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maulers unis in 80's were sweet, i really disliked the modern ones last year.It makes sense, but part of me is sad that they’re departing from their “original” look. I somehow got a Maulers helmet from my uncle growing up and thought it was the coolest thing. They were the only football team to make purple look good.
I had a Maulers long sleeve T-shirt growing up, by the time I was old enough to fit into it the Maulers were long gone so it was probably a hand-me-down from one of my mom's friends' kids. The Maulers logo is a really solid logo.It makes sense, but part of me is sad that they’re departing from their “original” look. I somehow got a Maulers helmet from my uncle growing up and thought it was the coolest thing. They were the only football team to make purple look good.
Indeed. These were solid.maulers unis in 80's were sweet, i really disliked the modern ones last year.
Not only was the one from last year a bad look, but the uniform itself just doesn’t look professional. Looks like it was made by Riddell or something (no disrespect), as if they were a Pop Warner team.maulers unis in 80's were sweet, i really disliked the modern ones last year.
couldnt agree more. really awful unis last year. they could have kept a very similar look, given it a tiny update from the 80s' look but they mucked it up pretty bad..
Eh. Sure I guess. They wannabe relevant.
If they sell 100 jerseys, it might be 40 more than the Riverhounds sold when they switched colors. Lol.
I would think their target market is people that want to watch football, any football at a time of year when there isn't much football. I probably watched a dozen USFL games at least last year and zero regular season MLB games the last 30 years.
Why change the tean colors? Really doesn't matter any way because the league will cease to exist within the next tear or two.I will miss the purple and orange.
USFL's Pittsburgh Maulers change team colors to black and gold
New season, new colors. The Pittsburgh Maulers are switching it up for their second season in the new United States Football League.
You're right, I doubt it will ever be very popular, but unlike the last few spring football leagues it survived into the 2nd year. I hope these leagues last. There're no other sports that time of year that I really care about. I quit watching the NHL the day the Pens are eliminated, I quit watching basketball when the NCAA Tournament ends, I haven't watched baseball for 30 years. I do watch a little soccer, so I welcome a little mediocre football, I can stand to watch that.
Heinz Field is way too big; I think they'd like a place at least 10-15K is there a place that size? Some of the games they had in Birmingham drew close to 20K.
i cant think of any football stadiums that hold that size in the area. it's either heinz field or 5k venues like highmark or RMU stadium. duquesne field, man do they even have bleachers or do fans just bring their own chairs like i do for my kid's soccer game?
i was listening to some college football radio show years ago on XM/Sirius and the dude brought up spring football for D1 (NON P5) schools. This was at the height of yet another conference realignment.
Wasn't that a COVID-related proposal or concept? FCS actually did play a spring season.
The Michigan Panthers are going to play at Ford Field, so it seems like the USFL wants to be more than Studio Football, if tickets and parking are cheap they might average 10,000ish a game. Since it’s a dome I think Ford Field will be able to block off the upper levels with curtains like they use at concerts, so it might not come off as empty on tv.
It only survived into a 2nd year because of the involvement of Fox Sports. Having the tv commitment and the money associated with that group, got it to its 2nd year. My money is on the league ending after this year.
This year they are playing in 4 different cities, Birmingham, Memphis, Detroit and Canton, so supposedly they plan to eventually get into these cities if they survive, but you're right that it is mostly a TV Show.
I did watch it, but because I like football, and hate baseball, never watch that, and never watch hockey after the Pens are eliminated and never watch basketball after the NCAAs end, so other than soccer games, there's no other sports I can stand to watch until NFL returns.
Wait. You are confusing me. You do or you don't like baseball? You never ever mentioned it before.
My understanding is that the Spring League was more of like a camp than an actual football league. USFL is definitely more of a true league, though obviously has it differences.
I hate it so bad; I just love to piss on it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again and again and again!
At first it was, they'd play like 2 or 3 games, then eventually they had maybe 4-6 teams and played 6-8 game schedules all at one place, then they bought the rights to the USFL names and logos and got up to 8 teams and a 10-game schedule. I've watched this stuff since the start, I like spring football, sure it's minor league, but to me there are no other sports on TV that time of year other than soccer, so a football game or two per week is welcome.
Thank you for the history lesson. That useless piece of information does not change anything that I had in the post. It will be gone within the next 1-2 years, just like the original version of the USFL did in the middle 1980's.
