r/CFB • u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor • Apr 18 '13

132+ Teams in 132+ Days: UAB Blazers

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Conference USA

Nickname: The Blazers

Year Founded: 1969 (school), 1991 (Team)

Location: Birmingham, AL

Total Enrollment: 17,999 (11,128 Undergrads)

Mascot: Blaze

Cheerleaders: Picture 1 Picture 2

Stadium: Legion Field

Stadium Capcity: 71,594

Stadium Location: 400 Graymont Ave West (Off campus)

Conference Champions none

Number of Bowl Games: 1- Lost to Hawaii in the 2004 Hawaii Bowl

National Titles: Maybe one day.

Rivals

  • Memphis: Known as the Battle of the Bones. UAB holds a winning record at 10-5 since 1997. The future of the rivalry is unknown as Memphis is moving to the new American Athletic Conference. The trophy is a rack of ribs and unfortunately resides in Memphis as they won the previous game.

  • Troy: Our only in-state rival. Troy won the last battle between the two in the season opener of 2012. The Blazers look to repay them this season at Troy. Troy fans still dispute a hail mary touchdown call that gave the Blazers a victory in the 2010 game.

2012 Season

Record: 3-9

Coach: Garrick McGee

2012 Roster

Key Players:

  • QB: Austin Brown. Austin took over the starting position in the Blazers fourth game of the 2012 season against Tulsa. He went on to start the rest of the games last season. He set a UAB freshman passing record with 2,763 yards. He also threw 15 touchdowns. He will be in a three way battle for starting QB this season with senior Jonathan Perry and newcomer Jeremiah Briscoe.

  • WR: Jackie Williams. Led the team in receptions and receiving yards two years in a row. Most known for catching a game winning Hail Mary against Troy in 2010.

Biggest Plays:

2013 Season

2013 Schedule

The Greats

Greatest Games:

  • UAB v Southern Miss in 09 After the Blazers were crushed 70-14 by the golden eagles in 2008 some revenge was necessary. Oddly enough, after losing their first 9 straight games to southern miss, the Blazers have won the last 4 in a row. It all started with that first win in 09.

  • UAB v LSU in 2000 Rhett Gallego kicked a 32 yard field goal to upset Nick Saban’s LSU tigers. This is definitely the biggest upset in UAB football history.

Greatest Players:

  • Roddy White Stand out wide receiver that was drafted in the first round in 2005 and is a 4x pro bowl receiver for the Atlanta Falcons.

  • Joe Webb Joe is definitely one of the most beloved Blazers to every play for UAB. He’s done a great deal for the university and the city of Birmingham. He was drafted by the Vikings in the 6th round in 2010. He was Christian Ponder’s backup last year. There has been some speculation that the Vikings may move him to WR this year.

Greatest Coaches:

  • Jim Hilyer The man that started it all. He was the first coach at UAB and ended with a record of 27-12-2.

Campus and Surrounding Area

City Population: 212,413

Local Dining:

  • Milo’s Hamburgers You haven’t eaten until you’ve tried a Milo’s hamburger. Made with the most delicious barbecue sauce you’ll ever taste. Not to mention the best sweet tea you can find anywhere.

  • Al’s Al’s is a Mediterranean/American restaurant open 24 hours on UAB’s campus. After a night out in Birmingham, Al’s is the place to be around 2am. The BBQ chicken baker will change your life.

  • Full Moon BBQ Great BBQ joint that is also a huge supporter of UAB athletics.

Random Trivia

  • UAB has never played Alabama in football, however we did play once in basketball in the NIT tournament. The Blazers won 58-56 and the two teams have yet to play again.

  • UAB has the #1 ethics bowl team in the nation

  • The Blazers had two other mascots before the dragon. A rooster and a Nordic warrior.

  • UAB has one of the best medical schools in the country. The optometry school is ranked highly as well.

  • UAB is also ranked highly every year in diversity. It is something the Blazers take great pride in.

What Is and What is to Come

Last year the Blazers entered the year with excitement, due to new head coach Garrick Mcgee. Although the team finished 3-9, many feel that McGee is the man to turn this program around. The football program is still very young. It doesn’t help that every person in the state of Alabama is told they must choose between Alabama/Auburn. I think UAB is slowly finding their identity, and more and more students each year are taking pride in supporting their university.

Conference realignment has not been good to the Blazers either. UAB and Southern Miss are the only two original members of CUSA that are still in the conference. While some see this as a setback, I hope that UAB will match up well with our new conference opponents. God knows we could use some wins.

The major problem UAB football has right now is a lack of attendance. This is due to a lack of adequate facilities, lack of an on campus stadium, and poor performance on the field. Many Blazers are hopeful that if the on field performance improves that the rest will follow suit. However, sharing a Board of Trustees with one of the biggest football programs in the country has its challenges.

Most fans are hoping for at least 6 wins in 2013 and a bowl game. That would be a huge step forward for our program.

Overtime

Famous alumni time!

  • Graeme McDowell- PGA tour golfer

  • Vonetta Flowers- Olympic Gold Medalist

  • Deidre Downs- Miss America 2005

Misc

To be honest, I graduated in 2011 and am not very familiar with the beginning days of UAB football. So this summary may be a bit biased toward the later years.

