XFL Week 2 Preview: Houston and Arlington Battle for Texas

XFL - Week 2 in the XFL kicks off Thursday night, and it already feels something like business as usual, for good and for ill.

When we talked about Week 2 for the USFL last year, we focused heavily on the broadcast errors they had in their opening games, or the problems with the footballs not actually spiraling and kicking straight. Week 2 of the XFL 2.0 was all about the sluggish play and slow pace of the games as early growing pains with the new timing rules reared their head. And the AAF was just "Wow! Football in the spring! What a concept!"

This year, though? No drama. No problems with the rules or officiating, which mostly remain the same as 2020. No marking out over the strange site of…