Friday, 29 Mar 2024

Why Orlando Apollos have to live in Jacksonville, practice in Georgia for 36 days

After his Orlando Apollos beat the Memphis Express 21-17 on Saturday night, coach Steve Spurrier wanted to assure the AAF team's fans of something.

"I just want the Orlando-area people to know that we're the Apollos of Orlando and we appreciate those that came out tonight," Spurrier said during his postgame news conference, "and we look forward to returning."

Where are they going?

Starting this week, the Apollos will be living about 140 miles away in Jacksonville, Florida. From there, they will hop on a bus and travel 30 miles each day to hold their practices at a high school in Kingsland, Georgia, for 36 days.

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The irony of Spurrier, who coached 12 years at Florida and took every opportunity to take shots at rival Georgia, is inescapable.

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