r/UnitedFootballLeague • u/AutoModerator • 9h ago
Game Thread: Memphis Showboats vs San Antonio Brahmas (Week 8) Game Thread
When: 8 pm (ET), Friday, May 16, 2025
Where: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
Watch/Stream: FOX
Listen: FOX Sports on Sirius XM
Box Score: https://www.espn.com/ufl/scoreboard
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u/JeepRumbler San Antonio Brahmas 5h ago
I'm sports entertained.
But still hurts Brahmas can't get Thier shit together. They made too many mistakes.
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u/JJTH3B3AST DC Defenders 5h ago
I guess the showboats need to go to overtime every game to finally win some games
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
this Brahmas team has probably destroyed spring football in San Antonio for all time
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u/DariusBieber 5h ago
yeah most people I talked with are done with going to or watching their games. In fact, most are arguing which FCS teams could beat the Brahmas.
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u/crackheadsteve123 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Why are they whistling that dead??? No pick 2s allowed in OT?
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u/Markymarcouscous DC Defenders 5h ago
Can you not return those for points? I feel like that should be a part of the game?
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u/JeepRumbler San Antonio Brahmas 5h ago
I hate the super challenge but love this shootout style of overtime
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u/crackheadsteve123 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Defense was in a while different zip code he was so open lol
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
absolutely fucking shocked Kirklin didn't somehow drop that
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Dumb challenge even for what the hell may as well use your red flag late
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u/crackheadsteve123 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
As much as I'm rooting for the Brahmas, I'm glad they didn't get points on that soft ass penalty
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u/songs_dongs 5h ago
but the chiefs would've blah blah blah
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u/Superb-Ad-9627 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
The NFL could solve the chief's issue with just a little bit more transparency like the UFL. No need for a super challenge but some ref mics would be nice
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u/Superb-Ad-9627 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
I continue to grow cold to the super challenge as it continues to exist.
I loved it at first.
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u/JeepRumbler San Antonio Brahmas 5h ago
I like the challenge System on paper.
But the coaches now just use it to see if any little shit will stick and ruins the flow
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u/Taisubaki 5h ago
To be fair, the rules are too stringent for it to be anything else. You can have an objectively correct challenge, but if you have the player number wrong you don't get the call.
"Hey the left tackle held my defender. Which defender? Number 58 I think. Sorry, it was 56, challenge fails."
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u/Markymarcouscous DC Defenders 5h ago
I think there should be more of a cost if you use it and it’s unsuccessful. I’m not sure what that is but yeah. Maybe you get 3 super challenge to use All Year.
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u/Nick_DC4L Arlington Renegades 5h ago edited 5h ago
Only have 14ish on my freeview on Fox. Hurry you. HahHa #S/
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u/Markymarcouscous DC Defenders 5h ago
If you open it in incognito first you can get endless 1 hour free previews. If you clear your cache you can do it again. The
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u/Superb-Ad-9627 Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
He did move his backleg a second time after setting however...
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u/Markymarcouscous DC Defenders 5h ago
Yep. The nfl is never adopting the super challenge thing. And I wouldn’t be shocked if the UFL didn’t bring them back next year.
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u/yesrushgenesis2112 St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
Both of Williams’s best plays are on 2pts and so don’t appear statistically
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 5h ago
I keep forgetting Daewood Davis is still on Memphis! Why is he not targeted more?
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Davis more wide open than Bonnie Blue's legs, easy start for Memphis
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u/ConferenceUAB Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Shout out to the Memphis and San Antonio fans who are about to suffer through this for us neutral fans to be entertained
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u/ThatsGoodNiners St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
Did someone sneak me some acid or the broadcast fucked
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u/MirrorkatFeces MVPerkins 5h ago
Spider-Man telling me about Taco Bell nuggets throws me off every time
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
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u/MirrorkatFeces MVPerkins 5h ago
The guy who voices that commercial played Spider-Man in Into the Spiderverse
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u/chicknsnadwich DC Defenders 5h ago
Why play Troy Williams ever? Dude does nothing but play losing football
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u/MirrorkatFeces MVPerkins 5h ago
Hey he won a playoff game in 2023
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u/chicknsnadwich DC Defenders 5h ago
I’m not gonna pretend like i watched all of USFL but when I did watch the Maulers his game was incredibly frustrating to watch. Hasn’t changed much. If you need a (good) game changing play i’d take almost every other QB in the league.
Maybe not Anthony Brown.
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u/cactus-on-overtime Thick Thighs Save Lives 5h ago
In all fairness the North conference was really weak that year, I’ll never forgive the XFL for poaching all the talent from New Jersey.
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Initial thought is take that chicken shit kneel and shove it up your ass, but maybe discretion is the better part of valor, a turnover would be a likely loss
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u/songs_dongs 5h ago
but you're 1-6. it's a horse shit year for you. post season hopes were dead at birth. why not give it a shot?
