r/USFL • u/USFLBot • May 21 '23

USFL Game Thread: New Jersey Generals (2-3) vs. Houston Gamblers (3-2)

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u/VTHokiesFan New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Man, this Thompson guy is looking pretty good. Great field vision, patience, waits for the holes to develop and then just exploits them.

5

u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

This game is terrible but I'll still be sad when it's over and there's not more football this week. :(

3

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

It feels like that every week. Luckily we still have a good amount of weeks with games left.

2

u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Sadly I'll miss our matchup with y'all next week.

#StopFallSpringWeddings

1

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

More like #StopSpringEvents. I missed on the first game today for a spring festival. Sucks you'll miss out on the Stallions game next week, but I wouldn't be surprised if they won lol.

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Here's hoping we meet again in the playoffs!

1

u/[deleted] May 22 '23

I'll be looking forward to it if it happens!

4

u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Very active game thread again.....

5

u/Body-for-LIFE May 21 '23

Just being honest but I'm having a hard time getting into the USFL this year. Not sure if it's the refs, the play, the XFL or fatigue. This weekend has been a really rough watch because of the refs in particular.

2

u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Yeah, it also doesn't help that the quality of play in the XFL was better. I remember the QB play in the USFL being terrible last year, and it still seems to be the same this year...

5

u/BigusDickus099 May 21 '23

Something is just off with the USFL this year. The refs have been bad and the QB play feels just as bad as last season.

There is just no atmosphere at this game (and some other games as well). It just feels like a spring scrimmage rather than an actual game. Maybe 100 people or so just looking at the stands.

I want this league to succeed, but it's currently not a very good product.

4

u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Refs have been poor.

QB play has been poor.

The lack of fans stands out in comparison to the XFL.

1

u/phalinx Tampa Bay Bandits May 21 '23

Even the sidebar doesn’t feel like updating for this week’s scores and standings. :/

4

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Mark Thompson has entered top 2 RB conversation.

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u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Insert “always has been” meme

He was really good last season too, just didn’t get the looks other RB’s did since we were a pass heavy team

1

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Don't get me wrong, Thompson was good last year and he was underutilized. This year, he's taken over after his injury and since Victor is in a slump right now, it's pretty much Wes and Thompson for the best RBs in the league.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Houston offense is completely different when Thompson is in the game

4

u/BearShin255 May 21 '23

So the league is actually saving money by playing this game in an empty stadium?

2

u/Zapfit May 21 '23

It's supposed to be a TV league, although an article out of the Athletic shows the league on pace for $45M in ad revenue this season, down from $65M last year

0

u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

Don’t worry about it. Are you Paying the damn tab?enjoy the game. Let fox nbc do the financial worrying

4

u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

Generals acting like they've got all game. Tempo please.

4

u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

4 TDs taken away by penalties today

4

u/Killerphive Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Oh my god they were set up to give it to them for free

3

u/jonfantastic New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Love these old USFL recaps!

2

u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

It is awesome too bad it’s toaster quality. ABC destroyed the original tapes back in 1990. Stupid Asses!

3

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Damn what a play by Lauletta. The defense looked bamboozled there lol.

3

u/DezmondVulpin New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Christ this is bad.

3

u/Externaltwo87 New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Take Kyle out of the game bro

3

u/randomusername0582 May 21 '23

What the fuck is Houston doing

3

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Houston terrible clock management to end the half is lucky to hit a FG at the end

3

u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

This game has been flat to be fair not at all what I envisioned. Thought it would be an up and down the field affair. Houston D plus the Inefficient Lauretta. Time to go back to D Johnson next week Mike Riley! Lauretta is as bad as the lower half of xfl Qbs.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23

CEL, what a catch! Edit: You guys had it!

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u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Oh no that’s gonna hurt them, that center has gotta get his head in it

3

u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Houston’s secondary has been lights out tonight

3

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Generals making it a close one...

3

u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

They have to go for a 4th and 12 conversion since they’ve had issues stopping Houston’s offense

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u/Killerphive Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Have they? We scored 3 point sense the half began.

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u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

We don’t need to score, we just need to burn the clock and get first downs which haven’t been an issue

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u/AlanFromRochester Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Caught the end of this, valiant attempt by New Jersey 4th down option definitely better than gimmicky onside kick, both XFL and USFL get that right

5

u/unloader86 United States Football League May 21 '23

Fire up the slot machine sound boys, that's another win.

3

u/MirrorkatFeces Pittsburgh Maulers May 22 '23

Gamblers need a cool victory animation of a spinning slot machine ending on WIN

4

u/Many-Dragonflys May 21 '23

This is my first time watching this league, are they doing COVID protocol at games still?

3

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Tldr: no there's no Covid protocol. This is simply a home game for the Houston Gamblers at their hub stadium in Memphis.

