Football...and other important things.

Tim Tebow Watercolor

2012-01-21T19:38:00.000-08:00

Did a watercolor today of Tim Tebow... my first commissioned football watercolor:)

watercolor USFL Arizona Wranglers 1984

2012-01-16T22:30:00.000-08:00

watercolor 1985 Arizona Outlaws

2012-01-16T22:28:00.000-08:00

Watercolor 1983 Washington Federals USFL

2012-01-08T21:42:00.000-08:00

New Jersey Generals watercolor

2011-12-30T21:14:00.000-08:00

Watercolor, USFL New Jersey Generals 1983.... i'm giving up painting for the rest of the year.... i'll do a new one sunday:)

USFL fantasy league

2011-12-24T22:26:00.000-08:00

The USFL fantasy league i ran this year ended today with the championship game... the participants were the New Orleans Breakers, 10-5 on the season, versus the Arizona Wranglers who finished 11-4 on the year. The final score saw the Wranglers hold on to win 28-22.

USFL watercolor

2011-12-23T21:51:00.000-08:00

watercolor i did today... USFL tampa bay bandits john reeves 1983

USFL fantasy league 2011

2011-09-05T21:44:00.000-07:00

Here we go... football starts Thursday, so fantasy football starts Thursday as well, and this year i'll be running an 18 team USFL version. Every team has only 6 positions on the roster with no backups... QB, RB, WR, TE, K, and D/ST. When a player hits his bye week, i'll plug in a player (the teams record will dictate who gets the better player off the reserve list if there are more than one team that needs a bye filled). Then, the player will be dropped back into the reserve pool after the regular starters bye week is over. I had to think long and hard to figure this system out just so i could have all 18 USFL teams from 1984 (the math dictated that there really should only be 16 teams so every team could have at least 2 possible starters per position - since there are 32 NFL teams). I think it'll work fine, and i'm looking forward to it.

Here's a picture i made for the cover of my fantasy notebook.... i took pictures of my mini helmets to create it. It's just cool enough that i bet i see it pop up as profile pics on facebook USFL groups, as some of my other USFL helmet photos have been.... oh well, at least my helmets are being seen by people:)

pencil drawings done while on vacation

2011-06-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple pencil drawings i did while down in Texas.

Rick Neuheisel (current UCLA coach) back in his playing days in the USFL with the San Antonio Gunslingers..... appropriate since i was in Texas:)

My favorite baseball player as a kid (and still for that matter) George Brett. My first baseball artwork that was done just for myself (done a few for friends).... kinda got back into it this year.

watercolor and card i made of my daughter Rhyan

2011-06-14T17:27:00.000-07:00

USFL Chicago Blitz

2011-04-03T16:36:00.000-07:00

1983-84 USFL Chicago Blitz Watercolor. They had 2 different uniforms the 2 seasons, so i showed Vince Evans from '84, and George Allen and Trumaine Johnson from '83.

Giants watercolor

2011-03-21T22:15:00.000-07:00

watercolor i did for my Giants fan wife for her office

WFL painting Bell

2011-03-13T12:31:00.000-07:00

Final WFL team from 1974.... Philadelphia Bell

WFL painting Stars

2011-03-07T16:27:00.000-08:00

Watercolor New York Stars 1974.... Oh yeah, Dig those yellow jerseys:)

WFL paintings-Portland & So. Cal.

2011-02-27T19:18:00.000-08:00

Above: Portland Storm 1974 WFL

Below: Southern California Sun 1974-75 WFL
Oh yeah, Magenta and orange uniforms.... even had white belts.... gotta love the 70's:)

WFL painting Memphis Grizzlies

2011-02-20T11:55:00.000-08:00

Watercolor Memphis Grizzlies WFL 1975. This team had NFL Hall of Famer Larry Csonka (pictured), Miami Dolphins Jim Kiick (pictured) and Paul Warfield, and future Cowboy QB Danny White (pictured). They also went by the name Memphis Southmen.

WFL painting Texans

2011-02-18T18:50:00.000-08:00

World Football League Houston Texans 1974 Watercolor.

