re: Will Bama shut down West Alabama's program?

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Nice try. UWA isn't even in the Bama system.

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LSU isn't in the Bama system either but Bryant still paid to have the games in BR played during the day

they forgot four in a reaux


and bitch.

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I think even Bama fans can admit Bryant Jr is nothing more than trailer trash living off his dad's name

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your post pretty much nails your intelligence, nimrod.

Nah West Alabama is no threat. Their players are like LSU's, they only win and reach their potential once they go on to the NFL. Except Tharold "I'm gonna own this housing project" Simon. He fricking sucks and single handedly lost Seattle the Super Bowl.

Former UNA and Temple head coach Bobby Wallace did a stint at West Alabama at the end of his career. We've had some former players start out as assistant coaches there. I think Jermemy Pruitt may have been there as well.

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I am from Alabama and have never heard of west Alabama.

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It started out as a women's college and through the years transitioned mostly to a teacher's college. Then transitioned more into what it is today. It was called Livingston University from the late 50s until the mid 90s when it was changed to University of West Alabama to try and bring attention to it more than just the immediate region.

Located in Livingston there's not much going for it except one bar called The Monkey and 1 or 2 steak houses. Most students head over to Tuscaloosa or Meridian for night life. They're a D2 school in the GSC (Gulf States Conference) whose main rival is the University of North Alabama in Florence.

They've been to the D2 playoffs in the past 2 or 3 years that I know of and have repeated as GSC champs in that time span also.

I think their enrollment is creeping barely over 5,000 but don't hold me to that. But, they've got a decent football team and just started soccer programs within the past couple years too. Basketball is meh, baseball is meh, but they have a good rodeo team which is actually fun to go watch.

Their greek life is way different than that of your SEC schools in that the sororities and fraternities have been integrated for a while and their members tend to break the mold of what you think would be in say Phi Mu at Alabama.

If a kid doesn't want to do Community College or doesn't want to go to a big school like Bama, then UWA would be that college they choose to go to. It has it's problems like most schools and like a lot of schools in the south it has it's own "good 'ol boy network" but overall it's a good school.

Like I said in an earlier post, my wife works there and she also got her masters there so I guess I could be a little biased.

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RollTide MJ

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Pretty good roundup. I adjunct teach some online classes there on occasion. Its not Harvard, but its a nice little school that serves its purpose.

The name change from Livingston University in the mid-90s was pushed by the then-president who thought Livingston sounded like a private school. There was a similar push at the University of Montebello, but they chose to keep their private-sounding name.

UWA's mascot is named LUie as an ode to Livingston University. Its a Division II school. They get marginal players that sometimes could make it even in the SEC but have had grade trouble or character flaws. Most of their roster is made up of average players who wanted to keep the dream alive.

As a couple of posters alluded to, UWA's education department is pretty good. They have several online offerings, mostly for teachers who want extra certification or an advanced degree. However, there are little to no standards for getting in, even their graduate programs.