Las Vegas Locomotives win UFL championship…Did you even know that the league existed?

USFL and CFL, move on over!

I knew about it, but I didn’t know that they were already done and had crowned a champion.  I think that part of the problem is that they played on Versus, and being a DirectTV subscriber, I am smack dab in the middle of this hissy hit that they are throwing.  Yes, DirectTV screws over people on the NFL Sunday Ticket, but we are willing to take the pain to get the games.  If you had it, you would be doing the same thing Comcast, so cry me a river.

But, they went home and took the only ball with them.  Now, the Pac-10 has an inferior TV deal that must hurt recruiting, since some people will not be able to see what we are cooking up out West.  But, this is about the UFL, which gets a lot less shine than the Pac-10.

SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK 1 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
THU, OCTOBER 8	Las Vegas 30, California 17
SAT, OCTOBER 10	Florida 35, New York 13
WEEK 2 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
WED, OCTOBER 14	Florida 29, Las Vegas 15
SAT, OCTOBER 17	California 24, New York 7
WEEK 3 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
THU, OCTOBER 22	Florida 34, California 7
WEEK 4 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
THU, OCTOBER 29	California 20, New York 13
FRI, OCTOBER 30	Florida 27, Las Vegas 24
WEEK 5 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
WED, NOVEMBER 4	Las Vegas 41, New York 10
WEEK 6 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
THU, NOVEMBER 12	Florida 24, New York 6
SAT, NOVEMBER 14	Las Vegas 16, California 10
WEEK 7 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
THU, NOVEMBER 19	Florida 34, California 27
FRI, NOVEMBER 20	New York 41, Las Vegas 7
WEEK 8 GAMES (All Times Eastern)
FRI, NOVEMBER 27	UFL Championship: Las Vegas 20, Florida 17 OT

Who really knew that this was happening? Where is the exodus of championship players refilling the rosters of NFL teams?

Well,  funny enough, the kickers in the game, Matt Bryant and Graham Geno are getting looks in NY.  Pack light Lawrence Tynes.

Who must you have P.O'ed Jim Fassel to not get another sniff in the NFL?

Las Vegas tops Florida to win UFL championship

(AP) – 4 days ago

LAS VEGAS — Graham Gano kicked a 33-yard field goal in overtime to give the Las Vegas Locomotives a 20-17 victory over the Florida Tuskers on Friday in the inaugural UFL championship game.

Hopefully, this will not go the way of the XFL, gone after one season.

Rod Smart, you made it! You made it out of the XFL to the big boys

Las Vegas (5-2), which lost twice to the Tuskers during the regular season, became the first team to beat Florida (6-1) during the first-ever UFL overtime game in front of 14,801 fans at Sam Boyd Stadium.

Florida won the coin toss and had possession first in OT, but Brooks Bollinger was intercepted by Isaiah Trufant to set up Gano’s winning kick.

Matt Bryant kicked a 27-yard field goal for Florida with 2:06 left in regulation to send the game to overtime.

DeDe Dorsey, who carried 11 times for 66 yards, scored the second of his two touchdowns on a 1-yard run with 5:58 left to give the Locomotives a 17-14 lead. Dorsey also caught four passes for 32 yards for the Locomotives.

Dorsey was also the MVP of the game.

DeDe during happier times...

The Tuskers took a 14-10 lead with 10:27 left in the fourth on Bollinger’s 10-yard scoring pass to Frank Murphy.

The Tuskers opened the scoring in the first quarter with an eight-play, 64-yard drive culminating in Bollinger’s 8-yard TD pass to Marcus Maxwell.

The Locomotives then marched 79 yards over 10 plays to the Tuskers’ 2 early in the second quarter, but running back Marcel Shipp fumbled and Patrick Chukwurah recovered.

UFL doesn't pay Escalade money like the Cardinals did....learn to hang on to the ball. The NFL really did stand for Not For Long.

Las Vegas cut the lead to 7-3 on Gano’s 46-yard field goal as time expired in the second.

Losman completed 21 of 35 passes for 193 yards.

Bollinger was 22 of 45 for 306 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Michael Pittman caught six passes for 77 yards and Maxwell had five receptions for 80 yards for the Tuskers.

Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Football during the fall is always good.  But if football is being played and no one watches it, did it really happen?  According to the AP, it did and it happened, but the players and coaches are looking for ways to get back to the NFL.  I am not sure that the league really helped anyone in that goal.

People have been saying that Mike Vick should have scooped up the 600k to play here and then latch on to the NFL.  This way, he could show that he could play QB.  For the teams that need a QB, it is going to be better that he was in an NFL training camp, competing against NFL players to earn his paycheck.  Also, his contract is much bigger than the 600k.  Vick, you made a good decision NOT to play in the UFL…

T.O., Rodney Harrison and trash talking…. T.O. delivers a 1st round KO

unlike Jeff Garcia, I like the box....notice where my eyes are...

Now, here at Too Old, don’t want to knock anyone and their hustle.  it’s all about getting paid.

But, when you run your mouth, you can expect some people are not going to stand quiet and let you dog them out.

While I can’t stand the medium, the message is right on point.  ESPN.com documents the brief battle.

