The Real Insider Story From An XFL Quarterback... Cheerleaders, Games, Production and Inside The Huddle Conversations. Today we're going inside the x fl 1.0. And I've got the inside stories coming up right now. So it was the premiere of the XFL 1.0 and I was sitting at home waiting to play a game. The next day we were gonna play the LA Exrtreme. I'm watching the New York Hitmen play the Las Vegas Outlaws On the first televised broadcast of XFL. I watched it as a quarterback in the league and I didn't know whether to be excited, or embarrassed to be part of the XFL. There were low angle shots of the cheerleaders, but there was some pretty good football too, and some pretty good football players. Offenses weren't there yet, but you could tell that these guys on the field could play. Hey everybody, I'm Mike Pawlawski 11 year Pro quarterback, former XFL quarterback and quarterbacks coach here at Elite Athletes TV.com. Today I want to talk about my experience in the XFL1.0. That's right The league that Vince McMahon founded from World Wrestling Federation, with a bunch of good pro players, good coaches, trying to put together a spring league to fill the void left by the USFL. I got a viewer question today from Rangers King 669 who said, " would love to see a vid about your time in the 1.0 XFL, and maybe just maybe one day a video breaking down quarterback play in the xfl 2.0 revival in 2022." So going into week one, the world was looking forward to seeing what the XFL was all about a lot of hype Vince McMahon World Wrestling Federation, a bunch of pro wrestlers, Dick Butkus involved. So there was a bunch of people involved with this league. I had had the whole journey. I was the first round pick by the XFL San Francisco Demons. The thing I loved about the XFL is our coaches were great, my quarterback coach and offensive coordinator particular Joe paopao was a fantastic dude. Former quarterback himself in the CFL. Our head coach Jim Skipper, was also a really, really good dude. Some players were guys that had been in the NFL for a long time, we had Dwayne Harper, who had been in the league for like 13 years, we had Scott Adams He'd been a lineman in the league for like six. And so there was a bunch of guys who had played at the NFL level. I'd played for the Bucs. Then we had guys who were bubble guys who were right there. Maybe a step slow, maybe a couple inches short guys that weren't quite that NFL mold, but we're really, really good football players. The NFL is the Echelon, right? Everybody wants to be in the NFL. That's that's the peak. That's the pinnacle. But this was way better than college football players. I played the PAC 10. And we had really good teams that time. Washington, one national champion, we were seventh in the country when I was a senior. But the XFL had really good football players in it. It was an interesting season. I didn't know it but that Vegas game where I broke my neck. That was my career ending injury. That was last time I was gonna play. That season in the XFL. And so I had great teammates. Guys like Scotty Adams my right tackle fantastic dudes that I totally respect Jamie reader who's our fullback, Pat Barnes obviously, the defensive guys, Kevin Kaesviharn who I think went on to like an 11 year NFL career. So some great teammates, some great coaches, a great experience. And it was my 11th year pro playing in that league. And so I got to really enjoy it get back on the big field, and realize how much open space there was on the big field compared to the arena league. So I had the opportunity to play for seven teams in four different leagues over the course of 11 years experience every type of football that was available in North America at the time, and really just have a great career that I could look back on and enjoy. My experience in the XFL was great. Not everybody's was but I enjoyed it outside of the injury. But that's XFL in a nutshell, working hard playing the game you love around people you love and trying to make it happen for that life experience and for the competition of it. As football players we love to compete. I love to compete. I love to win. I love to go head to head and the XFL gave me an opportunity.

• published: 23 Feb 2021
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