hey so the footage of the school at 11:09 - 11:56 is not the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it's the University of Birmingham in England. I think when collecting the footage I saw "Birmingham" and "Medical School" together and didn't think anymore about it, apologies for the really dumb mistake
I mean it when I tell you I have never seen the people of this state more outraged than when the UAB program shut down. They're like our favorite little cousin out here. Yeah, they've got a club foot, and they weren't very good at anything, but we loved them, dammit. When they brought the program back, the whole state came together to love this team, and players from the four corners of the Earth who had left the state to play football transferred back home. It was a beautiful year.
UAB is the third rail of Birmingham politics. It doesn't matter if you live in the suburbs or downtown. It doesn't matter if you're black or white. It doesn't matter if you're Republican or Democrat. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. You don't fuck with UAB. Birmingham has always been the red-headed step child of Alabama. The GDP of its metro is almost as big as Huntsville's, Mobiles, and Montgomery's combined. Yet it was traditionally viewed as a cash cow for the rest of the state. So the actions of the UA BoT was basically a symbol.
It's really sad when your state's "cash cow" is still woefully poor and dysfunctional... Alabama's claim to fame is literally "At least we're not Mississippi!". 🤦😑 Why do people voluntarily live in the Deep South again??? Do they just hate themselves? O_o It and Appalachia are the two closest areas to the 3rd world in North America.
Lived in bham most of my life, it's a dump hole and that's why everyone's moving to Huntsville. Soon the population will drop below Montgomery and even Mobile.
@@Diogenes77because the surrounding cities of Hoover (especially), Homewood & Mountain Brook have done all the back door deals they could to funnel money away from the city of Birmingham
Hush I lived here most of mind and it’s not a dump. It’s growing dt and surrounding areas. Besides Huntsville and mobile have larger sq miles and not chopped up like Bham is with this cities breaking away throughout the last century bc of racism. I bet you haven’t created nothing here but like many folks just talk or move to where someone else has created
Thank you for posting this. Graduated from UAB in 2011, worked as an Equipment Manager during Callaway’s second year. Was employed there when the shutdown happened. One thing that wasn’t covered here: Bear Bryant and the BOT had long been against UAB Athletics even existing, saying “they have a team in Tuscaloosa, what do they need their own for” There was also a stadium proposal agreed upon in principle in 2010/11. It was blocked in an overnight, closed door session with no reason as to why. The city of Bham & private donors were going to front most costs and it was rumored that we were required to finish Callaway’s contract in order for it to be considered. It was after this incident that our AD at the time learned to just leak information. When McGee was hired, the hire was leaked to ESPN so it would be announced and the BOT couldn’t back out without looking bad
Also, it came out that the firm paid to do the initial study was essentially paid to produce those results. Andy Schwarz, who learned of our situation volunteered to do his own review and found the money was more than available, the BOT just didn’t want to spend it
Wasn't the proposed site of that stadium where regions field stands now? Just imagine if UAB actually had a approximate on campus stadium, instead of proping up the BJCC.
I was a kid reporter for Sports Illustrated Kids in 2017. I’m from Birmingham and my favorite sport is football, so of course I wrote a story about my hometown Blazers coming back after the shutdown. I had no idea it went this deep though. Great video!
You neglected to mention that the UAB Blazers football rebirth was started by a young fan from Ohio of five years of age who was willing to give up his one dollar allowance to help out the program.
I was a grad student at UAB when the program was shutdown in 2014, and I actively participated in on-campus protests. I'm probably somewhere in the background in some of the footage that was used in this video. Ten years later I'm a proud alum and have been a season ticket holder since the return. We've been saying for years that this story should be a movie or at least an ESPN 30 for 30 or something. Thanks for telling the story! Go Blazers!
UAB should always have a football program. This situation shows how corrupt college football can be. The Alabama board of trustees and the Alabama Crimson Tide can kick rocks. And, I do wish UAB does beat Alabama at one point just to give a giant middle finger.
