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1 hour ago, Goalie said:
If they feel cheated they are huge babies cuz WWE is all about the kids... Ppl were chanting his name... I called 5 minutes b4 it started.
Whatever tho. I dont get ppl who watch just to complain after
You called it? Man, that is indeed impressive. You do have your fingers on the pulse of the industry. Why aren't you working in Stamford, CT? No sense talking to you about it now as you called it but nobody else did. I don't get ppl who like to brag they're smarter than everybody else. Have a good night.
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1 minute ago, Atomic said:
Braun Strowman and Nicholas new tag champs. Now I've seen everything.
Yeah, that's a huge disappointment for fans. I'm sure a lot of the WWE Universe feel cheated. And the actual match went for 5 minutes.
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She didn't look weak technically in the ring although she needs to get a lot more experience to be polished. To me, I think that they needed her to beat out Steph a lot easier than that. Stephanie is a rat. Not the greatest in the ring & virtually hated by all fans. People want to see her get her come uppance. The way it should have gone down was Hunter & Angle go at it for the majority of the match. Then Ronda comes in, dominates by giving her a beat down & defeats Stephanie in a couple of minutes. That's how I thought it should have ended. Did you see the reaction to the Bludgeon Brothers winning the Tag Team Championship? Like NO reaction. That is one tag team that no one wants to see.
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22 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:
Hunter is about to turn 49 years old. Hell of a physique.
Angle looks tremendous too for that matter.
They made Ronda look weak tonight. Barely beating Stephanie McMahon?? Not the greatest of debuts. Unless she really improves, I can't see her being able to do what Charlotte or Asuka can do in the ring. I expected her to wipe the mat with Stephanie. Didn't happen.
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4 minutes ago, wbbfan said:
Well going from paying 4 peanuts to 8 is still paying peanuts. So thats part of it. But yeah they are struggling to keep the doors open with the previous cba this seems like the death knell of the AFL. Short of some thing extreme happening. The amount the afl paid when the AFL was strong and cflers went back n forth wasnt great. And for sub stars it was really bloody low. I have to think its only gotten worse.
If the afl goes belly up I imagine some one some where will re start the concept. iirc bonjovi in philly has been a cornerstone of the AFL since it began. So maybe he does.
Yeah, a few guys going back n forth like robert gordon. But he especially kinda showed you just cant play that much football in one year and survive. In general i didnt have much hate of the AFL, they had some crappy management for a while but they didn't pose a real threat and fledgling leagues generally up cycle talent that would other wise wash out.
When they wouldn't recognize valid CFL contracts they lost me.
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1 hour ago, The Unknown Poster said:
That’s awesome!
Sure was.
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So, a couple of days ago I was going thru my twitter feed & it showed two pics of Shawn Michaels. One with long hair & the mullet he had at the back along with his receeding hair line. Another with a picture of him after getting the back cut off. One person tweeted: "The boyhood dream is over". I tweeted that Brett Hart should do the same thing. I follow Asuka on twitter & she agreed. Yesterday I got a private message from Asuka asking how I was & we had about a 20 minute chat. Yes, it was her actual twitter account. Told her I think she's great in the ring & was looking forward to her match with Charlotte which she thanked me. Anyway, thought that was both interesting & cool how she reached out so I'll be cheering for her tonight.
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1 hour ago, blueingreenland said:
A lot of prayers and support have been going out from SK and from around the world. It has been truly overwhelming.
Lots of connections too. An acquaintance of mine told me this morning he lost his best friend in the crash. My neighbors lost their nephew (a coach).
My son got an invite the last 2 seasons to try out for the Broncos. He didn't go. So no, we didn't lose our son...but many other parents did.
You must be shaken to your very core knowing what would have happened had your son accepted the invite & made the Broncos, wow. Life seems to work in mysterious ways sometimes.
My son travelled to his football games by bus as well. First as a member of the Winnipeg Rifles & the long, long bus rides to Calgary, Edmonton, Regina & Saskatoon. The AB trips took 18 hours one way! When he played Junior College in Northern California, he took the bus to his games over some very bad narrow, single lane highways thru the Sierra Nevada mountains with lots of blind curves & drop offs just off the shoulder. I drove down for one away game & followed the bus & it sure was eye opening. When he went to SFU, he'd bus to Western Oregon, Central Washington & Humboldt State in Arcadia, CA. For Arcadia, they'd leave Thursday morning for their Saturday game. For Azusa Pacific, they'd fly to LA & then have a 2 hour ride on the freeway to Azusa, CA. When they played Dixie State in St. George, Utah, they'd fly to Vegas & then have a 3-4 hour bus ride to that game. Through all that, it never occurred to me anything could happen. Parents, players & coaches, we all felt everyone was safe which is why this tragedy has really hit hard for me.
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3 hours ago, wbbfan said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Arena_Football_League_season
Not yet, but it sounds like it could be very near. 17 stats are interesting. 3 of the 5 teams had a win % under .400. attendance average around 10k. They went from having AFL 2 a minor league system. To not running, and the minor league running. To in 2014 having 14 AFL teams, down to 5.
Yet, I read they just signed a new 4 year CBA with the players DOUBLING salaries & increasing benefits. Like WTH? How can a league that is equivalent to the Walking Dead sign something like that & the Players Association not think it's a scam as the AFL won't be around to negotiate another one?
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Did the AFL fold?
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18 minutes ago, Mark F said:
I don't understand why arena football isn't more popular.
