despair turns to hope and death turns to life everlasting. if you don t think we need the resilience, the confidence, the hope, the joy that gives, you must be on another planet. so have a very blessed easter. will: yes, have a very blessed easter. that is a message that should resonate this morning, not that from the new york times. let s go to birmingham, alabama, where abby hornacek is live to recap last night s inaugural usfl game. good morning, abby. reporter: good morning, guys. happy easter to you, happy easter to everyone watching at home. there is so much hype around the new league. last night was finally the moment to find out if the usfr would live up to all of its hype. i m happy to report it absolutely did. the stallions took home a dramatic 28-24 victory. i think a big part had to do with fangs. i went around the stadium,
i didn t expect a answer. rachel: i didn t get the call. pete: it was well-produced. you could hear the audio on the field. two opening drives, back-to-back touchdowns. rachel: like the new technology? pete: product on the field was good. commentators, you could hear the play they were running, had a sense what they might run. you never hear that in the nfl. a lot of stuff,down field, big catches. first toss of the season, came down to last 20 seconds. stallions snuck it in with quarterback sneak. rachel: should the technology be used in the nfl? will: we ll see, let it play out. adopt the practices. there is a triple-header in the usfl, including tampa bay, tampa bay bandits and pittsburgh maulers on fox sports 1. peel peel he will call you at noon and four. rachel: put my ringer on. will: more migrants dropped off
home of the brave [cheers and applause] usfl is in business. the. reporter: turnout is incredible. a lot of fans out here. are you guys having fun? [cheering] in the end zone, touchdown. reporter: what do you think of the game so far? give me the usfl, baby, let s go stallions. get a chance to see what he saw. there is. tube. reporter: found a generals fan in sea oftallions fans. have is been rough out here from the stallion fans? no, we re from georgia. it is okay. that will do it.
talked to some of them last night. take a look. who are you here to see play. the stallions. the stallions. we will boo the other team and cheer the stallions. go stallions. go stallions. reporter: what brought you guys to the first usfl game? the excitement of it. birmingham the spotlight. we want to make sure we keep the usfl here in alabama. i love fat pool. can t make the first game if you don t buy the tickets. reporter: what insider you to be out with the american flag. honor and privilege. america, i love it. go generals. go stallions. reporter: usfl, whoo. . birmingham stallions are starting to come out of the locker room. you can hear the excitement.