trending downward. Season total attendance figures are losing around 100K tickets sold per year over the last couple years. End of the 2018 season, total attendance was 17.2 million for all stadiums, all games, in the REGULAR season (not including playoffs). down ~600,000 from five years ago. End of 2018 NBA season, total attendance was a record high of 22.1 million, and has set a new record for four consecutive seasons. And while the NFL continues to dominate TV ratings, it's ratings are also on the decline. The NBA however? well they set a record high here last season as well, increasing 8% year over year. granted the average NBA game pulls in 1.28 million views compared to the average regional NFL ~6 million, it is still a rising trend. National broadcasts such as SNF easily get into the 20+ million viewer range. To argue the NBA is dead is silly. You can argue you do not like the NBA all you want. Heck, I will back you there. It is, however, decidedly NOT dead. From objective evidence it is as popular as it has ever been. |
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Post by four2itus on Feb 7, 2019 9:26:58 GMT -8
will be more exciting that the 'super' bowl! I seriously doubt that. I don't know....shirtless men with tattoos at halftime do nothing for me. |
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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on Feb 7, 2019 17:01:42 GMT -8
I don't know....shirtless men with tattoos at halftime do nothing for me. |
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