Big fan of both expansion teams, New Orleans is particularly nice.

Not the biggest fan of the move to red for Chicago, they still look good, but it just doesn't seem right for the Zephyrs. I like the changes to Seattle, the colors are great and their new unis are sharp.

Rugrat wrote:

Wow, that is one busy offseason! Here are my thoughts!

The Condors look pretty sweet! Definitely liking the logo a lot, this has potential to become a classic look as time goes by. As for the Hurricanes, that looks amazing as well. Blue and Black are two of my favorite colors so that’s a good start. The logo looks pretty cool with the Crecent acting as the eye of the storm, in fact this could be one of my teams moving forward.

Like the Summer Bowl logo as well, looks everything SoCal. Assuming the 1976 Champions Bowl will be in Philly because it’s the bicentennial and most sports had something there that year?

Seattle defiantly looks cooler, hopefully between the new look and a new owner they can start winning more games in the future. Same with Chicago.

Cheers to another great offseason! Bring on the 1974-75 NFA campaign!

I think you mean the forest green and blue color scheme? You don't have to read all of it, I know it's a lot but you can at least get the colors right if your going to comment. It's also the Champions Bowl, I'm not sure what the Summer Bowl is. Although I like the name Summer Bowl, I might borrow that for something. 

​Oh and yes, the 76 Champions Bowl will be in Philadelphia. 

Stickman wrote:

Whew!  You weren't kidding about how long that post was!  Plenty to talk about for sure!

San Diego Condors: Lot of behind the scenes personality with team, starting with the owners (really appreciating the fleshed out backstories and personalities of the owners and players in this league, good ol' world building at its finest!), but also with their pick of Atticus Godwin-who's certainly got quite the backstory!  The logo is excellent, very fun 70s' feel to it and it'll definitely stand out amongst the league, as will the teal and yellow uniforms!   Only gripe is the white logo on the white helmet.  Personally, I might have gone with a teal helmet to let the logo stand out more, but overall, this is really nice!  Definitely getting a sunny Miami Dolphins feel with this one!

New Orleans Hurricanes: This is your best logo yet, I feel!  That hurricane looks awesome and the crescent moon "eye" of the hurricane is a brilliant little bit of detail!  Really loving the Bayou Blue and wish that were the primary color over forest green, as it feels like the Hurricanes would "own" that color.    It's still a solid uniform for sure though!  Liking their approach to get a more grizzled roster instead of a bunch of spring chickens like the Condors did, this choice should result in a much better team right away and maybe could make a surprise run at the playoffs sooner than we'd think!

Seattle Lumberjacks:  It looks like there's finally reason for optimism for this team!  New ownership (we'll see if they stay in Seattle or not, looks like they will though for now), making a pretty solid gamble on what could be a franchise quarterback (imagining that Rudy Walker will be just fine, although he mistakes while under pressure is concerning.  Seattle better build that OL ASAP!).  The new uniforms, yes, aren't bright anymore and that's sad (only because kelly green and athletic gold are as solid of a color combo as it gets in sports).  However, I still really enjoy the forest green and metallic gold look a lot, (and this was a good time for a redesign anyway), very nice job there, (and also liking that more and more teams are starting to go colored jerseys for home instead of white!).

Chicago Zephyrs: It's certainly an interesting choice to change the classic look up that they've had since the beginning, (and after 6 championships in 8 years).   However, they've been pretty bad/mediocre for a while now, so why not try something new?  I am definitely a huge fan of the new red primary look though!  Hope that sticks around a while, although I also hope that they someday bring the black uniforms back!

Lots of good stuff here as always Pepper!  Looking forward to next season!

Probably one of my favorite things to see are people commenting posts like these under mine, it's really motivating to see people so into in my work!
I'm glad you like Marty and Dorothy! They're definitely some of the most exuberant owners in the league, and quite the hoot! The logo hopefully feels very 70's, I took heavy inspiration from the Hawks Pacman logo, and Winthrop's logo, which I feel is more apparent after the fact. I'd probably prefer a teal helmet as well, but I kind of relegated to white since I feel like it feels more 70's. Who knows, maybe a teal helmet is in their future.
It's relieving to hear New Orleans has been a big hit, it took me a bit to get a hurricanes logo I actually liked. The crescent moon was practically a last minute decision, I went back and forth on it since Houston also features moon imagery in their logo, but I figured it should be okay. The Bayou Blue is, at least is supposed to be, a direct copy of the Broncos old unique shade of blue, and I considered making it the primary helmet or away uniform, however I liked the vibe the forest green gave too much. I took a lot of inspiration from the Tampa Bay Rays forest and blue era, and Tulane, and the green kind of won me over. Although similarly to San Diego,  I could see the blue becoming more prominent in future changes. Both 70's expansion teams in real life have followed a similar path of changing to super modern looks as time has gone on, so don't be surprised if these both do as well.

