Oof....
But seriously, WTF is going on here? Is there a whole new arc being planned?
As Dreamers Do Part Deux
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But seriously, WTF is going on here? Is there a whole new arc being planned?
Super Bowl XXVII Is The First Super Bowl to be played at Home ITTL by the Houston Oilers as opposed to OTL when The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host Super Bowl LV.
He still thinks that in this timeline? Fire his butt with roasted coals.
Right.
EXACTLY!!
Fire him! Let Danny Phantom and The Fairly OddParents continue without him.
And CN has a lot of other stuff as well, so it's not like he's their only saving grace.
And in 2002, Michael Strahan got fed up with wasting his talent with the Giants that he asked for a trade and fell onto the lap of Bill Belichick and the Rams.
And the Rams scooped up Eli Manning in the 2004 Draft.
@WB18 Don't forget your Cards still got Larry Fitzgerald in that same draft.
@OldNavy1988 you must be a Rams fan/Giants hater. And thanks for giving us Larry Fitz ITTL.
IOTL, my dad's side of the family were Chargers fans before the team moved to Carson, except I was more of a fan of football in general. I didn't like the Giants because of the incident in '95 where a fan threw a snowball at Sid Brooks, who was the Bolts' equipment manager at the time.
The NFC West ITTL is pretty much a three-way royal rumble with the Rams with Eli Manning and Michael Strahan, Seahawks with Matt Hasselbeck and your Cards. At this year's trade deadline, Arizona acquired Ed Reed from the Browns to shore up a secondary that hit the skids after the retirements of Aeneas Williams and Kwamie Lassiter respectively. With Ed Reed, the Cards can still move up to grab Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in '08 Draft.
The AFC West on the other hand, the temperature on the Charger/Raider rivalry has risen with Tom Brady in Vegas and San Diego still having their trio of Tomlinson, Gates and Rivers. Junior Seau has returned to the Bolts for one last season before he joins Fox as a World League announcer. Right in Seau's prime, then-Charger owner Bruce McNall's financial fuckups sent Junior to the Rams when those guys first hired Belichick. That's right, the Hoodie has gone Hollywood! Meanwhile in Vegas, Brady has pretty much made Art Shell's second tenure as Raider head coach better than his first.
NFC East has been all Eagles the last few years with the Giants smaller in stature, the Cowboys more like Lolcows and the Heroes more like Zeroes.
NFC North, Favre is the gift that keeps on giving for the Pack. Throwing interceptions on crucial downs is what Favre does best. Urlacher is still the leader for Chicago while the Vikes and Lions bring up the rear.
NFC South had been dominated by Vick and the Dirty Birds. The Saints, now with Drew Brees coming over from San Diego are the rising stars in this division. The Bucs' core of Sapp, Brooks and Dunn are starting to get old and a rebuild is on the horizon. Despair and Depression are an epidemic in Duval County as the Jacksonville Jaguars haven't won a game since October when their move to St. Louis and subsequent rechristening as the Sorcerers was approved by the NFL. Attendance at the Jags' final home game against the Dallas Cowboys was 200 tearful Jacksonvillians bidding farewell. Sure, Jacksonville is getting a WLAF team in March and fans are already camping out for tickets to pack the Gator Bowl, but to lose the Jags will be a tough pill to swallow.
The AFC South had been all Oilers the last few years, but how much longer will fans be content with Jeff Fisher's 8-8 finishes since winning the Super Bowl at home?
The AFC East is mostly Brooklyn under Tom Coughlin and New England under Pete Carroll duking it out for first place the last four years with the Bills and Marauders bringing up the rear.
The AFC North this year has been dominated by Cleveland with Ray Lewis as the Browns' unquestioned leader. The only teams that can really touch Cleveland at the moment would of course be the Steelers and Colts. The Bengals? Still the same old Bungles like OTL.
The Chargers had the #1 pick in the '04 Draft, but Archie Manning didn't want Eli to suffer the humiliation of playing for Paris Hilton. She was later forced by Paul Tagliabue to sell the Bolts to Casey Wasserman after the incident with her chihuahua crapping on the field before the Chargers' scheduled 2004 home opener. That game was to be the Raider debut of Tom Brady. By the way, that game was rescheduled for what was originally the bye week for both teams and Vegas won 63-0.
Sports Franchise Bankruptcies as of 2006
Sports Franchise Bankruptcies as of 2006
1952:
St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) Almost left when then-owner Fred Saigh got in trouble with the IRS. Anheuser-Busch stepped up to the plate to save the team from a possible move to Houston, where their AAA affiliate was playing at the time. Gussie Busch's purchase sent the Cards' then-landlords, the American League Browns, off to Baltimore where they became the Orioles.
Boston Braves (MLB). Then-owner Lou Perini realized the Braves would keep bleeding money if they stayed in Boston. Unable to compete with the Red Sox, the Braves moved to Milwaukee during spring training of 1953. Since then, the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966 and renamed the Hammers in 1997.
Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) on two occasions. The first was in 1975. The second in 1998 after which Mario Lemieux bought the team with help from the Rooney family.
