Birmingham Stallions Outlast Philadelphia Stars

After a full 10-week regular season and the semifinals in the books, the Birmingham Stallions are set to take on the Philadelphia Stars in the inaugural USFL Championship.

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Philadelphia seems to have heated things up at the right point in the season, ultimately upsetting the 9-1 New Jersey Generals last weekend. To bring home the trophy Case Cookus and company are going to hope for another upset. It’s definitely going to be an uphill battle, as the Stars are out both of their starting backs. It was expected that Matt Colburn would be out after one of his teammates helped him off the field last weekend. But, many were surprised this week when the league announced that Darnell Holland was also on the inactive list.

Birmingham comes into the game as the clear favorites, they’ve dominated all season only accruing one-loss the entire season. They’ll look to continue their winning ways, but for only the second time the team will be playing on the road. They were able to pull it out against the New Orleans Breakers, but with the Stars on such a roll, it may not be as easy as many seem that it will be.

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1st Quarter

Case Cookus and the Stars received the kickoff to start the game, giving them the firs possession and a chance to get an early lead. Unfortunately for the franchise, the Birmingham defense forced a quick three and out for Philadelphia. With both starting backs out, Cookus took each shot by air, which Stallions seemed to be prepared for.

J’Mar Smith and the Stallions offense now had their first possession with the ball, looking to get the edge over their opponents early.

The first play looked to set the tone for Birmingham, Bo Scarbrough…