WFL painting Wheels

2011-02-13T09:26:00.000-08:00

Detroit Wheels 1974 World Football League..... only 6 more 1974 teams to go, then i decide if i'm going to paint the teams from the half-season of 1975..... i probably will.

WFL painting Sharks

2011-02-06T11:42:00.000-08:00

World Football League Jacksonville Sharks 1974.

SELF-MADE FOOTBALL BOARD GAME

2011-02-01T13:24:00.000-08:00

So i gathered up some cork board, sticker paper on which i created my own field from scratch on the PC, 20 sided dice and some pieces from another board game i had that took way more time than i wanted to invest to play, and created my own board game. the games take a little under a half an hour to play, and the couple i have played have ended with pretty realistic scores, so i guess the 20 play outcome charts i had to come up with turned out pretty accurate. i'm pretty proud of it, and have started a World Football League simulation using it (since lately i've been obsessed with the WFL in my paintings) and will post game summaries, results and stories here. here's a picture of it. let me know what you think....

WFL Hawaiians

2011-01-24T17:24:00.000-08:00

Watercolor

Random Artwork

2011-01-22T19:55:00.000-08:00

WFL Birmingham Americans watercolor

Watercolor of the NFL halmets from 1968

Pencil drawing of Steeler great Jack Lambert

WFL painting 2

2011-01-21T22:19:00.000-08:00

Chigao Fire World Football League 1974

WFL paintings

2011-01-09T21:53:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple watercolor paintings i did recently of the old World Football League.

NAFL WEEK 17 - ALLSTAR GAME

2011-01-02T17:02:00.000-08:00

Pacific Conference Allstars 33
Atlantic Conference Allstars 17

NAFL WEEK 16 - TITLEBOWL I

2011-01-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

Final score of TitleBowl I

St. Louis Archers 39
Dallas Bulls 18

MVP St. Louis QB Tom Brady

NAFL WEEK 15 - TITLE BOWL 1

2010-12-24T13:05:00.000-08:00

Playoff results from week 14

ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
Dallas Bulls          51
Hamilton Hornets 20

PACIFIC CONFERENCE
St. Louis Archers   41
Calgary Rustlers     37

TITLEBOWL 1 from San Diego, California

NAFL WEEK 14

2010-12-19T07:54:00.000-08:00

Wild card playoff results from week 13:

Atlantic Conference
Dallas Bulls 44
New York Empererors 12

Pacific Conference
Calgary Rustlers 34
Vancouver Jays 24

Conference Championships will be played this weekend for the right to play in the Inaugural NAFL TitleBowl.

Atlantic Conference
Dallas Bulls @ Hamilton Hornets

Pacific Conference
Calgary Rustlers @ St. Louis Archers

NAFL WEEK 13

2010-12-11T20:50:00.000-08:00

The regular season is over, and week 14 is Wild-card weekend.... the match-ups are:

Atlantic Conference
New York Emperors vs. Dallas Bulls

Pacific Conference
Vancouver Jays vs. Calgary Rustlers

NAFL WEEK 12

2010-12-05T21:49:00.000-08:00

NAFL WEEK 11

2010-11-25T21:07:00.000-08:00

NAFL WEEK 10

2010-11-19T22:09:00.000-08:00

NAFL WEEK 9

2010-11-13T10:00:00.000-08:00

NAFL WEEK 8

2010-11-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

NAFL WEEK 7

2010-11-06T21:11:00.000-07:00

NAFL WEEK 6

2010-10-24T17:15:00.000-07:00

scoresheet:

NAFL WEEK 5

2010-10-17T17:08:00.000-07:00

Week 5 scores:

PACIFIC DIVISION
Calgary 48 - Chicago 16
St. Louis 30 - Detroit 24
Arizona 44 - Hawaii 27
Vancouver 49 - San Diego 25

ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston 38 - Hamilton 8
New York 42 - Washington 39
Birmingham 40 - Dallas 38
Houston 35 - Miami 28

Week 5 Standings

NAFL WEEK 4

2010-10-10T19:51:00.000-07:00

Week 4 scores:

PACIFIC DIVISION
Calgary 29 - San Diego 27
Chicago 30 - Vancouver 15
Detroit 25 - Arizona 14
Hawaii 34 - St. Louis 24

ATLANTIC DIVISION
Houston 43 - Boston 26
Hamilton 45 - Miami 31
New York 14 - Birmingham 11
Dallas 38 - Washington 18

NAFL WEEK 3

2010-10-03T17:19:00.000-07:00

Week 3 scores:

PACIFIC DIVISION
St. Louis 45 - Calgary 33
Detroit 34 - Chicago 33
Vancouver 34 - Arizona 27
San Diego 28 - Hawaii 18

ATLANTIC DIVISION
Washington 50 - Boston 25
Hamilton 34 - New York 12
Miami 30 - Birmingham 23
Dallas 32 - Houston 21

Standings after 3 weeks:

NAFL WEEK 2

2010-09-26T18:21:00.000-07:00

Week 2 scores:

PACIFIC DIVISION
Hawaii 41 - Calgary 26
Chicago 46 - Arizona 39
Vancouver 48 - Detroit 6
St. Louis 35 - San Diego 21

ATLANTIC DIVISION
Boston 18 - Dallas 17
Hamilton 38 - Birmingham17
Miami 44 - New York 31
Washington 63 - Houston 33

Standings after 2 weeks:

NAFL WEEK 1

2010-09-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Week 1 scores:

PACIFIC CONFERENCE
Calgary 34 - Detroit 23
St. Louis 34 - Chicago 26
San Diego 19 - Arizona 9
Hawaii 29 - Vancouver 28

ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
New York 34 - Boston 12
Washington 36 - Hamilton 21
Houston 44 - Birmingham 21
Dallas 25 - Miami 19

NAFL TEAM PICS

2010-08-22T19:21:00.000-07:00

Just having some fun with the teams waiting for the draft to arrive (once i know all the injury statuses and starting lineups - no room for error when there's this many teams).

NAFL Teams and Uniforms

2010-07-28T21:19:00.000-07:00

Here are the teams for my new fantasy league. The logos are original with a few exceptions, but those are still created by me with some tweaks to existing logos from everything from sports to business, and some of the uniforms give a nod to some of my favorites from leagues past. You can see by these that i am very old school as far as striping and things.... no weird swooshes and such. They are broken down by conference and division.... click on the images to enlarge, and let me know what you think.

NAFL Announcement

2010-07-27T22:50:00.000-07:00

My fantasy league for the upcoming NFL season will be the North American Football League and will feature 16 teams from the U.S. and Canada. For the past 2 years i've ran a USFL fantasy league, but this time around i wanted to make my own teams. Here's the league logo, conference logos, championship trophy, and the logo for the first year championship game dubbed the "TitleBowl". In the coming days/weeks I will post pics of the uniforms, helmets, and team logos.

WFL Midseason Leaders

2010-05-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

WFL Week 6

2010-05-30T16:56:00.000-07:00

WFL Week 5

2010-05-30T16:55:00.000-07:00

WFL Week 4

2010-05-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

WFL Week 3

2010-05-16T08:28:00.000-07:00

WFL art

2010-05-16T07:42:00.000-07:00

I make a binder of my leagues, printing out all the weekly pics that i show you here, and this is the art i made for the first page of the WFL 1974 season....

WFL Week 2

2010-05-13T19:40:00.001-07:00

World Football League Week 1

2010-05-09T13:38:00.000-07:00

I'm taking a break from my USFL league, and will be running a WFL league (you remember, the league in the 70's that lasted a year and a half). I input a few of the real "stars" at the major positions, and the rest are just the stock players in FBPro 98. Should be a fun change.... i haven't drawn too many WFL pictures, so I guess it's about time:)

To familiarize you with the teams:

Eastern Division: Florida Blazers, Jacksonville Sharks, New York Stars, Philadelphia Bell
Central Division: Birmingham Americans, Chicago Fire, Detroit Wheels, Memphis Southmen (Grizzlies)
Western Division: Houston Texans, The Hawaiians, Portland Storm, Southern California Sun

POSTSEASON

2010-04-25T09:13:00.001-07:00

Week 14

2010-04-22T20:31:00.000-07:00

Week 13

2010-04-22T20:30:00.000-07:00

Week 12

2010-04-22T20:29:00.000-07:00

Week 11

2010-04-22T20:28:00.000-07:00

Week 10

2010-04-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

Week 9

2010-04-15T21:08:00.000-07:00

Week 8

2010-04-15T21:07:00.000-07:00

Championship Picture

2010-04-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

The long overdue 1984 Memphis Showboats Championship Poster....