The crimson tide are an archaic program that just hires a new head coach….i have my popcorn ready not to watch the games necessarily, rather to watch a spoiled fan base get a reality check :)
@@crackjack144 first off just bc could statistically happen doesn’t mean it’s reality will follow. Second… Alabama will never schedule UAB. care to guess at why?
As a former UAB student. No insider politics caused 200 people to attend games. No politics caused no donors or boosters. The reason UAB was cancelled was because of UAB. Me being one of them. I did not support them either. U of A just gave the people what they obviously wanted. And then… amazingly people responded, but it took the program being shut down to do it. U of A supported and carried the athletics for both schools for decades.
The new stadium is actually not on campus. The city wanted a multi use stadium to prop up their convention complex. Even now, UAB is denied an on-campus venue, thanks to Birmingham croney-ism. Still, better than Bryant Jr. Bless his heart, I don't think the worms even want to touch him based on how vile he was.
They were my dynasty for 2 seasons but for some reason the 1st down anthem the band played legitimately made me cringe after hearing it for the 100th time 😂
really solid breakdown of the political bullshit & grudges that influenced the process. my dad (RIP) was UAB's first head football coach back in the early 90s. I am very grateful he got to see the program come back (even working for the clark teams for a bit) before he passed away.
I was not expecting trent dilfer to be the coach. Outside of that though, University of Alabama is always on some bs. I mean it’s a miracle that they even got any ncaa violations in the years before saban.
As a native of the state of Alabama I'll be the first to tell you that south Alabama uab and Troy don't get the same financial backing like Alabama and Auburn does them small schools literally have to overwork so that student athletes and kids who attend the school maintain everything
I could be wrong about this, but at one point in his time as a receivers coach under Tommy Bowden, Dabo Swinney almost took either the OC or HC job at UAB. I’ll need to go digging to find if this info is true, but I remember reading it somewhere and he talked about his visions for the program. Very interesting.
@@empireonyt15 Nah man Jon Bois is great but i think he gets a lot of continued praise for only a couple good videos. Scorigami and 222-0 are awesome but you’ve been hitting homers with every upload
Well... looks like I'm doing a uab rebuild in college football 25 and not stopping until I win 7 national championship and beat Alabama 80 to 0 every one of those years
Good video & good topic. I had heard bits and pieces of this story, but I enjoyed your deep dive on the Blazer Saga. I'm a Texas State alumnus, so I really enjoy learning more about the other G5's. Keep up the good work. Also of note - former UAB head coach Watson Brown is the older brother of current UNC head coach Mack Brown.
Absolutely one of my favorite channels on RUclips. The UAB story did not get enough national coverage, absolutely terrible what the board did to those players and fans. The Colt Brennan Hawaii vs Alabama highlights in there was a nice touch!
Thanks for covering this. I was an indergrad there during the shut down and rebirth. Alabama BoT needs to be held accountable for what they continue to do to UAB. UAB is big enough to break off from their rule. Would love to see this happen. I cant stand the tide.
@16:39 Protective Stadium is not on campus. It is maybe slightly closer to campus than Legion Field (UAB's former "home' field) . And, Protective Stadium is not owned by UAB.
Have you ever considered doing a video on the Evansville Purple Aces football program? They were 1-AA when they ceased to exist in the early 90's I believe. Great Vid!
Thanks for making this video. It really gives a good idea of the situation UAB football is in. The only way things are going to change for our program is if more people understand how the UA BoT treats us. Go Blazers!
My school, Texas-Arlington, dropped football in 1985, and while they said money was the primary reason, it's clear in retrospect the school never liked being dropped to the 1AA level starting in 1983 and they did not feel football was worth it if they could not technically be at the same level as THE University of Texas - which is certainly the big reason they have still never revived the program since.
