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lmanchur. · 03-22-2001, 09:15 PM

Days to the "Big Game at the End of It All," the XFL's Championship Game: one month less a day (April 21)

PPPPPLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEE..... COME SOON!... *WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END?*

Wedge231 · 03-22-2001, 09:30 PM

Yes. I could not agree more. At least it is finally ending.

*Marc* · 03-22-2001, 10:41 PM

Sorry to tell you guys, but I'm pretty sure the XFL will be back for at least another season. As McMahon says, if you don't like it, don't watch it, but don't complain about it.

Disclaimer: I am NOT pro-XFL, yet I am not complaining about the league nor do I hate it.

lmanchur. · 03-23-2001, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by M. James
Sorry to tell you guys, but I'm pretty sure the XFL will be back for at least another season. As McMahon says, if you don't like it, don't watch it, but don't complain about it.

I know -- If I don't like it, I'm not going to watch it... so I'm not!... I don't have a problem with that, but only a small minority of viewers (not even a 3.0 rating) actually LIKE the league, so I thought I would post this thread to give hope to the rest of us!

Again, the XFL IS staying around for another year... at least, NBC is going to stick with it another year 'cuz they do have a two-year contract with the thing... but at least come April 21, we don't have to watch it or see or hear bout it until January/February, 2001... and by then, the Olympic Games will be on, so it will be getting very little attention (not that it is getting a lot of attention right now anyways) from the sports stations I watch...

Quote:

From CBC.ca Sports Online
Saturday night's broadcast on NBC drew a 1.6 rating, believed to be the worst prime-time night among the big three networks in Nielsen Media Research history.

Ouch.

PeterDewar · 03-23-2001, 04:27 PM

I'd actually watch the dreaded Areana Football over the XFL.

Wedge231 · 03-25-2001, 09:43 PM

I would watch CFL

Peck · 03-26-2001, 08:27 AM

I would rather watch NAtion Geographic Cahnnel than that!!!!!!

lmanchur. · 03-26-2001, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peck
I would rather watch NAtion Geographic Cahnnel than that!!!!!!

Wow!!!... Peck, that's pretty bad!... but do you know what's even worse!?

The XFL!!!

*Marc* · 03-26-2001, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peck
I would rather watch NAtion Geographic Cahnnel than that!!!!!!

LOL @ Peck. Let's not diss *my* station here... :goof:

Wedge231 · 03-26-2001, 06:53 PM

We get to watch the National Geographic channel in school. Our teacher tapes programs from it and we watch them like once a month. Definately not as exciting as XFL, no matter how bad it might be. But I would watch maybe the CFL over it but then I probably would just not watch TV.

Peck · 04-01-2001, 04:41 AM

I was just being sarcastic........XFL is only a tiny tiny bit better than National Geo........

PeterDewar · 04-02-2001, 10:05 PM

I would rather watch pigs giving birth then this league called the XFL.

And lay off the CFL cracks eh!?

lmanchur. · 04-02-2001, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by PeterDewar
And lay off the CFL cracks eh!?

I don't think Wedge231 is joking, Peter!... he's stated a few times that he'd like to (or has tried... I forget) out the CFL....

Wedge231 · 04-02-2001, 10:56 PM

Yes. I am serious. If it was available, I might watch the CFL over the XFL anytime.

FL Tiger · 04-03-2001, 01:08 AM

Well, this is a prime example of how to lose posters from a site. These ridiculous comments are coming from the same crowd that watched and cooed over the Oscar ceremonies, so I'll consider the source...

I've been to an actual XFL game and I would take it over any other league out there. You guys can bag on it all you want to about the poor ratings or whatever, but the fact remains that it beat both the NBA and NHL whenever they were matched up against it.

Low ratings can also be attributed to the fact that the league only has teams in eight markets (who from Detroit or Houston cares about the XFL?), and that the demographic it targets is doing other things at 8 pm on a Saturday night. But it's still football.

I just think it is ridiculous for you to be criticizing sports when this is supposed to be the "sports fans' website." I hate hockey and the NBA, but you won't see me telling the hockey fans that their sport is dullsville and lasts way too long, or the NBA fans that their sport is full of overpaid crack smoking 7-foot tall freaks of nature.

And if you say the XFL isn't a sport because of the five minutes of a game you watched six weeks ago, then you shouldn't be talking.