Stars of the USFL

2010-04-10T16:26:00.000-07:00

Week 7

2010-04-10T15:25:00.000-07:00

Week 6

2010-04-10T15:23:00.001-07:00

Week 5

2010-04-01T22:03:00.001-07:00

Week 4

2010-04-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

1985 WEEK 3

2010-03-31T21:38:00.001-07:00

1985 WEEK 2

2010-03-31T20:37:00.000-07:00

1985 WEEK 1

2010-03-31T20:35:00.001-07:00

POSTSEASON

2010-03-27T21:32:00.000-07:00

Week 14

2010-03-25T20:18:00.000-07:00

Week 13

2010-03-23T22:52:00.001-07:00

Week 12

2010-03-23T22:51:00.001-07:00

Week 11

2010-03-22T21:23:00.000-07:00

Week 10

2010-03-22T21:22:00.000-07:00

Week 9

2010-03-21T23:21:00.000-07:00

Week 8

2010-03-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

Week 7

2010-03-20T14:17:00.000-07:00

Week 6

2010-03-18T20:03:00.000-07:00

Week 5

2010-03-18T20:00:00.001-07:00

Week 4

2010-03-17T21:40:00.000-07:00

Week 3

2010-03-17T21:12:00.000-07:00

Week 2

2010-03-14T21:15:00.000-07:00

USFL new league

2010-03-13T22:01:00.000-08:00

OK, so i'm going to get away from the Madden type leagues that i've been doing, and I've dug out my old FBPro98, which was more about the stats and record keeping. This should free me up to do a bit more art instead of just the screen caps of Madden. I'm going with the 1984 model, which had 18 teams. I am not going to program in all the real players like i've been doing though.... i decided it would be more fun to keep the players as named and then do my art based on the player and # versus just drawing the same old guys from the real league that i always do. I went though and drew all the USFL helmets using a helmet from an old pennant for my template, and then found an old pic of Franco Harris to create my fictional Houston Gambler Dino Snider.

So, without further ado, here is the week 1 recap:

USFL Championship

2010-03-13T18:28:00.000-08:00

The USFL SummerBowl Jacksonville, Florida

The SummerBowl of 1986 pits the Arizona Outlaws against the Baltimore Stars. We traveled to Jacksonville earlier this week, and after all the media obligations were met, we settled down to game planning.

Here's some shots of warm-ups before the game.... everyone was really excited and nervous.

The coin flip, which baltimore won, and elected to kick off.

1st quarter action....

Brian made the Stars pay for kicking to us first.

Kit Lathrop, USFL Defensive MVP, lines up for the pass rush.

Fusina hits on a pass over the middle. He would finish 17-32 for 142 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions.

Here Kelvin Bryant gets stopped in the backfield. Bryant finished with 70 yards rushing.

Brian pulls in a pass between defenders. He had 4 catches for 45 yards and a score.

The defensive backs get a little pep talk while the offense is on the field.

All-USFL Tim Taylor was good on his 2 field goal attempts.

A pick in the endzone to thwart a Star drive.

Tim celebrates his 2nd field goal of the day.

Philly brings the score closer late in the 3rd quarter.

But it was too little, too late. We prevailed 28-14 in the 1986 USFL SummerBowl.

Let the Celebration begin....

Well, that's it for this season.... thanks for following along:)
Gene

Week 10

2010-03-07T09:13:00.000-08:00

Final regular season game - Home in Arizona

Our last regular regular season game was against Jacksonville at home, where the Bulls beat us 9-6. The starters only played the first half knowing we already had a berth in the SummerBowl.

