The league's newest mascot: Orlando's renegade shark, Ripper. A huge week across the USFL, with a huge game on Friday Night to kick us...

St.Louis's favorite avian, Skyler Two weeks left in the USFL season and we have all 6 division winners crowned. That is a rarity. But,...

Amos Alonzo Stag is a staple in Portland. Undefeated is a tough thing to pull off. It has only been done once in the USFL, and that one...

General Mayhem Arizona punches their playoff ticket. Baltimore gets right back in the mix. San Diego stumbles and Houston holds on in...

Bomber gets the Oakland faithful ready to roll. A shocking upset as Memphis takes down the Stars in Philadelphia, a happy Houston squad...

Is Houston's "Ace" looking a lot like Woody from Toy Story? Both Houston and Philadelphia survive divisional tests to remain unbeaten at...

Bully Bob Hornton in action From a game that saw both teams using their 3rd string QBs, to an absolute swamp game in Portland, this was a...

Feddy Freddy is a favorite among DC fans, even if he looks a lot like the NFL Eagles' Swoop. We have reached the midway point of the...

Hi USFL Followers. My apologies for this week.  I messed up and jumped ahead to Week 8 before I created the weekly standings & stats, so...

Big Duff is a fan favorite in Seattle. Week six was all about moxie, chutzpah, and grit. Teams that many were writing off stood up,...

Stanley Stallion in Action A season-ending, perhaps career-ending injury added a sour taste to Week 5 action in the USFL as QB Joey...

Derrick & The Big Win Wrench The first month of the season wraps up with 3 teams still unbeaten and 4 still looking for their first win....

Pablo Panther Leads the Cheers in Michigan Charlotte and rookie QB Mitch Trubisky are off to a great start, sitting at 3-0 after knocking...

Breaker's Mascot, Gulliver Houston and their new starter, Colt McCoy, continue to roll. Baltimore continues to put points on the board,...

This season we celebrate the Mascots, featuring 16 of the league's favorite fluffiest and most fanciful team mascots. Week One features a...

It did not look good early, but Arizona rallied and wrangled a win away from the Memphis Showboats to win their second title in four...

We have our Summer Bowl 2016 lineup set. The Arizona Wranglers will be making their third appearance in the past 4 seasons, bordering on...

Four Games, two upsets, four teams moving on and four going home disappointed. That is the USFL Divisional Playoffs. While New Jersey and...

What a weekend!! Four playoff games, and 4 games decided by one score. We knew this weekend had potential with 3 of 4 games being between...

With 7 teams fighting for 4 playoff spots and with 3 divisions still to be locked in, you knew this was going to be a wild Week 16, and...

Baltimore, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Charlotte get much needed wins. San Diego, Texas, Washington, and Memphis get tough losses as...

Charlotte switches quarterbacks and snaps their 6-game losing streak. LA shuts down Texas and strengthens their playoff position....

Week 13 opened with a huge showdown game in LA as the Express edged the Invaders for our game of the week. We also saw Baltimore pull...

We have our first playoff team locked in.  Arizona got the W they needed, though not as easy as they had hoped, to push themselves from...

The Playoff picture is staying tight as division leaders fall in Week 11. Arizona (and 2nd place Texas) both suffer defeats, as does NE...

Injuries cropped up as a big story in Week 10 as Las Vegas lost their QB, Jacksonville lost their best pass rusher, and New Orleans lost...

The USFL entered the second half of the season with a couple of divisional matchups that proved to be among the year’s best as Michigan...

We reach the midway point of the season with quite a few surprises all across the league. From Arizona’s offensive explosion to the rise...

Arizona goes down to their archrival, Texas gets upset by a feisty Machine squad, Baltimore stays hot at home, and the Breakers take on...

Baltimore doubles up the Philadelphia Stars, Seattle finally gets in the win column, and Memphis and San Diego battle to see which 4-1...

It was a week that saw Houston drop from the unbeatens, leaving only Arizona without a blemish. Philadelphia lost their second, as did...

We have hit the ¼ mark of the season. Time to assess where our preseason picks may have been a bit off. We know we have to reassess some...

A wild week to be sure as we are still sorting out who may have found a winning formula, who may have slipped from last year, and who may...

A surprisingly slow start to the year for three 2015 playoff teams as St. Louis, New Orleans, and Baltimore all drop to 0-2 after...

Week one saw its share of upsets, big games, and big debuts, but, as we often see in Week 1 of any season, it also saw some sloppy play,...

Breaking Through: New Orleans Wins First USFL Title   A Summer Bowl that required overtime saw Quincy Carter become the unlikely star as...

It will be the Breakers and the Wranglers facing off in Los Angeles for Summer Bowl 2015.  That is the news out of this week as New...

Four teams remain in the 2015 USFL Playoffs after four huge divisional games gave us our Conference Championship matchups.  This week we...

Playoff football, is there anything better?  The Drama, the pressure, the big plays, and the surprises.  Well, we had ourselves a great...

The final film in the 2016 parade of Hollywood road & football movies is the lighthearted jab at the 1987 NFL strike, a film about the...

A holiday classic and one of the funniest road movies of all time, 1987's :John Hughes classic features the comedic pairing of John Candy...

A football movie for all of us who like to think of ourselves as members of the player personnel teams, criticizing our favorite team's...

Road movies tend to be either action thrillers or comedies tied to unlikely pairings of personality, but this week's selection, 1986's...

This one is a tough watch, especially if you are one of those men who insists that men should never cry. the story of Bears' halfbacks...

What list of road movies could be complete without a Burt Reynolds film? We initially thought of Cannonball Run, but could not deny the...

Back to a story based on true life, when a horrific plane crash all but ends football at Marshall University, it is up to the college...

Just when you thought we could not come up with a weirder interpretation of a "road movie" we throw Pee Wee Herman at you. But, while...

What can we say about this Denzel vehicle that has not already been said? A classic story of race, understanding, and football, An...

One of the great road comedies, National Lampoon follows up Animal House with the 1983 family misadventure of the Griswolds. Starring...

Burt Reynolds stars in a movie that uses football to talk about corruption and injustice in the penal system. OK, it also has a lot of...