USFL MVP favorite Alex McGough has Stallions on verge of making championship game

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The Birmingham Stallions are on the cusp of making it back to the USFL Championship this season, as only the New Orleans Breakers stand in their way of a second consecutive division title.

Birmingham finished the regular season with eight wins and are currently on a five-game winning streak heading into Sunday’s South Division Championship. Birmingham has a plus-91 point differential and have not lost a game while they have been on the road. A lot of the success has to do with perennial MVP candidate and All-USFL First Team selection quarterback Alex McGough.

McGough started the season backing up J’Mar Smith, who led the Stallions to the championship during the 2022 season. However, Smith was ruled out for the rest of the season with a finger injury suffered back in April, and it has been McGough’s team the rest of the way. Ironically, McGough started last season as QB1 before he got injured and Smith came in to help lead the Stallions to the title.

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Alex McGough, #2 of the Birmingham Stallions, attempts a place during the third quarter against the Memphis Showboats at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium on June 17, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Alex Slitz/USFL/Getty Images for USFL)

The 27-year-old former FIU standout emerged as the favorite to win the USFL MVP as he leads the league with 20 passing touchdowns to go along with 2,104 passing yards.

"It was kind of a rollercoaster at the beginning not knowing how much time I was going to get to play and splitting time. I think that I prepared all offseason to play, and I prepared offseason mentally and physically. I think that it’s