the USFL is back

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Finally Houston capitalizes on a turnover and scores on a forced fumble. 

[Bogeywon 2546]

19 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

No idea. All I know is he still has the same mediocre QB who at times looks like maybe he can cut it but, when it comes down to it, he can’t. Never found.

Also, what the hell just happened? I mean, the game was basically over but I thought there were still a couple minutes on the clock when my local NBC affiliate just cut to the news.

Also, *Lulz. 

Shea fucking Patterson hot garbage ass trash since michigan. Had black Nico Collins and DPJ there and stuck 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Holy crap. Houston gave up the lead and lost their last three games with a combined total of 10 seconds left on the clock. 

Edited May 22, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Houston only had 8 offensive snaps in the 2nd half, all in the 4th quarter, and still had the lead until the final play of the game. That’s brutal.

[Underdog 29110]

Nielsen Ratings: 1 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

On 5/22/2022 at 6:36 PM, Bogeywon said:

Shea fucking Patterson hot garbage ass trash since michigan. Had black Nico Collins and DPJ there and stuck 

Shea Patterson was cut by the Michigan Panthers and will now be a backup QB for the New Orleans Breakers.

https://www.maizenbrew.com/football/23142877/michigan-wolverines-quarterback-shea-patterson-cut-joins-new-orleans-breakers-usfl-football

[Vito Andolini 9432]

Also appropriate for the Fuck Jeff Fisher thread, it seems Michigan (the league’s presumptive favorite heading into the season) is now 1-5, and enters the fourth quarter of tonight’s game with New Orleans trailing 17-12. Go NO. Fuck Jeff Fisher.

[Vito Andolini 9432]

Lulz. Jeff Fisher is now the proud owner of the USFL’s first 1-6 team. Made the decision to attempt a 54 yard field goal when up by 3, 2:00 to go. Kicker missed, New Orleans had much better field position due to the miss, went on to tie it in regulation and they went on to dominate the overtime. Fuck Jeff Fisher.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Birmingham just scored a 52 yd TD run on a fake punt. There was some good downfield blocking involved. That was an impressive play.

[Texzilla58 4778]

Lulz. Jeff Fisher is now the proud owner of the USFL’s first 1-6 team. Made the decision to attempt a 54 yard field goal when up by 3, 2:00 to go. Kicker missed, New Orleans had much better field position due to the miss, went on to tie it in regulation and they went on to dominate the overtime. Fuck Jeff Fisher.

It’s a shame he doesn’t have a 0-7 record.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Yes, it’s a meaningless game. But it’s football. And there have been some nice plays.

But Tampa Bay, down 14-0 to Birmingham in the 3rd qtr, scored two TD’s and went for 2 after both of them, failing on each attempt. So now they’re down 14-12 instead of being tied at 14 all. They deserve to lose.

Next week in Canton. Go Breakers!

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

TD B’ham.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

TD Tampa Bay. Down 21-18, with 7:17 left in the game, they go for 3 and fail to convert. It must feel great to be their kicker. 

[millhouse 2719]

I honestly had no idea this was still a thing/still playing games

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

7 hours ago, millhouse said:

I honestly had no idea this was still a thing/still playing games

This was the last weekend of the regular season. This coming Saturday they start a 4-team playoff in Canton, OH with the championship game played on Sunday the following weekend. 

[lemonandaturd 4289]

USFL Semifinal playoff game on now.  Philly vs NJ on Fox.  Pretty good game.  It is too hot to go outside, so football on a Saturday afternoon will have to do.  

[trza-hawk 269]

I am trying to think of a nickname pun for this guy Cookus. Like, Cookus just burnt the defense on that touchdown drive or something snappy like that.

[lemonandaturd 4289]

Perez sucks.  

[lemonandaturd 4289]

Chris Nelson may be going to the USFL Championship.  Belly rubs incoming.  

[Hagbard Celine 11170]

that guy is going to the league

[lemonandaturd 4289]

Dallas Cowboys need to bring Turpin into camp.  

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

2 hours ago, lemonandaturd said:

USFL Semifinal playoff game on now.  Philly vs NJ on Fox.  Pretty good game.  It is too hot to go outside, so football on a Saturday afternoon will have to do.  

Two punt return TD’s. Pretty good game.

Philly leads 19-14 with 1:41 left. NJ has the ball.

Mike Riley is Coach of the Year in the USFL. I kind of expected it to be Skip Holtz.

Edited June 25, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[lemonandaturd 4289]

Just now, WhatTheBuck said:

Two punt return TD’s. Pretty good game.

Philly leads 19-14 with 1:41 left. NJ has the ball.

Mike Riley is Coach of the Year in the USFL.

Cookas, Turpin and Victor can play in the NFL

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Ball game. The 6-4 Philly Stars defeat the 9-1 New Jersey Generals 19-14 to advance to the championship game.

