Thoughts

I am not sure if any of you have had the privilege yet to watch one of these games, but I saw the Georgia Force v Philadelphia Soul game last night - well part of it anyway. And here was a run down of what I saw.

-Teams owned by Bon Jovi and Ron Jaworski. :hangs head in shame:
-Different rules based on which stadium the two teams are playing in. Stupid. Just stupid.
-Players who don't even break a sweat.
-An overall feel that this is just some guys who got together to play touch football (since you don't have to tackle in this league). There is NO suspense, excitement, drama.
-Interviews with players who take their station in life way too seriously.

I will not watch an AFL game again. Nor should you.

I understand that the management team for the NHL has done a piss-poor job of marketing their product, but it is 100x better than the AFL. I am almost ashamed to live in a country where a major sports network will not option the NHL but they pick up this garbage. (Yes, I am a hockey fan. Yes, I am biased. The AFL is still a joke.)

Each year at the end of the NCAA March Madness tournament, CBS prepares a video montage of the games set to the song that makes it all possible. They are now available to download with archives back 20 years.

1987 - Indiana
1988 - Kansas
1989 - Michigan
1990 - UNLV
1991 - Duke
1992 - Duke
1993 - North Carolina
1994 - Arkansas
1995 - UCLA
1996 - Kentucky
1997 - Arizona
1998 - Kentucky
1999 - Connecticut
2000 - Michigan State
2001 - Duke
2002 - Maryland
2003 - Syracuse
2004 - Connecticut
2005 - North Carolina
2006 - Florida
(Clicking any of the above links will give you the option to download the video from 2007 as well.)