Zipmeister 311 Report post Posted February 8 Like most, if not all, of you I'm pretty stoked about the start of the XFL season tomorrow. Have tickets to the Guardians/Vipers game and to avoid offending any former Zips I got seats dead center in the middle of the South end zone. For half the game I'm wearing NY gear and the other half Tampa gear. If you can't make it to the game it's supposed to be on FOX. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipmeister 311 Report post Posted February 9 I'm surprised: lower level is pretty full. It looks like FOX interviewed Brice Jones on the way back to the locker room at halftime. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sergeant Zip 142 Report post Posted February 10 Jones with the Pick 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kreed5120 1,588 Report post Posted February 10 I stumbled upon this graphic. As you can see below, the 2nd and 3rd highest viewing market for the Seattle - DC game were Cleveland and Columbus. This begs the question. When will the XFL expand to Ohio? There is clearly a thirst for more football. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spin 271 Report post Posted February 11 If Cleveland would have built a dome... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sergeant Zip 142 Report post Posted June 13 Hoping to see Jones catch on somewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spin 271 Report post Posted August 5 The XFL has nine lives. Duane “The Rock” Johnson is now the proud owner of a slightly used football league. https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/29588303/dwayne-rock-johnson-investor-group-agree-buy-xfl-15m Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZippyRulz 438 Report post Posted Saturday at 04:09 PM Maybe Joe Akron would support a non-university, semi-pro team in Akron(?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spin 271 Report post Posted Saturday at 05:48 PM (edited) I always thought that this market would. There’s been talk and attempts. Now there’s a modern stadium of perfect size not owned by the NFL (Tom Benson Stadium). Canton had an arena team for awhile, but that was too gimmicky for the meat and potatoes fan in this region. If you look at other minor league sports, NE Ohio has four minor league baseball teams, and a G League basketball team. The Canton/Akron baseball team has been here 30 years, They could garner attention by paying homage to Canton being the birthplace of pro football and Akron being the first pro football champions. And I gotta think the U would be very interested in talking rental of the Info. And collecting parking fees. I think it would work. Esp a league that has televised games. Edited Saturday at 06:04 PM by Spin Typo 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