Brain makes a nice sideline grab here. In his half of work he had 4 catches for 25 yards.

I finished my regular season with a 12-26 performance for 89 yards.

Mike Rozier and the Bulls had a nice day rushing.

Tim again accounted for all our points, going 2 for 2 on field goals.

That takes us to 7-3 on the season and a trip to the SummerBowl, being held in Jacksonville this year. Our opponent will be none other than the Baltimore Stars, who are making their 4th appearance in the championship in 4 years. When we faced the Stars this year, they beat us 12-9..... revenge time.

USFL AWARDS

Safety Bruce Laird made the All-USFL team.

As did kicker Tim Taylor.

And Defensive End Kit Lathrop was named the USFL's Defensive Player of the Year.

New Jersey's Hershel Walker was voted the USFL Most Valuable Player.

Week 9

2010-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

On the road in Tampa

We traveled to Tampa this week and came away with a 17-6 victory over the Bandits, wrapping up our division and a spot in the USFL's newly dubbed "SummerBowl".... has a nice ring to it.

Brian had 3 catches for 9 yards in the win.

Look at that line play. The Bandits never laid a hand on me, yet still I only completed 14 of 31 passes. The 14 were good for 175 yards and a touchdown.

Tim went 3 for 3 on field goals. Here he got to play QB when we shifted our extra point into a 2-point conversion attempt. He completed his pass, but short of the goal line.

Next we face the Bulls..... We'll have to see if Coach Kush sits us starters in this meaningless game, or if he keeps us in to stay sharp.

Week 8

2010-03-06T16:13:00.000-08:00

On the road in Orlando

This week we traveled to Orlando for a rematch with the Renegades. We came away with a 21-3 victory over our division rivals, putting us in great position to win the Independence Division with only 2 games remaining.

Brian had 4 catches for 32 yards. Here we see him in his natural environment, about to snare a ball, but watch out Brian, you're being hunted.

Nobody.... nobody, intercepts my passes.... ok they do, but this time i got to make someone pay for it.

Here Kit Lathrop shows how to stop the run: 1. Drive your man WAY back into the backfield. 2. Rinse 3. Repeat

Kevin Nelson had a great day, going for 122 yards and a score. Hey #46, are you blocking or are you simply an obstacle?

Tim went 2 for 2 on the day, with a long of 49 yards. Even panned back this far you can still see that face mask.

The standings with 2 games to go....

Next week Tampa Bay....

BUZZBALL FIGURE

2010-03-05T21:40:00.000-08:00

I was playing around and made an electric football figure ( you remember electric football right?)..... i've only done the Outlaws so far, but i think i might do all the USFL teams. I love my art programs:)

Week 7

2010-03-05T18:12:00.000-08:00

Home versus the Baltimore Stars

Damnit.... we lost again. This time to the Stars 12-9. That brings our record down to 5-2, just in time for a match-up in Orlando (4-3) next week for the division lead.

Kelvin Bryant, the USFL's second leading rusher behind Hershel Walker, gained 58 yards on the day.

Chuck Fusina, the league's top rated quarterback had 175 yards and 1 TD.

Earlier in the week, William Fuller was quoted as saying "Sanny won't scramble on us.... he's chicken." Well, taking a page from Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future, I was out to show that "Noone calls me chicken." I think I look more like an albatross here.

Brian had 3 catches for 41 yards. After a slow start, he's ranked 15th in the league for receivers with 237 yards.

Tim wanted to win back the trust of his teammates this week, and he did, going 3 for 3 and accounting for all of our points. He is the highest rated kicker in the USFL at 93.3%.

Well, like I said, we're off to Orlando for our next game, where the Renegades will want to avenge the 26-14 loss we handed them in week 5. We need this to remain atop the Independence Division.

Week 6

2010-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

Sunday home vs Memphis

Well, I guess it had to happen eventually.... we lost. Memphis came to town and brought heavy spring rain with them and trounced us 15-9.

Tim Spencer had a great game for the Showboats, here finishing off a long touchdown in the first quarter.

Steve Young had a TD and 1 INT on the afternoon.

Brian collected 4 catches for 46 yards.