T.O. fires back at Harrison via Twitter

Monday, September 28, 2009 | Print Entry

Rodney Harrison called Terrell Owens a “clown” on NBC. And T.O. wrote this on Twitter on Sunday night, in a series of Tweets:

too bad there is nothing left in the tank

I could less about Rodney Harrison! Anybody tht using steroids, yes STEROIDS rodney, is a cheater & cheated the game!

this is all natural...just hard work, and good living....and science

Is tht Y u used steroids b/c u were worried about ur stats or ws it b/c u were losing it? Lol! U’re a loser & a cheater? Got any steroid …

Hey rodney! Send me sum steroids 2 the Bills facility next week!

not only is it dumb, but it's gay too....and not in the happy way. (Gay in the sense that if you like women now, you are going to grow boobs....and start to feel "urges" towards men. If you are a woman, you are going to grow a mustache and kicks to groin will become an effective weapon against you...

Harrison was suspended in 2007 for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy but maintains he never took steroids.

I will get on that right away!

The first thing that I want to point out is how Twitter and other social networking sites are turning us into a nation of illiterate fools.  Learn to spell or have some spellchecker function.  I know that you are only granted less than 200 words to make your point, but child please. (Thanks Ochocinco)

Even with that timeout for a public service announcement, you have to be able to see that T.O. crushed Harrison out.

Second, watch what you say. There is no reason for Harrison to talk reckless.  It seems like a ploy to increase ratings and that actually might work for NBC.

Third, T.O is well versed in calling people out.  Just think back to Jeff Garcia.

In an interview with Playboy magazine that hits newsstands Friday, Owens was asked if he thinks Garcia is gay. Owens responded: “Like my boy tells me: ‘If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.’ “

Garcia, who had a contentious relationship with the wide receiver in San Francisco, responded to Owens’ comment after practice Wednesday without mentioning the wide receiver by name.

“It is really a waste of my time to sit here and to have to answer to such ridiculous, untrue comments that are made out there in the world today,” Garcia said.

He noted that it has been reported that he has a girlfriend and has had girlfriends in the past.

“So many people know my situation here. It has never been a secret,” Garcia said.

That is a guy who protested waaayyy ttttooooo much.  All you had to say is “T.O. is crazy.”  There.  It’s over.  But, you had to bring up the fact that you have and had in the past, girlfriends.  Now, that makes people think you are just living a secret life.  Your voice and appearance in a metrosexual society can blend in, but you fight it too hard.  If it’s not you, keep it movin…It’s very similar to line by the rapper Drake

Look I stands out… so don’t think this ain’t some shit that I done planned out
And life is beautiful as ever when it pans out
And girls are beautiful until they want a hand out
But, ask apple how I get it tho
I’ll be on the phone with a bitch that you will never know
So you can son me never… I don’t get bitter… I just get better
And a verse is just a verse for me
I keep it generic and these niggas take it personally
If I was in a room and someone yelled… hey bitches
I would never turn around… cause I just don’t fit the description
But that’s just me though…

If that is the case, and you don’t fit the description, then don’t bother responding to such foolish statements.

Friends don’t do this to other friends… Raiders lose 23-22

So, we here at Too Old are in a state of shock after watching a game that the Raiders had in hand for most of the contest, but still found a way to lose. I am dismayed at watching a team that had a big win last week give all the hard work back with this loss. I blame Rob Ryan and Lane Kiffin for this loss. We are thinking that Kiffin’s time here in Oakland is coming to an end.

Rob Ryan gets some blame, because his defense schemes in the 2^nd half played too conservative and soft. In particular, DeAngelo Hall played off his man by at least 8 yards and Trent Edwards went all Alonzo Harris on the defense. “You know I’m surgical with this bitch!” He ate us up in the last two minutes and moved them into field goal range.

Kiffin gets the blame both for the play call on the last Raiders drive (He threw on third down, when he should have run to make the Bills use their last time out) and he didn’t use either of the two last time outs for the raiders, which could have saved at least 45 seconds for the Raiders offense to get into the Sea Bass into range to kick our game winning field goal. (Plus, he had a great game today and was 3/3 with a good tackle to stop a kickoff being run back)

After the game, we were sitting here in a state of disbelief, and someone (who will remain nameless, because I know raider fans who COULD stomp them out) texts one of the members here during the game and says that 1) it is going to come down to a field goal, and 2) after the winning kick texted a jeering message about the Raiders.

That was bad form and felt like this dude in the red. Now, let’s just refresh some information that seems like common sense, but too many people seem to violate.

1. During the game, don’t text anyone with ANY information about the score. I was at St Vincent, rooting for the Mustangs and I decide to leave to go and watch the UCLA/BYU game. The game was a blowout, but I didn’t know it at the time. One of the teachers there, Dave Schick greets me and I tell him that I am going home to watch the game that I Tivoed. He decides to tell me that it is getting out of hand. Why tell me that? I JUST TOLD YOU that I AM GOING HOME TO WATCH THE GAME!!!
2. IF you know that we root for a particular team, UNLESS WE ARE PLAYING YOUR TEAM, keep quiet about the outcome. Making fun can get you hurt. I am just warning you. Don’t sleep, or at least be a light sleeper. I have a female friend that violates this rule a lot, since she is a Boston fan. She loves to talk about how great they are, and compares the A’s to them.

Raiders lose, and we are just going to drink to ease the pain…