USFL coming back

**sailorsam** · 06-03-2021, 06:45 PM

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...22/7521899002/

The United States Football League, which previously existed for three seasons in the mid-1980s, will be returning to action next spring, the league announced Thursday. It will feature a "minimum of eight teams," according to a news release, and is partly owned by Fox Sports, which also will serve as its official broadcast partner.

"The USFL is back! See you in 2022," former USFL quarterback Doug Flutie said in a promotional video posted on social media Thursday. "It's football. It is real football. It's pro football at the highest level. It's just being played in the spring."

looking forward to. can't have too much football

wonder if they could get Spurrier to coume out of retirement @ Tampa?

**mmi16** · 06-03-2021, 08:17 PM

Didn't Baltimore participate in the final USFL Championship game?

**Laxdad24** · 06-03-2021, 09:23 PM

Originally Posted by mmi16

Didn't Baltimore participate in the final USFL Championship game?

I believe so. And won. Stars were pretty good

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**Ravenswintitle** · 06-04-2021, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by Laxdad24

I believe so. And won. Stars were pretty good

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There's a trivia question around that - something like what city has won football championships in the NFL, CFL, USFL, and arena league? Only Charm city

**Laxdad24** · 06-04-2021, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ravenswintitle

There's a trivia question around that - something like what city has won football championships in the NFL, CFL, USFL, and arena league? Only Charm city

Yes Sir! Football Town USA!!

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**Shas** · 06-04-2021, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by mmi16

Didn't Baltimore participate in the final USFL Championship game?

Yes, they won the 1985 final championship. Which makes for the very interesting trivia question of which city has won championships in the NFL, CFL and USFL?

The Stars were originally in Philly and moved to "Baltimore" except they could not play in Memorial so they played in Byrd Stadium. Jim Mora (Playoffs?) was the head coach.

Ironically, that team wanted to be named Stallions, but Birmingham snatched it up first. The CFL team in Baltimore wanted to be the Colts, but the NFL sued and Speros chose Stallions. The Birmingham CFL team was called the Barracudas.

**sailorsam** · 06-05-2021, 06:38 AM

Originally Posted by Shas

Yes, they won the 1985 final championship. Which makes for the very interesting trivia question of which city has won championships in the NFL, CFL and USFL?

The Stars were originally in Philly and moved to "Baltimore" except they could not play in Memorial so they played in Byrd Stadium. Jim Mora (Playoffs?) was the head coach.

Ironically, that team wanted to be named Stallions, but Birmingham snatched it up first. The CFL team in Baltimore wanted to be the Colts, but the NFL sued and Speros chose Stallions. The Birmingham CFL team was called the Barracudas.

I thought they played in Annapolis
Orlando Renegades had a cool logo with the tomahawk.

**Shas** · 06-05-2021, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by sailorsam

I thought they played in Annapolis
Orlando Renegades had a cool logo with the tomahawk.

They wanted to play at Memorial but couldn't because of baseball. They may have looked at NMC Stadium, I don't recall, but they ended up at Byrd Stadium. They played at Franklin Field as the Philadelphia Stars the two season prior. I recall that Trump ramrodded a proposal through to move USFL games to the fall after the '85 season. The Stars owner, Tannenbaum, knew he could never compete with the Eagles and moved the team. Trump wanted to show up the NFL after they spurned him, but his power move ended up killing the league before they ever got fall football off the ground.

**mmi16** · 06-05-2021, 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by Shas

They wanted to play at Memorial but couldn't because of baseball. They may have looked at NMC Stadium, I don't recall, but they ended up at Byrd Stadium. They played at Franklin Field as the Philadelphia Stars the two season prior. I recall that Trump ramrodded a proposal through to move USFL games to the fall after the '85 season. The Stars owner, Tannenbaum, knew he could never compete with the Eagles and moved the team. Trump wanted to show up the NFL after they spurned him, but his power move ended up killing the league before they ever got fall football off the ground.

Sounds familiar

**MarkS** · 06-07-2021, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Shas

They wanted to play at Memorial but couldn't because of baseball. They may have looked at NMC Stadium, I don't recall, but they ended up at Byrd Stadium...

The Stars were actually scheduled to play at Memorial Stadium, but there weren't able to make arrangements in time for the 1985 season. The plan was always to play 1 year at Maryland, then move to Baltimore the following season (1986).