I met Reggie White.... everyone says he's a nice man... I don't see it, at least not from here.

Tim went 1 for 3 in the game. Here he boots a souvenier to a fan to the right of the goal post.

We've got a 2 game lead with 4 games left to go.

Week 5

2010-03-03T19:54:00.000-08:00

Home versus Orlando

Monday night we faced Bobby Hebert and the Orlando Renegades. For the 2nd straight week we gave up 14 points, but the offense stepped up and produced 26 to improve to 5-0 on the season.

I went 15-29 for 227 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.

Brian had his best game so far grabbing 4 passes for 99 yards.

Tim went 2 for 2 on field goals, remaining perfect on the season.

Here the Renegades score late in the game... too little too late.

This next week we take on the 3-2 Memphis Showboats. I'm not really looking forward to meeting Reggie White in person....

Week 4

2010-02-28T09:42:00.000-08:00

Week 4 in New Jersey

This week we traveled to New Jersey to take on Doug Flutie, Hershel Walker and the Generals. It was a barnburner, which we won 17-14. That takes us to 4-0 and the top of the Independence Division.

We signed my old pal Tim Taylor to kick this week, and his 3 for 3 performance should assure him of the job the rest of the season.

This was fun.... here I am getting my ass handed to me.

Brian had 2 catches for 26 yards. They covered him like a blanket for most of the day, but he made a couple nice grabs between defenders that set us up for scores.

Here Doug Flutie hands off to Hershel Walker. Walker had 138 yards on the day.

Kit Lathrop introduced himself to an unsuspecting Flutie.

A touchdown pass we had called back on a replay.

Here I demonstrate how I like to show perfect quarterback form even while flat on my back..... damnit.

USFL standings after 4 weeks. It's a 10 game regular season so it's still anyone's game.

Before I go, I wanted to show a picture of Tim that shows why there was so much commentary about him on talk radio this week. I don't think i've ever seen a kicker wear a mask this big. When I asked him why he chose it, he said "Because they don't make a bigger one." I think he might be in Witness Protection.

Week 3

2010-02-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

On the road in Birmingham...

This week we traveled to Birmingham for ESPN's Saturday night game. We had another great week, beating the Stallions 21-6.

Safety Bruce Laird and the defense had a great night. Laird had an interception, and the defense racked up 3 turnovers. In our 3 games they've given up a league low 24 points. Here Bruce brings down a Stallion receiver.

Kit Lathrop got in the backfield so fast he almost took the handoff.... instead he just brought down Birmingham QB Cliff Stoudt before he could give the ball to Joe Cribbs.

I finished the day 11-21 with a TD and no interceptions despite our best receiver, my brother Brian, getting hurt early in the 2nd quarter. He'll be back next week.

The defense had Cliff Stoudt on the run all day.

Here Kit Lathrop breaks through the middle. I love this shot of Stoudt.... the camera caught him at a moment where it looks like he just wants to walk off the field....

Speaking of wanting to walk off the field.... I was just happy I was able to walk after this showdown.... I swear, it looked open for a second there. I'm not showing the picture of me after this hit.... that's going up in Brian's locker as a reminder not to get hurt anymore so i don't have to try to make things happen with my feet.

Looks like we'll be trying out some kickers this week after ours got hurt..... might have to give my old buddy Tim Taylor a call. He got cut by the Bears last season and is trying catch on somewhere.

See you next week.
Gene Sanny 21

Week 2

2010-02-22T19:11:00.000-08:00

Week 2, home opener....

Today I played my 2nd pro game.... home this time against the Tampa Bay Bandits. Coach Kush was on us tough all week trying to get us ready for "BanditBall" and it paid off in spades to the tune of a 15-6 victory. Our defense was incredible again this week, holding John Reeves and Company to only 2 field goals. As for me, I went 16-30 with no touchdowns and 2 interceptions. I really felt like i let the guys down with the turnovers, but our D really bailed me out with a defensive touchdown. Here's a few highlights....

Coach isn't crazy about my side arm delivery, but this one netted us 24 yards.

Kevin Nelson had a nice day. Here he scampers for a first down.

