Will the UFL Collapse and Fold This Offseason or Next?

[TBone]

If the UFL folds, we will always have these two facts. One is that St. Louis does support football. The other is that the Battlehawks did play an exciting brand of football. The games were always great fun to watch.

Unfortunately they came up just short again last year. If they stall out in the playoffs again (assuming they make it) that will also be part of their legacy. Next season is probably their last chance because I don't see the UFL going for a 4th season.

I guess you’ll need to move to Blue Talk to get the attention you so desperately crave…

It was a thing of beauty.

Spoiler

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833097816983359901

[Cool Papa Con]

If the UFL folds, we will always have these two facts. One is that St. Louis does support football. The other is that the Battlehawks did play an exciting brand of football. The games were always great fun to watch.

Unfortunately they came up just short again last year. If they stall out in the playoffs again (assuming they make it) that will also be part of their legacy. Next season is probably their last chance because I don't see the UFL going for a 4th season.

I guess you’ll need to move to Blue Talk to get the attention you so desperately crave…

It was a thing of beauty.

Spoiler

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833097816983359901

Maybe he’ll gravitate over to the new spot now that Fondling Pvts and mrdastupider sprinted there

[TBone]

Maybe he’ll gravitate over to the new spot now that Fondling Pvts and mrdastupider sprinted there

Hilarious. Gut hooked! Hahaha!

Spoiler

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

[Cool Papa Con]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

[49RH8R]

Maybe he’ll gravitate over to the new spot now that Fondling Pvts and mrdastupider sprinted there

Hilarious. Gut hooked! Hahaha!

Spoiler

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

Spoiler

49ers choke away 14-point lead in epic collapse to the Los Angeles Rams
https://www.ninersnation.com/2024/9/22/ ... ams-week-3

[49RH8R]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

[Cool Papa Con]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

neat, a coach without CMC, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw, and Javon Hargrave was a Field Goal away from securing a win on the Road.

Bless your little heart that you came to realize this several days later. That’s some processing power! Did you always receive your tests back face down?

[49RH8R]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

neat, a coach without CMC, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw ...

Is that all? The Rams had 11 players on IR including Kupp, Nacua and were down 14-0. Shanahan is a known choker and everybody sees that now.

[Cool Papa Con]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

neat, a coach without CMC, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw ...

Is that all? The Rams had 11 players on IR including Kupp, Nacua and were down 14-0. Shanahan is a known choker and everybody sees that now.

Don’t care, you’re visiting a Battlehawks forum to cry about some team that has no fans

[49RH8R]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

neat, a coach without CMC, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw ...

Is that all? The Rams had 11 players on IR including Kupp, Nacua and were down 14-0. Shanahan is a known choker and everybody sees that now.

Don’t care, you’re visiting a Battlehawks forum to cry about some team that has no fans

Another embarrassing faceplant by you. You threw a few players out there from SF and I answered that we were down 11 players. Please do some more research next time.

[Cool Papa Con]

https://x.com/BaldyNFL/status/1833472986327715871

“One is playing Chess while the other is playing Checkers”

Pretty amazing especially considering Saleh was Shanahan’s Defensive Coordinator for a few years

Spoiler

Anatomy of disaster: 7 plays that defined 49ers' worst loss of Kyle Shanahan era to the LA Rams
https://ninerswire.usatoday.com/lists/4 ... ead-stats/

neat, a coach without CMC, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Dre Greenlaw ...

Is that all? The Rams had 11 players on IR including Kupp, Nacua and were down 14-0. Shanahan is a known choker and everybody sees that now.

Don’t care, you’re visiting a Battlehawks forum to cry about some team that has no fans

Another embarrassing faceplant by you. You threw a few players out there from SF and I answered that we were down 11 players. Please do some more research next time.

Wah, you don’t have friends, can’t afford tickets to a NFL Game, and root for a team that has so little fans that you pass the time trolling a Battlehawks forum. Wah!

My goodness, you cry enough to drown more than Helena

[hullie]

DA BEARS

[Cool Papa Con]

DA BEARS

Funny how they have a better record than Da LAMS

[TBone]

DA BEARS

Yep. And here comes another week of ghosting.

That's 3 out of four.

Spoiler

[Msj2006]

As a Stallions season ticket holder it's not that we care about Alabama and Auburn to much as the reason for our attendance woes. A combination of lack of advertising of the team, scheduling games against other high profile events in the area ( Talladega race weekend, Alabama and Auburn Spring football games and high profile shows next door in the arena) excessive heat during day games and severe weather is the main reason. Also a big thing keeping families away believe it or not is little league baseball and softball games/tournaments held every weekend.

[Msj2006]

Let's face it, the history of these spring amatuer leagues is not good. None of them have survived. I don't think people realize how much money goes into running a business like this. Personally, I think it goes one more year then they pull the plug. The Battlehawks have been close but they should go all-in to win it next year starting with a new coach. It might be their last chance.

History of failed football leagues
https://www.audacy.com/wtic/blogs/rob-j ... ll-leagues

Sure, but stability (returning with all teams intact) and viewership improvements are good bedrocks to build on.

For 2025, UFL will return with eight teams in their current markets

TV ratings are up

Heading into Sunday’s title game, the 39 UFL telecasts averaged 832,000 viewers across FOX, FSI, ABC, ESPN and ESPN2, which was up 34% from last year’s average for all USFL and XFL games through the playoffs (619,000). The USFL averaged 715,000 viewers when it returned in 2022.

Johnston said with more time to plan the upcoming season, the league should do a better job of finding the best windows to show games based on what’s happening in both the home markets and in other sports nationally.

"This was a better platform for distribution, but I still think next year we’ll be better with our windows," Johnston said. "Because of the late timing of the merger coming together, they probably weren’t ideal windows. … There were better options for us. We seem to run into a lot of things that were already going on in some of our markets. Whether that’s St. Louis with the Blues or the Cardinals playing or in Memphis, where we have some events that are around the stadium. …

"There were a number of occasions where there were things going on in our markets and that was the best window we could have, and we were going head-to-head with not necessarily another sport, but an actual established event in that community that people were much more familiar with than a spring football game."

Continuity can't hurt but I'm worried about the novelty wearing off. That has happened every time.

I agree. Hell, the best team in the league the last three years can’t even intrigue their fans to show up.

It’s a real shame, because the opportunity to grow the league is lost on Birmingham

I'm not sure where it was posted but somebody already made this point. Alabama is all about college football. They have Auburn and Alabama so they probably don't want to get invested in a minor league team that will be gone in a few years.

Im a Stallions fan and our attendance woes is a combination of lack of advertising of the team, scheduling games against other high profile events in the area ( Talladega race weekend, Alabama and Auburn Spring football games and high profile shows next door in the arena) excessive heat during day games and severe weather is the main reason. Also a big thing keeping families away believe it or not is little league baseball and softball games/tournaments held every weekend. We love the team here but it's hard to go support that team when games aren't advertised by the local media or on billboards.