The undefeated Birmingham Stallions will get the chance to play essentially a home game in the USFL conference championship game in June.
The United Football League (UFL) announced Wednesday that the USFL conference championship game will be hosted at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, which is where the Stallions already play their home games.
The 8-0 Stallions will take on the 6-2 Michigan Panthers in two straight games in Birmingham with the two squads scheduled to face off in the final week of the regular season as well as both having clinched a spot in the conference championship game to be played on Saturday June 8 at 2:00 P.M. CST.
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The winner of the USFL conference championship will take on the winner of the XFL conference championship in the UFL championship game which will take place in St. Louis on June 16.
The XFL conference championship, which will be played on Sunday June 9, will pit AJ McCarron’s St. Louis Battlehawks against the San Antonio Brahmas. Both teams are 6-2 and have already clinched their spot in their respective conference championship.
Birmingham, who entered the UFL coming off back-to-back USFL titles, will try to make it three in a row as the first UFL champion is crowned.
Michael Brauner is a Senior Sports Analyst and Contributing Writer for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @MBraunerWNSP
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