The USFL postseason quietly begins this weekend. The New Jersey Generals and Birmingham Stallions both enjoyed banner years in the first USFL season since the league shuttered following a three-year run, 1983-85.
The revived league performed well enough from a ratings perspective throughout the spring. Still, it remains to be seen if the eight-team league can catch on the way it did in the 1980s.
Star power kept the USFL in business for three seasons back in the day, with the likes of Herschel Walker and Jim Kelly taking the field on Sundays. The league was home to some former NFL players and some college football standouts, though it’s not drawing the top-end talent it did many decades ago.