The Skip and Ja’mar Show 2.0 for Trolls

[JDubyadawg]

So who is watching the debut of the USFL with the Birmingham Stallions hosting the New Jersey Generals?

[thewyldman]

Jamar and Skip looking pretty good

[JDubyadawg]

And they win 28-24 with Ja’mar scoring at the end of the game. It’s Rock Star Time!

[Bulldog Tom]

Make no mistakes there are no Steve Young, Reggie White, Jim Kelly, or Herschel Walker in this USFL. I did like all the camera angles, the helmet cams and having so many live mics. J'Mar did a good job on his feet. Wish he would have did more of that at Tech. He missed some open passes, but this is a very forgiving league. It's football, gives you some football to watch until college season starts.

Also keep in mind, if the Generals had a kicking game the Stallions lose tonight.

[THEarmada]

Congrats Skip!

[glm47]

Congrats Skip!

WTH?

I don’t understand some of our fans.

Holtz half-assed it his last two years and we’re still paying the lazy, incompetent bum a $3 million buyout.

[The Historian]

WTH?

I don’t understand some of our fans.

Holtz half-assed it his last two years and we’re still paying the lazy, incompetent bum a $3 million buyout.

I was pulling for him. and J'Mar.

I don't think they half-assed it in either 2020 or 2021. But your point about competence is valid.

His DC in 20/21 had a philosophy that had little chance of working at Tech, and he never adjusted from the first time we blew a lead in a big game at Marshall in 2014 to the debacle in Starkville in 2021.

But he's a good man who turned in a lot of very good seasons at Tech.

And he blew out the Cajuns twice.



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[techman05]

And he blew out the Cajuns twice.



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Which I think tells us a lot more about those Cajun teams than anything else.

[Dawg Fan]

I only watched the first half, but did see the Stallions pulled out a win at the end. The announcers were spot on in saying Skip was running a college offense and J'Mar was overthrowing his receivers. On one play, the announcers noted the offensive line didn't block anyone. As the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Any doubts I "may" have had about whether it was time for Tech to move on past Holtz as the HC were wiped away. The league and the players were different, but the coaching was the same. They were fortunate to come away with the win.

[HogDawg]

I only watched the first half, but did see the Stallions pulled out a win at the end. The announcers were spot on in saying Skip was running a college offense and J'Mar was overthrowing his receivers. On one play, the announcers noted the offensive line didn't block anyone. As the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Any doubts I "may" have had about whether it was time for Tech to move on past Holtz as the HC were wiped away. The league and the players were different, but the coaching was the same. They were fortunate to come away with the win.

You actually "may" have had doubts?

[inudesu]

On one play, the announcers noted the offensive line didn't block anyone.

I suspect line play is going to be an issue across this league. Limited practice time and small rosters just isn't going to be a recipe for success at that position.

[thewyldman]

I only watched the first half, but did see the Stallions pulled out a win at the end. The announcers were spot on in saying Skip was running a college offense and J'Mar was overthrowing his receivers. On one play, the announcers noted the offensive line didn't block anyone. As the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Any doubts I "may" have had about whether it was time for Tech to move on past Holtz as the HC were wiped away. The league and the players were different, but the coaching was the same. They were fortunate to come away with the win.

I mean with basically a three week training camp, running a college offense isn't the worst idea. Also Jamar was second string, so perhaps timing will be better next week (and it got better throughout the game).

[The Historian]

I mean with basically a three week training camp, running a college offense isn't the worst idea. Also Jamar was second string, so perhaps timing will be better next week (and it got better throughout the game).

I have to agree with you on this. And it's something I thought might allow Holtz's team to get out of the gates with a win.

His simplistic offense might be what'll work in a league and with a schedule these teams are having to deal with.

[DawgFaninHous]

I just noticed that ALL of the USFL games will be played in Birmingham!?!? That's every team/every game until the playoffs (which will all be in Canton, OH)???? How does that make any sense at all??? Why do the other cities even have teams??? How will they possibly build a fan base? The Houston/Michigan game being played on NBC yesterday in Birmingham had totally emptied stands! Talk about small time thinking! No wonder Skip fits in so well.

[sportdawg]

I just noticed that ALL of the USFL games will be played in Birmingham!?!? That's every team/every game until the playoffs (which will all be in Canton, OH)???? How does that make any sense at all??? Why do the other cities even have teams??? How will they possibly build a fan base? The Houston/Michigan game being played on NBC yesterday in Birmingham had totally emptied stands! Talk about small time thinking! No wonder Skip fits in so well.

USFL will play all 2022 games in Birmingham - ProFootballTalk (nbcsports.com)

The approach eliminates all travel costs, an important consideration given that the primary purpose of the games will be to put them on TV, and to use them as the impetus for legal gambling in the states that allow it. Where the games will be played doesn’t matter. Whether anyone attends the games doesn’t matter.

What matters is that, after football season ends, gamblers will have football games on which to wager.

As noted by Johnson, the initial eight teams could begin playing games in the cities for which they are named. That obviously will depend on whether and to what extent the USFL generates sufficient revenue to justify those expenses.

The playoffs will be in Canton due to a previous commitment in Birmingham.