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Looking at the video, I'm wondering how well the "watermarked" dragon will show up on TV. It didn't really stand out in the video. We still don't know what if any thing is along the sidelines. The newer courts have had something like a skyline or beach scape.

(11-08-2013 09:43 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 09:02 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  In basketball it is a rare occurrence that anyone calls us Alabama-Birmingham, especially in electronic media.

I would agree that hoops being called A-B in NEW media is rare, but it is far from that in mainstream sports media (ESPiN, CBS Sports, AP, Yahoo!, etc.) - electronic or print. More critically, it is VERY common in every broadcast of UAB men's hoops aside from our own radio team. Anyone tuning in on TV is going to see "A-B" on their TV guide and hear it from the mouths of the play-by-play and color commentator (moreso the latter, generally).

*shrug* If nothing else it will make it difficult to avoid being an obvious troll and tool when someone does use A-B on-air with a humongous "U-A-B" spanning arc-to-arc. It's also near impossible to defend when Mackin gets someone's ear on the subject.

You are far from right regarding TV. In basketball, It might appear on the guide, but that is the cable provider, not the network usually. It is almost always shown as UAB when showing the score or when the announcer references it. That includes ESPN and all networks.

(11-08-2013 12:21 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 09:43 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 09:02 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  In basketball it is a rare occurrence that anyone calls us Alabama-Birmingham, especially in electronic media.

I would agree that hoops being called A-B in NEW media is rare, but it is far from that in mainstream sports media (ESPiN, CBS Sports, AP, Yahoo!, etc.) - electronic or print. More critically, it is VERY common in every broadcast of UAB men's hoops aside from our own radio team. Anyone tuning in on TV is going to see "A-B" on their TV guide and hear it from the mouths of the play-by-play and color commentator (moreso the latter, generally).

*shrug* If nothing else it will make it difficult to avoid being an obvious troll and tool when someone does use A-B on-air with a humongous "U-A-B" spanning arc-to-arc. It's also near impossible to defend when Mackin gets someone's ear on the subject.

You are far from right regarding TV. In basketball, It might appear on the guide, but that is the cable provider, not the network usually. It is almost always shown as UAB when showing the score or when the announcer references it. That includes ESPN and all networks.

TV announcers and play-by-play people still fall back to "Alabama-Birmingham" on occasion. This should reinforce "UAB" as the preference...

So, I must be the only fan who had no idea the volleyball court is under the basketball court . I guess I thought they took up one when they put down the other.


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I will go on record to say... Seen it & I love it. We are "UAB"!

I thought the same thing, so you aren't alone.

(11-08-2013 12:42 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 12:21 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 09:43 AM)blazr Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 09:02 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  In basketball it is a rare occurrence that anyone calls us Alabama-Birmingham, especially in electronic media.

I would agree that hoops being called A-B in NEW media is rare, but it is far from that in mainstream sports media (ESPiN, CBS Sports, AP, Yahoo!, etc.) - electronic or print. More critically, it is VERY common in every broadcast of UAB men's hoops aside from our own radio team. Anyone tuning in on TV is going to see "A-B" on their TV guide and hear it from the mouths of the play-by-play and color commentator (moreso the latter, generally).

*shrug* If nothing else it will make it difficult to avoid being an obvious troll and tool when someone does use A-B on-air with a humongous "U-A-B" spanning arc-to-arc. It's also near impossible to defend when Mackin gets someone's ear on the subject.

You are far from right regarding TV. In basketball, It might appear on the guide, but that is the cable provider, not the network usually. It is almost always shown as UAB when showing the score or when the announcer references it. That includes ESPN and all networks.

TV announcers and play-by-play people still fall back to "Alabama-Birmingham" on occasion. This should reinforce "UAB" as the preference...

"On occasion" are the key words. Blazr said it is far from rare that we are called A-B. We are almost always called UAB on TV

(11-08-2013 12:21 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  You are far from right regarding TV. In basketball, It might appear on the guide, but that is the cable provider, not the network usually. It is almost always shown as UAB when showing the score or when the announcer references it. That includes ESPN and all networks.

You're correct. The crawl and graphics (score during the game) always use "UAB". But broadcast teams, whether on TV or opponents' radio, are constantly using "A-B" (Gillen is terrible about it and Houston's play-by-play guy reached levels where he HAD to have been intentionally demeaning and/or insulting) and articles/wire stories/blog posts/etc. from the major outlets refuse to let it go.

Now you are talking about local broadcast teams and old farts like Gillen. I thought we were talking mainstream like ESPN. They are not "constantly doing it".

Where I see it most is TV channel guides. Otherwise it is an occasional mention by professional broadcasters, of which I don't include Gillian or the old fart who does Houston games.

And we aren't talking about print media. See my original post on the subject.

Okay it does look good in person.

I like the new court.

(11-08-2013 02:02 PM)BlazeNBham Wrote:  I like the new court.

I like it too. I will like it even better if everytime we play on it the Blazers win!

Looks good to me!

I like the new floor as well.

Just realized I left out the picture from my earlier post

(11-08-2013 11:17 PM)dirt! Wrote:  Just realized I left out the picture from my earlier post

The half-body guy in the pic is kind of freaking me out.

(11-09-2013 12:45 AM)LightEmUp70 Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:17 PM)dirt! Wrote:  Just realized I left out the picture from my earlier post

The half-body guy in the pic is kind of freaking me out.

"Lights!" Where you been, man?!

It looked good on TV, however, I'm still not a huge fan of the UAB in the middle of the court. I just don't like the cartoonish flames..

(11-12-2013 03:02 PM)Matrix Wrote:  

(11-09-2013 12:45 AM)LightEmUp70 Wrote:  

(11-08-2013 11:17 PM)dirt! Wrote:  Just realized I left out the picture from my earlier post

The half-body guy in the pic is kind of freaking me out.

"Lights!" Where you been, man?!

Sadly, a new baby and busy job lead to very little down time. Haven't had a chance to make it down to Birmingham at all this year. Been relying on game/coach bashing threads for updates.

(11-12-2013 03:14 PM)The Answer UAB Wrote:  It looked good on TV, however, I'm still not a huge fan of the UAB in the middle of the court. I just don't like the cartoonish flames..

It looks much better on TV than the pics, IMO. I liked it to begin with, but after seeing it under the full lights on TV, I REALLY like how it looks. The greyed-out Blaze under each basket looks fantastic! Also, really like BIRMINGHAM on the sides of the court. Miss the old Blaze at half-court, but the other things make up for that, especially with Blaze in so many other prominent places throughout the arena (scoreboards, etc). The whole package looks good together.