XFL: Week Three

The more I watch, the more I like.

I watched most of the first three games this weekend, but the last one is a good example of WHY I like it as sport.

A college basketball game was going long yesterday when the kick-off for the last game was getting underway. There were 6.3 seconds left in the college basketball game.

While that 6.3 seconds lasted 9 1/2 minutes of real time (you know the THING I HATE MOST ABOUT BASKETBALL) the XFL had a kick-off return, 4 great running plays, including the first touchdown of the game, a commercial break and were getting ready for the SECOND kick-off of the game.

That, for me is the XFL in a nutshell, all of that action in 6.3 seconds of doing nothing college basketball time. NO contest. The XFL wins by a mile.

What else did I see this weekend on the XFL. The first kick-off return for a touchdown AND the league's number ONE team (DC) getting clubbed down like baby seals by 0-2 LA. AND another 3-point conversion.

Great plays. Great teams. Great upsets. And WAY better quarterback play this week. The Guardians are still awful, I'll give you that. And the Vipers need to learn how to score more with all that offense.

I don't know hardly any of the players yet, and I really don't mind. The speed and transparency of the games are mesmerizing.

I hope people continue to watch. Going into this weekend's games every XFL game has beaten every other sport it was going against in the ratings.

That's pretty impressive for a start-up. I don't know what ratings will be "good enough" to keep the league alive, but it's off to a good start.