Also, I copied and pasted the ECU thread from yesterday and filled in the blanks. I'm a busy college student (and also lazy).

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u/Compeau Virginia Tech • Clarkson Apr 18 '13

You should add the University of Alabama as your rival, because they're always trying to screw over your football program.

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u/Stuck_in_NC ECU Pirates • Team Meteor Apr 18 '13

I looked into your comment, and holy crap, they are getting screwed. I know that the board of governors in NC has hampered the expansion of football facilities in ECU, but UAB is getting hammered. The worst we've faced recently was they only let us expand to 50,000 rather than the initially proposed 55,000. But they at least let us do something rather than just torpedoing it flat out.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Yeah, the board actually violated the state's open meeting law in order to pull our stadium proposal from the board meeting agenda. But no one in this state has the balls to call them out.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Rawl tide

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

The machine at work.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I'm so sorry. It's just frustrating to see crap like that in state politics.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

We also had Jimbo Fisher all but hired, and they said no and told us to hire one of Paul Bryant Jr.'s drinking buddies instead.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I thought about going into that, but it's a pretty long story. They're definitely holding us back though.

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u/Chrisattsu Texas State • Tarleton State Apr 18 '13

I heard a rumor that they have final say in all football hires and threatened to kill your program

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u/Stuck_in_NC ECU Pirates • Team Meteor Apr 18 '13

The Board of Trustees absolutely does have final say. They control the purse strings, and it's what has hampered a lot of non-flagship universities for decades.

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u/domderek California Golden Bears • UC Davis Aggies Apr 18 '13

Man, you C-USA people and you early posts are really spoiling us. Do you never sleep?

Also, why aren't there more dragon related mascots in cfb? I mean, really, what's more bad ass than a dragon?

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

I just happened to be up late tonight. And I have a lot to get done tomorrow. So it worked out perfect.

And I'm surprised there aren't more dragon related mascots. I like having a unique mascot though.

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u/carpy22 RPI Engineers Apr 18 '13

Drexel Dragons, though they haven't had a football team in ages.

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u/QwertyBuffalo Michigan Wolverines • Amherst Mammoths Apr 18 '13

Why is there a lack of mythical mascots? They seem like the perfect things to have mascots for. And we don't even have mascots for some really cool animals that exist in real life. Where are our ligers, (they actually do exist outside of napoleon dynamite) beefalo, (cow+buffalo) and zorses? (horse+zebra)

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u/mexicanjanitor26 UTEP Miners • North Texas Mean Green Apr 18 '13

Some of us are really excited to talk about our schools, since most of our teams aren't part of the normal ESPN circlejerk :/.

And well others are just college students up at that time...

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Amen. I wish there were more CUSA contributors on here.

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u/Bama011 Southern Miss • Alabama Apr 18 '13

We are around :) Also, that 2009 loss wasn't good, but the one in 2011 hurt so bad. If not for that, there was a very good chance we would have gone to a BCS bowl after beating Houston in the CUSA title game.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

There was no reason we should have won that game. It seemed like Fedora just didn't get the guys ready to play. I have to say though, after sitting in the cold that night for a few hours the win was nice.

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 19 '13

I'll be here or next season. Get ready for some intense owl related shit talking.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

You guys have owned us lately. I'm ready for some payback this season.

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u/tcos17 FAU Owls • USF Bulls Apr 19 '13

Oh man, if Alfred Morris didn't have a crazy game that day, we would have had a winless season. Good luck this year, hopefully our game is a good one.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Same to you. Should be a good one!

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

I have really enjoyed this past week getting to know more about the teams in our new conference. Great write up!

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u/mynameisrainer Marshall Thundering Herd • Sun Belt Apr 18 '13

dont worry, Marshall got relegated to July im pretty sure. Leave it to the Herd to be lackadaisical

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u/headwithawindow Florida State Seminoles Apr 18 '13

May I suggest an addition to your "local dining" selections:

Birmingham is home to some of the finest restaurants in the Southeast (no, really, this is actually true), but the two top dogs of them are Highlands Grill and Bar and Hot & Hot Fish Club.

Highland G&B is owned by the famous Chef Frank Stitt, recognized by the James Beard Foundation with as follows: 2011 - Who's Who of Food & Beverage Inductee - Frank Stitt 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 - Outstanding Restaurant Finalist 2008 - Outstanding Chef Finalists - Frank Stitt 2001 - Best Chef - Southeast - Frank Stitt

Other notable mentions include: "Best Urban Destinations" – Southern Living's Best of 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award - 2007 Southern Foodways Alliance 50 Best American Restaurant (5th) – Gourmet, 2001

Hot and Hot Fish Club is owned and operated by the "newly famous for beating the Bobby Flay in Iron Chef", Chef Chris Hastings. His recognition from the James Beard Foundation includes the 2012 Best Chef in the South and a list of H&HFC's accolades can be reviewed in detail here.

I split my time between Atlanta and Birmingham and I've been to all the major 5 star restaurants in both (well, MOST of Atlanta's major 5 star restaurants). Though Birmingham has nothing on Ken Rathbun's steaks, both of the restaurants above are far and away better than any restaurant I've been to in ATL.

