BREAKING AJ McCarron named Stallions Head Coach

[Con]

The Stallions changed their helmet color this season. It looks sharp.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

The Stallions changed their helmet color this season. It looks sharp.

Looks like they won their first game 15-13. No clue if it was a season game or pre-season.

 

[Con]

Looks like they won their first game 15-13. No clue if it was a season game or pre-season.

I am pretty sure it was the kickoff to their regular season. The team the Stallions played was a new team.

 

[Tidewater]

I am pretty sure it was the kickoff to their regular season. The team the Stallions played was a new team.

The UFL moved three teams from last season: Columbus (OH) Aviators, Louisville Kings, and Orlando Storm. The teams from DC, Houston, Dallas, St. Louis, and Birmingham stayed the same.
This was the season opening game: Birmingham vs Louisville. Louisville pretty much outplayed Birmingham, but Louisville also committed three turnovers, and that was the difference.
Good to see McCarron on a sideline.

 

[Tidewater]

The UFL has made a few rule changes for this year:

• FGs from 60+ are worth four points.
• A receiver only needs to get one foot in bounds (basically the college rule).
• No punting beyond the 50 yard line except in the last two minutes of the half. The offensive team must go for it on 4th down or try to kick a FG.

Players earn $6,400 per game, so your players are not up to NFL standard.
Still, it is the best football you can get in the spring.

 

[Tidewater]

I went to a DC Defender's game last year.
It was fun. And the ticket was ~$35, so quite reasonable.

 

[Con]

Ok guys, I’m watching the halftime performance with Ludacrice and he either has an Alabama national championship ring on or an Atlanta Braves ring on. Anyone know which it is?

Edit: I feel pretty sure it is a Braves ring.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Ok guys, I’m watching the halftime performance with Ludacrice and he either has an Alabama national championship ring on or an Atlanta Braves ring on. Anyone know which it is?

Edit: I feel pretty sure it is a Braves ring.

He is a huge Braves fan.

 

[Tidewater]

Birmingham's defense just could not get a stop in the last two minutes last night.
Houston kicked a walk-off FG on the last play of the game 22-20.

In the DC game Saturday night, the opposing QB got sacked, a DC d-lineman recovered the fumble, there was some question as to whether the d-linemen had been down by contact (some players stopped running as if the play was dead). The recovering lineman gets up and starts running toward the end zone (good) and holding the ball out for all to see ("Hey, ma, look! I recovered a fumble!"), not so good. An offensive player comes up behind the d-lineman, knocks the ball loose and recovers the fumble.

On the assumption that most UFL players are hoping to play well enough to earn an invite from an NFL team, this kind of sloppy showboating will probably not impress an NFL scout. Making a good play (recovering a fumble) is good. Then turning around and engaging in a low-rent showboating maneuver kind of negates the good play.

 

[Con]

Birmingham's defense just could not get a stop in the last two minutes last night.
Houston kicked a walk-off FG on the last play of the game 22-20.

In the DC game Saturday night, the opposing QB got sacked, a DC d-lineman recovered the fumble, there was some question as to whether the d-linemen had been down by contact (some players stopped running as if the play was dead). The recovering lineman gets up and starts running toward the end zone (good) and holding the ball out for all to see ("Hey, ma, look! I recovered a fumble!"), not so good. An offensive player comes up behind the d-lineman, knocks the ball loose and recovers the fumble.

On the assumption that most UFL players are hoping to play well enough to earn an invite from an NFL team, this kind of sloppy showboating will probably not impress an NFL scout. Making a good play (recovering a fumble) is good. Then turning around and engaging in a low-rent showboating maneuver kind of negates the good play.

Yeah, they Stallions gave up a 4th and 6, AJ challenged a holding call that didn't get called. He won the challenge so it backed the ball up to 4th and 16 and they couldn't stop the pass. Then the Gamblers hit on another 4th down play. They had their chances for sure, just couldn't get off the field. Kind of sounds a little like the college team we pull for.

 

[Tidewater]

Yeah, they Stallions gave up a 4th and 6, AJ challenged a holding call that didn't get called. He won the challenge so it backed the ball up to 4th and 16 and they couldn't stop the pass. Then the Gamblers hit on another 4th down play. They had their chances for sure, just couldn't get off the field. Kind of sounds a little like the college team we pull for.

Yeah, sometimes you just need to dig down into your gut and do your job well. If all 11 players on do that, it is difficult for the offensive team to get a 1st down. If all 11 players on offense do that, they are hard to stop. It just boils down to who wants it more.
Which is the beautiful thing about sports.

 

[bamaslammer]

Stallions look a bit middle of the road currently. They have had some success in red zone defense but the first two QB's they have faced roasted them on long passes and Matt Corral doesn't look like the answer at QB, not unless he can find some consistency. It's early but I believe there are way better teams in the UFL than the two they just played

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

The Stallions changed their helmet color this season. It looks sharp.

Pic?

 

[bamaslammer]

Defense continuing to struggle. still time to turn it around but they have not even played the better teams yet so without a big improvement they are going to get trampled.

 

[Con]

Pic?

Let’s try this:

 

[Tidewater]

The Stallions should have lost week 1, but won. They probably should have won week 2, but lost. Week 3 they got it together: they should have lost (2 pics and soft defense) and they did lose. 1-2 on the season now.

 

[Tidewater]

Birmingham is tied (with Columbus, Ohio) for last in the UFL at 1-4.
It might be that the jump from being a player to a head coach might be too big of a jump. There is a radically different skill set for a head coach. It is not just understanding Xs and Os.
I wish AJ well, but things ain't looking good in B'ham.

 

[CB4]

Birmingham is tied (with Columbus, Ohio) for last in the UFL at 1-4.
It might be that the jump from being a player to a head coach might be too big of a jump. There is a radically different skill set for a head coach. It is not just understanding Xs and Os.
I wish AJ well, but things ain't looking good in B'ham.

Agree. Some of the best all time managers in baseball barely had a cup of coffee in the majors or were platoon/role players. Sometimes it’s the guy where things didn’t come naturally or easily that do the best job of coaching.

 

[Con]

AJ started the right QB today and they jumped out quick on Orlando. They needed this win today.

 

[81usaf92]

In a way this is just karma for AJ going overboard critical on Alabama coaching for the past year and acting like he had all the answers behind a microphone. I mean AJ inherited a team that won 3 of 4 league championships the past 4 years and was mostly the same pieces, but AJ’s tenure looks like one of the worst teams ever assembled. I mean they should’ve lost week 1 because of a lack of discipline but somehow they eeked it out.

Either Skip Holtz was one of the greatest coaches that never was or AJ had no clue of what he was talking about the last 2 years about how to run a winning program loaded with advantages.