Dozens of USA supporters turned out it in red for the Mobile City Council's meeting on Tuesday, only to see the council yet again postpone a vote on funding for a proposed on-campus stadium.
To anyone disappointed by that move, District 1 Councilman Fred Richardson offered this blunt political appraisal: "If we vote today it'll fail," he said.
A short while earlier, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson had strongly reiterated his call for the council to pass a proposal to help fund the University of South Alabama's plans. "Windows of opportunity close. The one with USA will close, and we need to ask, are we going to be on the inside or the outside," he said.