No one ever sits down and says, "I am going to build something that will last a hundred years." If they do, they're either evil dictators or have no idea what they are talking about.

When the USAFL was first envisioned, it was just something for Founder Andrew Lewis and his brother-in-law Jim Maurer to waste time with. When the game reached a plateau of not being enough fun for just two guys and a few of our friends to poke around with, the USAFL reached the world of the internet. In walks Garritt Grandberg and the rest as they say, "is history."

For the coming weeks and months, the USAFL will celebrate reaching the century mark by taking a look back at many of it's highlights and landmarks along the way.

Countdown To A Century: 

 2065: A look back at Super Bowl I - the league's first championship. No human owned team could reach the big game. It became remembered as the one and only game to feature the computer. From that day forward, the computer was dominated.
 
 2066: We take a fresh look at the highly acclaimed "greatest game ever" of the first era of the USAFL. Super Bowl XVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Atlanta Falcons. The game went down to the wire and was broadcast live-by-tape over the internet via RealAudio.
 
 2067: To celebrate the league's 20th anniversary, the league held a Super Bowl Champions Tournament featuring all twenty league champions. While this kind of tournament could never happen in real life, the thought of resurrecting the great teams from the early days was too exciting to pass up.

 2068: When you think about it, hitting the century mark is quite a landmark for any organization. The USAFL has enjoyed all the anniversary celebrations along the way. Our 50th bash featured several GMs getting together and publishing a 15 page article reminiscing about the good-ole days. Our 60th celebration honored all the new website features we had just rolled out. The 75th celebration was a time where we all sat back and enjoyed what we had built.