A Free UFL Pick We Love

We told you earlier this week that we would probably have a play on the UFL game tonight. We expected to lay 8-10 points on Omaha at home against a quarterback-less Las Vegas team. We only have to lay four.

Usually, this means it's a giant trap. But we know as much about the UFL as the next guy, and the Omaha Nighthawks will win this game by four points or more. Unless they don't. But we're going to bet that they do.

Omaha Nighthawks -4 over the Las Vegas Locomotives

The game is on Versus, so you can actually watch your UFL bet on TV. Unless you can't.

No Free UFL Pick After All

We were really excited to whip out our second Free UFL Pick of the year, but alas, it is not to be this week.

Week 7 features a game against the now Tim Rattay-less Las Vegas Locomotives (and yes, that is a bad thing) going to Omaha to face the Jeff Garcia and the Nighthawks. Depending on how Vegas fares today with their new quarterback, the line should heavily favor the Nighthawks coming off a bye as opposed to the injury-riddled and short-rested Locos.

We'll keep you posted, but given that we don't think Omaha loses a home game especially in this spot, we should have our second Free UFL Pick of the year on Thursday.

The UFL is Color Blind

We mentioned before that we're excited about the UFL providing us with another football league to bet on, but luckily we didn't bet on the uniforms to make any sense.

The UFL picked it's team names and uniforms last week, and the league wanted to make sure that everyone knows the teams are all operated by the league.

The California Redwoods, New York Sentinels, Florida Tuskers, and Las Vegas Locomotives were all introduced as the first four UFL franchises. Of course, that means that our quest for the Las Vegas franchise to be named the Las Vegas Lemons fell short. Sorry Lemmy!

The uniform colors--green, blue, silver, and black--are the colors of the UFL logo and the jerseys all use the same pattern.

What's more, the California Redwoods, as in red, have lime green uniforms, clashing with their own team name. If you're going to go green, at least go forest green or something similar to an actual redwood tree.

It's a quirky start for what will surely be a quirkly league. Still, it's a quirkly league that we are looking forward to betting on.