Last Meeting

Coach Green was drawn out of retirement in San Diego and relocated to Sacramento to lead the expansion league’s new Sacramento team in its second year.  He was exuberant about the opportunities to work with pro-football players again.  He touted the prospects for his Mountain Lions lead by former NFL star quarterback Daunte Culpepper.  Daunte was an NCAA star at the University of Central Florida, where he passed for over 10,000 yards during his college career.  He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 1999, and had several outstanding seasons there, including 2004, when he lead the NFL in passing yards and set a team record for touchdowns.  A bad knee injury side-lined Daunte in 2005.  But Coach Green says Daunte has completely rehabilitated his knee and is back and ready to lead the Mountain Lions to victory! 

Coach Green noted that the UFL is presently comprised of 5 teams, but they hope and expect to grow to 8 teams next year.  Presently the league consists of the Mountain Lions, the Hartford Colonials, the Florida Tuskers, the Omaha Nighthawks, and the Las Vegas Locomotives.  Coach Green explained that, unlike other start-up leagues -- like the short-lived XFL (Extreme Football League), or WFL (World Football League) -- the UFL has the potential to stick around for a while because they took a smart approach:  the league avoids games on Sundays, as to not compete with NFL games, and they placed teams in markets currently without pro football teams, which increases the chances of filling stadiums (such as Hornet Stadium) with local fans.  Coach Green also noted that with the prospect of an NFL lockout looming, the UFL could be the only pro league playing next year (if one does not count the indoor football league).   The UFL rules are the same as the NFL, with the exception of the over-time format, which allows both teams a chance to move the ball – not just the one which wins the coin toss.  The Mountain Lion’s first home game will be on Saturday, September 25, 2010, at 8:00 p.m. at Hornet Stadium.  We thank Coach Green for visiting our club and wish him well in his new endeavor.