@ 11:09 the photo is Birmingham University England, not Birmingham, Alabama @11:13 again, the photo is Birmingham University England not Birmingham, Alabama
When I tell you as a UAB alum I felt all of this. I still have my #freeuab shirt to this day. As a grad of the school and also growing up an Auburn fan I just can’t cheer for anything that has to do with UA
I went to UAB when they canned the football team. I had a bunch of athletes in my classes in school of business. The football players were so mad because they were promised stuff and lost eligibility etc. The other college athletics suffered anguish over whether or not their teams would be able to stay in conference USA because a stipulation was that they have a football team. All this led me to dab on UAB President Ray Watts when I graduated instead of shaking his hand. It was 2016 so dabbing was more en vogue.
Random point: Idk if I would say protective life is on campus, it’s about 3.5 miles away and the university has to provide busses for students to actually get there because parking is awful in the city
UA people think they are above everybody. THEY’RE NOT!!! I just wish UAB could sue UA for not playing them and keeping money in the state. Hell, Auburn played them in 1996! Make it happen UA! Play UAB!
Love it when someone calls out those Gumps. For the people outside of the deep south, they are University of Alabama fans FYI. A UAB fan on Twitter educated Ol Igor to the meaning of the term. Cannot be called an insult when there's an overwhelming amount of truth to the description.
@@UNoWhoitis23 No what I meant was for people who live outside of the Deep South, Gump means... I wasn't trying to say real Bama fans only exist outside of the Deep South. A good portion of the country looks at East Coast, specifically NYC & Larger cities & then California (LA/Southern Cal area- Bay Area) as only regions that matter w/ the rest of the country being 'Flyover territory' That sentiment isn't held by all,but a lot of big city ppl are unfamiliar with the intricacies of Southern culture.
So a lot of this comes down to a personal vendetta? that is the most Alabama thing I have ever heard. Pathetic to basically make hundreds of people to suffer, to make potential scholarships go unused, to let athletes go out of state or other schools because of a pissing contest is just ridiculous
The funniest thing is if you really get into the academics like you know, college was traditionally for, UAB is a better school and does better research then Alabama its hilarious
Wild to think that being maybe the 3rd or 4th largest program in the state, and nowhere close to the level of Alabama or Auburn, would be a thorn in the side of the boys' club so much that the Bear's son would be the reason they essentially shut this down. To quote the SEC motto #itjustmeansmore.
UAT isnt hindering UAB. UABs gigantic medical intrests are. They won’t even allow any physical space to be occupied by anything that isn’t medical related. You can thank the close relationship to the feds(NIH). The funding they offer for the school focusing on medical and axing anything otherwise.
UTSA laughs in “off campus stadium”. Stop making excuses for that. Students are NOT paying students. It is your alumni. Blame your alumni for no attendance.
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hey so the footage of the school at 11:09 - 11:56 is not the University of Alabama at Birmingham, it's the University of Birmingham in England. I think when collecting the footage I saw "Birmingham" and "Medical School" together and didn't think anymore about it, apologies for the really dumb mistake
Protective Stadium is not an on-campus stadium.
Compared to legion field it's on campus enough lol
@@BarnettBlazer Yeah but the BJCC fucking sucks and that bleeds through to the gameday environment.
I mean it when I tell you I have never seen the people of this state more outraged than when the UAB program shut down. They're like our favorite little cousin out here. Yeah, they've got a club foot, and they weren't very good at anything, but we loved them, dammit. When they brought the program back, the whole state came together to love this team, and players from the four corners of the Earth who had left the state to play football transferred back home. It was a beautiful year.
How dare you. I mean you’re not completely off but the clubfoot was a bit harsh. But iz cool we jus gonna keep Blazing.
@@jimmartin2548accept the club foot
I sold sno-cones and funnel cakes at the games those first two seasons back. They were alive!
How dare you say they've done nothing! I was at the lsu homecoming game when uab kicked their ass
Hey I was the UAB Video Coordinator for Football in 2014. I shot a lot of the stuff you used. Awesome of you to use it.
Badass
You a real one ☝️
You’re the man jex 🐐
UAB is the third rail of Birmingham politics. It doesn't matter if you live in the suburbs or downtown. It doesn't matter if you're black or white. It doesn't matter if you're Republican or Democrat. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. You don't fuck with UAB.
