re: Are Alabama fans pulling for UAB right now?

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I have always wished we would play UAB and South Alabama in football. There just isn't a downside to it

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Yes there is, especially for UAB. Programs like UAB need high dollar payouts for "buy games." You think the UA system would pay UAB to travel to BDS to play Bama? No chance.

From the UA perspective, instead of a game against a team that knows they're going to lose you get a team full of kids who mostly grew up in Alabama and believe they can play at Bama and come in with a chip on their shoulder. It's like playing Auburn.