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March 6, 2008

THE AAFL…

…is no more, sadly. Chris Leak, the CFL has Kerwin Bell’s roster spot ready and waiting, baby.

Filed under: Not strictly college football, but funny by Orson Swindle

21 Replies »

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NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Comment by Clint Stoerner — March 6, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
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This is a real shame. So we will no longer be able to see marcus randall try to play QB again? I’m deeply saddened by this.

Comment by Alex — March 6, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
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At least Team Florida held up their end of the bargain with ticket sales and actual Florida players comprising much of their squad. I signed up with their mailing list eons ago, only to be ‘bigtimed’ by their ticket sales prioritized to boosters, students, that crazy black guy that runs in Gainesville, the Sheriff of Waldo, Colonel Rebel’s ghost, then me. Oh well, fuck it.

Comment by Allahver Fist — March 6, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
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I knew as soon as the school newspaper ran an ad featuring Team Michigan “stars such as Kyle Rasmussen!”, I knew the league was doomed to failure. Well Drew Henson, looks like Single A Ball or the Arena League awaits.

However, I do remember Chuck Klosterman writing a good piece about the AAFL about a year ago for Page 2.

Comment by Ground0EastLansing — March 6, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
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WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE to get year-round football?

(Besides heightened interest and a lot of money.)

Comment by Holly — March 6, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
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I don’t understand why the USFL worked pretty well but everytime someone has tried to put a league together since, it’s crumbled.

Comment by Biggus Rickus — March 6, 2008 @ 1:11 pm
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Not to be a kill joy, but I think part of the reason we like football soooo much is because we aren’t over saturated with it. Like basketball or baseball for example. Granted they are not as inherently as good a sport but it leaves you wanting more. And that’s a good thing.
Kind of like sexual tension in a sitcom. You want it to happen but the fact that it doesn’t keeps you wanting more and if it does happen you immediately lose interest.
Not saying Alabama and Tennessee in June wouldn’t have been great though.

Comment by Picture Me Rollin — March 6, 2008 @ 1:19 pm
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Holly, Arena league is on right now, same time AAFL would have been. what i want is GOOD year round football. of course, the NFL and college seasons can’t exactly go year round, that’d be a bit much.

Comment by Alex — March 6, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
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This thing had a shorter lifespan than the XFL.

Comment by drogue — March 6, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
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Good thing my XXXFL league is still kickin’.

only $19.95 a month for subscribers, but you must be 18 years old to enter.

Comment by Brandon Cox's Vagina — March 6, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
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Orson, boo on the text.

A much better intro would be “The AAFL has been chop-blocked into football history, lasting only as long as Terry Dean did against Auburn in 1994.”

Comment by NewAZTiger — March 6, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
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Shouldn’t we have known this wasn’t going to work, though? The whole “take a bunch of alumni from one school who couldn’t hack it in the NFL and put them all on the same team” idea was pioneered six years ago by Steve Spurrier when he became coach of the Redskins. And then, just as now, it was merely a massive shipment of FAIL.

Comment by Doug — March 6, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
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I was actually going to go to the game the weekend before exams. And since this is college, there would have been much drinking. So maybe this is a good thing for me…

Comment by Troy — March 6, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
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At least I don’t have to watch Cory Bailey get burned over the middle again.

Comment by Tim — March 6, 2008 @ 3:38 pm
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Does anybody but me think this is odd? It’s an eight hour drive from Auburn to Chapel Hill, both girls are from north Georgia and both murders are being called “random” hmmmmm….

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23491497

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23504235/

Comment by dogterd — March 6, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
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Remember — the AAFL quit Eric Crouch, not vice versa.

Comment by Albino Tornado — March 6, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
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Who was the AAFL’s financial planner, MC Hammer*?

* yes, this joke is old, but still, dude was not good with money

Comment by jebus — March 6, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
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Exactly “Picture Me Rollin”…having year-round football would be like having Christmas everyday. Only having it in the Fall makes it speeeeeeeeecial…

Comment by the croominator — March 6, 2008 @ 5:11 pm
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My friends an I were discussing the AAFL the other day, I thought it would really work. Can you imagine the mind-blowing QB battle for the Florida team. I would put my money on Brock Berlin, but Thad Busby and Chris Rix would make it interesting. Do you think Ingle Martin would be eligible? What about Dan Kendra playing the 2006 Tim Tebow role?

Mind-blowing stuff.

Comment by spiderjesse — March 6, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
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I was all set to care the moment they added a South Carolina team. Should have put that Michigan franchise and maybe even Texas somewhere in the Southeast.

Comment by Chg — March 7, 2008 @ 12:40 am
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Big Surprise, I looked at the ticket prices and the TN team was selling lower level seats on the sideline for 50 bucks a pop. I can’t beleive those morons thought anyone was going to pay that price for a minor league event. I wanted to go to game or two, but I was not going to pay over ten dollars or sit in the upper deck of Neyland. The league’s marketing was terrible as well. I still can’t figure out why they never released the uniforms. I was hoping Quincy Carter would get kicked out of another league though.

Comment by GloryGlory — March 7, 2008 @ 9:11 am