The Stars are back

The USFL announced today that the Stars will field a team this season, and it will be in Baltimore.
Only 4 more teams left to be announced.

Two more teams announced

The Memphis Showboats and Michigan Panthers are the latest teams announced that will be participating in the upcoming season of the USFL. Only 5 left to go.

More teams announced for the upcoming season

Joining the Outlaws, Bandits, and Federals previously announced will be the Boston Breakers, and the Orlando Renegades. Stay tuned for the remaining 7 teams that will make up the USFL.

UHHHG....Starting Over

Ok, so here's the deal.... the Madden game i use to play the USFL games on seems to have crashed my season I was running. So, everything i had to this point is gone. I have decided that this is but a minor set-back, and up from those ashes will rise something even better. I am reorganizing, and will create a new USFL based back in the good ol' 80's. It will feature some of the teams I was using before and a few of the ones I left out in the previous version.

Here's where I believe it gets interesting..... I plan to include myself as a quarterback on one of the teams, and this blog will fictionally act as a diary of the fictional Gene Sanny, quarterback. The weekly results of the games will be posted, but the majority of the information you will receive will be in the form of a first hand account of the daily or weekly life of a USFL quarterback. I haven't seen anything like this before as far as the leagues i've seen run online, so i think it could be pretty entertaining and original. The part I look forward to is the artwork, because I intend to lean less heavily on the screen grabs from Madden.


Speaking of artwork, the drawings are what i'm working on currently for the league. I'm making team pictures for all the teams i'm going to use. The first 3 teams I will announce are the Bandits, Federals, and the Outlaws (the Arizona version). Keep checking back to see what the other 9 teams will be. Also, feel free to drop me a line and let me know what you think of the new format idea. Oh, and you can use the artwork on your sites if you want, but please give me credit.

Mid-Season Report, trading cards released

We've hit the halfway point of this 10 game 2009 season. This edition of Inside the USFL will cover last weeks results, standings, and the league leaders at QB, RB, and WR. The pictures accompanying the leader board are a sampling of the new USFL trading cards that were released this week.

Week 5 is in the books... your results are as follows:

Denver 41, Chicago 35
- Chicago FB Hicks fumbles at the goal line into the endzone near the end of the 4th quarter. Denver recovered and then drove 80 yards for the winning touchdown

Washington 23, Birmingham 20
-Washington kicks a field goal with 3 seconds left to hand Birmingham their 5 straight loss.

Pittsburgh 29, New Jersey 28
-On a rain soaked field, the Maulers score with 6 seconds left in the game, and then gets the win with a 2 point conversion.

Michigan 42, Oakland 21
-Michigan controlled the game throughout, evening up with the Invaders at 3-2.

Arizona 34, San Antonio 32
-J.J. Arrington puts up 2 TD's for the Wranglers as they hang on to beat the Gunslingers.

Jacksonville 31, Boston 28
-The Bulls stop the Breakers on downs at the end of the game to hold on for the 3 point victory.



The USFL season is just 10 games long, with all regular season games played within each teams own division, so each team plays every team in their division twice. This was done so that when the Championship game rolls around, the combatants will not have played each other during the regular season. This was done with a nod to the way baseball used to be, with no teams from either league playing each other.... I liked the idea of different styles coming together for the first time in the Championship game. What worked against opponents in your division during the regular season may not translate to an opponent that was set up to beat teams in their division. The playoffs will consist of the top 3 teams from each division qualifying, with the 2nd and 3rd place teams squaring off in the semi-finals, and the winner taking on the division champ the next week. Then the 2009 USFL Championship will be held in Tampa, Florida. The USFL has had many requests for a ressurection of the Bandits, and the turnout for the game could go a long way towards letting the league know if Tampa's fans will support the team if it comes back.

Here's the standings at this point in the season (click to enlarge)....



Here's the leader board....

Quarterbacks:
1. Mark Sanchez, Boston 1394 yards 13 TD's
2. J.P. Losman, Breakers 1339 yards 11 TD's
3. Kyle Boller, Washington 1237 yards 9 TD's
4. Jay Cutler, Denver 1220 yards 13 TD's
5. Sam Bradford, Arizona 1199 yards 12 TD's


Running backs:
1. J.J. Arrington, Arizona 529 yards 9 TD's
2. Larry Johnson, New Jersey 491 yards 8 TD's
3. Tatum Bell, Denver 420 yards 8 TD's
4. DeShaun Foster, Oakland 389 yards 6 TD's
5. Rudi Johnson, Michigan 385 yards 7 TD's


Wide Receivers:
1. Drew Bennett, Boston 655 yards 7 TD's
2. Jeremy Maclin, Denver 598 yards 6 TD's
3. Michael Crabtree, S.A. 576 yards 9 TD's
4. Torry Holt, Michigan 517 yards 6 TD's
5. Terrell Owens, Chicago 507 yards 8 TD's

That's it for this week, see you after the week 6 games.

Gene Sanny
USFL Commissioner

Week 4

On Thursday night, San Antonio visited Denver in a tight game that came down to the wire. The Gunslingers "Bounty Hunter" defense came up with a goal line stand with 1 minute remaining, to preserve a 20-14 victory over the Gold. S.A. 3-1, Den 1-3


The first of Sunday afternoon's games kicked off in Birmingham. The visiting Maulers handed the Stallions their 4th straight defeat of the season in a close one, 21-19. PIT 3-1, BIRM 0-4


Chicago traveled to Michigan Sunday afternoon, and the Blitz made the most of their visit, winning their first game of the season. Terrell Owens had 128 yards receiving and 3 TD's for the Blitz in the 42-24 win. "I told you we'd win if you put the ball in my hands more", said Owens in his post-game press conference. CHI 1-3, MICH 2-2


In the late Sunday afternoon game it took overtime to decide the winner. Boston kicked a field goal in the extra period to win 30-27. BOS 3-1, NJ 1-2-1


The Sunday night contest was really no contest at all. A quite first half gave way to Washington putting up 17 unanswered points to earn the first shutout of the season, 17-0 over the hometown Bulls. WASH 2-1-1, JAX 2-2


Monday night saw Oakland beat Arizona in a barnburner. As Dan Patrick would say, this contest was a BCW, or Bathroom Can Wait event. Oakland held on to win 41-35. OAK 3-1, ARIZ 2-2