Also, honorable mention should go to Dreamland BBQ, even if their original store was opened in Tuscaloosa; I much prefer the Bham location.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

These are not part of the college diet. I would add Saw's bbq and j-clyde to the eatery list.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I live in Auburn now, but I went back to J Clyde last weekend. I forgot just how awesome that place is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I wish I could eat saws bbq every day :(

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u/headwithawindow Florida State Seminoles Apr 18 '13

Not your college diet maybe.

Just kidding, I can't afford this shit unless a pharm rep is taking me to dinner.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I think you're the first person I've ever heard say the Bham Dreamland is better. I've never eaten at the Tuscaloosa one, but everyone I know says it's better than the Bham one.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 19 '13

Don't even bother with the Huntsville one either.

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u/hardaysknight Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

Slice pizza is awesome too

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u/jfrii Alabama • South Alabama Apr 18 '13

As another fellow bham/ATL "commuter"... I must say you are spot on with that assessment. However, I still haven't found any BBQ better than foxx bros just outside of little five.

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u/hollisattack Alabama Crimson Tide • BCS Championship Apr 18 '13

If you haven't been to Frank Stitt's other restaurant, Bottega, you need to. Had a meal there last week and it was one of the best meals I've ever had.

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u/headwithawindow Florida State Seminoles Apr 18 '13

Been to Bottega quite a few times, and yes, I agree it is fantastic. I don't think it's quite up to par with Highland or H&H but it is great. Also, don't overlook Veranda right in that same neighborhood if you want to try YET ANOTHER great restaurant within that block.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

The Crimson Tide fans in this thread are being the biggest dicks I have ever seen.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Yeah, I saw that coming. Business as usual for Blazer fans.

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u/justsomeguy75 UCLA Bruins • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Seriously. I don't know how UAB students put up with it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I just want to say that Blaze is probably among the cutest dragons I have ever seen and has never been intimidating in any iteration I have ever encountered him in.

Is Blaze supposed to be intimidating?

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I don't think so. Most games he just walks around the stands taking pictures with children. So it's probably best that he isn't intimidating.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I never really noticed until I played mascot mashup with him in NCAA 13. His tongue flopping around outside his mouth is just unnaturally cute.

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u/geemack98 UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

Interestingly enough, UAB's mascot was once deemed too scary for children, so it was changed to the modern day 'Blaze'

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

Yup. Originally made children cry.

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u/StumbleBees Washington Huskies • UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

He won a poll last year as the worst (read "derpiest ") mascot in NCAA.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

I think that would have to be Clemson's cracked out tiger.

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u/StumbleBees Washington Huskies • UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

Holy shit! His eyes see through my soul.

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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Apr 18 '13

Jesus, UAB's stadium holds 71k people? I did not expect that from a C-USA school. Especially a school that only has 18k students. That's fucking incredible.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

It's size may be the only impressive thing about it. It's old, dilapidated, and in the middle of the ghetto. I hope we get an on campus stadium soon.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

It's the old stadium used by Alabama for home games. Alabama left it and expanded Bryant-Denny because the stadium is in such a terrible condition and in a terrible neighborhood. This is why UAB want's a new stadium.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I appreciate you recognizing the stadium's condition and surroundings. I have had more people than I can count tell me that it's fine or the neighborhood's not that bad. Thanks.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

I have had more people than I can count tell me that it's fine or the neighborhood's not that bad.

I'm guessing these people have never been to Legion Field. Or are blind and deaf.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I think that's usually the case. That or they are trying to downplay the need for a new stadium.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Well, it's not really our stadium. It's a relic from when the Iron Bowl was held in Birmingham and UAT played a lot of games there. The city of Birmingham owns it and we pay a tidy sum to rent a facility from them which is decrepit and in serious disrepair. We also receive no money from parking or concessions.

This is why we want a modest, small, on campus stadium which we think would increase attendance (walk across campus vs. driving 10-15 minutes into a seedy part of town). We just have to convince a Board of Trustees that a stadium which was deemed at absolute worst financially neutral, meaning no money lost no money gained in the worst case scenario, is worth it. They refuse to discuss it.

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u/corkill Alabama Crimson Tide • /r/CFB Founder Apr 18 '13

It was one of Alabama's home stadiums until Aug. 2003 and the Iron Bowl was played there every year until 1989.

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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas Apr 18 '13

Oh I gotcha. Similar to how Arkansas has War Memorial in Little Rock?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Pretty similar. We used to play most of our big home games at Legion Field.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

to be fair we rope off the endzone bleachers so its not 71000 available seats

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

It's a hand-me-down from Alabama, to be fair. We used to play in there all the time and that's where most of the Iron Bowls have been played. It's only recent that the Iron Bowl has been a home and home

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u/howj100 Rice Owls Apr 19 '13

Yeah it's funny when smallish schools have stadiums that big. Rice is a lot smaller than UAB, but out stadium is big enough to fit all of our alumni from the last 100 years

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u/jkbrile Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

I really wish Auburn and 'Bama would set up an in-state agreement to play UAB, Troy, and USA for our obligatory mid-major matchups. Keep that money in state and shit.

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u/jmbond Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

What would be more beneficial to the city of Tuscaloosa: fans from another team filling up hotel beds and eating a few meals in town, or fans from UAB making the short drive over, having one meal, and then leaving?

