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Post by Administrator on Mar 22, 2009 3:02:58 GMT -5
Discuss the Exhibition Game between the Abilene Rough Riders at the Odessa Roughnecks here.
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Post by Banana Cat on Mar 22, 2009 12:33:48 GMT -5
Looking forward to seeing how this game goes since the following week they play for real.
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Post by exit322 on Mar 26, 2009 13:52:10 GMT -5
Using Katy as reference...over/under on attendance around 500.
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Post by phydeaux72 on Mar 26, 2009 14:08:36 GMT -5
Using Katy as reference...over/under on attendance around 500.  Interesting, being that the Ruff Riders have already actually sold over twice that many season tickets before the first game has kicked off, which doesn't even represent season tickets included as part of sponsorship packages, group sales, etc. Look Josh, we get it. Everyone gets it. You don't like the IFL. Just get over it and move on. Your constant b!tching and belittlement of the IFL got old a long time ago. Besides, the game is in Odessa. |
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Post by Caballo Diablo on Mar 26, 2009 17:05:43 GMT -5
What can we expect out of this exhibition game?
Since They play each other for real the following week will they play all out or use a downsized play book and hold some things back for the real game?
Don't forget to order the Beer truck for the 6th, Bubba will be thirsty.
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Post by Banana Cat on Mar 26, 2009 18:08:41 GMT -5
What can we expect out of this exhibition game? Since They play each other for real the following week will they play all out or use a downsized play book and hold some things back for the real game? Fairbanks and Alaska did the same thing. 2 weeks ago they played an exhibition which Fairbanks won, then this past weekend they played for real and Fairbanks won again. In the exhibition both teams played their starters initially, then went to backups. I imagine the same will happen here, just like in the NFL and college. Expect to see the starters initially and a few things held back for the following week. |
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Post by CF4L on Mar 26, 2009 19:34:09 GMT -5
Using Katy as reference...over/under on attendance around 500. Interesting, being that the Ruff Riders have already actually sold over twice that many season tickets before the first game has kicked off, which doesn't even represent season tickets included as part of sponsorship packages, group sales, etc. Look Josh, we get it. Everyone gets it. You don't like the IFL. Just get over it and move on. Your constant b!tching and belittlement of the IFL got old a long time ago. Besides, the game is in Odessa. well, I think he, like quite a few others, are tired of the IFL/UIF claiming to be the best and the premier indoor football league and then failing OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again to deliver. |
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Post by exit322 on Mar 26, 2009 20:40:59 GMT -5
Using Katy as reference...over/under on attendance around 500. Interesting, being that the Ruff Riders have already actually sold over twice that many season tickets before the first game has kicked off, So that means what, you've got at least 200 sold? Wow. You're proud of that? |
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Post by Doom on Mar 26, 2009 21:40:41 GMT -5
I don't think many of us like exit's constant bashing of the IFL, but most of it is deserved, and you know it, plus he seems to know more about the league than even you... sad.
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Post by exit322 on Mar 27, 2009 6:52:27 GMT -5
If the UIF were any better than the garbage we've seen for years...and it's worse than it was last year...I wouldn't be bashing it.
But, like I just said, it's been a relatively large step backwards. So it appears we're just going to keep going around and around with it.
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Post by kratos on Mar 27, 2009 12:57:58 GMT -5
I really dont think what we've seen is to bad actually we can always be thankful we arent fans of the APFL
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Post by CF4L on Mar 27, 2009 13:39:18 GMT -5
I really dont think what we've seen is to bad actually we can always be thankful we arent fans of the APFL no one is a fan of the APFL, but quite a few of us are fans of a certain team. BananaCat and I are both Iowa Blackhawks fans. They are a great organization! |
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Post by Bouncer_Texxx on Mar 27, 2009 18:57:19 GMT -5
I gave up on the league idea. I don't hide my feelings about the league nor do I hide behind a keyboard. everyone here knows where to find me on game day  The goos news is that the IFL has set it's own bar so freaking low they ca only get better. But they must be smart about like things like expansion. Prop up the regions where you already have a footprint. work with teams in that footprint if they want to join. *ahem Wyoming* not expant (spelled wrong on purpose) to places like San Diego, or wherever else that was listed in the stupid poll on the website before the update. |
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Post by exit322 on Mar 27, 2009 20:20:07 GMT -5
Wyoming doesn't want to join the UIF. If it was offered to them for free, I'd bet money they'd still decline the invite.
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Post by Banana Cat on Mar 27, 2009 21:46:13 GMT -5
The IFL may not be what we all want it to be, but it is still the best indoor league out there. Many prop up the early days of the NIFL as the glory years of indoor history, but the truth on that is they're looking through rose colored glasses at that as well just because a league had never gone that wide before. They seem to forget the bad stuff altogether. It's easy to bash on the current leagues, we all do, but that doesn't change the fact that all leagues (past and present) have needed improvement (some more than others). The IFL is the best thing going right now and will be for some time I think. Can it do better, of course...and we all want it to and pointing out weaknesses (essentially complaining) as fans (or critics) is a tool to get changes happening sometimes. The league's in the end will do as they please and their main goal is to make money. If they get successful enough, then improvements (stuff that's "good for the entire sport") start to happen. If the money isn't flowing as they want, a lot of the "good for the sport" stuff gets thrown aside. It's not a perfect world and the NFL isn't perfect either. Keep complaining and complimenting and everything else, but don't get so caught up in one particular facet that you become so obsessed by it that you don't enjoy the games. Be critical, but constructive as well. I could go on, but I'm starting to sound like a preacher...off the soapbox.
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