Birmingham has always been the red-headed step child of Alabama. The GDP of its metro is almost as big as Huntsville's, Mobiles, and Montgomery's combined. Yet it was traditionally viewed as a cash cow for the rest of the state. So the actions of the UA BoT was basically a symbol.
It's really sad when your state's "cash cow" is still woefully poor and dysfunctional... Alabama's claim to fame is literally "At least we're not Mississippi!". 🤦😑 Why do people voluntarily live in the Deep South again??? Do they just hate themselves? O_o It and Appalachia are the two closest areas to the 3rd world in North America.
Lived in bham most of my life, it's a dump hole and that's why everyone's moving to Huntsville. Soon the population will drop below Montgomery and even Mobile.
@@Diogenes77because the surrounding cities of Hoover (especially), Homewood & Mountain Brook have done all the back door deals they could to funnel money away from the city of Birmingham
Hush I lived here most of mind and it’s not a dump. It’s growing dt and surrounding areas. Besides Huntsville and mobile have larger sq miles and not chopped up like Bham is with this cities breaking away throughout the last century bc of racism. I bet you haven’t created nothing here but like many folks just talk or move to where someone else has created
Thank you for posting this. Graduated from UAB in 2011, worked as an Equipment Manager during Callaway’s second year. Was employed there when the shutdown happened.
One thing that wasn’t covered here: Bear Bryant and the BOT had long been against UAB Athletics even existing, saying “they have a team in Tuscaloosa, what do they need their own for”
There was also a stadium proposal agreed upon in principle in 2010/11. It was blocked in an overnight, closed door session with no reason as to why. The city of Bham & private donors were going to front most costs and it was rumored that we were required to finish Callaway’s contract in order for it to be considered. It was after this incident that our AD at the time learned to just leak information. When McGee was hired, the hire was leaked to ESPN so it would be announced and the BOT couldn’t back out without looking bad
Also, it came out that the firm paid to do the initial study was essentially paid to produce those results. Andy Schwarz, who learned of our situation volunteered to do his own review and found the money was more than available, the BOT just didn’t want to spend it
Wasn't the proposed site of that stadium where regions field stands now? Just imagine if UAB actually had a approximate on campus stadium, instead of proping up the BJCC.
@@LemiDied I’m pretty sure that’s correct. Along with plans to eventually create a campus greenway that led to it
Word. I worked as an equipment manager during "The Return"
I was a kid reporter for Sports Illustrated Kids in 2017. I’m from Birmingham and my favorite sport is football, so of course I wrote a story about my hometown Blazers coming back after the shutdown. I had no idea it went this deep though. Great video!
UAB: trying to do literally anything to keep the program afloat
alabama board: LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO get trolled
I’m genuinely surprised there hasn’t been a video of all the shitty things they’ve pulled to bully auburn into submission.
This lol
You neglected to mention that the UAB Blazers football rebirth was started by a young fan from Ohio of five years of age who was willing to give up his one dollar allowance to help out the program.
Not all heroes wear capes.
Sincerely, an FSU fan.
@@TrenchcoatNinja3 you know what FSU stands for, right? Free Shoes University.
I was a grad student at UAB when the program was shutdown in 2014, and I actively participated in on-campus protests. I'm probably somewhere in the background in some of the footage that was used in this video. Ten years later I'm a proud alum and have been a season ticket holder since the return.
We've been saying for years that this story should be a movie or at least an ESPN 30 for 30 or something. Thanks for telling the story! Go Blazers!
Thank you for making this video. I went to a one of the rallies to protest the shutdown of the program. Go Blazers, Squadron, Barons and Stallions
UAB should always have a football program. This situation shows how corrupt college football can be. The Alabama board of trustees and the Alabama Crimson Tide can kick rocks. And, I do wish UAB does beat Alabama at one point just to give a giant middle finger.
