Spurrier is BACK!

[BD80]

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]

ha...i'll be watching.....

[Reilly]

... 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]

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]

Damn!

I saw the headline and thought maybe he was coming back to Duke as offensive coordinator!

[Reilly]

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]

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]

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]

And here's who Spurrier has to work with: https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/aaf-names-to-know-in-2019-orlando

[Reilly]

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]

I wish I had a headset to go along with it.

[Reilly]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Apollos and Spurrier now 5-0: https://aaf.com/games/s1/w5/orlando-at-birmingham

[Reilly]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[-jk]

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]

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]

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.