I didn't see all of it, but what I did see was pretty interesting.

Bandit-ball, firing guns at halftime and whatnot.

I guess it's all to do with the subject, because I liked this one. The other 2 kinda sucked/were super boring.

Fu -- also never forget that these same Z-grade crab crunchers were ALL TOO HAPPY to rip the heart right out of a city and franchise that had a much longer and storied history than the Colts did in Baltimore. I think that is what pisses me off more than anything, and makes me pretty much hate the fucking Ravens.

That's exactly why I hate the Ravens.

which franchise was that?

Jewelz have you ever heard the saying "Better to be thought a fool, than open your mouth and leave no doubt"?

i knew you would turn my simple question into some kind of insult. I didn't understand what you wrote and was asking for clarification. If that makes me a fool, so be it.

You truly don't remember that Baltimore stole The Browns from Cleveland?

He was HIGH.

OHG WE IN DAT COMGAG.

I'm aware that the Browns became the Ravens, and now understand what you were saying.

hey look, it was you guys that came up with the idea to listen to the Dead for three hours a day, i'm just playing along.

I watched that USFL one last night, which managed to achieve the impossible feat of making Trump look like even more of a douche than he already is.

Also, I loved Neuheisel's "gumball rally" story about how all of the players on his team had to race from San Antonio to the owner's bank in the rural south Texas town of LaVernia because they knew only the first few paychecks would clear.

Just finished the USFL one, and really dug it. I could have watched a feature length doc on it easily. It kind of reminded me of the ESPN NASL soccer doc Once in a Lifetime.

Muhammad and Larry was the best one so far.

Yeah but boxing docs are always the best. I don't really need each episode to be in competition with the others though.

yeah good point.

No, but inevitably they will be, especially because the first 2 kinda sucked.

the U episode was tremendous. lamar thomas and luther campbell are going to be hard quotes to follow in this series.

It was really good, though Bernie Kosar seemed drunk or just sounds like Chris Berman now...or both.

Uh, yeah...except they got to keep their franchise history, colors, etc and got it back within a few years. Not the same thing. Also, let's not forget that if Cleveland wasn't awarded an expansion team, then they were going to try and get a team from another city. Namely, Denver and Tampa Bay. True, the owners threatened to get new stadiums, but the threat was out there. Welcome to modern sports.

Yeah - I txt Bloor and was like "Kosar is both drunk, and coked up in his interviews"

Those U teams were straight GANGSTA, dudes like Bennie Blades, Zo Highsmith, etc were straight characters.

Also, I know a guy that played in one of those post season college all star games with Irvin and said dude was always carrying like, a half ounce of coke....I'm a little surprised they didn't get into that, but I think the point was to make them look like better people than they really were

This was on par with the Jimmy the Greek one in terms of quality/entertainment.

I watched the second half live after getting like 60 texts from LooGAR--I have to go back and watch the first half on DVR today but the hour I saw was beyond awesome.

I loved the revelation that Dennis Ericcson was more of a "players coach" than JJ but they let the implication hang there that the players may have forced him at gunpoint to be a players coach. And taught his son how to fuck.

I'm going to have to turn this off to watch the games today but it's a good time to be sure so far. And you guys are right about Bernie. Totally.

My friend even described this doc as "Remember the Titans meets Cocaine Cowboys" before he knew that those guys were involved. Great choice for directors, and they made perfect sense considering the subject matter.

Here's an interview with a producer, who talks about The U as well as some upcoming Cocaine Cowboys-related docs:
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/12/15/int ... ary-the-u/