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There is no evidence that UAB will dominate anything, especially in football. We are back filling with Sun Belt teams. The Sun Belt kicked CUSA ass in football last year.

Alignment within the "Group of 5" is driven by the notion that getting into the BE or even the MWC will provide an easier route to the single BCS bowl spot "generously" provided to us. The spot will be decided upon based on strength of schedule and ranking. I suggest that one need only look at the non-AQ schools that were ranked highly over the past 10 or so years. Without researching I'd bet most of this teams(Boise, Houston, etc) dominated their conference over a period of a couple of years, gained positive publicity in doing so, and eventually was given the benefit of the doubt in the rankings. I doubt that at any point a 3-loss team has been ranked highly enough (if at all) to attain a BCS spot if it had been allowed. Since the gang of 5 has equal access to the single non-AQ spot it is entirely possible that the non-AQ representative will come from the MAC(as NIU did this year), the SunBelt(which had teams ranked at various parts of the season), and even the new CUSA as they could have teams that dominate their conferences and end the season with 1 or fewer losses overall. The BE and MWC could very well beat up on each other killing their chances. A non-AQ team with 2 losses in conference will not get the non-AQ auto-bid. The strength of schedule component is irrelevant if you lose those games...

No new facilities? Slim chance of dominating the next iteration of C-USA?

Well this looks promising...

The reason UAB moved to the Great Midwest and then C-USA was to try to elevate our programs, to break out of the Sun Belt and associate with stronger programs. At the end of this realignment, if UAB is the sole surviving founding member of C-USA left*, all of that work will have been for nothing. After twenty years of striving UAB will be right back where they started. Football will have accomplished none of the goals for UAB that were intended.

The great leap ahead that Gene engineered for UAB in the early 90's will have finally been completely squandered.

*If that happens, UAB should be in the market for a new Athletics Director

Do you seriously think that Brian Mackin is the reason that we had Callaway inflicted on us and that we don't have an OCS?

Seriously?

(01-07-2013 02:09 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Do you seriously think that Brian Mackin is the reason that we had Callaway inflicted on us and that we don't have an OCS?

Seriously?

No. I just think he is in over his head and UAB needs to hire someone with contacts and experience. Brian may be a great man and super administrator but I think the UAB job is too big for him.

(01-07-2013 02:09 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Do you seriously think that Brian Mackin is the reason that we had Callaway inflicted on us and that we don't have an OCS?

Seriously?

No, but publicly committing to CUSA is the single stupidest thing he has done in his tenure.

(01-07-2013 12:14 PM)Smaug Wrote:  On shutting down UAB football, this is your e-slap.

Classic! A James Cagney "e-slap", however, may have had a more profound effect, when you've been slapped by Cagney, the imprint is indelible...Something to consider for the future...

This...
"There you go with that wishin' stuff, again!"
"Maybe you found someone you like better."
...Smush...

(01-07-2013 12:14 PM)Smaug Wrote:  On shutting down UAB football, this is your e-slap.

I do not advocate shutting down foofball. But without football IMHO we would have been part of the three/four bid A10 along with some of old conference budies St louis, Charlotte. Now even that ship may have sailed

(01-07-2013 02:00 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  The reason UAB moved to the Great Midwest and then C-USA was to try to elevate our programs, to break out of the Sun Belt and associate with stronger programs. At the end of this realignment, if UAB is the sole surviving founding member of C-USA left*, all of that work will have been for nothing. After twenty years of striving UAB will be right back where they started. Football will have accomplished none of the goals for UAB that were intended.

The great leap ahead that Gene engineered for UAB in the early 90's will have finally been completely squandered.

That's the way I see it.

(01-07-2013 02:13 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-07-2013 02:09 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Do you seriously think that Brian Mackin is the reason that we had Callaway inflicted on us and that we don't have an OCS?

Seriously?

No. I just think he is in over his head and UAB needs to hire someone with contacts and experience. Brian may be a great man and super administrator but I think the UAB job is too big for him.

How so? What has he done up to this point to make you believe he won't be successful? I think he made two fantastic, under the radar coaching hires when he was given the freedom to do so.

Come in off the ledge.

(01-07-2013 03:18 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Come in off the ledge.

There's no ledge where I'm at.

(01-07-2013 02:57 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-07-2013 02:13 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(01-07-2013 02:09 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Do you seriously think that Brian Mackin is the reason that we had Callaway inflicted on us and that we don't have an OCS?

Seriously?

No. I just think he is in over his head and UAB needs to hire someone with contacts and experience. Brian may be a great man and super administrator but I think the UAB job is too big for him.

How so? What has he done up to this point to make you believe he won't be successful? I think he made two fantastic, under the radar coaching hires when he was given the freedom to do so.

I won't go as far as to say Mackin is over his head, but as excited as we are about the hires, the jury is still out as to whether or not they are fantastic hires. Neither to-date has put anything in the win column to excite fans. I am still holding out hope and realize its very early, but the grade on the hires cannot be given. I think Mackin could be headed for the honor roll on these hires, but right now, he hasnt even reached mid-terms.

(01-07-2013 03:19 PM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  

(01-07-2013 03:18 PM)Smaug Wrote:  Come in off the ledge.

There's no ledge where I'm at.

And the ground is fast approaching, right?

(01-07-2013 10:29 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote:  Again, UAB football is the albatross around the neck of UAB's athletic department. We are drowning!

Be careful. Someone was banned over the weekend for basically saying the same that you did.

(01-07-2013 02:57 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(01-07-2013 02:13 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  No. I just think he is in over his head and UAB needs to hire someone with contacts and experience. Brian may be a great man and super administrator but I think the UAB job is too big for him.

How so? What has he done up to this point to make you believe he won't be successful? I think he made two fantastic, under the radar coaching hires when he was given the freedom to do so.

What has he done to make you think he will be successful? Is UAB athletics better off than when he became AD? If you count keeping the Blazer's proverbial heads above water then he's done okay. Hey, it's better than what came before but then that gets back to "good enough". Maybe Coach McGee works out and UAB is back to playing Memphis or even better conference games in no time. I just wish UAB had a more experienced, better known point man right now in all the conference chaos. It's times like these when I think about how lucky UAB was to have Gene Bartow.

Wow just wow. I hope no one commits suicide.

(01-07-2013 03:55 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Wow just wow. I hope no one commits suicide.

You're sheep are going astray, AB. They no longer believe you when you say everything is great.