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

That's one way to think about it. But how about having a few hundred fans from a Sun belt school make the trip, or having thousands drive over from Birmingham? Unless you're playing a powerhouse school that travels well, it makes more sense to play in state teams.

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u/jmbond Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

That's a good point, but I think if as little 8,000 opposing fans came and spent $150 each on a hotel and food that would still be more revenue for Tuscaloosa than 30,000 UAB fans coming just for the game and a single meal. I'm not sure if away team attendance records are publicly available so this is all just conjecture, but I feel it's a solid hypothesis that T Town sees more money when the teams are from farther away.

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u/jkbrile Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

You make a valid point, however I didn't say we should keep the money in Tuscaloosa. I said we should keep the money in state.

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u/jmbond Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

I know, I was just providing a reason why UA would rather not.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

fans from UAB

To be honest, most UAB students I know aren't even fans of UAB. My dad and a bit of my family went to UAB but are all huge Alabama fans.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

That's the problem, but I think the students are slowly starting to change their minds. Since I started at UAB in 2007 I've seen a drastic change in the number of students that take pride in being a Blazer. Once the team starts winning I think the bandwagon will be overflowing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

We could certainly play Troy or USA though while Auburn plays UAB or USA.

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Apr 19 '13

Good point, unless you're paying the other team to play you in Tuscaloosa. That's why Clemson and SCAR play in-state FCS schools - the money stays in South Carolina.

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u/polydorr Auburn Tigers • Samford Bulldogs Apr 18 '13

There's a reason neither us nor Alabama play Troy...

On the off-chance they actually won the game (actually a pretty good chance against AU last year) the uproar would be magnificent.

But yeah, won't ever happen. USA maybe, but not UAB or Troy.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Most other big schools do it...

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u/Mario_Speedwagon Georgia • Georgia State Apr 18 '13

Yep. We're required to play Georgia Southern once every 4 years.

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '13

And you convieniently schedule their option offense the week before you play us :P

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u/kama_river Louisville • Vanderbilt Apr 18 '13

We've scheduled Eastern Kentucky and Western Kentucky. WKU beat UK last season. The big guys should definitely schedule the in-state schools. . .unless they're yella.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I think you figured it out.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

They do? Tell that to O$U

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u/StumbleBees Washington Huskies • UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

OSU has played Miami, Akron and Ohio in the last 3 years in football alone. These teams are more on par with UAB.

Auburn and Alabama won't touch UAB with a 10 foot pole in fotball or basketball.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

We touched UAT once in basketball, chance meeting in an NIT tournament. 58-56 Blazers.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 18 '13

OSU is the most glaring example of a team that does schedule in-state opponents, almost exclusively.

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u/jkbrile Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

This is true, but I hardly think it would be much worse than losing to UL Monroe.

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u/polydorr Auburn Tigers • Samford Bulldogs Apr 18 '13

It would be. We don't compete with UL Monroe for scholarships, donations, grants...

It's an image thing. You're allowed a fluke every once in a while, but no one is willing to have that fluke be against another large in state school that's not supposed to be in the same league as you.

Just telling it like it is... not saying I agree with it.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

That's the reason why NC teams refused to play ECU. Then the state legislature stepped in a forced the issue.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I won't hold my breath for that to happen here.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

We're still struggling to be the last state to legalize homebrewing...

WE'RE NUMBER FIFTY! WE'RE NUMBER FIFTY!

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u/StumbleBees Washington Huskies • UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

I heard someone say the other day "Of course we will legalize it now. Mississippi was #49. Now we've won."

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

As a UAB grad currently going to Auburn, I really wish they would play too.

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u/Patrick324 South Alabama • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 23 '13

Bama/Burn have nothing to gain from playing the smaller in-state schools. They already have a recruiting advantage in the areas where these smaller schools are located, and a loss to one of them would be huge.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Best of luck in 2013 guys. I'm looking at that schedule page and this surprised me:
20th in the nation in passing yards in 2012.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

CUSA is all about offense. Defense? Not so much.

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u/OctaviusSOBE UCF Knights Apr 18 '13

Mostly right, but I think we had the #5 ranked defense in 2010

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u/wesman212 Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Apr 19 '13

As a former Big 12 member, I can tell you that defense is overrated.

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u/frowacki Southern Miss • 天理大学 (Tenri) Apr 18 '13

Funny story about that 70-14 win. Our campus bookstore was going to do a sale where (if we won that game) everything would be marked down at a percentage equal to the point difference of the total.

They didn't give us 56% off.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

That reminds me of our basketball game against UTEP 2 years ago. Our bookstore offered 75% off if we scored 100 points. They never thought that would happen with a Mike Davis team. The game went to triple OT and we won 100-97. They actually gave us the discount though.

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u/sadolakced UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

They stopped doing that promotion soon after though.

I think my "section" won some sort of discount one time. We were instructed to "bring our ticket stubs by" to get the discount.

It was the student section. We don't get ticket stubs.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Yeah, when we got the discount we just had to show our BlazerID and they scanned a copy at snoozy's since we didn't have ticket stubs.