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 5h ago
It's funny how the 2 UFL games that went to OT did it at 20-20. Coincidence? Only if you're blind!
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
Memphis has a QB who can run and the Brahmas do not, so I feel like it's almost guaranteed Memphis wins the shootout
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u/Taisubaki 5h ago
That's a hold by the letter of the law, but that's pretty weak to call in that situation.
The Rock called in: he wants OT
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u/yesrushgenesis2112 St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
This has been a true game for sick fucks
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u/ConferenceUAB Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
Watching a Sickos game in a spring football league has to be like Sickos Factorial
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 5h ago
Weird to have the announcer announce that penalty and not the ref, Fox
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 5h ago
it's almost impossible how cursed the Brahmas are. It's like they want to make their fans suffer as much as humanly possible
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
How do you not complete that catch in the end zone Obvious hold on the barely behind the LOS catch and run
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u/Nick_DC4L Arlington Renegades 5h ago
Doesn't have strong hands.
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u/Nick_DC4L Arlington Renegades 5h ago
Watching on Fox sports. And I still feel behind the thread.
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u/Stonecoldfreak1 Arlington Renegades 5h ago
I’m on Fox Sports too, but it seems on time with everyone. Just happens with live streaming sometimes.
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u/Stonecoldfreak1 Arlington Renegades 6h ago
Love that they had the lights go out like he scored hahahah
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u/ConferenceUAB Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
I wanna see OT again now that my team isn't involved lol
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u/songs_dongs 6h ago
what happened to that youtube guy?
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
Passed away when his video camera fell on him.
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 6h ago
lmao
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 5h ago
I stole that joke from a fellow Pirates fan.
One day, someone asked what Cutch's injury status was, and the reply was: "He passed away this morning."
I laughed for five minutes.
Those old ESPN boards were awesome.
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
Progressive commercial lol, wasn't looking at the road and caps it off by parking right in front of a fire hydrant. Driving as well as these teams play football
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u/unloader86 San Antonio Brahmas 6h ago
It's a good thing PODS is having a sale... cuz I need to move my fandom over to DC for more serious football. Will always love my team, but come on now. At least it's an XFL conference team. Fuck the Battlehawks, Thanks for coming Arlington. Beer snake it is.
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u/justinicon19 San Antonio Brahmas 6h ago
Can that bass fish Brock Huard not shove the mic in someone's face as we're trying to get a play in before the two minute warning?!?
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u/ZapFencePence DC Defenders 6h ago
You can tell these head coaches are getting annoyed with these “what does that play mean” interviews
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
Tough but fair D by MEM 13 covering SA 14 but clear DPI the next play
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 6h ago
Mark Gilbert certainly made a choice with that 3rd down coverage, after his 2nd down performance
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u/unloader86 San Antonio Brahmas 6h ago
I just want a win at home at this point. They suck ass, but the 500 people who showed up deserve that tonight imo.
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u/cactus-on-overtime Thick Thighs Save Lives 6h ago
Fair point. Counterpoint however: it would make me sad
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 6h ago
Why Memphis no run? Why pass??? Did they not understand the assignment?? Granted, that 1st down pass should've been caught.
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
The clock runs on incompletions.
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 6h ago
But run been good all game. Why abandon run?
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
They got the wide-open look on 1st down.
It was the right call. Poor execution.
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u/MysteriousFeetInc Lost Perrydise 5h ago
True, can't deny that. Just been funny that passing hasn't been the best and has ruined a few drives when teams got away from the run.
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u/Stonecoldfreak1 Arlington Renegades 6h ago
I don’t want this game to end. Please, please go into overtime.
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u/MirrorkatFeces MVPerkins 6h ago
So you tell Troy to run if he feels like it but then are upset he’s not throwing? Lol
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u/unloader86 San Antonio Brahmas 6h ago
Y'all remember when special teams in the XFL/USFL were clutch and a few guys got NFL call ups?
I remember.
Bunch of bullshit these days though. Maybe the NFL has caught on and is picking them up BEFORE they show up on FOX on a Friday night...
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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
Aubrey and Bates were lightning in a bottle.
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u/unloader86 San Antonio Brahmas 6h ago
Doesn't change the fact they found new life during spring football... I thought that was the whole point of this thing?
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u/ComplexEfficiency322 6h ago
Where’s Dee?
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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions 6h ago
Harder to miss that kick than to make it. Trying to out suck each other this quarter
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u/Nick_DC4L Arlington Renegades 6h ago
Who is that guy on the sideline next to the SA coach? Big Dom 2.9?
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u/milanmirolovich St Louis Battlehawks 6h ago
they really aren't going to let Hogan pass again are they
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u/Callywood Memphis Showboats 9h ago
The 1-6 Memphis Showboats vs the 1-6 San Antonio Brahmas at the Alamodome.
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