United Football League: My first impression

Just finished watching the Dodgers beat the Cardinals in the bottom of the 9th so I flipped over to Versus to watch the United Football Leagure or UFL. The Las Vegas Locomotives hosted the California Redwoods. I will start with the good first.

It was nice watching Dennis Green and Jim Fassel work on the sidelines. Both coaches had success in the NFL and it was good to see them again.

Seeing the game in HD made it seem legit, and my favorite part was watching Kordell Steward do sideline reporting with the players after big plays. I liked that better than watching Suzy Kolber chasing some guy down for a sound bite. I felt like I was part of a "real" experience. It's obvious they do not have a large production budget; however, the UFL and Versus put on a polished show with a few minor audio glitches.

Whoever was paid to design the uniforms for this league should give their money back. For one thing, the color scheme for the two teams were so similar that I had a hard time telling them apart. Also, who names their team after a tree (Redwoods)? If I was a team owner in California I think I would pick the Prospectors, Grizzlys, Sea Lions, or something like that, but a tree? If you are going to name a team after a tree then the uniform ought to look like a tree with red trousers and a dark green top with a helmet to match. Instead I saw some silver and lime green ensemble that almost blinded me in HD.

I won't comment on the game play except that your expectations should not be high when you watch this league. It is going to take a while to get some quality players, so if you want to see better execution watch NCAA for now. Still it appeared that the teams had put in effort so while the product was not NFL quality it was not bad either.

I think I am going to give it a couple of weeks and try it again. I am going to see if anyone else watched any of the UFL games. Let me know what you think,

BWL