Triple Kelly
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Post by Triple Kelly on Feb 21, 2009 15:44:49 GMT -5
I'm reading a book called Long Bomb: How the XFL Became TV's Biggest Fiasco. It's quite provacative and hilarious at the miscalculations and all around crazyness that went on with Vince's football project that reduced it to late night joke fodder for up to a year later.
What are your memories of this doomed football league?
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Feb 21, 2009 15:50:28 GMT -5
Does anyone have it taped or something...
because I can't find a game anywhere.
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Triple Kelly
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Post by Triple Kelly on Feb 21, 2009 15:54:36 GMT -5
Does anyone have it taped or something... because I can't find a game anywhere. LMAO!! I thought the same thing as well. I don't think anyone has games taped, and it's apparent by the ratings numbers that were dropping off each week. |
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Feb 21, 2009 15:56:16 GMT -5
Does anyone have it taped or something... because I can't find a game anywhere. LMAO!! I thought the same thing as well. I don't think anyone has games taped, and it's apparent by the ratings numbers that were dropping off each week. I'm certain someone on here has a game taped or something... I was 8, I never got to watch a game, please help. |
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livetowin
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Post by livetowin on Feb 21, 2009 15:56:26 GMT -5
I remember there was once a guy who was being interviewed, and he had a bandaid on his head. It was shaped like an X. I thought that was cool.
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Spyke the Pacers Fan
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Post by Spyke the Pacers Fan on Feb 21, 2009 15:58:15 GMT -5
My only memory of the XFL is the very first game.
I was asleep by halftime.
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Post by The Wraith on Feb 21, 2009 16:00:04 GMT -5
 I'd love to have one of these. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Feb 21, 2009 16:00:31 GMT -5
I was hyped about it... and don't forget, this endeavor was HUGE.
A lot of hype around it... and it was all great until the actual gameplay started.
The gameplay was horrid. Just, horrid.
The camera angles and stuff were cool, and have since been implemented in the NFL. But the gameplay... bleh.
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livetowin
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Post by livetowin on Feb 21, 2009 16:01:56 GMT -5
I'd love to have one of these. I once knew a guy who had one. I was on vacation in Santa Annah, and we passed it around. |
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Post by Time Lord Soundwave on Feb 21, 2009 16:03:32 GMT -5
I remember buying and wearing a Las Vegas Outlaws jersey before the season started. I wore it a lot during the season. Afterwards, not so much.
I eventually traded it to some guy for one of Scott Keith's books.
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Feb 21, 2009 16:05:07 GMT -5
I remember buying and wearing a Las Vegas Outlaws jersey before the season started. I wore it a lot during the season. Afterwards, not so much. I eventually traded it to some guy for one of Scott Keith's books. Uh, wow, bad idea. |
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Post by Brandon Walsh is Insane. on Feb 21, 2009 16:06:31 GMT -5
I'd love to have one of these. I remember seeing bins full of those at Targets around the time that the XFL died. |
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Jazzman
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Post by Jazzman on Feb 21, 2009 16:06:45 GMT -5
I'd love to have one of these. I won one and the Mini ball that came with it. And I watched every game on TV and rooted hard for the LV Outlaws. It ruled and I miss the XFL every day... |
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Feb 21, 2009 16:09:55 GMT -5
I'd love to have one of these. I remember seeing bins full of those at Targets around the time that the XFL died. maybe I can get one off amazon *Cashes in Swag Bucks for $5 gift card.* |
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Post by Bauertainments on Feb 21, 2009 16:17:52 GMT -5
Bad memories. I knew inside of five minutes the thing was going to be a horrendous failure. Didn't watch more than a minute after the first night... and even though I had the game on that first night, I can't recall hardly anything about it, because I started reading shortly before the first damn quarter ended. I'm glad I bailed out, because I would have had to witness Jesse Ventura's kayfabe feud with a coach. I'm certain someone on here has a game taped or something... I was 8, I never got to watch a game, please help. I think you'll be better off never finding any footage |
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Post by ani on Feb 21, 2009 16:19:44 GMT -5
I remember being intrigued by the promised "nudity" that they said was going to happen at halftime of the first (or was it the second?) game when going to the "cheerleaders locker room"...
Boy, how naive was I?
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erisi236
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Post by erisi236 on Feb 21, 2009 16:26:42 GMT -5
Interesting that 4 players went on to wear Superbowl championship rings.  |
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Post by Shy Guy on Feb 21, 2009 16:32:26 GMT -5
i remember everyone at school being shocked that i didn't watch it.
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Post by Bauertainments on Feb 21, 2009 16:33:01 GMT -5
Does anybody remember the first Monday Night Football game that aired in August of 2001 when Dennis Miller (when he still called the games) held up
a "I Hate He Hate Me" jersey?
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Ben Wyatt
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 21, 2009 16:34:26 GMT -5
I was hyped about it... and don't forget, this endeavor was HUGE. A lot of hype around it... and it was all great until the actual gameplay started. The gameplay was horrid. Just, horrid. The camera angles and stuff were cool, and have since been implemented in the NFL. But the gameplay... bleh. If I remember correctly, I recall reading that a lot of the teams didnt really have all that much time to work togather. I wonder if the gameplay would have been any better if that were the case |
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