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Birmingham: Alabama, Auburn, New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, with Montreal Alouettes and the Ottawa Redblacks as the CFL affiliates. Birmingham was the only franchise to receive two feeder teams in the CFL. Atlanta: Georgia, Clemson, Louisville, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Virginia, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Mercer, Savannah State, Albany State, Clark-Atlanta, Fort Valley State, Morehouse, Shorter, Valdosta State and West Georgia in college; the Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins in the NFL and the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL. Memphis: Tennessee, LSU, Arkansas, Ole Miss, Memphis, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Middle Tennessee, Austin Peay, Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee-Martin, Carson-Newman, Lane and Tusculum in college; the Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Indianapolis Colts and Cincinnati Bengals in the NFL and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL. Orlando: Florida, Florida State, Miami (Fla.), UCF, South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Bethune-Cookman, Florida A& M, Jacksonville, Stetson, Florida Tech and West Florida in college; the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets and New York Giants in the NFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL. Phoenix: UCLA, Oregon State, Arizona, Arizona State, Illinois, Texas Tech, Washington State, Nevada, Northern Arizona, New Mexico, New Mexico State, Northwestern and UTEP in college; the Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens in the NFL and the Edmonton Eskimos in the CFL. Salt Lake City: California, Oregon, Utah, Oklahoma State, Utah State, Boise State, BYU, Wyoming, Air Force, Southern Utah, Weber State, Colorado State, Northern Colorado, Idaho, Idaho State and Dixie State in college; the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers in the NFL and the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL. San Antonio: Texas, Texas A& M, Oklahoma, Baylor, Rice, Houston, SMU, TCU, North Texas, UTSA, Texas State, Abilene Christian, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Lamar, Prairie View, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas Southern, Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A& M-Commerce, Texas A& M-Kingsville, Texas-Permian Basin and West Texas A& M in college; the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL and the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the CFL. San Diego: Southern Cal, Stanford, Washington, Colorado, San Diego State, Fresno State, San Jose State, UNLV, Hawaii, California Davis, Cal Poly, Sacramento State, San Diego, Azuza Pacific and Humboldt State in college; the Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers, Oakland Raiders and Detroit Lions in the NFL and the British Columbia Lions in the CFL. |
- head coach resigned before 1st game
- offensive coordinator (Mike Vick) changes to "advisor" due to "other commitments"
= lost first game 40-6
They are also an outlier in that they are the only AAF team in an NFL city. Wonder why they didn't do St. Louis.
Loved the pace and speed of the game. Think it is true to the sport enough to keep me interested - I knew the XFL wasn't for me right away the first time they tried it. It was way too gimmicky.
I know they're going to use an entirely different model this time, but I think AAF has staying power and room to grow. I think the plan to be a developmental league that pairs with the NFL will probably be their best chance to continue growing and building the brand.
I hope this works out. It's nice to have some football to watch between the Super Bowl and the start of baseball season + the draft.
The WNBA would have folded years ago if based solely on attendance. Drawing less than 8,000 fans is unsustainable in those markets.
If the attendance of the AAF stays what it was like in an inaugural game - that is going to be nearly impossible to sustain. I think Orlando had less than 9,000 in attendance last night, and I wonder how many tickets were free.
Official attendance in Orlando was listed at 21,000....no way where there that many people there. The weather did suck so maybe that played a role.
Official attendance in Orlando was listed at 21,000....no way where there that many people there. The weather did suck so maybe that played a role.
Apparently the San Antonio crowd was heavily papered meaning they gave away a lot of tickets cause of the fear of how a 5-10k crowd would look in the Alamodome. Interesting to see what these crowds look like next week.
However I was looking at season tickets the other day. It was surprisingly hard to find 2 seats next to each other when I was exploring. I wasn't surprised at all by the attendance when watching the game.
SA tends to really enjoy their sports teams, especially when the price is right. The SA scorpions would routinely get 12,000 fans at a high school stadium their first year.
The football didn’t feel competitive last night. That’s my biggest problem with it.
Some rooting interest, yes.
The football didn’t feel competitive last night. That’s my biggest problem with it.
Kinda like the SB
I am late to the party, haven't even heard of the league. Been a die-hard hotshot fan for about 4 minutes now. Only missed one game. Or maybe no games, I have no idea.
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I coached or coached against playing for Orlando and Atlanta. So definitely going to follow it. I can say that I have been a fan of the Apollo's since before their first game. Time flies. Seems like there first game was just yesterday, which it was.
I am late to the party, haven't even heard of the league. Been a die-hard hotshot fan for about 4 minutes now. Only missed one game. Or maybe no games, I have no idea.
well, it is against my morals because I am very loyal man, but I have turned my back on the hotshots and am now an Appollos fan. It was a nice run. I literally ate ice cream the entire time.
So the exposure is way way down. Remember the XFL had near record ratings on its first night and then it completely tanked. It will be hard for them to keep the audience.
So the exposure is way way down. Remember the XFL had near record ratings on its first night and then it completely tanked. It will be hard for them to keep the audience.
You're missing the NFLN part - they are broadcasting tons of these games. Most of them will be easily viewable.
Only one game a week is on B/R Live - some weeks don't have that at all and are all TNT/CBSSN/NFLN
Arizona at Memphis - Saturday, Feb. 16 - 8 p.m. - NFL Network
Orlando at San Antonio - Sunday, Feb. 17 - 4 p.m. - CBS Sports Network
Atlanta at San Diego - Sunday, Feb. 17 - 8 p.m. - NFL Network
Only one game a week is on B/R Live - some weeks don't have that at all and are all TNT/CBSSN/NFLN
They are only on TNT once, the week 2 Saturday early game, and then the Saturday afternoon games are exclusively on B/R Live the rest of the year. B/R is owned by Turner, that’s why they putting it on TNT next week.
You are right that they are on NFLN every weekend for the prime time games.