They were discussing the NFL 100 celebration and some of the wild team nicknames from back in the day.

Founded in 1920, they played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1925 to 1928. In 1929 they relocated to Boston, where they played one season as the Boston Bulldogs.

The Maroons, meanwhile, scheduled a Dec. 12 game against a team of Notre Dame all-stars that included the famed Four Horsemen, and the game was played in Philadelphia's Shibe Park, not Pottsville. The 1925 Pottsville Maroons season was their inaugural season in the National Football League.The team finished a 10–2 league record and a 13–2 overall record.

The Maroons were originally founded in the early 1920s, as the Pottsville Eleven, around the members of the Yorkville Hose Company. The Pottsville Maroons were an American football team based in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in the Northeastern part of the state. There was an open-ended schedule during that season; although the final listed league games ended on December 6, teams could still schedule contests against each other through December 20 to make more money. Great meeting place to watch the weekly games/large selection of foods, snacks and drinks to select from. Schedule Pottsville's victory had been nothing short of a miracle; the team's strongest players were nursing various injuries and it had seemed hopeless. Golic & Wingo Mention Pottsville Maroons. The team initially won the 1925 NFL championship, however a controversial suspension cost them the title, forcing the team to finish in second place.. The Maroons' puny third-string back Walter French (1899–1984), who faded into the shadows of his more formidable teammates for most of the regular season, stepped up and led the team to victory. However the team still maintained a strong local presence on the field by employing many local residents. These men upgraded the club by luring talented pro players such as Carl Beck, Benny Boynton and Stan Cofall.

Last week, the topic of vintage NFL and the Pottsville Maroons came up on the Golic and Wingo show on ESPN. Under the league rules during that time, the NFL title was automatically given to the team with the best record at the end of the season instead of having the winner be determined by a playoff tournament. In 1922 the team had attracted the sponsorship of area businessmen Harold Kingsbury, Irvin Heinz and Frank Schoeneman. Really, the Maroons is a pretty boring one, by comparison. The history on the Maroons football team is located throughout the facility along with other sports teams from the NFL and NBA.