Gene Chizik to coach Birmingham USFL team.

[Crimson1967]

What could possibly go wrong? As a bonus, Kevin Sumlin is the Houston coach.

Sources: Former Auburn coach Gene Chizik to lead Birmingham Stallions USFL football team this spring

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — This spring, a familiar face may be returning to Alabama to lead the revived Birmingham Stallions football team. According to a source, former Auburn Tiger head coac…

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[B1GTide]

I really like him as an analyst. Not a great head coach.

 

[uafanataum]

Does this mean we will lose him as an analyst? He is one of the best on SECN.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

I really like him as an analyst. Not a great head coach.

Does this mean we will lose him as an analyst? He is one of the best on SECN.

He is the only good analyst on SECN.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Oh well, not expecting much from the Stallions now. Don't worry, he'll be back on the SECN soon when the USFL shuts down after 1 season.

 

[Crimson1967]

Does this mean we will lose him as an analyst? He is one of the best on SECN.

It’s a spring league so it shouldn’t interfere. Plus all the games will be in Birmingham.

 

[TideEngineer08]

No idea how this league is going to do any better than any of the other Spring leagues.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Well, I'm in the minority around here but I'm a baseball fan so I will not be watching football in the spring.

 

[TideEngineer08]

Well, I'm in the minority around here but I'm a baseball fan so I will not be watching football in the spring.

I would watch if it was quality football. There hasn't been quality football in the Spring since the USFL. The first one.

 

[rolltide_21]

I heard Cam Newton is available after his dumpster fire season with the Panthers

 

[CajunCrimson]

This is all just a huge ploy to get Bo Nix a starting job in pro football

 

[Bama_N_Va]

I heard Cam Newton is available after his dumpster fire season with the Panthers

AB is available now!!!! That would be a great matchup!!!

 

[GrayTide]

I would recommend all of the USFL coaches, hired or to be hired, seriously considering renting an apartment with as short a lease as possible.

 

[CB4]

I really like him as an analyst. Not a great head coach.

In Gene’s most famous interview “catch phrase”

“There’s no question about it…”

 

[CajunCrimson]

In Gene’s most famous interview “catch phrase”

“There’s no question about it…”

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[CullmanTide]

There is nothing official.

 

[selmaborntidefan]

The guy is an outstanding analyst and also a very good defensive coordinator (2004 Auburn and 2005 Texas).

He can't coach his way out of a wet paper bag as the head coach.

I doubt a spring league has any chance anymore. Remember, when the USFL began in 1983:
- the NBA was just beginning its growth
- hockey was solely a northern game
- March Madness was really just beginning to become a thing, too
- baseball wasn't on 7 days a week save for on WTBS and WGN

All of those will cut into the overall desired audience. Plus, in 1983, the USFL had the good fortune to start after an NFL strike had gutted 1/2 of the regular season so there was more of a "hunger" for football. Also - the NFL wasn't nearly as big in 1983 as it is now, even though it was the #1 sport in America.

I could be wrong - I'd be glad to be wrong - but I just don't think spring football is going to cut it. You have to have time away from a sport and miss it to come back with more interest/emotion the next year (generally speaking).

I'm with Gray here - rent a small apartment with a month-to-month lease.

 

[deliveryman35]

I wonder if the hotels and other vendors will require cash up front on all orders and reservations from people and players associated with this enterprise. Didn't the last league default on money they owed to everybody and their grandmother?

 

[NationalTitles18]

I wonder if the hotels and other vendors will require cash up front on all orders and reservations from people and players associated with this enterprise. Didn't the last league default on money they owed to everybody and their grandmother?

Yeah, there's been a definite pattern with USFL owners who stiff people for completed work and then declare bankruptcy.

 

[Crimson1967]

I just don’t see this working. NFL Europe was mostly an American based league its first two years but it didn’t pan out.