(03-30-2021 07:01 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(03-30-2021 06:38 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(03-30-2021 05:03 PM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  Well there are 18 Blazer fans that believes UAB will join the AAC in its present form.

Future of UAB Athletics

Unfortunately UAB fan support is down in the weeds with GA St. And that won't get AAC consideration. Birmingham & Atlanta are nice markets but neither school has much influence in those markets.

UAB attendance over the last 5 yrs is better than half of the AAC. Attendance and fan support is not the reasons why UAB will never sniff the AAC with current members.

Unfortunately, attendance is pretty far down the list of criteria for membership in the AAC.

What the American needs is a proven winner with a long track record of FB success.

UAB's W-L over the past decade:

2020 6-3
2019 9-5.............3 bowls (1-2 record)
2018 11-3
2017 8-5
2016 no team.......no nationally-ranked FB teams in UAB's history
2015 no team
2014 6-6
2013 2-10
2012 3-9
2011 3-9

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Appalachian State has played 6 bowls in the past 7 years and won all 6 of them. They've also had 3 nationally-ranked teams, and finished a season in the Final AP Top 25 - - and they're not considered a likely addition to the American.

That should give UAB fans an idea of what they're up against.

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