****2024 St Louis Battle Hawks Season Thread****

[Sigmapolis]

A topic mainly about Iowa State. You're worried about an NFL team that doesn't exist reusing a UFL team's name. There's as good of a chance as Des Moines landing an NFL team and calling them the Barnstormers. Zero.

This is like a 2/10 on the "weird obsessions that get talked about on here" scale.

Cheering for young adults playing children's stick and ball games like our lives depend on it and shelling out significant amounts of money and time on it is absurd on its face just because they're wearing laundry with the correct colors on them against the other team with the wrong colors. But we love it.

So don't kink shame.

 

[theshadow]

St. Louis (5-1) at Birmingham (6-0).

Just underway on FOX.

 

[CtownCyclone]

 

[StLouisClone]

Go Battlehawks!

 

[AlaCyclone]

Been a good game!

 

[Pizzapitter]

St. L definitely missing Rose

 

[DGC]

Well that was disappointing. I think that was a preview of the championship game, that will be played in St Louis. For STL we have 3 division games left to determine playoff contenders / seeding. DC at home, Arlington on the road, and San Antonio at home.

On the USLF side Birmingham needs 1 more win to clinch 1st place and Michigan needs one more win to get the 2 seed in the playoffs.

The XFL side is a bit more tight. Right now STL is .5 game ahead of San Antonio who is a half game ahead of DC. Arlington has been eliminated.

Right now STL has the tie breaker over San Antonio. They still have to play each other again in Week 10 (final game of the regular season) FWIW San Antonio still has to play Birmingham in Week 9.

 

[DGC]

Wow, I think we have the Spencer Petras of the UFL playing today.

 

[DGC]

Hakeem in as a FG blocker, LOVE IT!!!!

 

[DGC]

Petras of the Lou (Manny Wilkins) just has a Seneca style run, just didnt get the Michael Wagner block

 

[Cyclones8824]

Willie Harvey with 2 big plays to seal victory

 

[StLouisClone]

Willie Harvey and the D won the game

 

[DGC]

We're going to the playoffs !!!!! KAKAW!!!

 

[Pizzapitter]

Late arrival today. How did Hakeem do?

 

[DGC]

Late arrival today. How did Hakeem do?

statistically not great, has a second string QB that I am nicknaming Petras of the Lou if that explains anything, also took some hard hits on some crossing routes. Mike Rose was quite active today and Willie Harvey has some pretty clutch plays on the defensive side.

 

[Pizzapitter]

Hard to say if the UFL will "catch on," but via my bar crowd, it's Slowly-Surely gaining traction.
Finger's crossed.
Ps. How cool is it to see Rose and Willie, side by side?!

 

[fcclone]

statistically not great, has a second string QB that I am nicknaming Petras of the Lou if that explains anything, also took some hard hits on some crossing routes. Mike Rose was quite active today and Willie Harvey has some pretty clutch plays on the defensive side.

How serious is McCarron‘s ankle injury? Is there a projected return date?

 

[DGC]

How serious is McCarron‘s ankle injury? Is there a projected return date?

not sure on McCarron. In week 7 he came off the field and said he broke his ankle, but returned to the game. He was listed as questionable all week, but the Battlehawks put another QB on the roster. My speculation is that he does not play on Saturday and then comes back for Week 10, but that's just my guess considering that STL has locked up a playoff spot and is now playing for home field advantage.

 

[JP4CY]

Arlington has a pretty awesome TD play. An interesting flea flicker. The play was called Sooner (something).
The announcers said they've never seen it before and asked Stoops if he's ever done that play before. Of course he remembers it and says it was against Iowa State.

 

[DGC]

Arlington has a pretty awesome TD play. An interesting flea flicker. The play was called Sooner (something).
The announcers said they've never seen it before and asked Stoops if he's ever done that play before. Of course he remembers it and says it was against Iowa State.

I heard that. Also said he ran it against Iowa State w/ Baker Mayfield. Did we ever play against Baker except for that time at their place. The game where Lazard P****d off that guy bad enough the OU defender let Trevor Ryen run for a TD because he would rather go hit Lazard.