The crimson tide are an archaic program that just hires a new head coach….i have my popcorn ready not to watch the games necessarily, rather to watch a spoiled fan base get a reality check :)
UAB beating Bama… 😂😂😂😂
@@theclamhammer4447 no one expected app state to beat Michigan yet here we are. Stuff happens in college football.
@@crackjack144 first off just bc could statistically happen doesn’t mean it’s reality will follow. Second… Alabama will never schedule UAB. care to guess at why?
As a former UAB student. No insider politics caused 200 people to attend games. No politics caused no donors or boosters. The reason UAB was cancelled was because of UAB. Me being one of them. I did not support them either. U of A just gave the people what they obviously wanted. And then… amazingly people responded, but it took the program being shut down to do it. U of A supported and carried the athletics for both schools for decades.
The new stadium is actually not on campus. The city wanted a multi use stadium to prop up their convention complex. Even now, UAB is denied an on-campus venue, thanks to Birmingham croney-ism.
Still, better than Bryant Jr. Bless his heart, I don't think the worms even want to touch him based on how vile he was.
MY DYNASTY TEAM RIGHT HERE 🔥🔥🐉🐉
YO SAME 🐉🐉
I HAVE NO CORRELATION WITH UAB BUT I STILL WILL BE REBUILDING THIS TEAM 🐉🐉
They were my dynasty for 2 seasons but for some reason the 1st down anthem the band played legitimately made me cringe after hearing it for the 100th time 😂
now Birmingham is the capitol of spring league semi pro football. giddy up
really solid breakdown of the political bullshit & grudges that influenced the process. my dad (RIP) was UAB's first head football coach back in the early 90s. I am very grateful he got to see the program come back (even working for the clark teams for a bit) before he passed away.
@@circeh9499 Dr. Jim Hilyer 🕊️
I was not expecting trent dilfer to be the coach. Outside of that though, University of Alabama is always on some bs. I mean it’s a miracle that they even got any ncaa violations in the years before saban.
Is that why your attendance is still an issue?
first of all i’m an lsu fan , second of all did you watch the video? UAB would be in a much better position if it weren’t FOR Alabama.
@@sunsunavery4237 3rd of all attendance is still bad.
@@sunsunavery4237 4th of all You corndogs crack me up.
@@tonycrabtree3416 bro what are you even going on about 😂 you just hating
Thanks for covering the not talked about as much stuff.
Empire, when I say you are the best I mean it, please keep this up 👌
NEW EMPIRE DROPPED 🗣️
The Machine at UA teaches people to be this petty with power.
If you are confused look it up, also Caleb Presley made a great video about it.
As a native of the state of Alabama I'll be the first to tell you that south Alabama uab and Troy don't get the same financial backing like Alabama and Auburn does them small schools literally have to overwork so that student athletes and kids who attend the school maintain everything
Least sleazy Alabama football decision
I could be wrong about this, but at one point in his time as a receivers coach under Tommy Bowden, Dabo Swinney almost took either the OC or HC job at UAB. I’ll need to go digging to find if this info is true, but I remember reading it somewhere and he talked about his visions for the program. Very interesting.
Another absolute banger from one of the best channels about the sport. You surpass Jon Bois
Calm down bud.
i appreciate it a ton but there’s absolutely no way
@@empireonyt15 Nah man Jon Bois is great but i think he gets a lot of continued praise for only a couple good videos. Scorigami and 222-0 are awesome but you’ve been hitting homers with every upload
@ease-I5330 where’s the bob emergency and histories of the Seattle mariners and Minnesota Vikings
I don’t think empire changed the way informative sports videos are presented
from club to 1A in 7 years is unreal
Go blazers 🐉🔥
Well... looks like I'm doing a uab rebuild in college football 25 and not stopping until I win 7 national championship and beat Alabama 80 to 0 every one of those years
I'm a UAB fan stop giving me PTSD 😂
When I graduate I won't be shaking Ray Watts' hand. It's been decided since 2014
I graduate in the Spring of 2025. I won’t be shaking his hand either
Good video & good topic. I had heard bits and pieces of this story, but I enjoyed your deep dive on the Blazer Saga. I'm a Texas State alumnus, so I really enjoy learning more about the other G5's. Keep up the good work.
