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Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - CourtsideBlazer - 11-21-2014 09:51 AM
About 7:30 this morning, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox did a live segment on Fox 6 (about their new ice rink in Tuscaloosa) and made a point to include a nice plug for UAB football including a testimonial about what it meant to him to be a Blazer! Expect to see it on Fox 6 news @ Noon
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - UAB Band Dad - 11-21-2014 09:52 AM
Yeah, I saw that too. Thank you Walt!
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - Matrix - 11-21-2014 10:01 AM
He did what?!! Damn! Hope the windows at his home are shatter-proof! Thanks, Mayor Maddox!
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - linus - 11-21-2014 10:25 AM
Walt is a standup guy with brass balls
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - KevMo4UAB - 11-21-2014 10:28 AM
The irony of this is off the charts! Life is indeed stranger than fiction.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - UAB Band Dad - 11-21-2014 10:30 AM
Walt looked confident, and he spoke out in no uncertain terms for UAB football. He looked happy to do it, in fact.
Good for you, sir.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - nicknitro19 - 11-21-2014 10:31 AM
Other than a very outspoken minority the majority of Alabama fans would like to see UAB succeed in football. The problem is that part of that minority controls the Board of Trustees.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - the Dragon - 11-21-2014 10:39 AM
(11-21-2014 10:31 AM)nicknitro19 Wrote: Other than a very outspoken minority the majority of Alabama fans would like to see UAB succeed in football. The problem is that part of that minority controls the Board of Trustees.
Yeah, I have to say A LOT of Bama fans I know have come up to me and expressed their dislike of what is happening to UAB. They are supportive.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - UAB Band Dad - 11-21-2014 10:43 AM
Most fairminded people don't enjoy watching a screwjob happen to some poor soul. Folks around here know what a long drought UAB Football has endured. UAB under Clark is a feelgood story, and it's a football town. I keep saying it, put good football on the field and they'll come to the game.
OCS would make it even better, of course.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - LairDweller - 11-21-2014 10:54 AM
(11-21-2014 10:31 AM)nicknitro19 Wrote: Other than a very outspoken minority the majority of Alabama fans would like to see UAB succeed in football. The problem is that part of that minority controls the Board of Trustees.
I believe The "shutdown UAB" bama fans are those that have never been to Tuscaloosa. I bet that if you took a survey among Alabama students, the majority would vote for more support for UAB football
Obviously, I have almost nothing to base that on, and I could be wrong
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - BlazrDawg - 11-21-2014 11:45 AM
Walt did a great job and Im glad that the interviewer brought up the topic and asked for his comments. That guy is an eloquent public speaker who has a great head on his shoulders.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - BAMANBLAZERFAN - 11-21-2014 11:55 AM
(11-21-2014 11:45 AM)BlazrDawg Wrote: Walt did a great job and Im glad that the interviewer brought up the topic and asked for his comments. That guy is an eloquent public speaker who has a great head on his shoulders.
How about that! A Tuscaloosa political leader who expresses real leadership on a locally toxic subject and is one UAB fans could support for the next governor.
RE: Tuscaloosa Mayor gives UAB shout-out on Fox 6 - Doktyr X - 11-21-2014 01:13 PM
I second that motion.