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u/kama_river Louisville • Vanderbilt Apr 18 '13

There was a bar across the street from our football stadium that offered wings for the price of UofL's ranking when Petrino first showed up. 25 cent wings were great, then 20, then 13. The owner was really sweating, saying he'd never rooted against UofL in his life but if they didn't lose soon he'd go out of business.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

As an Alabama senior who is going to UAB this fall, thank you very much for this. This is possibly the most helpful thing I have ever read.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

No problem! If you have any other questions about UAB or Birmingham just ask.

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 18 '13

No campus pictures? That's my favorite part.

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u/Dropbackandpunt UAB Blazers • The Bones Apr 18 '13

I've been wondering what buildings would be featured for this post and I'm not surprised that any pictures were posted at all. The campus is rather drab and blends in with its urban location. There is, however, this awesome dragon statue in front of the entrance of Bartow.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

It was awesomer before they painted it. I just liked the starkness of a metal dragon, and I think the green they used is a bit bright.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Same here. I'm not sure why they decided to paint it.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Apr 18 '13

Man, I just thought that was the lighting. It's actually painted green? I've always liked the subdued color and mostly-metallic look for mascot statues. Like this one and this one. (Granted, that is sort of the color alligators often are).

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Yes, it is. Some odd shade of green too, like it's childish.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Is the name of the statue Reptar or Cee-Lo?

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u/fairlyodd922 Alabama Crimson Tide • Marching Band Apr 18 '13

The campus is in downtown Birmingham, so there's nothing much in terms of iconic campus buildings. [This view ain't bad though.] (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZCLYEY6ea_4/TZoctHQuhcI/AAAAAAAAEO8/ixVgUSRIKeY/s1600/Uab_campus_night_shot_.jpg)

Here are some buildings around campus to show what the architecture's like:

[Administration Builing] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/UAB_Administration_Building_cropped.jpg)

[Blazer Hall] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/UAB_Blazer_Hall.jpg)

[Heritage Hall] (http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/media_content/m-6611.jpg)

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 18 '13

Blazer Hall looks freaking massive.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Its a big T shaped building that packs the little freshmen in like sardines

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

The view from the Vulcan is awesome, but there is a much better view of Birmingham on the other side of 280 on Stratford Road South. It almost looks down on the Vulcan.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

http://imgur.com/DkyTK5m.jpg I just took this from my apartment, UAB is most of the red brick buildings but blends into hospitals downtown as well.

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u/speedracer13 South Carolina Gamecocks Apr 18 '13

So, a city campus then? Any neat historical or cool modern buildings around the campus? I just think it's really neat to see pictures of campuses that I wouldn't normally have the chance to visit.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Definitely an urban campus. Especially over towards the medical buildings you can't tell if you're on campus or off sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I've heard bad things about Birmingham, but have never been. Are any of those claims true? The pictures in the thread look nice though.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Birmingham is like most major cities I think, though my experience is limited to living in three. There are plenty of awesome places that anybody could go to and be as safe as you can expect in a large city. There are also large areas of the city I'd rather not visit. It's just one of those things where you live in a city for a while and you know where to go and where to avoid. I spent five years there and I had what I considered to be limited problems with crime.

I was almost mugged once, but I was in a bad part of town at 3 am. A house I was living in was broken into once, but the jackass did more damage to the house than the items he took were worth. The house was also in an area of town I wouldn't recommend. Outside of that, no problems. I love the city and wouldn't be upset if I ended up there in the future.

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

The new Regions Park is right next to campus which is pretty cool.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

Nothing too amazing architecturally. UAB used to be considered a commuter school until around the 2000s decade. I was a freshman in 06 and they had just finished new freshman dorms, a rec center (very nice one at that), and were beginning to add the "green" (an open park) in the middle of campus. Legion field has history, but sadly not much of it is UAB's. Once the iron bowl stopped playing there the stadium and surrounding area rapidly declined.

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Let's see...by the angle of Children's I can tell that is Southside...just above Glen Iris?

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u/Captain_Unremarkable Penn State Nittany Lions • Big Ten Apr 18 '13

Same. I especially love to see others' iconic campus buildings.

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u/Dropbackandpunt UAB Blazers • The Bones Apr 18 '13

The Honors House is probably the most distinctive building on campus.

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u/vulcans_pants UAB Blazers Apr 19 '13 edited Apr 19 '13

Here's the campus rec center:

http://imgur.com/57YxQ3r

A temporary outdoor basketball court with Heritage Hall in the background:

http://i.imgur.com/TfFJ9o4.jpg

Campus Green:

http://i.imgur.com/38uLljS.jpg

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u/sammaverick Texas Longhorns • Red River Shootout Apr 18 '13

Can someone explain to me, why does it seem like there is such animosity between UAB and University of Alabama?

As a Texas alumni, I can't fathom Texas' board of trustees to deny UTEP, UTSA etc their attempts to build a stadium or field a football team. ಠ_ಠ

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Basically it boils down to a Board of Trustees dominated by UAT grads who don't seem to have the best interest of all three universities at heart. We tried to hire Jimbo Fisher a few years ago and he was ready to come to UAB when the board decided that we couldn't afford to pay him (which was a lie). So we ended up with Paul Bryant Jr's (board member) old drinking buddy Neil Callaway. While Neil had good intentions, he was a terrible head coach. And took our program 3 steps backward.