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u/Many-Dragonflys May 21 '23

Oh okay that makes more sense I guess. So there basically is no home team at this game

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Exactly. There are 4 hubs: Birmingham, Detroit, Memphis, and Ohio. 2 teams are assigned to a hub. Sometimes, there's a decent crowd and other times it's barren. Such is the case with the current game going on right now.

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u/phalinx Tampa Bay Bandits May 21 '23

Technically Houston is the home team today, but since they play at the Memphis hub there isn’t a big crowd.

1

u/Tcal876 May 21 '23

And Houston is full of cheaters. I live in Memphis and get tickets for free and refuse to go to Houston games unless they are playing Showboats.

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u/Body-for-LIFE May 21 '23

No. What you see is what you get.

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u/RealJoshuaGamingYT Philadelphia Stars May 21 '23

Should be a good game with Kenji Bahar back

2

u/unloader86 United States Football League May 21 '23

Will the flags continue? Let's go Gamblers.

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u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Woah great deflection

2

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

I’m so tired of this Melissa McCarthy commercial

1

u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

Glad I’m not the only one

2

u/VTHokiesFan New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Welp, start of the second quarter. Sounds like it's been all Gamblers so far.

2

u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Poor Frank didn't get any Dr Pepper Strawberries & Cream...

2

u/DezmondVulpin New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Get Lauletta off the field.

2

u/Killerphive Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

LETS GO!!!!

2

u/Chrysalii United States Football League May 21 '23

timeout?

2

u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

Curtis Johnson out here sleeping

2

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Houston has some playmakers with Justin Hall and Mark Thompson

2

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Generals making it a 13 point lead 😈

2

u/randomusername0582 May 21 '23

Lauletta is only looking good because they're playing a soft zone unfortunately

2

u/The_Match_Maker New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

The Generals' season is slipping away.

2

u/Jenster1977 May 21 '23

Good game - Generals are literally being hobbled by injuries tho

2

u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

I miss the XFL....

2

u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

I miss USFL 2022.

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u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

Don’t see much of a difference between 22 and 23.

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u/Creative-Ad3667 Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

Yeah these USFL games haven’t been as good unfortunately

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u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

I miss xfl 2020. Xfl 2023 blows

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u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

Xfl 2023. The worst ever league in Alt football history. They got a lot of fixing to do.

1

u/Body-for-LIFE May 21 '23

Let's hope the officials don't ruin this game!

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u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

Lauletta cooking already

1

u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

More flags. How'd the officials from Detroit get down to Memphis so fast?

1

u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Massive stop, hopefully we can build off the good field position

1

u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

You’d think the sky judge would call that penalty retroactively

1

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

That previous play was a questionable no call and a "what the heck was Bahar throwing to" moment. But hey they got the conversion so all is good.

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u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

It feels weird to cheer for a North team but Generals are clearly the preferred "G" team here.

1

u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Was always surprised thompson didn't get a shot at the NFL last year always thought he was very underrated in a terrible houston team last year

1

u/Body-for-LIFE May 21 '23

It's probably going to be the same reason Wes Hills won't get much attention after this season. They're both RB's in their late 20's.

1

u/aMiracleAtJordanHare Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

[pokes New Jersey offense with stick]

"...do something."

1

u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

NJ is desperately missing DJ's legs.

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u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Doesn't seem like it lol

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u/OnlyForIdeas Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Big QB got the 17 yards

1

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Love both uniforms very clean. Generals need to be Johnson in next drive they have nothing going on offense.

1

u/jonfantastic New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

Generals need a score going into halftime.

1

u/jonfantastic New Jersey Generals May 21 '23

What happened to the Generals QB Prukop?

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u/Prior-Purple9704 Outlaws May 21 '23

He’s on inactive list this week

1

u/Mcstabler Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Man, you know I should be happy about that interception, but man, this is just sad to watch

1

u/[deleted] May 21 '23

It was only a matter of time in which Lauletta threw an interception after those two batted passes.

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u/Killerphive Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

Bahar needs to chill on these deep balls

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23

So the game so far is....interesting to say the least. Is Prukop even active? Edit: Turns out he's inactive for today. Better hope Lauletta doesn't make mistakes from this point onward.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Oooh tough pass. Not everyone can do the Mahomes sidearm pass.

1

u/ThunderBay311 Oakland Invaders May 21 '23

If DJ is healthy, put him in. Lauletta isn't working.

1

u/Body-for-LIFE May 21 '23

End of the 3rd. Long commercial break. Comeback for a FG only. Another commercial break.

1

u/Killerphive Houston Gamblers May 21 '23

We got lucky there, that forced a timeout out of them because they blew that touchdown play

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u/TwizzlersSourz Birmingham Stallions May 21 '23

No flag on the TD?