Getty Steve Spurrier is the head coach of the Orlando Apollos.
The Atlanta Legends will visit the Orlando Apollos at Spectrum Stadium in the inaugural week of the Alliance of American Football.
The game is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on CBS (San Diego vs San Antonio is scheduled for the same time also on CBS, so the broadcast will probably flip between the two), but if you don’t have cable, you can still watch a live stream of the game on your computer, phone or streaming device via any of the following options:
AAF Digital Platforms
You can watch all AAF games on your computer via AAF.com, or on your phone, tablet or streaming device via the Alliance of American Football app.
If you have Amazon Prime or start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch all CBS content (both live and on-demand) via the CBS All Access Amazon Channel, which also comes with a seven-day free trial.
Once you’re signed up for both Amazon Prime and the CBS channel, you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the Amazon website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.
You can watch a live stream of CBS (available live in select markets, which you can find here) and 75 total channels via the main FuboTV bundle, which is largely tailored towards sports. Additionally, CBS Sports Network, NFL Network and TNT, which will broadcast the other AAF games, are also included.
You can start a free seven-day trial right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the FuboTV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, or other supported device via the FuboTV app.
If you can’t watch live, FuboTV comes with 30 hours of Cloud DVR (with the ability to upgrade to 500 hours), as well as a “72-Hour Lookback” feature, which will allow you to watch the game up to three days after it airs even if you forgot to record it.
In addition to their extensive Netflix-like streaming library, Hulu now also offers a bundle of 50-plus live TV channels, including CBS (available live in select markets, which you can find here), CBS Sports Network and TNT.
You can sign up for “Hulu with Live TV” right here, and you can then watch a live stream of the game on your computer via the Hulu website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Echo Show, or other streaming device via the Hulu app.
If you can’t watch live, “Hulu with Live TV” also comes with 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage (with the ability to upgrade to “Enhanced Cloud DVR,” which gives you 200 hours of DVR space and the ability to fast forward through commercials).
Atlanta vs Orlando Preview
Steve Spurrier, who led Florida to a national championship following the 1996 season and who quit his position at the helm of South Carolina in the midst of the 2015 campaign, is the head coach of the Apollos.
“It’s been pretty close to what we thought,” Spurrier said of the new eight-team league, according to The Post and Courier. “A lot of good players on all the teams, really. These are all guys that barely didn’t make the NFL or made it and now they’re available. Kind of like all of us coaches: We had a run, then we were out, now we’re back in.”
Each AAF team is scheduled to play 10 games this season.
Spurrier’s squad features another former Gator in quarterback Austin Appleby, who spent three years with Purdue before playing nine games for Floria in 2016.
“It feels like real, pure football,” Appleby said, according to The Repository. “There are so many talented dudes who just need to showcase what they can do and this league is giving them that. Every guy has a story, whether it was someone who was in the NFL for two or three years and didn’t get re-signed off his rookie contract or somebody who got hurt and needed to prove he could stay healthy or someone who was released in training camp or wasn’t signed after the draft. We even have guys who have played for six more years in the NFL and are not quite ready to retire.
“Wherever you’re coming from, wherever this journey is taking you, it’s high-level football. I’m really excited about it.”
Spurrier was 228-89-2 in his career as a Division I head coach.
“Coach Spurrier is a coach’s coach,” Appleby added. “Most head coaches are like ambassadors or CEOs of a company. But he’s our quarterbacks coach, he’s our offensive coordinator and he’s calling our plays.
“It’s a very simple system but his concepts have withstood the test of time. He was a real trailblazer back in the day with a lot of that stuff he was running and even though it’s simplistic, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s simple in the sense that we might not have 1,000 plays, but the stuff we have in, we’re exceptional at. You can run it at a high level against any look.”
The Legends are coached by Kevin Coyle, who worked as an assistant for NFL teams from 2000 to 2017, most recently serving as a defensive backs coach for the Cincinnati Bengals before a year as a defensive analyst for the LSU Tigers.
“I spent 17 years in the NFL, and I see guys out here every day I know are comparable to guys we had on our rosters over time,” Coyle said, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.