This Podcast Is... Uncalled For - Unofficial Fan Lounge - 2026 Season Week 9

Episode Date: May 20, 2026

We're almost there, and one team has clinched! Week 8: Orlando 31, Dallas 24 Louisville 33, DC 30 Houston 23, St. Louis 16 Birmingham 14, Columbus 3 Week 9: Friday, May 22 - DC at Orlando Saturday, May 23 - Birmingham at Columbus Sunday, May 24 - Dallas at Louisville; St. Louis at Houston

And welcome back to the unofficial fan lounge. We hop on the feed of this podcast I'm called for and talk United Football League. And I'm the guy responsible for both podcasts. My name is Mike Chernivsky. And now let's get into week eight of the United Football League season for 2026. and we start with a Friday night game. Technically does this last home game of the year, and it wasn't even at home.

They played this at Fort Hood in central Texas in front of a military crowd. But unfortunately for the home team, they lost Orlando 31, and Dallas. 24. The announced attendance of life, 4,001, that's what they're saying, but actual attendance was closer, 5,321, which gives the Rangate's a home average attendance 6,185, which is quite pathetic. But hopefully they can turn that around. next year. Your team leaders will start with the storm because they won Jack Plummer, 238 yards passing. Also, four Russian attempts, 50 yards, two touchdowns. And Chris Merlin,

nine catches for 91 yards for Dallas. Austin Reed, 134 yards passing, three touchdowns, one pick, Ellis, Maryweather, led the team in rushing this game. Twelve attempts for 76 yards. And Seth Green, I doubt it's that. Seth Green, no, robot chicken, Seth Green. Two catches, 55 yards and a touch end. So Orlando are now six and two and half secured a playoff berth. Dallas dropped to three and five.

next on the agenda is a round two DC in the Louisville attendance for this game was a 10,025 so they are still they're still killing it in attendance so Kings 33 defenders 30 so DC you've got a problem it's Louisville. DC drops to 5 and 3. Louisville is now 500 at 4 and 4. Team leaders for the Kings, Chandler Rogers, 104 3 yards passing, one touchdown, one pick. James Robinson leading the team in rushing 20 attempts for 59 yards on touchdown, and Isaiah Winstead leading the team in receiving five catches, 92 yards, and a touchdown.

For D.C., it's Spencer Sanders, laying the team in passing, a 3-yards in a pick. Apparently, John Ta-almu got injured in this game. So, you got to do what you got to do. Valaday, I'm not going to try to say your first name. Leading the team in rushing 13 attempts. 107 yards at touchdown and Eric is who canma four four catches for 55 yards so good job at the kings

they get back into this playoff race DC they don't clinch this week maybe next week well you will we shall see and we come to another team that could have clenched this week, but we didn't. Of course talking about the Battle Hawks. Houston 23. Battle Hawks 16. That,

no, that I have no words to describe what happened. Also, because the Louisville D.C. game started late. It ran late, so I got to

see prior that, while waiting for the second period of biologics Houston so let's oh way to rebound on attendance by the way 21,00609 in attendance at the dome so once again leading the league in attendance even though it's way down from previous years so for Houston your team leaders hunter-deckers our 555 yards passing two touchdowns, one pick. Kirk Merritt, two

Russian attempts for 22 yards, and Lawrence Keyes the third. Three catches, 60 yards, one touchdown. For St. Louis, Luis Perez, 300 yards passing, one TD, buts, two picks.

Not going to hold off games with that mix. Jarvan Howard, leading the team of rushing, of course, and attempts for 31. yards and Stephen McBride it catches 116 yards so yeah we got these guys again

this coming week so let's uh let's fix that you know you got a whole week to fix that so no way we should be listening to these guys but uh uh

St. Louis 5 and 3 Houston now 3 and 5 and we also failed to a clinch of birth but hopefully we'll be able to do so this coming week. And we get to the last game of the weekend, Columbus at Birmingham.

Attendance once again, well, up from last week, but still terrible. 4,824. I know you, you proved this season, or much earlier in this season, and you can do better than 4,000 there in Birmingham. Anyway, winning kind of helps too, and Birmingham did win. So stallions 14, aviators, three.

Birmingham is now a 500 club at 4 and 4. Columbus drops to 2 and 6, and we'll likely not make the playoffs. Your team leaders for the stallions, Dorian Thompson, Robinson, 126 yards passing, one pick, one TD. Torian Davis Price led the stallions in rushing, eight attempts for 21 yards, and Jaden Mickens, two catches, 33 yards. For Columbus, Jell and McClendon, 150 yards passing, two picks. He also led the team in rushing with four times. team yards and Tay Martin

three catches for 33 yards so really quick the standings as they are right now Orlando leads to the league

overall 6 and 2 and they have clenched their playoff spot number two is St. Louis at 5 and 3 number 3 is DC at 5 and 3

number four on the basis of tiebreakers is Birmingham number five once again on the basis of tiebreakers is Louisville I'll brush to tell everyone their records five and three for Dallas four and four Birmingham four and four Louisville Dallas is sixth at three and five and Houston seventh also at three and five and Columbus dead last eighth place at two and six.

So let's take a quick look ahead to Week 9. It's almost over. It's almost over. So week 9 we start with the Friday night game. D.C. at Orlando. Of course, Orlando is there are already in the playoffs. see they have to win to get to get in so we'll see how that goes we have one Saturday game is Birmingham at Columbus so they just play each other

so maybe Birmingham gets a little more closer to getting that final playoff spots or Columbus could play spoiler we'll see how that is that. Then two Sunday games, the early one is Dallas at Louisville. Dallas, I guess, looking to stay irrelevant, where Louisville, they're hoping to stay in the playoff mix. And then the last game, St. Louis at Houston. Come on, guys, cacaws the law. Let's win this thing. All right. Get some revenge. Egg rolls, revenge. Revenge. That was do it for this edition of the unofficial fan lounge and we'll talk to you next week and good luck to all the teams except for Houston.