That was Levy, the native South Sider. Somehow, they pulled five victories in 18 games out of the whole mess. Bill Polian and I had to buy the toilet paper because nobody else would.
The rest was four-Super Bowl history. The USFL was fun and ridiculous. It stacked expansion franchises like hotcakes but went wildly off the rails when the influential owner of the New Jersey Generals, Donald Trump, convinced his cohorts to take on the NFL by moving its season to the fall. The Alliance of American Football came and went as a spring league in The XFL came and went as a spring league in , the onset of the pandemic blowing up its season.
The XFL also has plans to give spring ball another try in Maybe the whole thing is just a losing proposition. Just ask the World Football League, which failed to last two seasons in the mids. We have the population. I think that people would go to the games. Bigger picture: Thayer would like to see a whole bunch of players get an opportunity to play pro football. That year, the Joliet native played a full USFL season in Arizona only to join the Bears — two days after his season finale — at training camp, earn a starting spot and win the Super Bowl.
Thayer still has a couple of T-shirts from his Blitz days. That sure would be fun. Fun while it lasts, anyway. Know about breaking news as it happens. We follow the stories and update you as they develop.
Jamari Dent was 13 years old when he died in June, two years after his attempt to take his life left him with permanent brain damage. Product Info. The Blitz were one of the charter members of the USFL, and looked to be championship favorites behind hall of fame head coach George Allen. After blowing a 21 point playoff lead the team was sold. The new owner refused to pay big contracts and in the biggest trade in sports history, traded all their players and coaching staff with the Arizona Wranglers.
Another hall of fame coach Marv Levy was hired, but it wasn't enough. The new Blitz team finished in last place while the Wranglers went to the championship with their former players. The Stars would win the game on a one yard touchdown plunge into overtime to reach the first USFL title game, where they would fall to the Michigan Panthers. Ted Diethrich millions. A deal was made before the second season that would throw into question the legitimacy of the USFL into question as Dr.
With the exchange the two franchises completely swapped with the players and coaches of the Wranglers all becoming members of the Chicago Blitz and vice versa. It was for the best as the Blitz lacked the finances to make good on the contract offer. Frustrated by the Blitz lack of ticket sales and the ability to sign players, James Hoffman stepped away as the league took over the day to day operation of the Chicago Blitz franchise.
The Blitz were also hurt by the expansion draft as four teams were added. Already one of the worst teams in the league there was little Coach Marv Levy could do to keep the Blitz from suffering a terrible season as attendance became a league wide embarrassment as they averaged 7, fans per game, including drawing just 4, fans during a loss to the New Jersey Generals on Memorial Day Weekend. As the season came to a close, the Blitz announced they would shut down with Chicago White Sox minority owner Eddie Einhorn getting the rights to an expansion team.
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