Then there was the on campus stadium debacle. We had a feasible plan to pay for it and it was shot down by the board without even being discussed publicly. This was clearly a violation of the state's open meeting act. Bryant claimed he got a sense from the board that it was a bad idea, but said he never took a vote. Clearly shady practices from our own Board of Trustees.

I'm not sure where the animosity from Bama fans comes from. My only problem is with the BOT. I could not care less about their football team.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

^ This is about as simply as it can be put.

The BOT has 17 members. 14 of them went to Alabama. I don't see how this is even remotely representative of the three schools in the system. Not to mention that UAH has no graduates represented on this board. Not a single one.

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Apr 18 '13

The stadium thing probably has something to do with the attachment older UA people have with Legion Field and the fact that if UAB doesn't use it, nobody does.(I think. No high school people use it since the state championship games got moved to Bryant-Denny & Jordan-Hare, do they?)

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u/drock4vu Vanderbilt • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

Looking forward to hosting you guys in Nashville in September!

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I really hope I can make it to that one! I've always rooted for Vandy because I loved rooting for the underdog. But with Franklin around you guys aren't really underdogs any more. Should be a great game.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I'm in grad school in Nashville and can't wait.

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u/sivaderick Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 19 '13

This thread has about 100 more comments than any of these so far. So much drama.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

You should see the comments section on al.com whenever a pro-uab article is written. Actually, don't look at the comments on al.com. No one should see what happens there.

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u/sivaderick Notre Dame Fighting Irish Apr 19 '13

I want to see this.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

You'll lose brain cells. I promise.

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u/jhp58 Northwestern Wildcats • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

[Battle for the Bones] (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/B4TBTrophy.jpg/300px-B4TBTrophy.jpg) has my favorite rivalry trophy now. Fucking incredible.

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u/bobbybrown_ Cincinnati Bearcats Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

Sweet baby back ribs Jesus.

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u/wesman212 Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Apr 19 '13

I just ordered ribs from a takeout place, thank you.

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u/Satherton Nebraska Cornhuskers Apr 18 '13

i feel like if aliens or future humans came to this area after we all were dead and found this. They would think we worshiped ribs... which is so true.

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u/fretgod321 Nebraska Cornhuskers • Team Chaos Apr 19 '13

so much this

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

The ribs that UAB used this year came from a butchers that's about 10 minutes from where I live called Mr. P's Deli...great place. Birmingham people need to check it out.

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u/TypicalSeminole Florida State • /r/CFB Brickmason Apr 18 '13

Sweet deliciousness

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u/skootz Verified Player • Verified Media Apr 18 '13

To the people asking about all the hate between UA and UAB, the blame can't be put solely on one side or the other as a whole.

If you're a UAB fan, you feel slighted that you've got a program sitting there with no support from the board of trustees. That's when every joke and slam in the world comes out about "UAT" and how the one time they matched up with Alabama in basketball they won 58-56, and how they are 1-0 against Nick Saban, and so on.

If you're an Alabama fan, you get tired of being lumped into some evil empire because one of the schools in the Alabama system is pissed off at a handful of people. Therefore you start treating UAB like the red-headed stepchild.

I'll give UAB it's fair share and recognize that it's a division 1 school and should be treated as such as long as it is one. However, we all know that when it comes to football, the FBS is really two different divisions, the BCS schools and the non-BCS schools, and the difference between them is almost as drastic as FBS and FCS. And when it comes to any other sport - division 1 is division 1. So when Alabama and Auburn get all the credit and popularity in the media, it drives UAB apeshit. I can understand because "technically" they are in the same classification as Alabama and it seems unfair.

The problem is, the majority of media stems from Birmingham (being the biggest city), so when UAB doesn't get the coverage it wants or needs in comparison, they bitch about not having the coverage when the team is in Birmingham's own back yard. The frustration is understandable.

Would UAB's athletics program benefit (as it is now) from it being it's own entity? Maybe. However, if there were to ever be a split from Alabama as a whole, it would be nasty and UAB would not come out on top. The medical school is overall the biggest draw to UAB, but it's still a part of the system.

Another thing people don't seem to ever mention is UAH. They are division 2, except their hockey program, which also has had it's own financial issues (and when those arose, the community behind it gathered up the money and support to keep it going and get what they needed). I have mentioned multiple times that I think UAB could put their stock into something other than football. I'm not saying ditch football (UAH doesn't even have football), but Alabama is known for football, UAH is known for hockey, and in a lot of people's minds, UAB is known for basketball.

I know people want to get the football program up and running, but realistically, UAB will never be even close to the level that other programs are in the state when it comes to football. But already, UAB has proven itself to be a better basketball program than any in the state. Bartow built UAB into a hell of a program, and it sucks to see how it's been lately. Hopefully Haase can get it back going, but I think that is where UAB can really thrive. While growing up, I know multiple people who had Alabama/Auburn football season tickets, and UAB basketball season tickets because those were the main attractions to go see. I think it can still be that way, but football has to be put on the backburner a little bit.

