Birmingham Iron safety Max Redfield was appalled when he saw the initial Vegas odds. Heading into the inaugural season of The Alliance of American Football, the Iron were given the longest odds to win the championship. Redfield, the team and the coaches all stored it away as bulletin-board material.

Trent Richardson never played a snap inside Legion Field before Sunday afternoon, but he had experienced joy there. Prior to the rebirth of his football career with The Alliance of American Football’s Birmingham Iron, Richardson was just a football dad in the stands, watching his son Trent Richardson Jr. playing youth football at Legion just a few months ago. […]