03-22-2001, 09:30 PM	#2
Wedge231 Fan of Struggling Teams Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: NY Posts: 1,718	Yes. I could not agree more. At least it is finally ending. __________________ -Chris aka Wedge I'm Back After 5 Months

03-22-2001, 10:41 PM	#3
Marc Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Lake Wylie, SC Posts: 26,434	Sorry to tell you guys, but I'm pretty sure the XFL will be back for at least another season. As McMahon says, if you don't like it, don't watch it, but don't complain about it. Disclaimer: I am NOT pro-XFL, yet I am not complaining about the league nor do I hate it. __________________ Marc James - SCMB Administrator \| Sports Central Managing Editor & Founder Teams: [Kentucky Wildcats] [Green Bay Packers] [Charlotte Hornets] Follow on Twitter: @mnjames \| @sportcentral

03-23-2001, 04:27 PM	#5
PeterDewar All-Star Player Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Born: Truro, Nova Scotia Reside: Anderson, IN Posts: 379	I'd actually watch the dreaded Areana Football over the XFL. __________________ Peter Dewar - Director of Website Operations, Top Prospect Alert.com Contact: Email \| SC Board PM \| AOLIM: GoDEWAR \| ICQ "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." - Flyer's Coach Fred Shero "We've all been blessed with God given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up." - Sugar Ray Leonard

03-25-2001, 09:43 PM	#6
Wedge231 Fan of Struggling Teams Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: NY Posts: 1,718	I would watch CFL __________________ -Chris aka Wedge I'm Back After 5 Months

03-26-2001, 06:53 PM	#10
Wedge231 Fan of Struggling Teams Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: NY Posts: 1,718	We get to watch the National Geographic channel in school. Our teacher tapes programs from it and we watch them like once a month. Definately not as exciting as XFL, no matter how bad it might be. But I would watch maybe the CFL over it but then I probably would just not watch TV. __________________ -Chris aka Wedge I'm Back After 5 Months

03-22-2001, 09:15 PM	#1
lmanchur. Sports Virtuoso Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: waterloo.ON.ca Posts: 12,579	Days to the "Big Game at the End of It All," the XFL's Championship Game: one month less a day (April 21) PPPPPLLLLLLLEEEEEEEAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEE..... COME SOON!... WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END?

03-26-2001, 08:27 AM	#7
Peck All-Star Player Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore :( (canadian though) Posts: 259	I would rather watch NAtion Geographic Cahnnel than that!!!!!!

04-01-2001, 04:41 AM	#11
Peck All-Star Player Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore :( (canadian though) Posts: 259	I was just being sarcastic........XFL is only a tiny tiny bit better than National Geo........

04-02-2001, 10:05 PM	#12
PeterDewar All-Star Player Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Born: Truro, Nova Scotia Reside: Anderson, IN Posts: 379	I would rather watch pigs giving birth then this league called the XFL. And lay off the CFL cracks eh!? __________________ Peter Dewar - Director of Website Operations, Top Prospect Alert.com Contact: Email \| SC Board PM \| AOLIM: GoDEWAR \| ICQ "Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." - Flyer's Coach Fred Shero "We've all been blessed with God given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up." - Sugar Ray Leonard

04-02-2001, 10:56 PM	#14
Wedge231 Fan of Struggling Teams Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: NY Posts: 1,718	Yes. I am serious. If it was available, I might watch the CFL over the XFL anytime. __________________ -Chris aka Wedge I'm Back After 5 Months

04-03-2001, 01:08 AM	#15
FL Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 57	Well, this is a prime example of how to lose posters from a site. These ridiculous comments are coming from the same crowd that watched and cooed over the Oscar ceremonies, so I'll consider the source... I've been to an actual XFL game and I would take it over any other league out there. You guys can bag on it all you want to about the poor ratings or whatever, but the fact remains that it beat both the NBA and NHL whenever they were matched up against it. Low ratings can also be attributed to the fact that the league only has teams in eight markets (who from Detroit or Houston cares about the XFL?), and that the demographic it targets is doing other things at 8 pm on a Saturday night. But it's still football. I just think it is ridiculous for you to be criticizing sports when this is supposed to be the "sports fans' website." I hate hockey and the NBA, but you won't see me telling the hockey fans that their sport is dullsville and lasts way too long, or the NBA fans that their sport is full of overpaid crack smoking 7-foot tall freaks of nature. And if you say the XFL isn't a sport because of the five minutes of a game you watched six weeks ago, then you shouldn't be talking.

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