Sents Fullback signed by NFL Ravens

Charles Ali, was signed the day before Thanksgiving, 11/26, to the Baltimore Ravens.

Ali, who had a touchdown in the last game of the year for the Sents, brought his size and toughness to the table, being 6-2 and 255 pounds. Ali is a great pass blocking fullback.

Ali got the ball seven times throughout the 2009 inaugural season for the Sents, running for seventeen yards. He also caught one out of the backfield for a five yard gain.

Ali, alone on Thanksgiving, practiced with the team Friday, and was set to play for Sunday nights' game. He did not see any action, after just joining a new system. Ali was signed by the Ravens after roster spots opened up when a back up corner and running back were placed on injured reserve.

Charles previously played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns in 2008, playing 15 games and having 4 rec for 13 yards.

The Sentinels will miss Ali next season, and we wish him luck in his future in the NFL.

~Written by Mike Palmietto~

Locos Upset Tuskers in Beautiful UFL Championship

Yes folks, the Florida Tuskers were defeated in overtime by the Las Vegas Locomotives in the Inaugural UFL Championship game Friday by a score of 20-17. The loss crushed the Tuskers' undefeated season.

Probable MVP-to-be Brooks Bollinger played like it, going 22/45 for 306 yds, 2 TD and 2 INT. The 2 interceptions were unlike him, for he only threw 3 all season. Las Vegas MVP candidate DeDe Dorsey had 11 car for 66 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kicker Graham Gano is the hero, as he hit the championship-winning field goal from 33-yards out with :43 seconds left in overtime.

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Locomotives, and let's hope the Sentinels can take them out next year!

VOTE FOR THE MOTOROLA UFL MVP, MW COACH OF THE YEAR

MVP Nominees:

Brooks Bollinger, Florida Tuskers: 67.6 PCT*, 1519 yds*, 14 TD*, 3 INT

Taye Biddle, Florida Tuskers: 26 rec, 453 yds*, 2 TD

DeDe Dorsey, Las Vegas Locomotives: 47 car, 303 yds, 3 TD; 18 rec, 98 yds, 1 rec TD

Craphonso Thorpe, New York Sentinels: 27 rec*, 275 yds, 1 Td; 1/1 pass 11 yds*

Cory Ross, California Redwoods: 117 car*, 462 yds*, 4 TD*; 15 rec, 153 yds, 1 rec TD

*= league leader

VOTE HERE : http://stage.ufl-football.com/media/template/fan_voting

Men's Wearhouse Coach of the Year:

Ted Cottrell, New York Sentinels: 0-6, -129 pts diff.

Jim Fassel, Las Vegas Locomotives: 4-2, +67 pts diff.- in championship

Jim Hasslett, Florida Tuskers: 6-0, +91 pts diff.- in championship

Dennis Green: California Redwoods: 2-4, -29 pts diff.

VOTE HERE: http://stage.ufl-football.com/media/template/fan_voting

Obviously, Brooks Bollinger and Jim Hasslett deserve the awards. Bollinger led the league in basically every passing stat, and Hasslett led the team to an undefeated first season.

Number One Has to Wait 'Till Next Year...

Yes ladies and gentlemen, the inaugural New York Sentinels season has ended winless, at 0-6. They were destroyed once again on 11/20 by the Las Vegas Locomotives. IN FRONT OF A CROWD OF 13,306 in Las Vegas (GO TO GAMES NEXT YEAR PEOPLE), fans saw backup QB Tim Rattay go 10/21 for 101 yds and 2 TDs and lead his team to a 41-7 victory. MVP nominee DeDe Dorsey ran 14 carries for 60 yds and a touchdown.

Ingle Martin was terrible once again, going 11/23 for 131 yards and 2 INTs. Quinn Gray also took 12 dropbacks, completed 5, for 38 yards and an INT. The entire rushing attack was god awful, like the other 5 games: 25 carries for 48 yards... Charles Ali had 2 carries for 2 yards and a touchdown. The Locos defense shut us down, having 3 INTs, one sack and one blocked kick for a touchdown in the first quarter.

