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Sun Tzu
10-12-2009, 05:20 PM
This Wednesday the Florida Tuskers will take on the Los Vegas Locos at 4pm Pacific time on Versus. Michael Pittman, Tatum Bell and Brooks Bollinger are the notables on the Tuskers who blew out the New York Sentinals 35-13 this last weekend.
JediKooter
10-12-2009, 05:52 PM
It's on!!! They should get Waylon Jennings to do their opening credits theme song.
Butter
10-12-2009, 07:24 PM
So, the UFL needs weekly threads, does it?
dbd1963
10-12-2009, 07:29 PM
Yes.
Butter
10-12-2009, 07:35 PM
Well, glad we cleared that up.
Sun Tzu
10-12-2009, 07:43 PM
I see MrKordell is checking in on the general population, browsing this thread right now. Probably wondering if anybody can help him figure out where he's been for the past 8 or 9 years. Hi Kordell!
tucker rocky
10-12-2009, 09:50 PM
Any chance of weekly UFL in pictures? :D
aran
10-12-2009, 10:49 PM
It would be a nice big blank white jpeg. Because no one is watching.
Sun Tzu
10-13-2009, 09:24 AM
It would be a nice big blank white jpeg. Because no one is watching.

Have <i>you</i> seen any UFL games?
aran
10-13-2009, 11:50 AM
Yes.
JonInMiddleGA
10-13-2009, 11:54 AM
Because no one is watching.

On the one hand, 220k households viewing is pretty bad.
On the other hand, it's already better than what CNBC gets every night.

With a little improvement they could be the third most watched cable news network ;)
aran
10-13-2009, 12:00 PM
I was being facetious, but 220k is practically no-one. Especially for a first week (though you could claim that being on low-circulation networks causes low numbers more than the league itself); we'll see what the ratings look like on week 2.

I actually like and support this league. The reality is that very few people care.
bighouserulez
10-13-2009, 12:10 PM
I love football. I think having a league that keeps free agents/undrafted guys noticed is a great thing.

I was not a huge proponent of NFL Europe but great players with extra available playing time against better talent came out of there.

Arena football even brought a few players to the NFL also.

I would watch/tivo it every time it is on and the first game on versus was actually not bad for a first game ever in a league. It was better then a meaningless college game and i like watching players that i have watched through the college ranks.
Samdari
10-13-2009, 12:23 PM
OMG, they really have 4 teams and call it a league? That puts them on the same level as the lingerie football league. Makes scheduling easier though, I guess. They have what, a three week season? Then three weeks of playoffs??

Damn DirecTV and Versus for keeping this off my tv.
cuervo72
10-13-2009, 12:31 PM
I was being facetious, but 220k is practically no-one. Especially for a first week (though you could claim that being on low-circulation networks causes low numbers more than the league itself); we'll see what the ratings look like on week 2.

I actually like and support this league. The reality is that very few people care.

Hey, the Washington Nati'nals averaged 14,000 households this season. And that was an increase of 75%. Sure, it's just one market, but it makes the UFL not look quite as bad. ;)
JonInMiddleGA
10-13-2009, 12:32 PM
i like watching players that i have watched through the college ranks.

+1 this, but after going through each of the rosters there were actually relatively few players who I had any recollection of at all, at least from their college careers. A couple here, a couple there, but that was about it. Kind of disappointing to me really, I was hoping that might provide a reason for me to watch but it really didn't.

Speaking of recognizable names though, I see where Florida has signed former UCLA/Chicago Bears DB Ricky Manning.
cuervo72
10-13-2009, 12:40 PM
OMG, they really have 4 teams and call it a league? That puts them on the same level as the lingerie football league. Makes scheduling easier though, I guess. They have what, a three week season? Then three weeks of playoffs??

Damn DirecTV and Versus for keeping this off my tv.

I think they were just looking to get a product out there. A foot-in-the-door technique. Start small, grow from there. It makes some sense, especially if initially you might have trouble getting the talent to fill out more teams.

+1 this, but after going through each of the rosters there were actually relatively few players who I had any recollection of at all, at least from their college careers. A couple here, a couple there, but that was about it. Kind of disappointing to me really, I was hoping that might provide a reason for me to watch but it really didn't.

Speaking of recognizable names though, I see where Florida has signed former UCLA/Chicago Bears DB Ricky Manning.