Seattle and Chicago were both changes to in my opinion, worse uniforms. That was the intention. Not to say they're bad uniforms, but they were supposed to be changes that fans didn't like. So I'm a bit surprised to see the Lumberjacks change be praised a bit, especially because most people seem to want the A's and Eagles to both return to kelly, but I'll take it haha. Both these changes, well maybe not Seattle now if you guys, or well, the "fans" seem to actually like the uniforms, will be involved in more story in the future.

Wallflower wrote:

Well done on the long post!

I like both the expansion teams, both logos and colour schemes look good. The Condors is very nice and I think fits the colour scheme really well. It does feel a little less aggressive than I would expect for a condors team, but it works nonetheless. The Hurricanes are very nicely done tho, the logo, especially with the crescent in the middle, is nice, and honestly was not expecting dark forest green and light blue, but it works really well. 

I do like the Seattle update, it's a nice fresh start for a team that needs it. Hopefully, the new ownership and young QB can help give the team something to cheer about. 

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I'm super glad to hear your a fan of the two new teams. I think y'all will really like the Kansas City and Portland franchises next offseason as well!
And that's the hope with the Lumberjacks, it's a whole franchise reset pretty much. Their coach is also on thin ice, so I wouldn't be surprised if that position gets reset as well.

Section30 wrote:

Big fan of both expansion teams, New Orleans is particularly nice.

Not the biggest fan of the move to red for Chicago, they still look good, but it just doesn't seem right for the Zephyrs. I like the changes to Seattle, the colors are great and their new unis are sharp.

Thanks for the feedback!

ZO82 wrote:

Loving the Tulane-inspired look of New Orleans

I'm happy to hear!

Also, here's the sigs for the Canes and Condors!




I reused an older style that seems to be more popular.

Wow did not see the Hurricanes being anywhere near the top, which I suppose puts me in with the rest of the doubters, but good on em.
As for Minne, I swear if you guys somehow choke away yet another playoff game...
Either way, it is nice seeing the Blue Ox back in a very competitive spot, as well as the Bulldogs, who look to be here to stay. 
If Minne wins a game, then I like them going the rest of the way, but I also like Cinci and Atlanta to also be in my top teams to take home the title this season, there's a pretty good chance we have a unique final, so I'm looking forward to that. 

Also, glad to see Seattle was actually able to compete this season, hope that ship keeps going in the right direction.

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Was not expecting NO to be in the playoffs, let alone win the division.

Dang, definitely a crazy season!   The Cougars and the Ironmen missing the playoffs is quite the shocker, (especially the 2x champions!).   

The obvious big story of the Hurricanes somehow making the playoffs in their first season as an expansion team is something else and proves going veteran heavy was a good idea! (worth noting I DID predict that they could surprise everyone by making the playoffs sooner than we thought.... I wasn't expecting it to be this 1st season though! haha).  I'd normally have my doubts that they'd go very far in the playoffs, but who knows.   With the Gaels defense being terrible, the Roughriders still being somewhat inexperienced in postseason play themselves, and the Blue Ox being......well, the Blue Ox, there is actually a nice opportunity for them to continue shocking everyone!

The major story is the Atlanta Bulldogs taking that next steps a championship, looking extremely good right now.  After years of embarrassment,  they really seem to have a team to be proud of and they look like they totally deserve that #1 seed.  That first round matchup with Detroit could be a trap game though.... that one will be worth watching closely!

I'm predicting the Bulldogs get through that trap game and also survive a tough challenge from the Tigers to make it to their first championship game.  I'm going to predict that they'll face the Blue Ox.  Yeah, they've been cursed for years, but I think this is the year they finally break through, giving us quite the interesting finale.

Final Score: Atlanta Bulldogs 38, Minneapolis Blue Ox 24