God willing, they’ll aim at those chucklefucks in Green Bay, WI

He’s Chad Pennington. Chad Pennington was actually a very usuable quarterback but gets a little jumpy around the blitz and never had great arm strength for the deep ball.

The linesman on that side likely didn’t start from the far endline and was probably waiting at the half line. Linesmen only patrol 1/2 of the field for offsides calls.

My instant reaction was -

Horseshit. You can try that on 1st and 2nd but given the chance that he takes the sack (they blitzed all night instide the 30) or a receiver gets tackled in bounds, you need 3rd down for the spike. Since 1st and 2nd didn’t work out just kick the ball. This isn’t retrospective reasoning either, I was yelling it before…

Agree; however, I think it might be easier in a city that doesn’t already have other major, publicly bought stadiums like the cities you mentioned. I don’t actually know for sure though. I just think you are more likely to find devoted fans and gain interest in mid-sized cities that don’t have local pro-sports to get…

I think they would. MLS stadiums almost across the board are filling up if they aren’t old NFL stadiums. I don’t have the metrics so this is obviously opinion but tickets tend to be reasonably priced and every kid plays soccer until they are 10 and football becomes an option so its a good family outing. Its also a…

Portland, Columbus and a ton of other cities have soccer only stadiums that aren’t NFL sized or owned by NFL teams. I’m not sure I see your point.

Talent is better in Europe, no argument. I assume you mean MLS, but the league is currently the perfect size. There isn’t enough interest or money to set up a relegation model in the US.

I was surprised when I lived down there that despite the overall unpopularity, its a talent hotbed but kids generally have to travel a lot to play on good teams. There are enough people there to go full in and consistently fill a 15-20k stadium in Huntsville or Birmingham I think.

Okay, but that is an unlucky situation pretty unique to Columbus. Not many cities large enough for a team are also major college towns with a top-tier team. I see your point though - if there was an MLS game on a fall Saturday anywhere in the SE, no one would show. Side note: I think the ATL team should have gone to a…

FS1 doesn’t have a Saturday slot? ESPN could have had a slot open this past Saturday because it was conference championships only and most of those were on network TV.

Good point. Maybe not delay it then but why Sunday afternoon after the byes so there are maximum amounts of 1 o’clock ET games?

Billy hates MLS and the English language.

Why? It is not a great league but why does it have to be a joke and why does it have to model itself after the (declining) EPL? The league gives opportunities to young talented players to actually see the pitch instead of riding the bench in a better league. This kind of exposure and experience usually makes younger…

This makes sense. I can’t understand why they decide to try to compete their playoffs with the NFL.

Hey Everyone! I found him!!! I found THAT GUY again! Do I win a prize?

Michelle Bachmanm - ‘nuff said

Its a shame that “right-leaning” has become code for bigotted morons. This wasn’t always the case

Holy shit, I’m just really impressed that there are two well written explanations here before one person tries to insult you. Is this still Deadspin? Am I awake?