Consistency!
If there is a fledging franchise in any sport needing a rebrand; I don’t know why a team wouldn’t hijack the color scheme of the Panthers. Unique and fire.
The Lions should re-brand as the Michigan Panthers once this version of the USFL winds down
Where's A.C., Bobby Hebert and John Corker when you need them?
Hopefully enjoying retirement 👍🏖️
The Cajun Cannon has a Cajun restaurant near New Orleans.
Well, if I was looking for another franchise to ruin Sundays, I found one.
Mother nature can kiss my ass for raining out the Tiger game and leaving me stuck with this or the Wings on espn.
And just like that the Wings turn the puck over and give up a goal to go down 1-0.
And another Florida Panther goal.
2-0 Florida.
Wrong Panthers scoring...
It really is like the early 80s for Detroit sports again.
Four second period goals for the wrong Panthers. Wings down 4-0 going into the second intermission.
But the right Panthers just scored a td and missed a 2 point conversion to cut the gap 17-6 Gamblers.
It’s a “Tigers” game unless that wreckless driving golfer had a game today.
Second TO for Lynch. Hit a defender between the numbers. Put Shea back in.
That drone is going to take someone's eye out before the season is over.
Instead of “hearing defender footsteps” the new excuse will be “drone-distracted drops”
How long before the defense figures out that Oregon is the snap on One and Texas is a snap on Two? The announcers figured it out pretty early.
I think Jeff Fisher needs to turn that baseball hat around and come out Fernando Rodney style for the second half...
Enjoying the bad hair plugs of the Philadelphia Stars head coach at the half.
Found something Mineral King is good at: hand-offs!
Nice to see Paterson finish a good drive.
The Panthers QB play makes me appreciate the steady play Cade provided this past season.
And JJ ;)
But his line can't block, his receivers can't catch, and his backs can't find a hole.
Poorly planned. The Panthers should be playing in Michigan not Alabama.
Seems likely that if the league doesnt fold they will eventually relocate the teams to their home areas. Having them all play in one place cuts down on travel costs, housing etc.
So does paying players $15 an hour plus tips.
Oh well that drive got no points.
I wonder if the Cajun Cannon can still play. He probably is close to 60 Today.
Time for a little Shea magic!
I think I have used “stupid” and “suck” more than I ever have watching a game.
Turned on the last couple of minutes. That was comical on all levels.
Not sure about anyone else , but i enjoyed this .
LOL, Shea hasn't changed a bit. Makes some good plays and then pisses it away, often with an inexplicable unforced fumbled snap. Had two of them today in addition to a ball security fumble that turned out to be the difference in the game.
I will say that last sack given up by the RT was comical.....RT literally turned his head for no reason while locked up with the DE and immediately lost contact
As much as I want Shea Patterson to do well. That game ended exactly how I would expect it. He fumbled the snap, took a sack, overthrew his receiver, and connected with his receiver out of bounds in the back of the end zone.
I thought the last ball was overthrown, but kudos to the receiver for catching it - only got one foot in bounds, though, and didn't sacrifice to get the 2nd one in.
What might have been with some productive earlier downs.
The Panthers center, who was apparently the starting center for a couple of Clemson national championships, had at least 3 comically awful snaps which just exacerbated the terrible protection he and his linemates were offering. Patterson played well overall and that was with some of the worst offensive line play I have seen in a while. He showed a lot and Michigan likely wins the game easily with even decent line play.
I watched the entire game since the Tigers game was postponed, and I didn't hate so there's that. It was fun watching Shea manage the game and almost pulled it off. Benching him in the first half was bewildering to me because Paxton is clearly horrible. These guys had literally a few weeks to practice, I would hope those dumb mistakes that cost them the game will correct themselves.
If you look at the statistics, there is no way Michigan loses this game (as long as you don't scroll down to the turnover portion). Patterson had a 157 QB rating and far outplayed Thorson. The fumbles, interception, penalties at crucial times, and failure of the center to get a decent snap to the QB is what did them in.
April 18th, 2022 at 12:05 AM ^
I tuned in the 2nd half when the Panthers were down 17-0. They played well enough to win in the 2nd half but some key mistakes cost them. It may be something to watch in the future but I still don't understand the concept of all games being played n an empty Birmingham stadium.
I'm not too far from Alabama and, if they have Shea as QB, would like to go see a game.
When I lived near Seattle and XFL was running, I very much enjoyed going to a game or two and seeing some Wolverines play.
If you’re going to go, I’d go soon. If they don’t start drawing more than 23 people per game, there very well may not be a 2nd season.
Tough first game. Settled down after a horrible start.
For those talking about the crowds... this version of the USFL was never built to need ticket sales for its viability. They already knew they'd have 8 cities' teams playing in Birmingham. It's all about the TV dollars and the ratings were actually quite *good* (nearly 3 million). The investors are FOX ($150 million over 3 years), so this is not like the AAF/XFL that couldn't make payroll after a few weeks of play.
It will at least finish the season out and if the TV ratings are good enough and the interest in the home sites is strong enough, I expect the games to be played there next spring.
I was talking to a friend today who saw two of the games. The first one, he said, had a lot of fans. The next one, the Michigan game, didn't.
It could be that Houston and Michigan, not being close to Birmingham, AL, aren't going to get a lot of people.
Might need a local(ish) team to draw more in the stands.