In the fourth week of the UFL’s six-week premiere season, the Florida Tuskers have nailed down a spot in the league’s championship game.
On Friday night, the Tuskers moved their record to 4-0 with a 27-24 win over the Las Vegas Locomotives.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, former Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott served as an honorary captain for the home team.
It was a close game, with Las Vegas on the move for a game-tying (or possibly game-winning score) late in the contest. But when former NFL defensive lineman Claude Wroten sacked former NFL quarterback J.P. Losman on a play that started at the Florida 35, the Locos were knocked out of field goal range and couldn’t move the ball any closer on their final two plays.
The UFL announced that more than 11,000 attended the game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. If true, it’s not a bad draw given that USF hosted West Virginia on Friday night at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
Then again, the UFL probably shouldn’t have scheduled a Tuskers home game for the same night in the same general area as a major college game.
Of course, scheduling decisions haven’t been the UFL’s strong suit. The championship game will be played on November 27, the day after Thanksgiving. When nothing else in the sports world is happening.
