I interrupt my projected Saturday evening musical & comedy interlude to give you this exciting news:
The Alliance of American Football starts tonight!
I know I know.
However, it is live football in February and, since the first week is actually on broadcast television, I figured we should give it a try.
Here’s their weekly schedule, if you are so inclined to watch or visit. Their app promises to have weekly fantasy options, to try & attract a loyal following. HAIL GAMBLOR!
Tonight’s sports:
- AAFL:
- San Diego Fleet at San Antonio (Low) Commanders – 8:30PM | CBS
- NHL: Hockey Day in Canada
- Leafs at Habs – 7:00PM | CBC
- Sharks at Oilers – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
- Flames at Canucks – 10:00PM | CBC
- NBA:
- Raptors at Knicks – 7:30PM | TSN
- Thunder at Rockets – 8:30PM | ABC
- NCAA:
- Duke at Virginia – 6:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
- Kansas State at Baylor – ESPN2
- DePaul at Xavier – 8:00PM | FS1
- Tulane at Wichita State – 8:00PM | ESPNU
- Texas at West By-God Virginia – 8:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN2
- Washington at Arizona State – 10:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
- St. Mary’s (Cal.) at Gonzaga – 10:00PM | ESPN2
- Colorado at Southern California – 10:00PM | ESPNU
- UFC 234
- Prelims: Whittaker vs. Gastelum – 8:00PM | ESPN / TSN5
- Crashed Ice: From Fenway Park
- Ski-cross on skates – 10:00PM | FS1
If you get the chance, Crashed Ice is bonkers & fun to watch, but the intervals between races are filled with the kind of “American Ninja Warrior” and “Chopped” ‘inspirational’ interviews that involve slow-motion & deep looks into eyes. JUST SHOW ME THE INJURIES!
Those guys are as bad as the NVA in Platoon.
ITS NOT OUR FAULT WILLEM DAFOES SQUIBS DIDNT EXPLODE GODDAMMIT
Anyone ever seen ANYTHING on Cap Hill like the Whittaker hearing? Fuuuuuck. Whatever that prick from Georgia, Collins, is getting paid, they should double it. Talk about setting the tone! The next six years are going to be MADDENING.
Rut Ruh. Gonna be a rough night.
Hackenberg is still playing?!
Hackenberg?!
He’ll be fine in this league.
Orlando did that Philly Philly play?
Was it Magic?
Are you still hating this? I’m not minding it at all. It gives a pro football pleasure, even though the players are a step slower than NFL. I’ll pick a team & buy a t-shirt in support. Probbo SD Fleet because Mike Martz now looks like the kind of guy I’d like to sit down and eat fifteen egg sandwiches with.
Not hating at all. Just got bored with it and went elsewhere. Like I said; if it is entertaining, more power to it. You no like word association pun?
Agreed; Martz always looked hungry and that he would like egg and or chicken salad sammmiches.
His gut made two spectacular appearances earlier. That gray pullover is his only layer up top.
/ was trying to connect pun to Disney. Am a dope.
How is his belt doing? It could be the only hope.
Damn it; now I see it.
I WANT TO WATCH THE MARCHING BAND
I wonder if they went to band camp.
https://www.marvel.com/captainmarvel
Captain Marvel’s website is definitely from the 90s.
That’s pretty cool. Now I feel really old.
Did I see a female referee? Hell yeah!
HOLDING!
Hat tip to the headline writers at the new York post. “Bezos Exposes Pecker” is this generation’s “Headless Body Found In Topless Bar”.
I like that there aren’t three fucking commercial breaks between one team scoring and the other team’s offense taking the field
3rd and 16? QB sneak?
They didn’t expect the light brigade to charge either. SURPRISE!
Bercovici? No one expects the Italian Inquisition!
“I didn’t see that coming!”
-The Spanish
My DirecTV feed seems to be having some audio fuckups.
If its AAF, its not just you. I’m on broadcast antenna and I’m getting the same thing.
Yeah. They didn’t black it out here in San Antonio even though it isn’t a sellout.
Seems to happen mostly when they switch to what the guys on the field are saying.
It finally happened. They have illegalized defense.
So far there has been as much scoring in the first half of this game as there was in the first half of the Superb Owl last week.
But it’s only taken 1 hour of real time!
And no funny ads either. What a letdown.
There is a LOT of fake porn with Taylor Swift’s face. Interesting America; keep up the weird work.
I can see it. She has a sweet, innocent, country face.
Just like a lot of porn actresses…… except for the MILF genre.
Was that like the only 3rd commercial break or something?
A 69-yard pickerception? Nice.
That was kinda cool.
No Doink or Shanklor in the building so far.
Even BLEERGH hasn’t shown up, but he may be in hibernation from a busy NFL season.
This is what you need to know about Logan Woodside. He couldn’t beat out Andy Dalton and Jeff Driskel. And we saw how they played this year.
He’s fine for this league and he has a job; it’s all good.
This is how much faith CBS has in the AAF: They aren’t showing the scores on the CBS Sports website.
EDIT: They are showing a link, but its not on the top of the page like the other leagues.
ESPN had an article about it, but are also ignoring scores etc.
506 sports map for tonight’s AAFL games:
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This is talent-less football. It’s like watching your neighbors play, only slightly more organized. Reminds me of the Denver Gold days, only the players are not as good.