It's been a rough first year people. I hope that you'll all follow this offseason, as I will still be posting. I also hope you will spread the word about this blog and we can get more viewers! Let's hope to get some more experience for next year, maybe we can win a game!

Sents Re-add Bacher; Try to Find Some Hope for Win Number One

CJ Bacher, who was cut from the preseason squad, has been asked to return to the team for the final game. He could very well see some action during the game, especially if Quinn Gray sits out because of his quad.

Also, CB Tony Tiller and OL Daniel Oliphant were placed on IR.

Sentinels-Locomotives Preview

The Sents and Locos will face off again on Friday to close out the premiere regular season. In their week 5 meeting, the Locos destroyed the Sentinels 41-10 at home, at Rentschler Field in Hartford. JP Losman went 27/37 for 277 yds and 2 TD. This was also Ingle Martin's first and only start, in which he was 21/36 for 173 yds, 1 TD and 1 int.

Now as most fans know, the Locos beat the Redwoods for a spot in the UFL Championship on Friday the 27th at 12pm on Versus, to take on the undefeated Tuskers. It is not known if Locos coach Jim Fassil plans to start regular JP Losman or rest him and start backup Tim Rattay. I do expect that Ingle Martin will get more snaps than Quinn Gray, if he decides to play, who left the last game early with a quad injury.

Losman is 2nd in the league currently with 1193 passing yards, Gray third with 601. LV WR David Kircus is 2nd in rec yards with 290, NY WR Craphonso Thorpe 3rd with 269 yds. LV LB Teddy Lehman leads the league with 34.5 total tackles, and DE Eric Henderson is T-1 with 3.0 sacks.

KEYS to the Game for New York:
-Contain Josh Scobey. He is known to be able to both take handoffs and go out for passes.
-Let Craphonso Thorpe run free. He's tall, he's fast. If he can get open it's an easy score; and let's face it, we need at least one BIG play before the end of the season.
-Good punt kicking/coverage. Scott Player is an average punter who we haven't seen pin anyone inside the 10 yet. In which case, Sammie Parker is known to have a good ability to return kicks for some distance, so we need to hold him back.
-If the running game doesn't work early-STOP USING IT. The Sents' leading rusher is LaBrandon Toefield, who has 111 yards, SIXTH in the league.

Also, BREAKING, TRAGIC NEWS: the Sentinels have waived K Piotr Czech, who we are quite fond of at the View. It was a stupid move, in my eyes, especially with one game left to play with no marbles on the table. They added K Taylor Rowan out of Western Illinois. And so this brings the end of an era, and the Prodigious Piotr column.

Recap of Week 6 Game: Tuskers Stomp Sentinels

On Thursday, the Florida Tuskers defeated the Sentinels 24-6. Another awful offensive game for the Sents, they only had a mere 227 yards total offensively. Quinn Gray looked great throughout the first half, going 12/21 for 112 yds. However, a knee to the hip caused him to miss the remainder of the game, as he left late in the 2nd quarter. Ingle Martin came in, and began 0/5, including an interception with 10 seconds remaining in the red zone. He finished with a line of a terrible 6/18 for just 68 yards. Craphonso Thorpe contributed 7 receptions for 78 yds.

Once again, as in the first four games, the running attack was atrocious. Shannon Woods (starter), LaBrandon Toefield and Charles Ali combined for 18 carries and just 36 yards. Leon Williams contributed 8 total tackles in the loss.

Only 5,201 fans were at the game in Hartford, the final home game. We need more people at games next year!

The Sentinels have one more game to win their first franchise game against the Locomotives next week (11/20).

Prodigious Piotr

Although having limited attempts, Piotr Czech was perfect in yesterdays game knocking down his only field goal attempt and his only extra point opportunity. First came his pat after an impressive 83 yard 7 minute 44 second touchdown drive by New York near the end of the second quarter. After a 59 yard Sentinels drive, Czech kicked a 38 yard field goal with just under 7 minutes to go in the 3rd quarter. Piotr has now made 5 of 6 attempts on the season and is a perfect 4 for 4 in extra point attempts. We will be looking forward to the rest of his season and hope the Sents can get a couple of wins on the board before the season is over!

