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Posted on 5/29/15 at 1:51 pm to AU24
This was UABs plan all along. They knew they were a stagnant program so they sacrificed one year in order to get all the lazy UAB fans to finally come to games and pull out their checkbooks.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 1:53 pm to AU24
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UAB football likely coming back
WAR DAMN EAGLE!!!!!!
Posted on 5/29/15 at 1:54 pm to Rebel Land Shark
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Maybe we should add them to the SEC
Saban would never allow it. He still has nightmares about UAB, hence why he got baby bear to kill the program. It was all done so lil' Nicky can get to sleep at night.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 1:57 pm to GeauxToBed
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Saban would never allow it. He still has nightmares about UAB, hence why he got baby bear to kill the program. It was all done so lil' Nicky can get to sleep at night.
I have a feeling that you actually believe this. That makes you a very sad individual.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:02 pm to AU24
Must be joining the SEC.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:02 pm to yellowhammer2098
A unique way of revitalizing a program indeed.But for it to come back Watts will have to admit he was wrong in the first place. Just not sure he will ever do that.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:04 pm to yellowhammer2098
quote:Hell, the taxpayers are going to pay millions whether they like football or not.
pull out their checkbooks
LINK
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:05 pm to justausedcarguy
Similar to:
Tanking in the NBA in respects to sacrificing a season.
and
A parent saying "You want ice cream instead of meat loaf for dinner? Fine you can have no dinner... Oh now you want the meat loaf."
Note: I am not a parent so that may never happen but
Tanking in the NBA in respects to sacrificing a season.
and
A parent saying "You want ice cream instead of meat loaf for dinner? Fine you can have no dinner... Oh now you want the meat loaf."
Note: I am not a parent so that may never happen but
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:05 pm to AU24
18000 fans tops first game back
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:06 pm to AU24
Two things:
1) regarding UAB coming back, no one cares. If they cared in the first place attendance wouldn't have been a problem and profit would have been such that you couldn't even justify consideration of killing the program, much less actually doing it.
2) Tony Kurre knows two things very well. 1) Jack, and 2) Shite.
1) regarding UAB coming back, no one cares. If they cared in the first place attendance wouldn't have been a problem and profit would have been such that you couldn't even justify consideration of killing the program, much less actually doing it.
2) Tony Kurre knows two things very well. 1) Jack, and 2) Shite.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:06 pm to jatebe
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Hell, the taxpayers are going to pay millions whether they like football or not.
Suburbs...don't care.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:07 pm to jatebe
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Hell, the taxpayers are going to pay millions whether they like football or not.
If people really cared where their tax dollars were going in Birmingham.. I promise this would not be the main thing they were concerned about.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:10 pm to artompkins
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Where were all these big UAB guys when the seats at games were empty and the team needed support?
UAB averaged 21,841 fans per home game in 2014.
5th most in CUSA.
That's for a 6-6 team that hadn't been to a bowl game in a decade.
Why? Because it was obvious that what Bill Clark was building.
UAB just had two guys drafted and several of their transfers went to P5 schools. The program was building and if Bill Clark didn't leave for somewhere bigger then in 5 years UAB would have been the class of the CUSA and risen their program the way Memphis and Louisille did 10 years ago.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:11 pm to AU24
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UAB football likely coming back
Auburn board.
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:11 pm to asphinctersayswhat
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I have a feeling that you actually believe this.
Is the feeling in your rectum or your colon?
Your sphincter... It all makes sense now.
This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:13 pm to BowlJackson
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UAB averaged 21,841 fans per home game in 2014.
Is that "ticket sales" or actual people in the stadium?
ETA: Because Birmingham was already buying 5,000 tickets a game and UAB also purchases a lot of tickets from themselves and a lot of those tickets go unused.
This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:20 pm to yellowhammer2098
That's what reported by the NCAA. They sold nearly 22,000 tickets a game and whether or not that many people showed up they still made the money for those tickets.
Both the pictures below are from 2014. Legion Field has a current capacity of 71.5 thousand. Add in the other side of the stadium you can't see and 22k doesn't look like a stretch
Both the pictures below are from 2014. Legion Field has a current capacity of 71.5 thousand. Add in the other side of the stadium you can't see and 22k doesn't look like a stretch
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:23 pm to BowlJackson
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Add in the other side of the stadium you can't see and 22k doesn't look like a stretch
That is the main side people sit on because 1. it is in the shade and 2. it is the home side.
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This post was edited on 5/29/15 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 5/29/15 at 2:25 pm to yellowhammer2098
the year off could possibly give UAB the "new coke' bump, taking football away for a year has certainly motivated it`s fan base and contributors.
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