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My pick to win the UFL
Written by Al Beaton   
Tuesday, 13 October 2009 14:11

UFLFor those of you who do not know what on earth is the UFL, it's the United Football League. It's a new "pro" (term used loosely) football league currently playing in 2 cities, San Francisco and Las Vegas and in 2 metropolitan areas, Central Florida and in the New York City metro area.

To be honest, I don't know diddly about the UFL, save for a little I read about it in Peter King's SI MMQB column, poking around the UFL website and stumbling across a game on the Versus Network last Thursday. It was football, which was good. But it wasn't good football, which is bad.

It's not like I'm starved for football right now as it is, with the NFL and NCAA in full swing. Why would I want to watch Arena League rejects playing in a Triple A league?

Will the UFL be another American Football League, or the next WFL/USFL/World League/XFL/Arena League? It'd bet on the latter, though I'm surprised the league has made it to the point of actually playing televised games. Even if being televised by niche channels like Versus and HDNet isn't exactly going to net you lots of eyeballs, but you take what you can get. Only time will tell if the UFL will survive long-term.

I'll admit my knowledge about the new league is quite limited.  But it's not going to stop me from predicting who will be the first league champion. How can I pick the champion of a league I've barely watched?

I have a system.

I looked at the rosters of the four teams, and checked for players who had been connected to the Detroit Lions in some way. I did find a few stiffs scrubs players who spent time with the Motor City Kitties in training camp or in the regular season.

Former Lions in the UFL:

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California Redwoods: QB Mike McMahon, WR Bobby Sippio

Florida Tuskers: QB Brooks Bollinger, RB Tatum Bell, G Fred Matua

Las Vegas Locomotives: WR David Kircus, LB Teddy Lehman

New York Sentinels: None

It's a done deal! It's the lock of the millennium!

The first champion of the UFL will be...

The New York Sentinels.



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written by Ratt, October 13, 2009
Hahah. A very scientific method, Big Al. I love it. It reminds me of the fantasy method that will undoubtedly lead you to paydirt, "always start players who play against Detroit". But I digress, your system was very humorous, indeed.

Equally humorous, in my opinion, is their choice of mascot names.

California Redwoods...a tree is their mascot? How very intimidating! The Las Vegas team, the Locomotives, does have a hint of alliteration in its corner. However, once you take away that 'plus', all that remains is a children's toy and a transportation method that hasn't been relevant for over a century. Again, not very threatening.

Originally, the Tusker appeared to be as imaginary as the Lion's pass rush, but after a little research, that theory proved to be incorrect...sort of. According to a handful of articles, the Tusker is the same thing as an everglades Warthog. Somewhat neat. I certainly wouldn't mess with a Warthog. On the other hand, said articles were the only place that mentioned this reference.

And then we come to the Sentinels, the soon to be crowned UFL champ. Fairly cool nickname. Ironically, I have nothing negative to say about it. Go Sentinels!
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written by Big Al Beaton, October 14, 2009
I'm with you, Ratt. The UFL sure is an odd little league, even their nicknames are on the bizarre side.

From what poking around I did, mostly on Wikipedia, Detroit is supposedly on the long list of areas being considered for a franchise in 2010.

Just what we need, another minor league football team in town...
no trash talk..
written by Big Z, November 23, 2009
I'm from vegas. And havnt been a huge fan of the afl, xfl..and all the AAA leauges that nosedived.
But I've been to 2 ufl games this Season. Locos spanked California and NY both times. for an avid football fan this league is awesome.
The nicknames are horrible. But we have pro players floating in this leauge playing good football. LV locos for instance have 1st round draft pick JP losman QB. And RB dede Dorsey who's pushing 7.1 yds per carry. Also Teddy Lehman LB from Detroit. Huge potential players and good football.
Maybe the people who enjoy the game in general should watch. Too many complainers.. I'm excited to have the ufl jumpstart, and watch the championship game on the 27th. NY vs LV.
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written by Big Z, November 23, 2009
Excuse me... Championship game is LV vs Florida.
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written by Big Z, November 23, 2009
By the way.. Sentenials are horrible and won't win the championship this year. Vegas took it to NY 47-7 here in the desert and beat them in the meadowlands. I have to stick with my locos this year. ex Giants head coach Jim Fassell leading the powerhouse locos will steal the ship from the 5-0 florida. Booyah!

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