In the last few months, many players from the Omaha Nighthawks have went back to the NFL. Most recently Quarterback Troy Smith signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. (Story Here)
Today, we learn a key part of the Nighthawks is also going back to the NFL. General Manager Rick Mueller, the man responsible for assembling and recruiting players to the team, was hired on to the Philadelphia Eagles as part of the Eagles scouting staff. This is sad news for this Nighthawk fan. Rick was always open to fan interaction. He never sugar coated any answers to questions asked and was always straight forward. He had a knack for bringing players and landing some serious deals.
To continue on from an earlier post where I talked about the UFL and weather or not it was shut down. Things continue to look bleak for the UFL. In addition to ending the season short, losing players, staff, fans, teams and the league not paying bills, mass exodus of merchandise at the close of said shortened season and what ever else I'm forgetting; There still is no official word from UFL officials on the fate of the league. Links on the official UFL website are broken for every major story or bio. Little or no information is out there period, anywhere. There has been no tweets or mention of news on any of the leagues social media sites other than fan postings on news such as Mueller's hiring or the general rants of the UFL being dead.
Another thing I forgot to mention, which seems to also play into things locally in Omaha, is the stadium situation. We all know the UFL was looking at playing in the spring. The big question was where do they play in Omaha. We know MECA won't let them play football at TD Ameritrade park during baseball season, especially before the their golden goose... The College World Series. Another possible solution was maybe play at UNO's Caniglia Field. UNO recently had cut the football program and the stadium now sits empty. With the addition of more bleachers, this would be a very viable option. Well, the Omaha World Herald ran a story HERE about the stadiums future. It seems everything but football is being considered for the space. So much for that idea.
Well, anyways, I guess thats it. Normally, no news is good news but I think it this case... things are done! At least we still have the Omaha Beef! (Which looks like I'm getting season tickets very soon)
Oh! I took some great photos from the sideline of the last game. Once I get through them all, I'll post them up. My guess is as a memorial...
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