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uabblazer2012
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RE: USA v UAB in football
Good.
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WesternBlazer
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South Alabama, UAB football programs agree to two-game, home-and-home series
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RE: USA v UAB in football
Excellent.
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braish
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RE: South Alabama, UAB football programs agree to two-game, home-and-home series
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know we're doing it to get more traveling fans into the Old Gray Hag, but when Troy and South Alabama beat us, think about how much harder in state recruiting will be.
Hopefully we will be ready in 2015 to beat both in state rivals. Sigh.
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01-10-2014 11:58 AM |
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blazers9911
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RE: USA v UAB in football
Awesome. We need 2 games like this every year. These games will draw fans and keep their interest yearly. I really wish we could play 2 games a year like this, and go down to 1 whore game, but I understand the economics are a big issue with that.
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BeliefBlazer
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RE: South Alabama, UAB football programs agree to two-game, home-and-home series
(01-10-2014 11:58 AM)braish Wrote: Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know we're doing it to get more traveling fans into the Old Gray Hag, but when Troy and South Alabama beat us, think about how much harder in state recruiting will be.
Hopefully we will be ready in 2015 to beat both in state rivals. Sigh.
We don't play Troy in 2015.
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01-10-2014 11:59 AM |
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Smaug
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RE: South Alabama, UAB football programs agree to two-game, home-and-home series
I'm guessing it's been in the works before yesterday morning.
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01-10-2014 12:00 PM |
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the_blazerman
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RE: USA v UAB in football
& who is to say that both programs won't have a different coach by that game?
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01-10-2014 12:01 PM |
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WesternBlazer
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RE: USA v UAB in football
Basketball tie-in?
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01-10-2014 12:03 PM |
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BeliefBlazer
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RE: USA v UAB in football
2015 we'll host GA State and USA. 2016 we'll travel to both.
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01-10-2014 12:06 PM |
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braish
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RE: USA v UAB in football
(01-10-2014 11:59 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: (01-10-2014 11:58 AM)braish Wrote: Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know we're doing it to get more traveling fans into the Old Gray Hag, but when Troy and South Alabama beat us, think about how much harder in state recruiting will be.
Hopefully we will be ready in 2015 to beat both in state rivals. Sigh.
We don't play Troy in 2015.
Good, I still can't get rid of the bad taste in my mouth from being there and watching us lose to start this past season.
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01-10-2014 12:06 PM |
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braish
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RE: USA v UAB in football
(01-10-2014 12:03 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote: Basketball tie-in?
I hope, but since it's an non conference game I would imagine the football game would be prior to basketball season.
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thebernreuter
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RE: USA v UAB in football
(01-10-2014 11:58 AM)braish Wrote: Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know we're doing it to get more traveling fans into the Old Gray Hag, but when Troy and South Alabama beat us, think about how much harder in state recruiting will be.
We have to play somebody. It might as well be in front of a few people.
As for impact on in-state recruiting, I don't think it matters if we lose to USA or a random bad team from Texas.
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01-10-2014 12:12 PM |
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braish
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RE: USA v UAB in football
(01-10-2014 12:11 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (01-10-2014 12:08 PM)braish Wrote: (01-10-2014 12:03 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote: Basketball tie-in?
I hope, but since it's an non conference game I would imagine the football game would be prior to basketball season.
I don't think he means playing at the same time. He means like the arrangement with Troy. We have to play them in basketball in order to play them in football
Ah, I could of sworn we did a similar event at some point.
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01-10-2014 12:17 PM |
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RE: USA v UAB in football
We have two away OOC games for 2016, one would assume another away buy game and a home buy game?
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01-10-2014 12:18 PM |
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WesternBlazer
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RE: USA v UAB in football
(01-10-2014 12:12 PM)thebernreuter Wrote: (01-10-2014 11:58 AM)braish Wrote: Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I know we're doing it to get more traveling fans into the Old Gray Hag, but when Troy and South Alabama beat us, think about how much harder in state recruiting will be.
We have to play somebody. It might as well be in front of a few people.
As for impact on in-state recruiting, I don't think it matters if we lose to USA or a random bad team from Texas.
+1
We are already competing against AAC, SunBelt, and other CUSA schools. We win some, we lose some. We actually have higher recruiting rankings that Troy for the past 3 years. At this point there are no UAB secrets. I have no problem playing them. The excuse not to play them is the same excuse UAT has for not playing state D1 schools - everything to lose, nothing to win. Just play the game...
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WesternBlazer
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RE: USA v UAB in football
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