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2016 Regular Season Week 12: Storylines

Posted on October 10, 2017 at 09:33 AM.

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CHUCK PAGANO DONE IN INDY AFTER JUST 3 WINS IN 11

Despite the best QB in the division and this being his fifth season to build a good team in Indy, Jim Irsay's patience with head coach Chuck Pagano finally ran out and the 57 year old was released from his coaching duties today.

Defensive coordinator Ted Monachino will take over for the remaining 5 games. It has been reported that Stanley Seraffian who's entering the NFL next season with a team of his own has already approached Chuck Pagano in their hunt for a head coach.

STANLEY SERAFFIAN DELIVERS AND THE SAN ANTONIANS RESPOND

A poll has been held in San Antonio to decide the name of their expansion franchise. Some media experts were critical of the initiative, saying it had been done to death and viewed it more as a marketing strategy to sell tickets than an initiative to unite fans. The San Antonians though seemed to embrace the initiative.

And the main reason for the positive respons was that this wasn't just an online poll which seems like the laziest way to generate some interest in your team. Instead, owner Stanley Seraffian showed up at the Alamodome on Saturday to hold the poll in the hours leading up to the UTSA Roadrunners' NCAA home game. He didn't just show up but did so with the largest tailgate party seen in San Antonio with free barbecue food, a number of football related contests for all ages with UTSA fan gear as prizes and a local band on stage. People showed up in numbers, even people who didn't have a ticket for the game, and took part in the festivities and, more importantly, the poll. And in the midst of the crowd was a casually dressed NFL owner sporting a UTSA jersey with the number "17" on it (probably in reference to his own franchise starting play in 2017), shaking hands, talking to people about football, answering questions about his new franchise and even taking part in some of the contests. He showed off a pretty decent throwing arm too although he didn't win any of the competitions.

"We've received such a warm welcome down here," Seraffian said when asked about today's events.

"And we want to show the San Antonians that we are truly grateful for that and we want to give something back. Plus it's a great chance for me to meet the "San Antonio football family" that we hope to be a part of and it's wonderful to see people come out to support the Roadrunners and participate in this vote. I mean, who better than the San Antonians to find the perfect name for their team?"

The voting closed as soon as the game kicked off and was announced at half time. Stanely Seraffian, who many people have already embraced, was a popular man when he strode onto the field in his Roadrunners jersey and announcing both the name of the franchise and five people who had voted who would receive two season tickets each to next season's NFL games.

But more importantly to most was to learn that as of the 2017 season, their home town NFL franchise will be called the San Antonio Express.