The next semi-final will be between the Birmingham Stallions and the New Orleans Breakers tonight at 8 PM ET on NBC.

GO BREAKERS!

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

A couple other observations. On the last play of the 3rd qtr, Philly didn’t come close to getting the snap off before the play clock expired but they weren’t called for delay of game. It didn’t matter but it was egregious.

Also, earlier in the game, NJ threw a pick that was returned a long way, inside their own red zone. But there was a flag on the play for roughing the passer. One of the announcers explained why the call was made. He went up high and slammed him to the ground. Then the call was overturned and he explained why that was the right call. I fucking hate it when announcers just justify whatever call is made on the field. That’s lazy announcing. Don’t be afraid to have an opinion and point out a bad call when you see one. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Wide left. Birmingham comes up empty on their first drive. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

“These 3rd downs are going to be critical throughout this ball game.”

Gee, ya think?

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

TD Breakers!

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

TD Stallions! Tied at 7-7.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Dumbass. New Orleans QB Kyle Sloter, under pressure, throws up a prayer resulting in a pick 6. Just take the sack, dude. 14-7 Birmingham.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

TD Breakers! Tied it up at 14-14 with 1:06 left in the first half.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

And then Birmingham returns the ensuing kickoff for a score.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Breakers quickly move the ball down into Stallions territory then Sloter threw another pick at the 30. Birmingham leads 21-14 at the half. Sloter’s turnovers are killing his team.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Pretty uneventful 2nd half. The teams each scored a FG. B’ham has this wrapped up with 1st and goal with less than a minute left leading 24-17..

Edited June 26, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

On 5/22/2022 at 5:55 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

About this. It was a reference that the announcers made to Fielding Yost’s 1905 book, Football for Player and Spectator. Skip Holtz’s Birmingham team lined up in the T formation a couple times. I think they scored a TD out of it once. Anyway, the announcers were prepared and shared this photo from the book:

In a previous broadcast I heard a couple references to Pudge Heffelfinger. So there are some nods to football history. 

More references to Heffelfinger tonight and Holtz ran that T-formation play to score the game’s final TD. Birmingham won 31-17 and will face Philly in the championship game next Sunday.

[RDCanecutter 26858]

On 6/25/2022 at 10:14 PM, WhatTheBuck said:

More references to Heffelfinger tonight and Holtz ran that T-formation play to score the game’s final TD. Birmingham won 31-17 and will face Philly in the championship game next Sunday.

Wow, I come back from an adrenal crash and rebirth, and the third biggest pro team in Alabama is doing OK.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

1 hr until kickoff of the championship game on Fox.

Edited July 3, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

The pregame show hasn’t been bad. They finally showed some footage of players touring the Hall of Fame. They showed Jimmy Johnson addressing the teams. (From last week when there were four teams in the playoff.) Then they had some players visiting the house where Christmas Story was shot, which is a tourist attraction you can visit. One of them dressed up in pink bunny pj’s. That was pretty funny.

They next had a piece where some players went fishing on Lake Erie and caught walleye. I hope they ate it and had someone to prepare it properly. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Pretty good crowd in the stands.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Birmingham -4.5
O/U 45.5

Edited July 3, 2022 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Philly won the toss and goes 3 and out on their first possession without gaining a yard. 

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r u Texas Wolf?

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

B’ham moved the ball pretty efficiently down the field, missed a couple shots at the end zone, and settled for a FG. 3-0 Stallions. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Philly FG ties it up at 3-3. Looks like Philly is having some communication problems. They’ve already burned two timeouts on offense.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Oh, man. On 3rd and 7, B’ham player bobbles the catch near the sideline, spins out of one easy tackle, avoids getting pushed out of bounds by another, and gets a first down. On the next play they rush for a TD. If that’s how Philly is going to play D, they probably don’t have much of a chance.

10-3 Stallions.

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

I’ve been critical of announcers justifying calls made on the field. But I just saw the opposite of that. The announcers criticized the officials for not calling DPI when a ball to the Philly receiver was under thrown. The problem was that the receiver didn’t turn and make an attempt to catch the ball and the defender didn’t restrict his movement at all. It was a good no call.

[Vito Andolini 9432]

Did that dude really have both feet inbounds?

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

Rumblin’, bumblin’, stumblin’. Bad snap, dropped passes, I was about to say I couldn’t see how Philly can win this game. Then they convert on 3rd and 16 for 27 yds, they connect on a nice TD pass, then they doink the XP off the upright.

10-9 Stallions. I still don’t like Philly’s chances, but they’re hanging in there. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

2 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:

Did that dude really have both feet inbounds?

I thought it looked he was a decent deal stance from the sideline he when he caught the ball but they didn’t spend much time replaying it.

And boom, B’ham scores a TD. 

[WhatTheBuck 28904]

There’s that T-formation play.