In case you missed it, the inaugural UFL (United Football League) game is on Versus tonight from 9:00PM-12:30AM (Eastern) featuring California Redwoods (coached by Dennis Green) vs. Las Vegas Locomotives (coached by Jim Fassel).

The current setup involves four teams playing six regular season games with a championship game being played in Las Vegas in November.

• California Redwoods, coached by Dennis Green
• Florida Tuskers, coached by Jim Haslett
• Las Vegas Locomotives, coached by Jim Fassel
• New York Sentinels, coached by Ted Cottrell

The players are a mix of recent collegiate players on up through semi-retired NFL players, including Simeon Rice & Tatum Bell.

My hunch is that this will be better than the goofy XFL that failed miserably back in 2001, but I’m not holding my breath for anything spectacular.  But it’s football and I’ll watch for a sports history lesson if nothing else (like I did with the XFL).  I’m not sure on the decision to compete with the NFL season, but maybe that’s to avoid competition with the new Arena Football 1.  Regardless,  I wish the UFL the best of luck and if it takes off, bring a team to Indiana!

Related posts around the web:

• Las Vegas Sun: UFL officials ready, optimistic
• UFL Season Kickoffs Today In Las Vegas
• With modest expectations, the UFL is open for business

Two weeks ago I was excited to see what Simeon Rice could bring to the Indianapolis Colts’ defense after Dwight Freeney was lost for the season, but that went nowhere fast and Rice was cut from the team today.  Not a huge deal I suppose, as our defense is doing pretty well for being so “bad” as the “experts” say.