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  1. For Whom The Bell Tolls: Cliff Burton Survives

    Yes...there was sort of two. They toured with the Monsters of Rock (Van Halen off the OU812 album was headliner....Scorps, Dokken, and Kingdom Come). They had an official tour with Queensryche and Suicidal Tendencies (odd concert, since Queensryche was doing their Silent Lucidity stuff, but...
  2. AH challenge- better Liberia

    I think you'd have to start with the ACS itself, and maybe more co-operation with the British and their similar effort with Sierra Leone. If you could get Paul Cuffe to live a little longer, but more importantly, get around malaria, then the whole return to Africa movement for a lot of the...
  3. Plausibility check: CSA gets all of virginia

    That's interesting. I had read that Virginia essentially dropped their claims after the last of West Virginia's portion of the debt was paid in 1939, but didn't dig enough for the 1871 ruling. Thanks. Probably ASB, but what if after the 1871 ruling, the Virginia state militia invaded West...
  4. Plausibility check: CSA gets all of virginia

    Speaking of hypocrisy, what if it was the US? For instance, what if say after Reconstruction, Virginia sued to regain West Virginia before the US Supreme Court? I don't know how it would work out, but would think it would be a sticky situation at the very least.
  5. The Butterfly Effect

    I thought there was a thread posted several years ago discussing this very topic. I'm trying to find it, because there was a great point I remember about history being like a river current and that even if you threw a pebble into it, the current would still flow the same. If that theory...
  6. Sports WI: What if Pittsburgh got an NBA team in the 60's?

    I'd think it would be long gone by now. Considering the Rockets move, the Buffalo move, the Kansas City move, and full circle the Seattle move. As far as success, I think they'd struggle initially, presuming they're in the same division/conference as the Celtics, which could be one of the...
  7. Quarterbacks that didnt flop

    I can't believe no one hasn't mentioned Steve DeBerg. Talk about snake bit. -Drafted by the 49ers in '78 only to lose his job to Joe Montana. -Plays for the Broncos only to lose his job to John Elway -Plays for the Bucs only to lose his job the first time to Steve Young, then when Steve...
  8. Oakland Royals/Kansas City A's

    Aside from the fact that I doubt the Oakland team would call themselves Royals (probably Oaks), what other changes does this create? POD is A's stay in KC and Oakland gets the Royals expansion franchise in '69. Do the A's still go on to dominance with Reggie Jackson in the early 70s? Does the...
  9. No Jets upset, 2 straight Chiefs wins instead

    I never knew about this whatifsports.com site, has some interesting discussions. I have a TL I'm thinking about where Marty doesn't resign after '98, but in the meantime, here are some: '89 Chiefs - Chiefs make the playoffs by winning the regular season game against Cleveland instead of the...
  10. Sports What Ifs.

    Posting in another thread made me think of some more. How about no team movements. NFL -Rams stay in Cleveland. Redskins stay in Boston. NBA -Kings stay in Cincinnati. Lakers stay in Minnesota. Clippers stay in Buffalo. NHL -The whole league doesn't move to the US.
  11. NFL what ifs

    I agree on most of your points about the Browns, except 86 and 87. Take away Byner's goal line fumble and Elways "Drive"(where he converted two fourth downs) and things look a little different (still get handled by the Giants and Redskins) I think if the NFL had expanded right after the...
  12. NFL what ifs

    -The Chiefs don't fire Marv Levy following the 1982 season and they draft Jim Kelly instead of Todd Blackledge -Derrick Thomas sacks Dave Krieg for his eigth sack of the game on the last play of the game against Seattle. -The Browns win the 1986, 1987 and 1989 AFC Championship games -The...
  13. Sports What Ifs.

    Probably along the lines of a future sports what if (maybe in 10 years)... 1. NFL goes to an 18 game schedule/20 week season(introducing the second bye, like what was in place in the '93 season) 2. NFL expands to 36 teams(goes back to three divisions in conference). Toronto, San Antonio...
  14. New England Dominance - A Sports TL

    Thanks for the feeback Sam. I don't disagree, but have often thought that the reverse could be true. More teams have diluted the overall talent pool. Free agency has crippled the ideas of dynasties (imagine those Steeler teams of the 70s if they'd have lost Mean Joe or Mel Blount to Free...
  15. New England Dominance - A Sports TL

    Hello everyone. I’d like to introduce myself before posting a timeline/storyline out of the blue. I have probably lurked for some time and have enjoyed all aspects of this board (I remember when AHP went by JP). I really enjoy the various viewpoints and enormous amounts of historical knowledge...
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