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Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:49 pm to ChexMix
quote:That's what's wrong with the whole situation
they knew they were operating on borrowed time.
Posted on 12/4/14 at 11:52 pm to Rig
quote:exactly. UAB was never going to be allowed to have a successful athletic program, especially in football. Lack of funding and the Alabama BOT interfering in every major decision that could move their program forward.
That's what's wrong with the whole situation
ETA, tbh, as long as it doesnt affect Auburn in anyway, i am indifferent.
This post was edited on 12/4/14 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 12:45 am to ChexMix
Fwiw. There is a reason that AUM will never have a football team. There is always the possibility that they could become good and compete with Auburn. Even if it is a few million dollars 20 years down the road the ptb would never let it happen.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:39 am to BZ853
AUM students can get Auburn Student football tickets. Credits transfer without question. It is run as an extension school. It offers no programs not offered at Auburn.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: you could add prestige, UAB medical school and hospital have a lot more prestige than Ttown. Plus they offer degrees not found at Ttown. Look for the complete elimination of scholarship athletics at UAB within 5 years.
FOLLOW THE MONEY: you could add prestige, UAB medical school and hospital have a lot more prestige than Ttown. Plus they offer degrees not found at Ttown. Look for the complete elimination of scholarship athletics at UAB within 5 years.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:49 am to allin2010
quote:Before there was a football program at UAB, students there still were not able to get student tickets to UA games could they?
AUM students can get Auburn Student football tickets.
I seem to remember back in the day a story of a student meeting trying to get the football program started and the response from the UAT rep was, "You have a football team to support in Tuscaloosa." The followup question was then something along the lines of "Can we get student tickets?" and they were told no.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:09 am to PJinAtl
That's what so shitty about this. Uat is only using UAB for academic purposes.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:06 am to PJinAtl
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students there still were not able to get student tickets to UA games could they?
I was a student at UAB before UAB had football and you are correct, we could not get student tickets to UA games.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 11:51 am to MTurbo
Something that has not been spoken about, but when UAB was still in its infancy trying to build a fanbase and only drawing 20,000 fans this was their schedule in 2002, look at the home opponents:
.08/31/02 at Florida TV Gainesville, Fla. L, 51-3
09/07/02 vs. Troy St TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 27-26
09/14/02 vs. Pittsburgh TV Birmingham, Ala. L, 26-20
09/21/02 at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. L, 34-0
09/28/02 vs. Memphis * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 31-17
10/12/02 vs. Houston * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 51-34
10/19/02 at Tulane * TV New Orleans, La. L, 35-14
10/26/02 at Army * TV West Point, NY W, 29-26
11/09/02 vs. Southern Miss * TV Birmingham, Ala. L, 20-13
11/16/02 vs. East Carolina * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 36-29
11/23/02 at Louisville * TV Louisville, KY L, 41-21
11/30/02 at Cincinnati * TV Cincinnati, Ohio L, 31-23
If they still had home games against teams like, Pitt, Houston,East carolina, etc those numbers this year would be much more than 20,000 plus. I guess what I am trying to say is the numbers of fans attending games in 2014 against leser team is the same as it was in 2003 it seems like fan interest has grown. How many more thousands would have shown up with that 2003 home schedule this year?
.08/31/02 at Florida TV Gainesville, Fla. L, 51-3
09/07/02 vs. Troy St TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 27-26
09/14/02 vs. Pittsburgh TV Birmingham, Ala. L, 26-20
09/21/02 at Louisiana-Lafayette Lafayette, La. L, 34-0
09/28/02 vs. Memphis * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 31-17
10/12/02 vs. Houston * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 51-34
10/19/02 at Tulane * TV New Orleans, La. L, 35-14
10/26/02 at Army * TV West Point, NY W, 29-26
11/09/02 vs. Southern Miss * TV Birmingham, Ala. L, 20-13
11/16/02 vs. East Carolina * TV Birmingham, Ala. W, 36-29
11/23/02 at Louisville * TV Louisville, KY L, 41-21
11/30/02 at Cincinnati * TV Cincinnati, Ohio L, 31-23
If they still had home games against teams like, Pitt, Houston,East carolina, etc those numbers this year would be much more than 20,000 plus. I guess what I am trying to say is the numbers of fans attending games in 2014 against leser team is the same as it was in 2003 it seems like fan interest has grown. How many more thousands would have shown up with that 2003 home schedule this year?
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