Kit Lathrop and the defense shut down the Bandit rushing attack altogether, which left only the pass, and the guys were ready for it every time.

Time to get some sleep..... practice early tomorrow.

Week 1

2010-02-21T14:38:00.000-08:00

March 1986 Opening weekend of the USFL schedule

   My name is Gene Sanny, and I'm the new quarterback of the USFL's Arizona Outlaws. A 2nd round draft selection, I opted for the USFL after being drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 8th round of this years NFL draft. I wanted to play right away, and I figured i'd have to wait a couple of years for Dan Fouts to retire... trying to fill a future hall-of-famers shoes didn't sound as attractive as the money the Outlaws were putting up, so here I am.
   The best part is the Outlaws drafted my brother to play wide reciever.... we hadn't played together since high school. I went to Nebraska, and he stayed in our home state of Iowa to play for the Hawkeyes.

   So opening weekend we traveled to Jacksonville to take on the Bulls. The USFL decided to stay in the Spring for this year, so it was beautiful to me for this time of the year. Arizona is awesome too, but remember, where i'm from there's still snow on the ground. I was a bundle of nerves.... it might not be the NFL, but it's still my first pro football. Here I am warming up before the game.

I chose to wear number 21 because 2 was taken (my college number), and I always thought John Hadl of the Chargers looked cool wearing 21.... the USFL doesn't have restrictions on uniform numbers for quarterbacks, so I'm 21.

Here's my brother Brian and I getting some last minute instructions from Coach Frank Kush.... notice we both shunned the newer face masks for the old school look.

Brian made a great catch in the 2nd quarter in between 2 Bulls defenders setting up a score.

Here I am throwing my first pro touchdown.

Our defense was incredible this afternoon. They tallied 2 fumble recoveries and an interception. They held my Husker teammate Mike Rozier to under 50 yards and gave QB Brian Sipe fits all day. Here's a great pass break-up.

Here's the defense forcing Brian Sipe to rush his throw, resulting in an interception.

Here's my favorite play. Victory formation, baby!

I finished 16 of 33 with 1 TD and no INT's. Not too bad, but I gotta work on the completions. Brian had 2 catches for 33 yards and a ton of return yards in a 22-12 win.
We are tied for first place in the Independence Division with Orlando at 1-0.... next week we face Steve Spurrier and his BanditBall offense at home.... I can't wait to suit up in front of our home fans.

USFL Madden League

2010-02-21T14:07:00.000-08:00

I am starting a Madden league of the USFL, based on the 1986 season. 8 teams remain: Arizona Outlaws, Orlando Renegades, Jacksonville Bulls, Tampa Bay Bandits, New Jersey Generals, Baltimore Stars, Birmingham Stallions, and the Memphis Showboats.
It will be reported to you from the standpoint of me, quarterback of the Arizona Outlaws. I'm a rookie and this will be my journal.

New Look

2010-02-20T16:17:00.000-08:00

   Well, i put up a new look to the Blog, and soon i will get a page started as a gallery for my artwork. I haven't decided if i'm going to put any of my art up for sale yet (i'm running out of wall space in my football room, but it's SO hard to part with my art), but if I get any offers i will entertain them.
   I'm also coming up with my next fantasy league to fill the void left by the NFL. Probably USFL, maybe the 8 team circuit that was supposed to take place in 1986 but never did.

If there's any ideas anyone has for this blog to make it more entertaining for you, kind visitor, feel free to drop me an email.   nfltattoo@gmail.com

Kenny Anderson Painting

2010-01-10T21:58:00.000-08:00

Here's how i spent 5 hours today.... watercolor on canvas.

This is Kenny Anderson of the bengals in the 70's and early 80's. yes, it's supposed to look drippy.... something i am experimenting with:)

WEEK 16 / CHAMPIONSHIP

2009-12-29T21:47:00.000-08:00

The Washington Federals are your 2009 USFL Champions. The last player active in the game was Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers, and when he kicked the winning field goal against the Broncos in the late afternoon game Sunday, he also made the winning kick in the Championship game, edging out the Panthers 35-33.

Next week is the final week.... the USFL All-Star game.