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(01-23-2017 07:18 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  FWIW, I had lunch today with a customer and his son also plays lb on the SFHS team. He reiterated, as he has before, that he firmly believes that Thomas is going to UAB to play along side his bro. Hopefully he's right.

yep.........

Both brothers could start together.

That's the point!

Patrick Nuss to UAB! One of many more to come.

We are going to surprise some folks. ;-)

Here ya go!

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2017/...ton_t.html

(01-24-2017 09:22 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  We are going to surprise some folks. ;-)

Frankly the only people who are going to be surprised haven't been paying attention for the last 3 years.

Next up?

While Power 5 schools were heavily courting Johnston, his uncle shared Robert Frost's poem 'The Road Not Taken' with him. That might have been a turning point in his recruitment.

"My uncle helped me understand that it is OK to go to the place that may feel uncomfortable and less traveled by others," Johnston said. "Going somewhere everyone thinks is a sure thing is not always where the biggest blessings occur. I feel like I'm taking the road less traveled here, and I can't wait to make it pay off."

An assist from his uncle and Robert Frost

Did Johnston ever take an official visit to UAB? I know he's probably been unofficially multiple times.

Next up, I'm hoping for Eugene Minter.

(01-24-2017 10:12 AM)hooverblazer Wrote:  Did Johnston ever take an official visit to UAB? I know he's probably been unofficially multiple times.

Next up, I'm hoping for Eugene Minter.

Johnston OV'd Iowa, Arkansas, Ole miss, Arizona state, & auburn.

I think the Arizona State visit didn't happen or was unofficial. He's ov'ing UAB this weekend which could help us reel in some uncommitted prospects.

(01-24-2017 09:47 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Next up?

Minter

let's snag minter, whitlow, and young and call it a day.

(01-24-2017 10:30 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(01-24-2017 09:47 AM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  Next up?

Minter

Yep!
https://twitter.com/EugeneMinterjr/statu...7702457344

they keep rolling in!! HUGE DAY.

who's next? whitlow?

I'm about to get slammed for this, I know, but one could make an argument that Clark is the second most important coach in UAB history after Gene Bartow. What he has meant for the football program and the entire athletic program at UAB can not be overstated. He had every reason to leave. The enemies of UAB did everything they could to drive him off. Yet he stayed and has returned some magic to the magic city.

He is the comparable Gene Bartow of football.

It's crazy he's only coached 12 games for us and we are talking about him being a legend. I completely agree, if the man stays here a while, he will have a statue out front of the Football Ops building one day. I have no doubt we will hang some Conference Championship banners in the facility very soon.