Alliance of American Football (AAF): Live Thread #2 (Week 6+)

3-16-2019

[Impy]

"AAF? I though that show was cancelled in the 80's."

You are thinking of "ALF". The AAF is a new minor league to test American's appetite for football and give players a chance to audition for the NFL. Founded by Charlie Ebersol and former NFL executive Bill Polian.

Here 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

"I like 'Iron' but a lot of those names are stupid."

You're preaching to the choir, Kemosabe.

"Are the rules different from the NFL?"

Yes. There are no kickoffs, teams will begin possessions on their own 25 yard line. There are no PAT kicks, teams will attempt 2-point conversions after each touchdown. There are 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 possession on their own 10 yard line, games end in tie if still tied after that. There is also a "4th and long" desperation option as a replacement for onside kicks.

"Let's pretend for the sake of argument that I give a darn, what team should I root for? I live in West Podunk, Massafornia, none of those teams are near me."

Well each team has 4 NFL tie in teams. Or you could root for a coach you like, you figure it out.

What channel is it on?

Various, Bender or I or someone will post schedules, there's 2 games on Sat and 2 on Sun. After the 10 game regular season is over the 2 teams in each conference advance to the playoffs.

https://aaf.com/

[big'ol_freeper]

For week 9:

San Antonio over Memphis
Orlando over San Diego
Atlanta over Salt Lake
Arizona over Birmingham

[big'ol_freeper]

Or not

[Bender2]

Re: The Alliance of American Football suspended operations

Oh... Crap!

You knew it might... happen, Bendy--

My friend Bob Sacama... told me that a month ago.

Kramer, cut the crap... Bendy is hurting over this!

Well, I am dancing... on the AAF grave--

Dancing... dancing!

Double... CRAP!

[Alas Babylon!]

For those following, sad news:

AAF suspends operations, reportedly raising questions

[Bender2]

Dancing... dancing!

Just realized... from this angle, she's a dude--

I always knew... Jerry was a fancy boy.

Well, nobody told... ME!!!!

It was that damn... puffy shirt--

[Alas Babylon!]

Well, it was a great effort...

[big'ol_freeper]

Our boys finished in first place

[big'ol_freeper]

[Impy]

"Haha! That's what those crackers get for not giving me my 20 million dollars!!!"

"I put the blame on the clearly flawed business model of relying entirely on one rich eccentric who refused to agree up front to committing to a full season. The erratic television scheduling, app with no sound, and Impy's clealy half or even quarter-assed attention given to this thread also played a part. How many games did you even watch?"

Parts of several my dear, parts of several!!! At least we got to see some rule changes in effect. I'll miss kickoffs when the NFL ditches them but I won't miss extra points.

[campaignPete R-CT]

I’ll miss the public nudity

[big'ol_freeper]

So will your neighbors

snicker

[zzeeman]

Didn’t get to watch too much of it but it was nice to have the option (while it lasted!).