1995:
Los Angeles Kings (NHL) and San Diego Chargers (NFL), both of whom were owned at the time by the notorious Bruce McNall. McNall's conviction set in motion the Chargers' salary cap woes for the rest of the decade when the NFL sold the club back to the Hilton hotel conglomerate. In 2003, citing failing health, Barron Hilton handed the Chargers to granddaughter Paris. In turn, Paris's tenure turned out to be an embarrassment to the NFL, so much so that then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue forced Paris to sell the team in 2004 to Casey Wasserman. As for the Kings, Michael Eisner, then head of The Jim Henson Company, acquired half of the team in tandem with real estate developer Ed Roski.
2003:
Buffalo Sabres after the arrest of then-owner John Rigas. The team has since been sold to Tom Golisano.
2005:
Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL). Right in the middle of when Stan Kroenke tried to convince the Saints to permanently leave New Orleans amid Hurricane Katrina. The Saints returned to a rebuilding New Orleans while Jags owner Wayne Weaver defaulted on loans he took out for the expansion fee he agreed to pay in 1993. Kroenke has since bought the Jags and is in the process of moving the team to St. Louis, where they will be reborn as the Sorcerers.
2006:
Virginia Rhinos (NHL). They moved from Hartford with the goal of getting a new arena which never came. Since 1997, the Rhinos have been in a purgatory of sorts at the aging Scope in Norfolk. The novelty of Virginia having its own team has pretty much worn off since the nearby Washington Capitals have steadily improved with hot forward Alex Ovechkin. Evgeni Malkin spent his first three years with the Rhinos before asking for a trade, going to the LA Kings in exchange for a few AHL prospects to be named later.
The Rhinos have now been acquired by Mark Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA.
Portland Breakers (WLAF). Representing the Rose City since 1984, the Breakers have split their home games between the Delta Dome and Civic Stadium. Merritt Paulson has now been indicted for tax evasion and stands accused of covering up the sexual coercion of the club's cheerleaders. Steve Ballmer, Chris Hanson, Phil Knight and Liberty Media have each been named as potential buyers.
1952:
St. Louis Cardinals (MLB) Almost left when then-owner Fred Saigh got in trouble with the IRS. Anheuser-Busch stepped up to the plate to save the team from a possible move to Houston, where their AAA affiliate was playing at the time. Gussie Busch's purchase sent the Cards' then-landlords, the American League Browns, off to Baltimore where they became the Orioles.
Boston Braves (MLB). Then-owner Lou Perini realized the Braves would keep bleeding money if they stayed in Boston. Unable to compete with the Red Sox, the Braves moved to Milwaukee during spring training of 1953. Since then, the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966 and renamed the Hammers in 1997.
Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) on two occasions. The first was in 1975. The second in 1998 after which Mario Lemieux bought the team with help from the Rooney family.
1995:
Los Angeles Kings (NHL) and San Diego Chargers (NFL), both of whom were owned at the time by the notorious Bruce McNall. McNall's conviction set in motion the Chargers' salary cap woes for the rest of the decade when the NFL sold the club back to the Hilton hotel conglomerate. In 2003, citing failing health, Barron Hilton handed the Chargers to granddaughter Paris. In turn, Paris's tenure turned out to be an embarrassment to the NFL, so much so that then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue forced Paris to sell the team in 2004 to Casey Wasserman. As for the Kings, Michael Eisner, then head of The Jim Henson Company, acquired half of the team in tandem with real estate developer Ed Roski.
2003:
Buffalo Sabres after the arrest of then-owner John Rigas. The team has since been sold to Tom Golisano.
2005:
Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL). Right in the middle of when Stan Kroenke tried to convince the Saints to permanently leave New Orleans amid Hurricane Katrina. The Saints returned to a rebuilding New Orleans while Jags owner Wayne Weaver defaulted on loans he took out for the expansion fee he agreed to pay in 1993. Kroenke has since bought the Jags and is in the process of moving the team to St. Louis, where they will be reborn as the Sorcerers.
2006:
Virginia Rhinos (NHL). They moved from Hartford with the goal of getting a new arena which never came. Since 1997, the Rhinos have been in a purgatory of sorts at the aging Scope in Norfolk. The novelty of Virginia having its own team has pretty much worn off since the nearby Washington Capitals have steadily improved with hot forward Alex Ovechkin. Evgeni Malkin spent his first three years with the Rhinos before asking for a trade, going to the LA Kings in exchange for a few AHL prospects to be named later.
The Rhinos have now been acquired by Mark Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA.
Portland Breakers (WLAF). Representing the Rose City since 1984, the Breakers have split their home games between the Delta Dome and Civic Stadium. Merritt Paulson has now been indicted for tax evasion and stands accused of covering up the sexual coercion of the club's cheerleaders. Steve Ballmer, Chris Hanson, Phil Knight and Liberty Media have each been named as potential buyers.
Hey @OldNavy1988, it's been a while since we got any legitimate updates about the state of anime. When will we get another one of those?
If we do, I'd like to see a new comprehensive list of Disney/Fox anime dubs since the 80s.