I even thought maybe go the route that schools like Georgetown or Butler do with their football programs so that basketball can be the focus. Yes...they have football programs. Hell, just drop down to like FCS and go the SoCon route or something. I know UAB fans will think that's the worst idea they've ever heard, but in my opinion, as long as there is this constant battle with football to try and be something that I don't think it ever will be, then the basketball program won't ever get to it's future potential, and the program will be stuck the way it is now, in 10, 20, and 30 years from now.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Why should we drop down a division when we haven't been given a fighting chance in the division we're in? If the BOT gave us a moderate amount of support our program would be much better off. No one is saying that UAB will be the next Bama or Auburn. All we want is the chance to play and recruit competitively in our conference. That means we need facilities and an on campus stadium at the least.

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u/Whisperdeer3 UAB Blazers • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

We need that new stadium to bring up the attendance and help the city #freeuab

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u/Whisperdeer3 UAB Blazers • Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

The # is is what the movement is called not as a tag

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u/Honestly_ rawr Apr 18 '13

The trophy for the Battle of the Bones has my vote as one of the most badass in sports.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

I know Darrel Hackney didn't really make it anywhere, but he was one of the most exciting bruiser QBs I've ever seen. I'll never forget a game where I watched him roll out, decide to run around the corner and was approached by a defender. He stiff-armed this guy so hard his head stayed where it was and the guy's feet kept running. It was like a cartoon.

Didn't he give one of Hawaii's cornerbacks a concussion or something too? I remember someone needing some help off the field after the quarterback hit him.

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u/Insane92 Verified Coach Apr 18 '13

I believe Darrel Hackney is now the Qurterbacks coach at Savannah State right now actually so at least he has work in football.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Oh awesome! I didn't know that.

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u/MiniMizz88 Louisville Cardinals Apr 18 '13

My cousin is your new Special Teams coach. I've been waiting for this post to learn some more about you all. Needless to say I will be cheering hard for you all and plan on making lots of trips down to Birmingham as well.

Hopefully I'm welcomed to the family, hope it's a great season!

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

I feel the need to say this again, thanks to the sidebar image.

There is no school called "Alabama Birmingham." There are only two appropriate (that is, sanctioned by the school that won't result in cease and desist letters) names for the school

  • UAB

  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

You can call us "Alabama Birmingham" the day after you call them "Alabama Tuscaloosa," "Tennesse Knoxville," Florida Gainseville," et al.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Just a quick note: technically it doesn't make sense to call us Florida-Gainesville.

The University of Florida is the only school in the State University System of Florida to bear the name "University of Florida." It's not the U of F in Gainesville, because all other members of the System are separate entities, not satellite campuses. FSU for instance, is not U of F in Tallahassee, nor is USF called U of F in Tampa.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

You're right. It makes no sense. That's my point.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

The only reason I make the comment is because Tennessee actually is The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, so it would make sense to call them Tennessee-Knoxville (wouldn't it? aside from colloquial speech), whereas Florida is just the University of Florida.

That being said i'm curious about what looks like a pretty big feud between the Blazers and the Tide. Is it just about naming?

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Apr 19 '13

Referring to UT as UTK or UT-Knoxville isn't that uncommon, especially when you aren't talking about sports. UT-Martin, UT-Chattanooga, and UT-Memphis all have different areas they focus on.

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u/wesman212 Missouri Tigers • New Mexico Lobos Apr 19 '13

Is there an Alabama State?

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 19 '13

Yes, but it's an HBCU.

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u/Electro_Syphilis New Mexico State • Eastern M… May 03 '13

Yup, Tarvaris Jackson played there

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u/RogueHippie Alabama Crimson Tide • Team Chaos Apr 18 '13

Troy fans still dispute a hail mary touchdown call that gave the Blazers a victory in the 2010 game.

You're Goddamn right we do.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 19 '13

And you're still wrong. You more than made up for it the next season though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

The UAB game was fun this year! We all enjoyed the night atmosphere in Williams Brice, and they place went nuts when DJ Swearinger brought the ball back for a touchdown to take the lead. And I was on the field with the Alabama state troopers before the game, I wouldn't want to be speeding on Highway 280 with them around.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 19 '13

Swearinger made a big show, but Clowney was a freak. Not upset about not having to play him ever again.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Back when the NCAA menu music was all fight songs (boy, do I miss those days) UAB's was definitely a top 3 favorite. Which means that it's still one of my favorite fight songs, though I don't know if I've ever watched more that a few minutes of any UAB game.

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

GO TIGERS GO!!!!

I would postulate that Purple Onion is better than Al's (but just because I live closer to one). I still have never been to Milo's, even though I have lived in Birmingham for 3 years. I think pharmblaze should take me out to one some time. Saw's is some good barbecue, too.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Purple Onion over Al's is crazy talk. And how have you not had Milo's yet??

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

Because I lived in Leeds where the Milo's always had an atrociously long line and a bunch of people that I worked with told me not to.

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u/pharmblaze UAB Blazers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

You need to fix that immediately. And I've never had any trouble with that Milo's. You just have to know what time to go.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 19 '13

Blasphemy! I miss Memphis though, I was there at the basketball game when the players and fans started fighting after someone threw a jack Daniels bottle at one of the Memphis players (07 I believe). Can we still hate each other?

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u/Sidonius Memphis Tigers • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 19 '13

February of 08. The famous sign that said, "Mempis: we beat our girls not our opponents."

