| Host | |
| Bil Dwyer | |
| Line Judge | |
| Amy Miller | |
| Announcer | |
| Paul Koslowski | |
| Broadcast | |
  | |
| Packagers | |
| Dugan's Pub Productions/ Fox Television Studios | |
OPENING SPIEL: "Tonight on Fox Sports Net, Two teams hitting each other so much, (insert fact), let's meet our starting line-ups… (Insert two players, occupations, and teams). One host, one announcer, one line judge, two teams, four players, one Ultimate Fan League! And now (insert funny fact), your host, Bil Dwyer!"
Ultimate Fan League (abbreviated as UFL) was a tournament-typed game show for sports trivia buffs.
Gameplay[]
Two teams of two male contestants representing their own town in which they watched Fox Sports Net or a sports network associated with it competed in a game of how much they knew about the world of sports.
The First Two Rounds[]
One team (starting with the visiting team) threw a Nerf ball at a game board with nine TV monitors. Each one had a sports laden category. When the ball hit a category, the category landed on was played, but if it hit an already played screen or if it missed the board entirely, it was considered a "foul ball" and the team that threw that ball lost control of the board to their opponents and was humiliated by the cast, opponents & the audience.
On each category, three questions were asked, and the contestants had to buzz-in to answer each one by using hand-buzzers (each player was given his own buzzer). Each correct answer scored points, while an incorrect answer lost points and gave the opposing team a chance to answer. After the third question, the team with the player who gave the last correct answer to that point got to throw the next ball.
Scoring[]
In Round 1, questions were worth 1, 2, and 3 points; in Round 2, however, points were doubled, meaning that questions were worth 2, 4, and 6 points.
Mystery Sport[]
The Mystery Sport category was a special category in which the team that swept it (answered all three questions correctly) scored a 5-point bonus.
Speedballs[]
One of the categories on the board in each round was a special "Speedballs" category in which the team that found it had to give as many answers in a specific category as possible in 10 seconds, earning points for each correct answer (1 point in Round 1, and 2 points in Round 2).
Rest Your Thumbs[]
At some point on one category, the teams were to watch a viewing of an exercise video in terms of relaxing.
Home Team Challenge[]
At the end of the first round, both teams played the Home Team Challenge. This was where each team was asked one question based on their hometown's FSN affiliate. Each team would decide how many points to play for (either 5, 10 or 15 points). A correct answer added the chosen point value, but an incorrect answer deducted it.
Final Round: 2-Minute Warning[]
Dwyer read a series of rapid-fire questions for two minutes. After each sports question, he read a "Get a Life" question which was a general knowledge question associated with the first question. The sports questions were worth 10 points while the "Get a Life" questions were worth half price or 5 points. As it was with the entire game, points were deducted for incorrect answers. When time ran out, the team with the most points won prizes and went up in the standings.
Tournament[]
Twenty teams competed in this year long tournament. During the "regular season", the teams were divided into four divisions (five per division), and they each played a total of six games (teams in the same division didn't have to play each other). The team in each division with the most wins, as well as the remaining two with the best records, advanced to the playoffs. Ties were broken based on the total points they scored during their games.
In the playoffs (the final week of the series), the winners of the regular season were arranged and played whatever days were assigned to them. Each game was single elimination, which meant that the losers of each game were eliminated from the competition. The two top teams received byes to the semifinals on Tuesday and Thursday, and the remaining four teams competed for a chance to reach the semifinals on the next show. The winners of the semifinals competed on Friday's championship show, and the winners of the final game won tickets to Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami, FL and the 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Boston, MA, Broyhill sofa plus a new Panasonic big screen television, runner-up will receive a new luggage set, a trip to Hilton Waikoloa Village plus a new Yamaha WaveRunner.
Trivia[]
Frank Nicotero was a contestant on the show and previously was a contestant on Debt. He went on to become the host of Street Smarts.
Amy Miller went on to play the villain Trakeena in Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, the first post-Zordon Power Rangers series, the first to be self-contained, and the first to have a new team of Rangers each season.
Tagline[]
"That's all the time we have! Next time, (insert winning team) takes on (insert future competitor) and (insert losing team) will take on (insert future competitor)! Tune in again next time on the Ultimate Fan League!" - Bill Dwyer
Links[]
Rules for Ultimate Fan League
Another Ultimate Fan League rules page
YouTube Videos[]
Andrew/Jeff (St. Louis) vs. Steve/Christian (Florida)
Brian/Alvin (New Jersey) vs. Steve/Christian (Florida)
Mike/Geoff (Boston) vs. Joe/Doug (Denver)
Ben/Martin (D.C.) vs. Kevin/Tim (Arizona)
One of Frank Nicotero's Appearances