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(10-18-2021 10:25 AM)ICB Wrote:  We know Clark's attitude toward important conference games.
We know his attitude/performance toward top non-conference games.
What we don't know is how he will fair against ranked conference opponents... I'm guessing that if UTSA remains ranked, this will be Clark's first? Or am I missing someone?

That's a very good point. I don't think we've played anyone in-conference that was ranked, except for possibly Marshall his first season. We came very close to the W in that one. I don't think FAU was ranked when we played them a couple years ago.

edit: Yep marshall appears to have been ranked #18 when we played them in 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_UAB_B...tball_team

(10-18-2021 10:25 AM)ICB Wrote:  We know Clark's attitude toward important conference games.
We know his attitude/performance toward top non-conference games.
What we don't know is how he will fair against ranked conference opponents... I'm guessing that if UTSA remains ranked, this will be Clark's first? Or am I missing someone?

I maybe wrong but I think UAB only win against a ranked opponent was in late 90s against a #17 ranked ECU squad. I'm not sure if that TCU team that Hackney went Godzilla mode on was ranked though.

(10-18-2021 10:32 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 10:25 AM)ICB Wrote:  We know Clark's attitude toward important conference games.
We know his attitude/performance toward top non-conference games.
What we don't know is how he will fair against ranked conference opponents... I'm guessing that if UTSA remains ranked, this will be Clark's first? Or am I missing someone?

I maybe wrong but I think UAB only win against a ranked opponent was in late 90s against a #17 ranked ECU squad. I'm not sure if that TCU team that Hackney went Godzilla mode on was ranked though.

Didn't we beat a ranked Southern Miss team as a big underdog before the shutdown? Memory is failing me but I seem to remember a crushing upset of them.

Yeah, 2011. Callaway's last win. USM was #20. https://www.al.com/sports/2011/11/uab_st..._miss.html

So Brown and Calloway were able to get Top 25 wins against conference opponents. Hopefully we'll get to see if Clark can make it a trio.

(10-18-2021 09:39 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 08:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 07:26 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Do they count as a good opponent? I can't keep up. I think they only count if we lose but I'm not sure on their evaluation system they use.

Only if we lose to them. If we beat them they still play in the worst division of all college football and shouldn’t be proud of it.

They're good and they're ranked. Based of those facts if history is any indication UAB will not only lose this game but will probably go down by double digits. If this happens you guys will say nothing to see here and move on while telling the others it's a overreaction and you guys are beating a dead horse...lol.

I will not, and have not been a part of that group. There are two extremes on this board currently though. This team has it's issues, some can be cleaned up, some can't. I am looking to the offseason for improvements. During the season, I want UAB to perform it's best week in and week out, regardless of the style they play and how I feel about it. I don't want to come on here and basically gloat after Liberty smacks us in the mouth, because that benefits me in no way.

I like our style of play.

I like winning.

I watched 30 years of not winning and then 2 years of not playing.

I really like winning.

(10-18-2021 11:16 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I will not, and have not been a part of that group. There are two extremes on this board currently though. This team has it's issues, some can be cleaned up, some can't. I am looking to the offseason for improvements. During the season, I want UAB to perform it's best week in and week out, regardless of the style they play and how I feel about it. I don't want to come on here and basically gloat after Liberty smacks us in the mouth, because that benefits me in no way.

It's not gloating for me. It's 100% venting. I hate it when something I was concerned might happen actually happens, be it in sports, family, anything. It's not gratifying in any way. I damn sure don't want "I told you so's". I want UAB to win meaningful games and grow our fan base.

I was concerned when we only brought in one true freshman QB considering our QB's history of injuries. As I was afraid what happened the two previous seasons might happen again and I'll be damned it it didn't. TJ3 hurt and we rely on a backup for over half of the season. It wasn't difficult to see coming and it SUCKS to see it happen all over again. There were 100 QB's in the portal, a pretty unique situation. We let it pass by. Like you have noted, it's not like we had talented play makers at QB on the roster anyway.

I don't care about being right. I want to see UAB take the next step up and so far this season we haven't.

I’m 100% on board with what you’ve said about the qb situation. I agreed in the offseason, and of course agree now. There just isn’t anything we can do about where we are at now.

Ok, I'll play. Of all those QBs in the portal, please tell me which ones were gonna line up with their 1 or two years to try to unseat a 3-year starter on a defending champion who had two other guys who started multiple games behind him. Not thinking many guys who want to play right away would choose that option over a school with immediate need. As a coach, why would you take that player if you think you have three who can play who have already been in your system? It's not like Malik Willis was in portal and dialing our digits.

We signed a freshman QB. We need to sign another. If Hopkins doesn't take a step forward the rest of this year, you look at transfer portal this offseason and bring someone in to push him.

You can only sign 25 per year with a total of 85 scholarships. You can’t afford to have more than four QB on scholarship at a time

(10-18-2021 12:52 PM)blazers9911 Wrote:  I’m 100% on board with what you’ve said about the qb situation. I agreed in the offseason, and of course agree now. There just isn’t anything we can do about where we are at now.

There were many things that could have been done in the off season. There were things that could have been done during this season, like not playing your already injured QB at North Texas. If Hopkins and TJ3 were indeed neck and neck after fall camp then that should have been an easy decision. Same for Tyler playing and bless his tough heart leading a freaking sweep in a game we already had won last Saturday.