~Written by Dan Bocek~

Sents Get Demolished by the Locos

On Wednesday, the Sentinels got destroyed by the Las Vegas Locos 41-10, and dropping to 0-4. Coach Cottrell benched Quinn Gray for the game, switching to backup Ingle Martin. Martin gave a sub-par performance, going 21/36, for 173 yds 1 TD and 1 INT. Steve Sanders caught 4 passes for 31 yds and a touchdown. No receiver went for more than 35 yards. Once again, the rush attack was atrocious. RBs Shannon Woods and LaBrandon Toefield combined for 21 carries and just 72 yds. The offense also had a combined 5 fumbles, all of which were recovered.

On the other side of the ball, the Sents defense was rather terrible as well. The pass defense allowed the Locos' JP Losman to throw for 27/37 and 277 yds and 2 TDs. S Darien Williams led the team with 7.5 total tackles. LB Rian Wallace (1.5) and DE Michale Spicer (1.5) both had sacks.

May I also add that, although the game site was moved from Citi Field to Hofstra, there were only 4,392 people at the game! We need more people at the games!

RB Chris Barclay, DT Louis Ellis, RB Joe Rubin, and G Erik Robertson were all placed on IR. RB Noah Herron and WR Daron Clark were added to the roster.

Thanks to the Followers

Now that this blog could possibly be going places, it would be fantastic if you could simply recommend this blog to your friends! Also, commenting on posts is a great way to spark conversation/argument, so comment away at posts. And theres usually a new poll on the side every week, so be sure to vote! Thanks for following.

Prodigious Piotr (new column)

On October 29th, the New York Sentinels lost 20-13 to the California Redwoods. Contributing 7 of their 13 points was place-kicker Piotr Czech. Czech went 2 for 2 in field goal attempts, one from 36 yards out and the other from 45. Both came in the 2nd quarter, one of them ending the half (45). Piotr also had an extra point on the night capping off a 33 yard touchdown drive towards the end of the 3rd quarter. Along with great power and accuracy, Czech shows great composure on the field. He successfully kicked his first half-ending 45 yard field goal after California tried freezing him and called a time out right before his first attempt. Czech has had a great season so far and it looks like the Sentinels will be able to count on him during clutch situations later on in the year.

~Written by Dan Bocek~

Piotr Czech

As you well know, I am quite a big Piotr Czech fan; as are my friends. We believe Piotr is a good enough kicker to be in the NFL, and we are thankful that he is a NY Sentinel.

One of my friends has accepted to take up on a Piotr Czech column he on The View. There is also now a Piotr Czech Fan Club on Facebook. Please join!!!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=199259105545&ref=ts

Recap of Week 4 Game: Redwoods at Sentinels

Hey everyone, sorry this post is so late; been busy lately.

The Sentinels fell to 0-3 with a 20-13 loss to the California Redwoods last Thursday night at Giants Stadium. A couple of friends and I were in attendance. First, I must say, if you can people, GO TO THE GAMES! They let you sit ANYWHERE you wanted, no matter what your ticket said. So we paid $20 each for front row tickets at the 30 yard line. A mere 10,318 people were in attendance with us, many of which were little league football players. GO!

Anyway, Quinn Gray looked very shaky throughout the game, though he was 22/32 for 230 yds, 1 touchdown and no interceptions. He also fumbled twice, losing one. Craphonso Thorpe had a big game with 9 rec for 93 yards. Paul Pratt picked off his second pass of the season, tying him with Jerome Carter of Florida for the league lead. Newly added Leon Williams had a beastly 11 total tackles (9 solo) and DT Bryan Save had the Sents only sack. The Sents had another weak rushing game, combining for just 81 yards on 21 combined carries. Chris Barclay left in the 1st quarter with a right hamstring injury after just 3 carries for 13 yards. LaBrandon Toefield went 12 carries for 57 yds to replace him. The Redwoods improve to 2-2.

The Sentinels have just 2 remaining home games. Please go and support!