Episode 77 - Is This USFL?
Final USFL head coaching announcements, official USFL Birmingham kickoff game details with Roy S. Johnson, talking NFL/alt-football rules with XFL rules creator Sam Schwartzstein, and analyzing/dissecting all the latest CFL news with recently re-signed Edmonton Elks running back James Wilder Jr. and former Edmonton Elks standout Eddie Steele, this episode has it all!
The USFL is officially coming to Birmingham, Alabama. With the official announcement of Birmingham as their host city, and debut game featuring the New Jersey Generals taking on the “home” Birmingham Stallions, the USFL April launch appears to be a go! We also got the announcement of 2 new and final USFL head coaches in Jeff Fisher and Larry Fedora, we breakdown all of the week’s USFL news and chat with local al.com reporter Roy S. Johnson who attended the official USFL announcement. We also get Roy’s thoughts and insights on the potential for new owners of USFL team franchises moving into year 2 and 3, you don’t want to miss it.
With all of the talk of NFL overtime rules and CFL overtime rules following the Buffalo Bills loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, we bring XFL rules godfather Sam Schwartzstein to give his thoughts and insights on the matter. What work went into developing the XFL rules and what insights can the NFL take in terms of progressing the game forward. Sam Schwartzstein put thousands of hours into developing the XFL rules and his knowledge of the inner-workings of a football game are truly unmatched, a must-listen!
We then bring in recently re-signed star running back for the CFL’s Edmonton Elks James Wilder Jr. onto the program. James just re-signed with the team on Monday and has thoughts and insights into the new team direction moving forward. We also chat with James about Edmonton’s new president and CEO Victor Cut and get his feelings on head coach Chris Jones.
Eddie Steele, former Edmonton Elks defensive tackle joins the program to break down some of the CFL’s most interesting off-season notes for the week. From the retirement of Michael Reilly from the BC Lions, to new Edmonton Elks signings and the departure of Brandon Banks from the Hamilton Ticats, Eddie Steele is the perfect guest to bring on this week to crunch the latest CFL news and notes.
Finally we round out the rest of the week’s alt-football news, the simulcast of the initial USFL kickoff game between NBC and FOX Sports, the potential of Alex Rodriguez being a future USFL team owner, Trevor Harris potentially winding up as the backup QB for BC Lions’ Nathan Rourke and Zach Collaros on one year CFL contracts.
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