I watched every game and thought it was a lot of fun! I'm a fan!
I was watching the "A Season in the USFL" pregame documentary. You get a better understanding of the cost savings having all the games played in one city. They basically turned the hotel complexes around the stadium into offices, meeting rooms, work out facilities, living facilities, etc. It makes pretty good financial sense for the first year. I wonder if next year an idea wouldn't be to save money to keep saving money to keep the "all games happen in one place" theme going but expand to two or three football towns that lack an NFL team? San Antonio? Harford Connecticut? (Remember the Patriots almost moved there!).
I'm work with a guy in Birmingham, so I used to go there every few months to visit him, now more rarely (Covid). I went to a UAB game and the Auburn/Houston bowl game at the stadium. It is a great stadium with very nice amenities, including the surrounding area. It’s pretty amazing what they’ve done with the whole Uptown area of Birmingham. That stadium has a lot of good places to watch the game other than your seat. The concourses are very wide with televisions everywhere. There are also high top tables along the concourses where you can sit, eat your food and watch. At the games I went to, a lot of people didn't appear to ever find their way to their seat. Admission to these games are general admission for most of the seats, so there will be a lot of people wandering around.
One of the biggest surprises to me was the protection both QBs were getting from their O-line In general I found it to be very watchable football. Amazing that they are doing these Bios and a lot of the players are 8-10 yrs removed from their college years.
Its only halfway through first quarter of the season but I feel like this USFL has a high ceiling they can achieve. Hopefully this attempt at a Spring league lasts for a while. Birmingham has had a team in just about every one of them. Their fans feel a bit like a girl that keeps getting left at the alter. There’s a lot of people in Alabama who really want professional football to make it there.
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