View Full Version : Spurrier is BACK!
Well, he's sorta back:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/steve-spurrier-to-coach-orlando-team-in-alliance-of-american-football/ar-AAvA7X0?ocid=spartanntp
He's coaching pro football, but I've never heard of the Alliance of American Football.
moonpie23
04-07-2018, 03:45 PM
ha...i'll be watching.....
Reilly
04-07-2018, 08:16 PM
... I've never heard of the Alliance of American Football.
I looked it up the other week but don't recall what I had seen in the news that spurred me to look it up. Experienced folks involved:
https://aaf.com/team/
Pghdukie
04-09-2018, 07:43 PM
Alliance is a startup spring football league. Hines Ward, Troy Polumalu among other have a piece of the action. A disfunctional QB who flunked out with
Browns is playing
BandAlum83
04-13-2018, 02:21 PM
Damn!
I saw the headline and thought maybe he was coming back to Duke as offensive coordinator!
Reilly
09-20-2018, 11:45 PM
Some logos unveiled: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/look-alliance-of-american-football-unveils-logos-of-four-pro-teams-that-will-debut-in-2019/
HereBeforeCoachK
09-21-2018, 08:32 AM
Damn!
I saw the headline and thought maybe he was coming back to Duke as offensive coordinator!
Well here's my thoughts on that....as both a Duke fan and a South Carolina fan (long story how that odd ball pairing happened) - I feel lucky to have had Spurrier at both my teams. That said, he peaked while at Duke...as OC, then HC...and the early years at Florida. All during that time he was ahead of the game on offense.
That was not the case at SC. Team was never very good on offense, not consistently. He was no longer ahead of the curve. The curve caught up...maybe even passed him.
I was always a Spurrier fan...I found his brashness refreshing and real. I remember thinking that Jim Grobe at WF is a great coach, but man is he a snoozer of a cliche factory in an interview. Most FB coaches are. Spurrier was real. But his best coaching was done at Duke. By far. I think it was harder for Duke to win an ACC title in the 80s than for Florida to win a Natty when he was there...though his Fun and Gun was still ahead of D coordinators for a while at Florida too.
Reilly
02-09-2019, 05:22 AM
Good recap of the new league: https://sports.yahoo.com/theres-new-football-league-starting-weekend-whos-aaf-will-watch-160821225.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&uh_test=1_02
Spurrier goes tonight ...
Reilly
02-09-2019, 05:39 AM
And here's who Spurrier has to work with: https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/aaf-names-to-know-in-2019-orlando
Reilly
02-10-2019, 10:48 AM
Spurrier's team won 40-6; HBC SOS had some trick plays: https://www.cbssports.com/aaf/news/aaf-week-1-scores-highlights-spurrier-calls-philly-special-for-td-orlando-and-san-antonio-win-openers/
A bit on AAF player salaries: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24076702/alliance-american-football-players-get-3-year-250k-contracts
miramar
02-10-2019, 12:11 PM
I wish I had a headset to go along with it.
Reilly
02-20-2019, 02:52 PM
Spurrier's team will practice in Georgia due to insurance coverage reasons: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/open-mike/os-sp-orlando-apollos-workmans-comp-georgia-practice-20190219-story.html
wilson
02-20-2019, 02:59 PM
Spurrier's team will practice in Georgia due to insurance coverage reasons: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/open-mike/os-sp-orlando-apollos-workmans-comp-georgia-practice-20190219-story.html...and Spurrier's entire league is already begging for cash due to "ain't got none" reasons: https://deadspin.com/report-the-aaf-needed-a-250-million-bailout-after-jus-1832723865
Reilly
02-25-2019, 09:07 PM
Spurrier's team won again, now 3-0.
And then there was this world record: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/dog-sets-world-record-during-halftime-of-orlando-apollos-game
Reilly
03-02-2019, 11:10 PM
Spurrier's team goes to 4-0 in the snow: https://www.cbssports.com/aaf/news/aaf-week-4-scores-highlights-updates-express-complete-comeback-apollos-win-in-the-snow/
Reilly
03-09-2019, 09:56 PM
Apollos and Spurrier now 5-0: https://aaf.com/games/s1/w5/orlando-at-birmingham
Reilly
03-17-2019, 09:30 PM
Spurrier's Apollos finally lose a game, and Chik-fil-A Bowl nemesis Johnny Football surfaces in the AAF: https://deadspin.com/cfl-flameout-signs-aaf-contract-1833357793?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter
Reilly
03-30-2019, 08:33 PM
Spurrier's Orlando Apollos now 7-1 after today's win over Memphis and Johnny Football. Watch it here: https://aaf.com/games/s1/w8/g1/orlando-at-memphis
CameronBornAndBred
04-02-2019, 01:25 PM
The league is shutting down. Does that mean that Spurrier ends his career a champ?
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/reports-alliance-of-american-football-folds-just-weeks-into-inaugural-season-165805452.html
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15
04-02-2019, 01:45 PM
The league is shutting down. Does that mean that Spurrier ends his career a champ?
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/reports-alliance-of-american-football-folds-just-weeks-into-inaugural-season-165805452.html
By Bill Walton rules, yes.
Rough seas (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/02/aaf-reportedly-isnt-going-make-it-through-its-first-season/?utm_term=.fcf2cb948d6c)!
-jk
Reilly
04-02-2019, 09:19 PM
Spurrier: "We gotta be the champs, right?"
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/orlando-apollos-will-be-no-more-as-aaf-suspends-operations/936392092
MCFinARL
04-03-2019, 01:10 PM
Alliance is a startup spring football league. Hines Ward, Troy Polumalu among other have a piece of the action. A disfunctional QB who flunked out with
Browns is playing
Well that doesn't narrow it down very much.
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