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It's not that we want to play them, or that Scarbinsky has written one more article for click bait that got us riled up.

It's that so-called "UAB Fans" can be so incredibly ignorant of the basic facts.

The Board of Trustees, the people who are entrusted with running the school for the good of the school, are far more worried about the wealth and well-being of UAT than UAB's, and they have made that clear and obvious time after time. They've tried to drown the baby in the bath tub and this guy is saying "Wut? Perfectly good baby sitter, and cheap, and available Saturday night! Let's go dancing!!"

I'd rather hire Adrian Peterson, thanks.

(09-14-2014 08:54 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  Why even care what other schools in the state are doing?

I don't.

Here fat kid, have an eclair:

And as to "playing the victim card", we're doing that the way Ray Rice's wife did.

When there's video of the body being dragged off, right thinking people really don't need her to play any card. The facts are staring you in the face.

Ask Pat Sullivan if he played the victim card. If you don't value your front teeth.

(09-14-2014 08:54 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I give up. You guys obviously aren't going to listen to reason. You're going to turn off new fans with this garbage. Keep spewing hate and trying to play the victim card. Even acting like Scarbinsky is a legit newsperson is a laugh. UAB has good coaches on basketball and football right now. Enjoy it. Why even care what other schools in the state are doing?

You aren't listening to reason. And if you are a "new fan", go ahead and jump off the bandwagon now. I'd rather have 15k show up to every game then be associated with you. Alabama paid USM what, $1.4 million, to play yesterday. Any reason they couldn't have kept that money in state?(Not UAB even, USA or Troy work just as well) It's a short trip for all these teams, and they could probably even pay a little less than that. But, you are right.

(09-14-2014 08:38 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:37 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I'm sure they would have played UAB if UAB really wanted to play UA.

Wow.

It's obvious that this guy is a troll

(09-14-2014 09:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:54 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I give up. You guys obviously aren't going to listen to reason. You're going to turn off new fans with this garbage. Keep spewing hate and trying to play the victim card. Even acting like Scarbinsky is a legit newsperson is a laugh. UAB has good coaches on basketball and football right now. Enjoy it. Why even care what other schools in the state are doing?

You aren't listening to reason. And if you are a "new fan", go ahead and jump off the bandwagon now. I'd rather have 15k show up to every game then be associated with you. Alabama paid USM what, $1.4 million, to play yesterday. Any reason they couldn't have kept that money in state?(Not UAB even, USA or Troy work just as well) It's a short trip for all these teams, and they could probably even pay a little less than that. But, you are right.

Disinviting fans is not a good way to grow a fan base. Ideological purity is a terrible requirement.

(09-14-2014 09:08 AM)KSUBlazer Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 09:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:54 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I give up. You guys obviously aren't going to listen to reason. You're going to turn off new fans with this garbage. Keep spewing hate and trying to play the victim card. Even acting like Scarbinsky is a legit newsperson is a laugh. UAB has good coaches on basketball and football right now. Enjoy it. Why even care what other schools in the state are doing?

You aren't listening to reason. And if you are a "new fan", go ahead and jump off the bandwagon now. I'd rather have 15k show up to every game then be associated with you. Alabama paid USM what, $1.4 million, to play yesterday. Any reason they couldn't have kept that money in state?(Not UAB even, USA or Troy work just as well) It's a short trip for all these teams, and they could probably even pay a little less than that. But, you are right.

Disinviting fans is not a good way to grow a fan base. Ideological purity is a terrible requirement.

Ahh but this board has long been the inquisition.

(09-14-2014 09:07 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:38 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:37 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I'm sure they would have played UAB if UAB really wanted to play UA.

Wow.

It's obvious that this guy is a troll

Or just a fat kid.

I was a fat kid once.

Now I'm a fat man. The circle is complete.

Either way, I'm still a fan with money to spend on the team I support.

(09-14-2014 09:22 AM)USAFBlazerFan Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 09:27 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 09:07 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:38 AM)Smaug Wrote:  

(09-14-2014 08:37 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I'm sure they would have played UAB if UAB really wanted to play UA.

