Bob Stoops Squashes Florida State, College Rumors
This isn’t new to Stoops, as he will always be at the top of every college head coaching job.
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Tight End Dimitrios Tsesmetzis soon to join the DC Defenders
“I know that when we get the mini-camp we’re going to put in the work and we’re going to be the best team in the XFL”
Drafted Twice. Defensive Lineman Kristjan Sokoli goes to the XFL DC Defenders
After attending an XFL Summer Showcase, Sokoli was drafted by the DC Defenders in the open phase of the 2019 XFL Draft.
Anthony Johnson receives a professional football opportunity with the Seattle Dragons
Anthony Johnson, a former FIU defensive lineman, was selected in the 13th round of the open draft phase.
What Google Trends can tell us about interest in the XFL
Greg Parks hammers out the popularity of the XFL by examining “Google Trends.”
Quincy Redmon is ready to play XFL football
Quincy Redmon has been invited to the XFL draft, and he is more than ready to play pro-football
Imagining a reimagined game of football
The average amount of actual action in an entire NFL game has been calculated to be anywhere from eleven to fifteen minutes. This is what the viewer at home, and in the stadium, experiences over a three-hour span of watching an NFL game. Fifteen minutes or less of actual football. A sixty-minute game that only … Read more
Will the XFL’s big time from the beginning strategy pay off?
Big time money is being invested into the XFL. Hundreds of millions of dollars. ABC, FOX, ESPN and FS1 will be airing the league’s games. Two big time networks that produce NCAA Football and the NFL on a grand scale, have signed multi-year deals to be the broadcast homes/partners of the XFL. The league will … Read more
2001 XFL Attendance
The XFL’s attendance statistics for the 2001 season varied greatly depending on the team and the location. The league averaged around 23,000 fans per game across all of its teams, which was lower than the NFL’s average of around 66,000 fans per game. The highest attended game of the XFL’s inaugural season was the opening … Read more
Why did the 2001 XFL Fail?
The first XFL was founded in 2001 by Vince McMahon, the chairman of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), and Dick Ebersol, a television executive. Despite significant hype and anticipation, the league failed to attract sustained interest and folded after just one season. The failure of the XFL in 2001 can be attributed to … Read more
A Stroke of Oliver Luck
Oliver Luck signs Bob Stoops to Coach in the XFL.”That’s not something, I am going to be interested in,” Bob Stoops said when the XFL initially reached out to him over a month ago. Stoops was echoing the sentiments of millions of sports fans, when they first heard about the return of the XFL. At … Read more
Fan Choice: Vote on XFL Team Names
In 2000, when XFLBoard.com asked fans to weigh in on their choices for XFL 1.0 team names, the results were so interesting we decided to do it again. As we await the official release of the team names by the XFL, we asked the fans to weigh in. Since January 13th, we have had hundreds … Read more