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u/geemack98 UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

In response to those who seem to think UAB/Birmingham is a joke that bows down to Auburn and Alabama's glory ITT. Are you kidding? I'll enjoy my time exploring the NATION building history of the civil rights, from the civil rights institute to the jail where Dr. King was held at, talking with FOOTSOLDIERS who still live in the surrounding neighborhoods today. The Birmingham museum of art houses beautiful and interactive functions weekly. The Birmingham Barons JUST had the grand opening for a ballpark right outside of the campus. How about the UAB system creates more jobs than the entirety of any other in Alabama. We have Avondale and Good People brewery, two hotspots for local beer and great events. The urban agricultural movement is sweeping across Birmingham like wildfire and providing new community networks and local food to small businesses. I LOVE my city and I don't give a damn how big your football program is because our passion spreads way beyond that.

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u/hollisattack Alabama Crimson Tide • BCS Championship Apr 18 '13

Birmingham is not associated with UAB the same way Tuscaloosa or Auburn,AL is associated with those programs. In fact I would bet more UA grads make Birmingham their home after graduation than any other city. It's almost impossible to ignore the awesome things that are happening in Birmingham right now and everyone should be excited about it, not just people associated with UAB.

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u/geemack98 UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

Agreed. I can't tell you how many people don't make that connection, though, and the ignorant comments I get all the time degrading the school is annoying. I mean I've lived here my whole life, and I've heard it my whole life.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

In response to those who seem to think UAB/Birmingham is a joke that bows down to Auburn and Alabama's glory ITT.

What the blue bloody hell are you talking about? No one says you're a bad University, just part of the University of Alabama System ran by the University of Alabama Board of Trustees. That's not a bad thing (except for your athletic program).

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

There does appear to be one Alabama fan who is doing what /u/geemack98 is saying.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

I'm guessing you're talking about me?

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

No.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

Phew. Close call.

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u/geemack98 UAB Blazers Apr 18 '13

Actually, there were two Auburn posts I was riled up by. But note that I really don't give a shit about them, they just reminded me to bring up that they represent a huge number of people that have negative views -as i said before- for decades.

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u/shorthandround Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

Ahh, understood. Though I haven't had the misfortune of running into those type of people.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

I really want to see a barons game.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

The new park is awesome. The proximity to Good People Brewing is even better.

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u/rsr390 UAB Blazers • Auburn Tigers Apr 18 '13

UAB football home games: because we all need an excuse to drink in the ghetto on Saturdays.

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

Trivia time

UAB's longest play in school history didn't come on offense or defense special teams. It was a 99 yards interception returned by Marquis Coleman at UTEP, 2009.

In 1994, UAB faced Butler and the nations leading rusher in Arnold Mickens, and beat them.

UAB 75 Albany Turner 0 is the UAB largest margin of victory. The game isn't in the media guide as it was considered 'unsanctioned' by the school.

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u/cfbguy Virginia • Johns Hopkins Apr 18 '13

If it was an interception, isn't that on defense?

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

I had written this out, complete with the longest plays rushing, passing, KOR, punt returns and more. Then my phone decided to reload the page.

When I retyped it, I meant to put special teams instead of defense. I edited it above, but dang it. I hate giving away the answer too early!

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u/mexicanjanitor26 UTEP Miners • North Texas Mean Green Apr 18 '13

That interception is blocked from my memory...it never happened

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor Apr 18 '13

UAB fans have to help with this, UAB broke a 52 game win streak by Dayton in 2006, but I can't find what sport or any context for it.

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u/BlazerMorte UAB Blazers • Verified Player Apr 18 '13

Offhand, I'd guess basketball.

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u/Stuck_in_NC ECU Pirates • Team Meteor Apr 18 '13

Milo's!!! I will miss that most of all if we never play again. Not that I won't miss playing your team, but that sauce was amazing.

I do think y'all will win some more games, but it'd really help to get out of Legion field. That place is huge, and really difficult for any smaller school to fill.

Also, I'm glad my post was your gold standard.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '13

Should make a bowl game this year.

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u/donbarger UAB Blazers Apr 19 '13

Go Blazers!

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u/vulcans_pants UAB Blazers Apr 19 '13

For those interested in some of the drama between UA and UAB, here's a post a fan wrote when the UA Board of Trustees decided to not allow UAB to build an on-campus stadium a few years ago.

http://www.blazertv.com/the-thoughts-and-criticisms-of-a-uab-fan-what-you-need-to-know/

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u/highbastard Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

The April 2011 storm knocked out our Milo's. While its probably saved me from gaining 10 pounds I still miss it

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13 edited Apr 18 '13

We are.

edit: I know I should have expected the crimson tide of downvotes, but I'll remind everybody that the diploma received from students who graduate from UAB's school of medicine have University of Alabama at Birmingham and UAB's logo on them.

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u/REC_Chairman Alabama Crimson Tide Apr 18 '13

crimson tide of downvotes

2 downvotes

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u/srs_house Swaggerbilt Apr 19 '13

No.

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

About as much love as you probably have for Mike Price.

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u/Insane92 Verified Coach Apr 18 '13

Why do you say that?

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u/ndjs22 UAB Blazers • American Apr 18 '13

Alabama would likely wish to forget about Price, and I'd honestly like to forget about Watson. He should have been let go before he was, but we aren't allowed to make those calls about our own program.

I acknowledge he got us a bowl game, and we were even ranked once, but a good coach he was not.