Games are fast paced, high offence, good players. Nice passing, great catches. Local players.
probably inexpensive to attend.
Don't get it.
I think that the business model is wrong. Played in cities that were too big as teams got lost due to lack of coverage or no one cares. Having to compete with the NHL, NBA, MLB & NFL. The rent for games played in 15-20,000 arenas is expensive. No national & local TV & radio deals as well as lack of sponsors both local markets & national. Relying on ticket sales mostly. Brand is broken with so many teams folding... Other arena leagues doing better playing in smaller cities with smaller buildings. Lots of reasons why the AFL is struggling.
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4 hours ago, bearpants said:
you really need to turn up your sarcasti-meter
Yawn, okay.
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5 hours ago, Brandon said:
I've never seen this before.... thought it was funny
I thought it was lame, sorry.
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6 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:
I'm not arguing. You're arguing!
I was talking to Mike. Not you. Besides, I wasn't arguing either. How can I be arguing when I've made maybe a half dozen posts the past 2 weeks? I barely come here anymore. Is it May yet?
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On 3/18/2018 at 12:17 PM, Throw Long Bannatyne said:
That's very sad, he was one of Canada's very best stand-up comedians in his time. I saw a sad documentary on him a few years ago were he spoke about his bi-polar disorder and having to move back to Canada from L.A. in order to help pay for treatment for hepatitis C and a liver transplant which probably contributed to his demise.
I saw him at Yuk Yuk's in 1988. There was a heckler in the crowd. I don't know if it was staged or not but he lost it. Started yelling, screaming & swearing at the guy. He didn't put the guy down or mock the heckler as you would have expected. He just went nuts.
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James 'Quick' Parker has died at age 60. Played for Edmonton, BC & Toronto from 1980-1991. Maybe the best defensive lineman who ever played. He was as fast as a rocket off the line on the snap of the ball giving opposing OL fits. The CFL started keeping sack records because of him. He was a four time winner of the Grey Cup. A CFL All Star multiple times. Defensive Player of the Year in the CFL in 1982. Grey Cup Defensive Player Of The Game in 82. Won the West Division's Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy as well in 1982. He was a great player & from everything I've read & heard, he was a nice guy off the field.
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3 hours ago, Mike said:
arguing over weight differentials that you could see a player at either end of the spectrum on in the same week. I wonder how many people could stare at any of our MLB prospects out of pads and guess within 5 pounds of their actual weight.
That's not the point. The point is can a guy 215 lbs play MLB for 18 regular season games without wearing down as opposed to a guy 225-230? This isn't about guessing a guy's weight within 5 lbs. Anyway, who's arguing? It's the off season... Nothing else to do.
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On 3/27/2018 at 12:22 PM, 17to85 said:
OK serious question here, is there really THAT much difference between 220 and 215? Like honestly 5 pounds makes a guy too small or big enough?
Maybe not 5 but 10-15 lbs is a big difference.
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MLBers in the CFL are 220-230. Not 215 lbs. They don't play an 18 game season in the SEC. Not even close. As far as a MLB goes whether it's the SEC or CFL they still deal with 300 lb plus OL. He'll get ground down as the season goes on especially late in the year in October if he keeps his weight at 215. Weight, speed & strength are issues whether people want to admit it or not. He may look great in his college video then turn out to be too small to play linebacker & too slow for safety up here. Rather than pencil him in at MLB let's just see what he does at training camp & during exhibition season first.
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11 hours ago, Gotmilt said:
Well he played 4 seasons in the SEC against the best competition and excelled, I'm not familiar with his injury history to be fair but I know he played a lot near the line of scrimmage in college and was particularly good at covering the crossing routes and running to the sideline, I assume that's what Walters sees in Prewitt. I wouldn't say he's a middle linebacker but he's a big hitting safety that's pretty big at 6'2 and IMO too slow to play safety in the NFL. To me all those factors point to him being converted to Wil or SAM in the CFL.
What you say makes more sense....
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2 hours ago, wbbfan said:
Size isnt what id worry about. If you have the work ethic and heart 210 can get it done. At wil. Our DTs eat up soo much of the OL, and our pass rushers are soo dangerous it would help a ton.
Its tough to say what he will be in camp. You never know when a guy trent corneys' and comes in with 12 lean pounds added.
body constitution is a big deal as well. Two guys can be the same weight and height while having totally different builds. We cant say what his build is like the coaches and scouts know and or will come camp. He could be strong enough for wil, he might need to add a lil muscle. If he does I dont think he'd be far off. Iirc Brain clark was 6'2 220 in an era that featured much more heavy set action and running game.
Someone made it sound like he'd be playing in the middle at 210 lbs. Outside, sure. Inside at that weight will be tough.
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1 hour ago, Jacquie said:
You can ask that same question about any player coming out of college regardless of size, can't you?
No Jacquie you can't.
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6 hours ago, Gotmilt said:
Well he played 4 seasons in the SEC against the best competition and excelled, I'm not familiar with his injury history to be fair but I know he played a lot near the line of scrimmage in college and was particularly good at covering the crossing routes and running to the sideline, I assume that's what Walters sees in Prewitt. I wouldn't say he's a middle linebacker but he's a big hitting safety that's pretty big at 6'2 and IMO too slow to play safety in the NFL. To me all those factors point to him being converted to Wil or SAM in the CFL.
Playing Safety in a 10-12 game NCAA season isn't the same as Inside Linebacker for a CFL team who play 8-10 more games. At 210 he may be able to handle it... But it would be a grind.
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