Earlier today, Omaha.com published a story after speaking with United Football League Commissioner Michael Huyghue about the departure of Joe Moglia as well as the potential sixth expansion team for the UFL.

“We plan to announce an expansion city soon. We’ve identified an ownership group, and we’re having discussions with a sixth city. We fully intend to put six teams on the field next season,” Huyghue said.

Hearing Huyghue refer to six teams instead of five is refreshing since the league only fielded four teams last season. Fielding six teams could mean the return of the Hartford Colonials or possibly another new site for the UFL.

A source with knowledge of the situation has told us that the new expansion team will be located in the southwest. That would eliminate cities like Columbus, Portland, and Jackson (although any of the three are still options for the sixth team). Continue reading →

Looks like the United Football League is about to lose a head coach—and no it isn’t Marty Schottenheimer or Dennis Green.

According to sportstalkgolive.com, Omaha Nighthawks coach Joe Moglia is set to be announced as the new head coach for Coastal Carolina tomorrow.

Moglia spent this past season as the head coach of the Nighthawks, implementing a spread offense much-like what many college teams use today. In his only season as the Nighthawks head coach, he posted a 1-4 record with the only win being over the Sacramento Mountain Lions. Continue reading →

Josh McCown is the latest United Football League alum to sign with a National Football League team. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, McCown signed a one-year deal this past Wednesday with the Chicago Bears. That means 58 players who played for the UFL in 2010 have been signed to a NFL team.

That’s a much better number than the three players from the 2011 season that have signed with the NFL.

That’s right, only three players from the UFL’s third season have signed with the NFL.

Tight end Jamarko Simmons signed with the New York Jets. Defensive back Reggie Jones from the Destroyers signed with the Minnesota Vikings. And defensive tackle Maurice Fountain is with the Philadelphia Eagles. All three players were with the Virginia Destroyers, and all three signed with practice teams. Continue reading →

As we all sit and wait through this painfully slow UFL offseason, a couple of familiar names popped up on my twitter page.

Adam Schefter and Nick Scurfield report that the Houston Texans worked out five veteran quarterbacks to backup Matt Leinart for the remainder of the season. Two of those quarterbacks were UFL alum Jeff Garcia and Chase Clement.

Jeff Garcia played for the Omaha Nighthawks in 2010 where he threw for 1,321 yards and 10 touchdowns. He was a part of arguably the most memorable game in UFL history, “The Rumble in the Rosenblatt” where the Nighthawks hosted Daunte Culpepper and the Sacramento Mountain Lions. It was in that game where Garcia was able to lead the Nighthawks down the field in a game-winning drive with only seconds left on the clock.

Chase Clement was named the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Locomotives after Tim Rattay injured his Achilles and Drew Willy was benched. Clement went on to lead the Locos to the championship game in both 2010 and 2011. The Locos only won the 2010 Championship, where Clement was named the game’s MVP.

The Texans are expected to start Leinart for the remainder of the season after Matt Schaub was injured last week. It looks like they’d like to bring in an additional quarterback in case Leinart or T.J. Yates doesn’t work out.

The Texans also brought in veterans, Trent Edwards, Brody Croyle, and Kellen Clemens.