I’m seeing flashes here and there, but its still 0-0 for a quarter.
That’s like saying college football or high school football or Canadian football is talentless. It’s football and it’s being presented in a much better way than the NFL presents it.
Like I said if you like and don’t find the difference go for it. I can’t condemn anyone for enjoying something, or call them stupid for liking/ enjoying it, like some do.
I didn’t say I didn’t see the difference. I said I prefer the way this game is presented better than the way the NFL is presented.
The NFL has better players but I hate watching it for the way it’s presented.
Yeah, you say that a lot.
Because it’s true.
For you; it’s an opinion.
I said I prefer the way this game is presented better than the way the NFL is presented.
The NFL has better players but I hate watching it for the way it’s presented.
Uh, no shit.
You said true; implying it was a fact; no shit. As you have before.
But I’m glad it was misinterpreted on my part.
Everyone’s opinions are true.
Guys, this first quarter has taken only 30 minutes of real time. That equates to a 2 hour game.
I may have found my new favourite football league.
If it floats your boat go for it; they need the audience.
Seriously, the game is zipping by. I’d rather watch football than commercials with football sprinkled in.
It is not a big money thing like other (big 4) sports, which in your case seems to make it attractive. It is why I DVR record or delay games so I can watch without.
Sky Judge stopped the refs from making a mistake? I’m sold.
I disagree on the loss of control. THOSE THIGHS ARE LIKE ONATOPP!
Of all the ways to go…….
Whose the Replay Official? Why isn’t it the Commissioner deciding who wins?
For being able to see and hear the replay official, this league is already better!
Evening, folks. We’re five days into the new semester and I’m already into marking hell. At least we’ve got SATURDAY NITE FOOBAW to keep things ever so slightly more sane!
So far I haven’t seen any flagrant fuckups. Maybe this league will be better than the NFL?
Seriously, could it be any worse?
It will when Donald Trump buys a team and tries to strong-arm the NFL.
He got his $3 didn’t he?! Plus interest!
I liked that hit to the QB where his helmet got knocked out. The game kept going. The QB stayed in the game. The defender didn’t get executed at midfield.
Its like NFL before the Dark Times.
Right? It was really nice.
Its jarring to see Color Jerseys on Color Jerseys. I wouldn’t mind seeing that in NFL, Alternate Jerseys as the Away Jerseys.
Martz hasn’t missed any meals.
Are they playing this game in a rodeo arena?
Rodeo is up the road at the AT&T Center. This is the Alamodome, which was hated/shunned by Tim Duncan and SA built the AT&T Center for him after he delivered us our first NBA Championship..
I actually played someone in this game in a fantasy football league championship game. Farrow. Ran for the bolts.
Mike Martz: “A long-time San Diego native”
I’ll give AAF credit. The production has been pretty good. Too bad there was a tractor pull in both towns that took their crowds away.
Actually, tonight is the opening night of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, which will definitely affect attendance at this game. The Rodeo is being held about 4 miles up Houston Street from this game at the home of the Spurs. Monster truck shows are usually held at the Alamodome; maybe they moved it up to Austin or down to Corpus.
It puts the lotion on the skin or it gets the hose
Hahaha. Reading down further in the thread it looks like I found the nights theme. Or I need help and a break from y’all
/loves yas
Sky Judge: Corrects Obvious and Egregious Errors
New Orleans:
(maybe too gross for some)
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Looks like half the Air Force is marching by behind Kurt and the dame.
Ha ha my ball-waxer is on Sunset one block from The Guitar Center and one block from Samuel French bookstore. This is the fancy ball-waxing district. No assholes were bleached at this juncture.
Since I was in the neighborhood I stopped at Canter’s Deli and had a bowl of matzo-waxed-ball soup and looked for ancient rock stars. I saw an old man who might have been Axl Rose, not sure.
Then I went to Samy’s Camera on Fairfax and told them all to fuck off because they are miserable pricks who should just kill themselves already.
Then I went home. Great success!
Drink!
Is it a coed facility?
It’s been over 40 years since I moved from Southern California to South Texas. Seems like a lot has changed in the interim.
Do they use recycled wax?
[Ball hair gets ripped off]
Wait a second, I needed a ball of wax.
Some of those places are really cheap.
“There is no new thing under the sun.” —-Ecclesiastes
I need to try that…
Waxing a-holes?
That has a few meanings.
Who decided the geographic cities of the AAF? Did the SEC finally secede from the NCAA and formed its own football league?
It was supposed to rain all day in Los Angeles (I thought) but it turned out to be sunny.
Soooooo . . . . .
I decided to motor in to West Hollywood and get my balls waxed.
I bet you haven’t heard that sentence anywhere else today.
You are right, not waxed.
Did you get you butt crack lasered?
Any butthole bleaching?
Did they get all the wax?
You went to the trouble; now it’s time to show it off.
Unless it really irritated the skin.
Did you have to tweeze to get the rogues? The rebels, the outlanders, the anarchists?
How does that conversation go? “Tell me where you think I should leave hair”?
http://thistookmymoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Spiral-Ear-Wax-Removal-Tool.gif
“Men’s Mini Brazilian”
There is no conversation. It’s a set thing.
“NUMBER 4! HOLD THE RELISH!”
Is it one of the fancy places that has different wax scents?
Probably!
Shoulda gone for the full body wax while you were there.