Gee, Joe. Do ya think? Of course they played up the UAT ties. The AAFL marketing people knew what they were doing when they went with this approach. Bama fans by the trailerload would have thrown every welfare check, food stamp booklet, and 3-months rent money just for the chance to see some former turd that couldn't make an NFL roster. They (AAFL) bet the house on this strategy and lost. Good fucking riddance.
I'd be interested in seeing how the marketing campaign was done for some of the other teams. I wonder if Team Texas locked out aTm, Baylor, TTU, and the others. Did Team Michigan totally ignore MSU?