Tuskers Roll!

Tuskers over the Locos 29-15. UFLfan was pretty close on that prediction. Yay...I'm 2-1 in my UFL picks thus far.

Next game: Sentinels play the Redwoods Oct 17th in San Francisco. I would pick the Sentinels if they were playing anywhere in the East, but experience tells us that east coast teams traveling to the west can struggle. I pick the Redwoods by 7 to continue the Sentinels slide to last place.

Week 2 of UFL Action!!

Tomorrow sees the Tuskers take on the Locomotives in the Locos home stadium in Las Vegas. It's at 6 PM PST (so, like 9 EST) on VS.

This is a battle of the UFL's two unbeatens, so someone goes to 2-0 and someone drops to .500.

UFLfan is picking the Tuskers to pick up the win. The Locos looked great in week 1 against the Redwoods, but the Tuskers were dominant against the Sentinels and there is no reason to expect any less.

I haven't checked the betting lines yet to see who Vegas favors. So far Vegas is picking 100% for UFL games.

ULF Founder/Visionary

I did not realize that William Hambrecht had a large hand in the UFL. I saw it reported on UFL Access this morning.
That is good news to me. Bill Hambrecht was involved with the USFL, as an owner of the Oakland Invaders.
I suspect the lessons of the USFL will be applied to the UFL.

What was even better news to me was reading that this has been a dream of Hambrecht's for 20 years. That implies, to me, that it has been well considered. The guy is a success story from his Princeton days.

I think Bill also owns part or all of the Las Vegas Locos.

One other note: If it took this bunch of rich guys 20 years to get this dream rolling, then maybe some of my dreams aren't as far fetched as I thought!

New York Sentinels Vs. Florida Tuskers UFLFan Recap

Well, UFLfan is 1-1. I picked right in the Redwoods/Loco game, but I was WAAAY off in the Sentinels/Tuskers game.

To be fair, when I made the pick, the starting QB for Florida was not Brooks Bollinger. Had I know that, I might have picked differently. He lit it up.

Final Score Tuskers 30, Sentinels 17.

I was right about one thing. I predicted Tatum Bell would have a big year in the UFL and if last night was any indication, I was right about that. Tatum looked great.

Next game is Thursday night at 6:00 PST (so that's 3:00? for all of us East Coasters). On Versus, Las Vegas Locos versus Florida Tuskers. Couldn't have scripted it better. The leagues two undefeateds will play against each other.

My early pick, after watching the game last night is Tuskers by 7.

First UFL Game!

It was a doozy! UFL access has a good write up on the game. Your UFLFan site picked the winner correctly. Las Vegas over California by a score of 30-17. I was a little off on the California score, but what can I say, Denny Green had them looking better than I expected.

It was good football. There were some boneheaded errors, but it is the first game these guys have played in a long time (in most cases). Losman looked great in my opinion and Shane Boyd was stunning, especially when he got outside the pocket and scrambled a bit.

I hated to see a guy go down with a concussion in the first game, but fortunately they played it safe and took him out so they could evaluate him. Modern medicine knows that all those concussions are terrible for the players, so I applaud the UFL for being ultra-conservative on those things.

Great game. Hope you didn't miss it. If you did, watch the Versus network for the next game.

The Season is here!

UFL Access talks about the start of the season. I'm thrilled it's here. I'll be watching tonight when the Las Vegas Locos take it to the California Redwoods. UFL Access has some predictions for how the game will go.
Vegas says that the Locos are 7 point favorites. Personally, I am picking the Locos to win by 3 touchdowns. I think the game goes 31-7 or something like that.

We'll see.