Also of note - former UAB head coach Watson Brown is the older brother of current UNC head coach Mack Brown.
Absolutely one of my favorite channels on RUclips. The UAB story did not get enough national coverage, absolutely terrible what the board did to those players and fans.
The Colt Brennan Hawaii vs Alabama highlights in there was a nice touch!
didnt expect to hear black moth on a cfb video lmaooo, wonderful taste and even more wonderful videos
Babe wake up, EMPIRE just dropped a new video
My man your videos are incredible, I’ll be subscribing and investing early
Thanks for covering this. I was an indergrad there during the shut down and rebirth. Alabama BoT needs to be held accountable for what they continue to do to UAB. UAB is big enough to break off from their rule. Would love to see this happen. I cant stand the tide.
UAB football exists…
Bama board: “f*ck you”
As a UGA alumnus who was never really into football, this gives me a proper reason not to like Alabama.
GOATED CHANNEL
@16:39 Protective Stadium is not on campus. It is maybe slightly closer to campus than Legion Field (UAB's former "home' field) . And, Protective Stadium is not owned by UAB.
Have you ever considered doing a video on the Evansville Purple Aces football program? They were 1-AA when they ceased to exist in the early 90's I believe. Great Vid!
It’s not quite accurate to say Protective Stadium is “on campus,” but overall this is a good summary.
Thanks for making this video. It really gives a good idea of the situation UAB football is in. The only way things are going to change for our program is if more people understand how the UA BoT treats us. Go Blazers!
My school, Texas-Arlington, dropped football in 1985, and while they said money was the primary reason, it's clear in retrospect the school never liked being dropped to the 1AA level starting in 1983 and they did not feel football was worth it if they could not technically be at the same level as THE University of Texas - which is certainly the big reason they have still never revived the program since.
I went by their stadium today which they share with the 3x USFL/UFL Champions Birmingham Stallions!
@ 11:09 the photo is Birmingham University England, not Birmingham, Alabama @11:13 again, the photo is Birmingham University England not Birmingham, Alabama
Long live the UAB Blazers!
I’m a simple man , I see EMPIRE post , I click .
When I tell you as a UAB alum I felt all of this. I still have my #freeuab shirt to this day. As a grad of the school and also growing up an Auburn fan I just can’t cheer for anything that has to do with UA
13:44 "Hey, that's my line!""
- Benny
Seriously thanks for the added context
I went to UAB when they canned the football team. I had a bunch of athletes in my classes in school of business. The football players were so mad because they were promised stuff and lost eligibility etc. The other college athletics suffered anguish over whether or not their teams would be able to stay in conference USA because a stipulation was that they have a football team. All this led me to dab on UAB President Ray Watts when I graduated instead of shaking his hand. It was 2016 so dabbing was more en vogue.
4:26 There it is. Knew they would be involved.
Your videos along with DaLukes set the standard for the CFB Content….Hopefully my ass can meet your quality soon.
Great shit 🥃.
no way I got your series on the bowl alliance and BCS a few days ago, really good stuff
@@empireonyt15hell yea brother appreciate it!
Random point: Idk if I would say protective life is on campus, it’s about 3.5 miles away and the university has to provide busses for students to actually get there because parking is awful in the city
Crazy how all this, but now they’re perennial quarter finalist in the cfp… on my ncaa dynasty
I worked with an engineer who is an alumni, and he was furious 😅
Honestly, you could narrate a video of paint drying, and still find a way to make it fascinating.
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Did the independent investigation lead to anything, as it was said there was an independent investigation into both Watts and the Uof A board
nothing really to my knowledge, Watts is still UAB’s president
Thank you for the lesson on my home town
The Alabama Board of Trustees has a clear bias for Alabama and against UAB.
@@Revolver1701 they also had a heavy hand in shutting down UAH’s once elite Hockey program - also citing funds.