Maybe it would ease the frustration if Clark ever had to field tough questions about those decisions. Instead we get a glorified SID intern lobbing softballs like it's a high school web cast. I think a lot of the guy and want to keep him but he is getting paid $1.5 million a year. He should have to answer real questions about his program.

(10-18-2021 01:14 PM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote:  You can only sign 25 per year with a total of 85 scholarships. You can’t afford to have more than four QB on scholarship at a time

We had too many players AK didn't want on his roster at the end of last season. How did we get all these good transfers? Again, it wasn't magic, it was roster management.

The biggest reason we should have looked high and low for an upgrade at QB was precisely our personnel at that position. Isn't it that way at every other position? We needed help on our DL and brought in Justin Thomas. We lost Stacy Keeley and Garcia-Williams and brought in Jordan Smith. For some reason we can bring in jucos and transfers and they can contribute at every other position besides QB.

Who should we have brought in? Hell if I know, the OC is being well paid to get that done. Or not I guess. Can anyone tell me the name of the breakout QB that is going to elevate our offense? If you already know that then tell me some winning lottery ticket numbers.

(10-18-2021 01:17 PM)BlazerGreen Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 01:14 PM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote:  You can only sign 25 per year with a total of 85 scholarships. You can’t afford to have more than four QB on scholarship at a time

We had too many players AK didn't want on his roster at the end of last season. How did we get all these good transfers? Again, it wasn't magic, it was roster management.

The biggest reason we should have looked high and low for an upgrade at QB was precisely our personnel at that position. Isn't it that way at every other position? We needed help on our DL and brought in Justin Thomas. We lost Stacy Keeley and Garcia-Williams and brought in Jordan Smith. For some reason we can bring in jucos and transfers and they can contribute at every other position besides QB.

Who should we have brought in? Hell if I know, the OC is being well paid to get that done. Or not I guess. Can anyone tell me the name of the breakout QB that is going to elevate our offense? If you already know that then tell me some winning lottery ticket numbers.

Transfers want to play. Transfers that have proven themselves generally only have one or two years left. No proven QB transfer worth a damn is going to a program that has a starter who has led his team to back to back division championships and has two years of eligibility left. The guys wanting playing time are going to teams that have immediate need of a starter. Also remember that the vast majority of football transfers were not good enough to start at the school they are transferring from.

(10-18-2021 11:16 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 09:39 AM)HiddenDragon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 08:04 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 07:26 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Do they count as a good opponent? I can't keep up. I think they only count if we lose but I'm not sure on their evaluation system they use.

Only if we lose to them. If we beat them they still play in the worst division of all college football and shouldn’t be proud of it.

They're good and they're ranked. Based of those facts if history is any indication UAB will not only lose this game but will probably go down by double digits. If this happens you guys will say nothing to see here and move on while telling the others it's a overreaction and you guys are beating a dead horse...lol.

I will not, and have not been a part of that group. There are two extremes on this board currently though. This team has it's issues, some can be cleaned up, some can't. I am looking to the offseason for improvements. During the season, I want UAB to perform it's best week in and week out, regardless of the style they play and how I feel about it. I don't want to come on here and basically gloat after Liberty smacks us in the mouth, because that benefits me in no way.

This I can get behind. We all know the issues and I agree.

(10-18-2021 11:41 AM)DuelingDragon Wrote:  I like winning.

I watched 30 years of not winning and then 2 years of not playing.

I really like winning.

(10-18-2021 02:11 PM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote:  Transfers want to play. Transfers that have proven themselves generally only have one or two years left. No proven QB transfer worth a damn is going to a program that has a starter who has led his team to back to back division championships and has two years of eligibility left. The guys wanting playing time are going to teams that have immediate need of a starter. Also remember that the vast majority of football transfers were not good enough to start at the school they are transferring from.

Sigh. Players are brought in all the time when there are returning players at their position. They come because the coach thinks they're better, tells them that, and then they end up playing the most. Ertel, Quan, and Trey were ALWAYS going to play big minutes from the time they committed to AK. It didn't matter who was already on the roster. Same for Jordan Walker this season and probably several other guys.

Once you land who you want, you tell one or more of your current QB's they would be better off playing elsewhere. Like all those guys that transferred out of our basketball program the last two seasons. Happens every season in every college sport.

Maybe Mehrotra is the guy. You never know, although it would have been nice if he and Lucero had more offers out of high school than UAB and the Ivy League. Hopefully we hit the juco and transfer portal after this season just in case.

I like that kid Mehrotra. I think he will push the others next season and he has some skills. I still would love to bring in another QB best available. If he beats everyone out so be it. BL and DH need PT. Both can be good but they have a way to go.

Lucero should’ve been playing when we brought in our injured QB1 against friggin USM and we put him in designed runs…….

The inability to make the right decision when someone is hurt baffles me. Gets hurt vs UGA, play him and worsen it vs UNT. Lose him for most important game of season vs Lib. Now we don’t need him until La tech and we pulled that crap on Saturday vs a rival who could’ve tee’d off on him

I don't have a problem with giving TJIII a couple of series to see how he does and also give opponents something to think about, but agree I wish Lucero had gotten at least the fourth quarter Saturday with some real reps. He needs them.

There seems to be a big difference in how offense and defense are substituted.