Once the league shows that it actually plays some games (unlike the New USFL (http://www.newusfl.com/)), players might talk to other ex-NFL players/college teammates and have a better time convincing them that this is a viable option. I think the same happens if some UFL guys are actually signed to NFL rosters.
Sun Tzu
10-13-2009, 02:08 PM
I just don't get the kneejerk resposne from some people. "This league sucks because nobody is watching" is rediculous. If someone could please explain why this league really "sucks" then I'll respect your opinion, but if all you have to talk about is something retarded like "omg nobody was even there" then you should be posting in the regular OS forums...not here.
JonInMiddleGA
10-13-2009, 02:13 PM
I just don't get the kneejerk resposne from some people. "This league sucks because nobody is watching" is rediculous. If someone could please explain why this league really "sucks" then I'll respect your opinion, but if all you have to talk about is something retarded like "omg nobody was even there" then you should be posting in the regular OS forums...not here.

What if you replace "sucks" with "is pretty much meaningless right now"?

What really matters for the players is either them getting a look from the personnel directors in the NFL. What matters for the owners is some combination of ego & profit motive. The former can happen regardless of whether anyone in the general public pay attention, the latter is a lot tougher to imagine without either public support or players willing to play (and stadiums willing to lease,etc) for virtually free.
Philliesfan980
10-13-2009, 02:47 PM
Speaking of recognizable names though, I see where Florida has signed former UCLA/Chicago Bears DB Ricky Manning.

As a Philadelphia Eagles fan, I'm loving this.
Pumpy Tudors
10-13-2009, 02:59 PM
wish someone besides me had given half a crap about arena football
aran
10-14-2009, 07:37 PM
That's not a problem because you're about as important as 200k people, Pumpy.
Pumpy Tudors
10-14-2009, 09:49 PM
That's not a problem because you're about as important as 200k people, Pumpy.
That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. :)
Groundhog
10-14-2009, 09:50 PM
200k Canadian people. :(
DeToxRox
10-14-2009, 09:51 PM
wish someone besides me had given half a crap about arena football

Colin White did.
Sun Tzu
10-15-2009, 08:40 AM
Wife hijacked the TV last night. Otherwise I would have posted about the game.

Looks like Brooks Bollinger had a great game, going 24/32 for 310 yards and 3 TD/0 INT.

J.P. Losman was mediocre at best. He was 19/35 for 231 and 2 TD/1 INT. Granted he was sacked a half dozen times.

Here's the Box Score (http://www.ufl-football.com/content/downloads/UFL_FL_LV_Game_Report_1/UFL_FL_LV_Game_Report.pdf)
Tasan
10-15-2009, 09:43 AM
This league should have gotten a clue and put all of their games online to watch. I'd give it a try, but I don't have Versus. Plus, why put your box scores in PDF format only? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Pumpy Tudors
10-15-2009, 09:48 AM
Wife hijacked the TV last night. Otherwise I would have posted about the game.

Looks like Brooks Bollinger had a great game, going 24/32 for 310 yards and 3 TD/0 INT.

J.P. Losman was mediocre at best. He was 19/35 for 231 and 2 TD/1 INT. Granted he was sacked a half dozen times.

Here's the Box Score (http://www.ufl-football.com/content/downloads/UFL_FL_LV_Game_Report_1/UFL_FL_LV_Game_Report.pdf)
keep plucking that chicken
Sun Tzu
10-15-2009, 10:28 AM
This league should have gotten a clue and put all of their games online to watch. I'd give it a try, but I don't have Versus. Plus, why put your box scores in PDF format only? Stupid, stupid, stupid.

I agree the PDF thing is pretty retarded. Don't they offer the games for free streaming live on their website? I thought they did. Anyways...

I think Pumpy is either A.) mocking me or B.) confused and thinks my wife is a Chicken.
Pumpy Tudors
10-15-2009, 11:13 AM
I think Pumpy is either A.) mocking me or B.) confused and thinks my wife is a Chicken.
Perhaps I'm mocking the way you pluck your wife!
Sun Tzu
10-15-2009, 04:33 PM
My wife likes the way I pluck her thank you very much.
Pumpy Tudors
10-15-2009, 04:37 PM
My wife likes the way I pluck her thank you very much.
Bring her to Greensburg on your road trip, and we'll have a plucking contest. At the end of the day, I'll still respect you. I like what you done.
Sun Tzu
10-15-2009, 04:40 PM
no
Pumpy Tudors
10-15-2009, 04:41 PM
personally i don't know why i even come down here
cuervo72
10-17-2009, 09:04 PM
From their commercials it seems HDNet has some real quality programming.