Right before UA launched their own
Protective Stadium is not on the UAB campus but it is much easier to get to than Legion Field
Great video man!!
Do my eyes deceive me?? 2 videos in 6 days??
Alabama doing shady shit not surprising
Shocker that Saban has been getting his hand held since day 1
Nice to see things other than crime being reported on in my city 💯🌆 #LiveFromThe205
UA people think they are above everybody. THEY’RE NOT!!!
I just wish UAB could sue UA for not playing them and keeping money in the state. Hell, Auburn played them in 1996! Make it happen UA! Play UAB!
@@tigerwareagle1485 play any in-state teams that's not Auburn 😕
Love it when someone calls out those Gumps.
For the people outside of the deep south, they are University of Alabama fans FYI. A UAB fan on Twitter educated Ol Igor to the meaning of the term. Cannot be called an insult when there's an overwhelming amount of truth to the description.
I get what your trying to say but one of your first statements of people outside of the Deep South being real Alabama fans makes no sense to me.
@@UNoWhoitis23 No what I meant was for people who live outside of the Deep South, Gump means...
I wasn't trying to say real Bama fans only exist outside of the Deep South. A good portion of the country looks at East Coast, specifically NYC & Larger cities & then California (LA/Southern Cal area- Bay Area) as only regions that matter w/ the rest of the country being 'Flyover territory' That sentiment isn't held by all,but a lot of big city ppl are unfamiliar with the intricacies of Southern culture.
love the green and gold tie he wore to eat crow
Tennessee Tech mentioned rahhhhh
Trent Dilfer like the ravens Trent Dilfer good to see he is still doing football stuff
If you needed one more reason to loathe Bama, here ya go.
Haters gonna hate
Another reason to Bama.
They had Jimbo Fisher for 600k and turned him down? I bet they felt real smart when he won a natty in 2014 when they were closing shop. 😂
UA Board of Trustees turned him down, not UAB. UAB had the jet ready to pick him up to sign for the job ✍️✈️
Actually they prolly did. Huge bama fans, they did everything but self snitch to ncaa
Maybe You can do a video on st clouds football team shutting down
UAH Hockey needs to be revived!
So a lot of this comes down to a personal vendetta? that is the most Alabama thing I have ever heard. Pathetic to basically make hundreds of people to suffer, to make potential scholarships go unused, to let athletes go out of state or other schools because of a pissing contest is just ridiculous
The funniest thing is if you really get into the academics like you know, college was traditionally for, UAB is a better school and does better research then Alabama its hilarious
Finally someone is saying this!!!!!
War Eagle, Go Blazers, fuck UAT.
Wild to think that being maybe the 3rd or 4th largest program in the state, and nowhere close to the level of Alabama or Auburn, would be a thorn in the side of the boys' club so much that the Bear's son would be the reason they essentially shut this down. To quote the SEC motto #itjustmeansmore.
Of course Alabama would be worried about the big, bad UAB 😂😂
Dude u left out Joe Webb dude walked so Taysom Hill could run.
UAT isnt hindering UAB. UABs gigantic medical intrests are. They won’t even allow any physical space to be occupied by anything that isn’t medical related. You can thank the close relationship to the feds(NIH). The funding they offer for the school focusing on medical and axing anything otherwise.
i am an UGA fan and this made me hate UAB even more. LEAVE UAB ALONE!
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their new stadium is NOT on campus
What that board did to UAB feels criminal and quite frankly petty.
This is why we have checks and balances
Do a video on Kansas when they were good that 1 year & went to orange bowl or whatever
Sounds like Alabama trustees were just super petty.
Thing is, most Bama fans love UAB. The trustees don't represent the fanbase.
I was on this team..
UAB is not hurting for money.
It’s “Saint John” not John.
Probably they didn't want to schedule around Alabama state and Alabama a and m lol..
UTSA laughs in “off campus stadium”. Stop making excuses for that. Students are NOT paying students. It is your alumni. Blame your alumni for no attendance.
Fun fact: Ray watts didn't show up to the December graduating class that year.