Consider your football season extended.
The inaugural Alliance of American Football season kicks off Saturday, Feb. 8 with eight teams playing 10 weeks through mid-April. A four-team playoff will culminate with a championship game the last weekend in April.
Games will be featured on the CBS family of networks.
And for fans of the Sun Belt, there will be several—15 in fact—familiar faces donning the brand new jerseys.
Seven of the eight squads will field former players for current Sun Belt teams. Though depth charts are not yet set in stone, there are some notable players who figure to see playing time.