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UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
http://trojanbeat.wordpress.com/2013/01/.../#more-560
On UAB series (expires in 2014) – Hartwell said the series is being looked at by the powers that be and if it continues past 2014 it could be on an every other year basis. Hartwell said it is obviously a great regional contest and both schools will sit down to see what option best serves both schools.
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01-22-2013 10:46 PM |
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BeliefBlazer
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
Bad, unless another regional team (Memphis/USA?) is every other year.
I think it's good for both programs. 2 of our Top 8 most attended games are Troy. Easy road trip.
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01-23-2013 12:10 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
I hope UAB/Troy becomes an annual game. Both schools benefit and the fans benefit.
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01-23-2013 12:16 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
Some of you really need to get over yourselves. You are really sounding like the bammers.
Troys a bunch of sheep lovers
They are classless
We gain nothing playing them
Actually, its a good rivalry game, they bring a good crowd, and its a fun game to watch in general. I hope we can keep an everyother year game if not every year.
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01-23-2013 12:55 AM |
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UABFRENCHY
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
we dont need to play them every year , we need to beat them every year ....simple
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01-23-2013 07:03 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
(01-23-2013 12:55 AM)rook360 Wrote: Some of you really need to get over yourselves. You are really sounding like the bammers.
Troys a bunch of sheep lovers
They are classless
We gain nothing playing them
Actually, its a good rivalry game, they bring a good crowd, and its a fun game to watch in general. I hope we can keep an everyother year game if not every year.
Ever made the trip to Pike County?
I come by my opinions of Troy honestly.
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01-23-2013 07:41 AM |
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the_blazerman
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
I guess this is the quarterly - should we play them - thread.
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01-23-2013 07:59 AM |
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BeliefBlazer
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
Drew says "sounds like McGee wanted it but maybe the administrators want to try new things".
In the last decade or so Miss. State, Troy, and FAU have been the only FBS teams we have hosted OOC. Maybe they are trying to get deals with lower level teams like Wake Forest, Duke, etc.
Or maybe we just need the cash that comes from playing two money games per year.
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01-23-2013 09:30 AM |
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KevMo4UAB
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
When UAB is in the same conference as Troy, we won't have a choice.
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01-23-2013 10:12 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
(01-23-2013 10:12 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: When UAB is in the same conference as Troy, we won't have a choice.
Heh.
You realize, that if we're the CUSA misfit toys, that Troy is the Belt's misfit toys, right?
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01-23-2013 10:25 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
If we're not going to play Troy, we need to play someone else that will get us 25,000 or more. I agree with AB in that regard. It doesn't help to schedule OOC home games that don't draw well.
(This post was last modified: 01-23-2013 11:14 AM by FNblazer.)
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01-23-2013 11:14 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
(01-23-2013 12:55 AM)rook360 Wrote: Some of you really need to get over yourselves. You are really sounding like the bammers.
Troys a bunch of sheep lovers
They are classless
We gain nothing playing them
Actually, its a good rivalry game, they bring a good crowd, and its a fun game to watch in general. I hope we can keep an everyother year game if not every year.
They are sheep lovers and they are classless but we do gain by playing them. It should also be pointed out that sheep are not the only livestock abused in Pike County
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01-23-2013 11:53 AM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
UAB wants to play instate football and basketball teams. The list of desirable (and realistic) D1 prospects is not long. Troy seems at this point in time, to be the most desirable of the lot. They have played BCS teams and put players into the NFL so they are a known quantity outside this state. South Alabama hopes one day to be able to match Troy in both of those, but right now they can't. Until UAB can consistently win at a rate >50%, we need all the outside help we can get.
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01-23-2013 03:42 PM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
(01-23-2013 10:12 AM)KevMo4UAB Wrote: When UAB is in the same conference as Troy, we won't have a choice.
4 Sun Belt schools, 2 WAC schools, and 2 FCS callups have all been added to C-USA without Troy even getting a mention. I don't think Troy is leaving the Belt unless it disbands.
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01-25-2013 12:08 PM |
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RE: UAB-Troy Every Other Year After 2014?
Whereas the local sports media guys & former local sports media guys thinks CUSA should be made up of half Alabama teams.
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01-25-2013 12:14 PM |
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