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I love sports! I love athletics and I love recreation. I cover the Miami Hurricanes, FIU Panthers and FAU Owls. I will talk about the obvious and paint a picture for you to give your takes as well. Let's chop it up and enjoy sports together!

The outbursts by Guardians coach Terrell Buckley and Deondre Francois can help the XFL ratings . The league’s innovation to have coaches and players on hot mics bring together NFL Films documentaries and HBO Hard Knocks episodes. The Orlando Guardians are the model team for this inside look. The XFL can be the alternative to the NFL where they allow the players and coaches to be themselves. People will watch this stuff. Terrell Buckley is a character The XFL has copied the NBA by doing in-game interviews with the head coach and the player to get their assessment. Katie George…

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The Orlando Guardians offense was anemic in their Week 2 home game against the San Antonio Brahmas. Neither Paxton Lynch or Deondre Francois could move the ball. The Brahmas broke open the game in the second half with consecutive scores and their offense looked great. The blame doesn’t fall on the Orlando Guardians quarterbacks because receivers did drop passes and the offensive line looked overwhelmed. The Guardians also committed a mess of penalties that killed drives. Head Coach Terrell Buckley was visibly upset and has his work cut out for him to get anything out of the offense. Guardians quarterbacks…

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The USFL draft has been completed and the Birmingham Stallions selected 10 players. Some of the draftees are from Alabama so they will be playing professional football in front of the home crowd. Check out Jamie Malloy’s article here on the Stallions 2023 schedule. As per this article here on Fox Sports, players rights are getting drafted here by the USFL. Some of the players the Stallions drafted have elected to be in the NFL draft and could end up signing with a team. But, as with the OG USFL guys, they could opt for a better opportunity with the…

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In the D.C. Defender game against Seattle this weekend, the Beer Snake reemerged. Stadium security ended up confiscating the fan creation and then the fans threw lemons on the field. The beer snake does need to be freed but it could use some support. In the short lived history of the XFL, this is a tradition among the D.C. fans. A Barstool Sports tweet said it best here that a tradition like this one is “what makes people watch.” J-Allen wrote a great piece here on our site asking if the XFL will survive. This tradition and others can be…

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The Orlando Guardians lost in their XFL opener to Houston. The Houston defense was the story of this game, dominating the Orlando offense. The most important story was if the XFL would be bothering TV viewers with more football or feed people’s need for football. Wade Phillips was the main draw for the Houston Roughnecks and the TV crowd as a recognizable name. The TV crew focused on the new rule system and got a great comment from Paxton Lynch, sure to be news. XFL TV broadcast and innovations were great Dany Garcia and Dwayne Johnson were “on-point” with their…

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The XFL season starts with Orlando vs. Houston. The Orlando team transferred from New York, which couldn’t fill up MetLife Stadium. The Orlando team has more Florida ties than any other team in the XFL (I don’t care if it’s not true, I’m from Florida and I love the collegiate ties.) They will play the Houston Roughnecks (better variation of “Oilers”) in the primetime game of Opening weekend. The Roughnecks are coached by Coach Wade Phillips and play at TDECU Stadium on the campus of the University of Houston. Orlando has personality The General Manager and Coach of the team…

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Buffalo vs. Miami turned out to be a great playoff game. The Buffalo Bills barely beat Miami to advance in the playoffs. 7th round pick Skylar Thompson committed a delay of game penalty in the fourth quarter which led to the Bills victory.  In the last week, everyone, including myself wrote that Buffalo was a “team of destiny.” Mike McDaniel likes coaching in these situations because the Dolphins kicked the Bills ass for about 3.75 quarters. The Miami defense rose to the occassion getting three turnovers on Team MVP Josh Allen. Skylar Thompson gave it his 1000% best and made…

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Dolphins vs. Bills would’ve been a great playoff game about two weeks ago. The two teams are rivals and play in the same division. They had a competitive 32-29 battle in the snow in Buffalo in Week 17. But now, the two teams are incomparable. The Bills are on a high with the news that Damar Hamilin is safe and recovering from his scary injury in Cincinnati. The Dolphins backed into the playoffs, needing New England to lose to Buffalo. The Dolphins have a slew of injuries–most notably, Tua Tagovailoa has been ruled out of the wildcard game with concussion…

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The Capital One Orange Bowl was a great game. The game was competitive with both schools showing that they have “complete” teams. In a game that made more news by the amount of players that wouldn’t play, these men gave viewers something to notice. Christina Chapman wrote in her preview article here about Tennessee’s ability to achieve victory with so many opt-outs. Tennessee executed a good game plan with their backup players displaying a “Next man up” mentality. Joe Milton is the MVP Joe Milton’s story is “old school.” He transferred from Michigan and won the starting job at Tennessee…

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The Orange Bowl preview is of two teams that will have a bunch of no-shows and opt-outs. Clemson and Tennessee will play on Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium and neither will have their starting quarterback from the opening game. DJ Uiagalelei entered the transfer portal and left the Clemson football team. Hendon Hooker has been injured since November with a torn ACL and Joe Milton has been the quarterback. Clemson will have a true freshman quarterback, Cade Klubnik in the game. Then, defensive player Myles Murphy decided to get ready for the NFL draft. Tennessee player Jeremy Banks opted…

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