Wow.

It's obvious that this guy is a troll

Or just a fat kid.

Probably eating elephant animal crackers as we type.

The article came out yesterday. Interestingly enough, there have been 462 comments. Hmm?

(09-14-2014 08:54 AM)imjustafatkid Wrote:  I give up. You guys obviously aren't going to listen to reason. You're going to turn off new fans with this garbage. Keep spewing hate and trying to play the victim card. Even acting like Scarbinsky is a legit newsperson is a laugh. UAB has good coaches on basketball and football right now. Enjoy it. Why even care what other schools in the state are doing?

Let's be clear.

I don't fault the UA football team, per se. I expect it to act in its own self-interests the way every other program does. They are under no obligation whatever to serve the greater good, i.e. keeping revenue in-state in a revenue-strapped state.

Now, the UA Board of Trustees do indeed have a fiduciary OBLIGATION to further the interests of ALL THREE of it's member institutions, and if you don't think they have a favored child, and that they are unaccountable to anybody for it, then there really isn't anything else to talk about.

I'm not trying to drive you away as a fan. Hell, come by our tailgate, I'll share my peach cobbler with you.

But understand this, if nothing else: it's not bitching. it's not whining. It's real.

I take that back. I do fault that football team for this: being at the center of a culture that doesn't let a secretive cabal that includes a dog racing magnate and Milton McGregor's mouthpiece in charge of the states biggest, most valuable, most important assets be the subject of public scrutiny or legitimate criticism, because it is always viewed as an attack on the mighty Crimson Tide.

Don't be part of the problem.

Well said, my brother.

I don't care if we EVER play UA. I can think of any number of reasons why it would be a bad idea.

That said, I don't want to hear any drivel about how we're playing the victim card. It's not playing the card if you have demonstrably *BEEN* a victim. Pat Sullivan. Jimbo Fisher. Callaway stuffed down our throats. Many other instances.

Hell, the BoT gave Callaway an extension after a four win season! Reward that excellence!

Short term I see no upside for us other than some financial gain. We would be physically outmanned and it would only confirm what recruits and fans say about us.

That is if we played next year (and schedules are already made so that ain't happening). Fast forward 3 years from now when there are probably going to be some potential openings. Looking at where we were a year ago and where we are now it's possible to see the difference between the teams significantly narrowed in 3 years. At that point the potential downside for UAT becomes huge. The upside for them would be almost nonexistent. Unfortunately for them the BOT has painted them into sort of a corner with the fiscal responsibility argument. Nearly 3 million has left the state this year alone to programs competing directly with us in our conference. Our program is subsidized by the the university, money that could be used for other things to attract students and researchers that would add more revenue.

It's an interesting thought. I don't ever expect to live to see the two teams on the field together but at least the debate is interesting

(09-14-2014 12:34 PM)UAB Band Dad Wrote:  Pat Sullivan. Jimbo Fisher. Callaway stuffed down our throats. Many other instances.

Justin Knox

At first I bought into the idea that UA shouldn't be funding our rivals, but the fact is that we are getting our paydays from other SEC schools regardless. If we play Bama, then FAU or SoMiss just moves to the SEC school that we vacated. It is probably all a wash. At this point, I will take our 1-0 record against Saban and basketball with happiness. As long as we can get money games from other schools, I like the idea of traveling for a real road game versus one less than 45 minutes away.

(09-15-2014 12:09 PM)Blazer86 Wrote:  At first I bought into the idea that UA shouldn't be funding our rivals, but the fact is that we are getting our paydays from other SEC schools regardless. If we play Bama, then FAU or SoMiss just moves to the SEC school that we vacated. It is probably all a wash. At this point, I will take our 1-0 record against Saban and basketball with happiness. As long as we can get money games from other schools, I like the idea of traveling for a real road game versus one less than 45 minutes away.

I dont think were are getting the $1.4 Million that they are giving away, or are we?

Nope, but not having to go to Tuscaloosa has to be worth a couple of hundred thousand.