For years and years and years, the most crushingly depressing time for Crimson Tide fans has been February when the weather sucks and the realization sets in that there is no Bama football until A-Day in mid-April. Usually, that time is filled with snow-fake-outs, Alabama basketball’s eventual bubble-bursts, and grasping for straws by following former Tide players working towards the NFL Draft. This year, there is something new.
The AAF has offered a nice distraction to keep you from embarrassing yourself by doing something foolish like turning on an NBA game. Yes, the awkwardly-named Alliance of American Football is a “developmental league” and could even be categorized as a “minor league”.