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Husker88

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The original 8 teams or so, you got a favorite?

I remember it being hellafun in the early/mid 80s. It was really good football. Can it be again?
 
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Husker88

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Rozier played for the Pittsburgh Maulers and then the Jacksonville Bulls.

It was really good football.
 
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vic.valiant

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Michigan Panthers. Cool helmets, unusual colors, John Corker and Anthony Carter (who wisely took the $$) 1st league champion.
Lots of fun!
Go Blue!
 
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TheWayITellEm

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They should have a bigger real leather ball that - stop the presses - might get lopsided, scratched, whatever. Instead of a synthetic dart that can be thrown 30 yards per second with 98% accuracy.

Real football is about running. With passing as a big risk.
 
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schuele

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TheWayITellEm said:
They should have a bigger real leather ball that - stop the presses - might get lopsided, scratched, whatever. Instead of a synthetic dart that can be thrown 30 yards per second with 98% accuracy.

Real football is about running. With passing as a big risk.
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Give 'em Hell, Woody!

 
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Blindcheck

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The Boston Breakers had the territorial rights to Nebraska Cornhuskers...Not sure why, but they had a few Huskers on that team....Of course after year 1, they moved to New Orleans and then in year 3 moved to Portland.
 
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vic.valiant

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They might be competing against the ncaa model.
If you have legit nfl potential why bother with academics?
Go Blue!
 
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bama_husker

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Blindcheck said:
The Boston Breakers had the territorial rights to Nebraska Cornhuskers...Not sure why, but they had a few Huskers on that team....Of course after year 1, they moved to New Orleans and then in year 3 moved to Portland.
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Back to NOLA now. BTW all USFL games will be in Birmingham this season.
 
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catch54

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StoneTempleHusker said:
The original 8 teams or so, you got a favorite?

I remember it being hellafun in the early/mid 80s. It was really good football. Can it be again?
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I had to admit to myself, I need football all the time.

The WFL had helmet cams and miked up QB's so we could hear the play calls.
 
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catch54

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Blindcheck said:
The Boston Breakers had the territorial rights to Nebraska Cornhuskers...Not sure why, but they had a few Huskers on that team....Of course after year 1, they moved to New Orleans and then in year 3 moved to Portland.
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Correct!

Here's a trivia question. Who was their starting center at least for the first year or two?
 
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9and4_rivals188421

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Lived in Jersey the summer of 1984 and went to a couple of Generals games to watch Herschel Walker and Brian Sipe. Hotter than hell, but a fun time.
 
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major.tom.foolery

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bama_husker said:
Back to NOLA now. BTW all USFL games will be in Birmingham this season.
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Original USFL was a fun league. And, I understand limiting expenses and travel costs but why will someone in New Jersey, Tampa, Arizona, etc support "their" team when all games are in Alabama.
 
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bama_husker

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major.tom.foolery said:
Original USFL was a fun league. And, I understand limiting expenses and travel costs but why will someone in New Jersey, Tampa, Arizona, etc support "their" team when all games are in Alabama.
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All of the teams are east of the Mississippi except Houston, so a road trip is possible. However if they cared about that, play the games in Nashville not Birmingham. I suspect it's all about TV ratings... if it does well enough they move to home stadiums next year.
 
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