Old UAB Fan
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| Registered on: | 7/20/2020 |
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re: Most Incompetent coaching ever in a single game
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/22/20 at 1:26 pm
Almost any Les Miles game that required clock management at the end of the game.
When Garrick McGee (haaawk, ptui) was HC at UAB he once chose to kick off in both halves of the same game. Supposedly this was to express confidence in his defense or some other BS story. ...
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re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/22/20 at 1:14 pm
The Alabama HS Finals used to be at Legion Field. Central location, big name stadium, 'Bama played there. Then the Iron Bowl went home and home.
They moved it to rotating between UA and AU, and it's a great recruiting tool that they won't easily give up. I suspect that what will happen is that ...
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 6:15 pm
"I have some definite problems with this stadium. The location is poor. It's not close to campus. They should have built Regions Field in the spot where that stadium is and built the stadium where Regions Park is. Would have made more logistical sense."
Regions Field was a project between the Cit...
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 4:05 pm
With the expansion into what was the grassy slope in the North end seating rises to 47k or so. That will sell out and be a competitive ticket with an SEC team in the B'ham Bowl. That said, there are no bad sight lines in that stadium design....
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 3:54 pm
Irondale has been gaining for several years. Great location, 20 min from downtown/UAB, Trussville, 280/Galleria. There are a lot of cool old houses to be bought fairly cheap and refurbed.
As to prices in Crestwood, compare to Homewood, where the prices are *really* insane for what you get. ...
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 2:08 pm
Here's the running construction cam if you're interested.
https://public.earthcam.net/Protective_Stadium.tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88A4GG_jX5QZ6UVuT746YHlc!/protective_stadium/protective_stadium_construction_cam/22nd_street_view...
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 1:32 pm
This didn't pick up as a reply. Sorry, new bulletin board format to me.
Replying to:
"This is a small stadium in the College football capital of the world for a shitty team that will never compete for a NC. It's a waste of money for a glorified high School Stadium that will never see a "BIG" ...
re: New Birmingham Bowl Stadium Progress
Posted by Old UAB Fan on 7/20/20 at 12:53 pm
World Games are scheduled to be the first event there, a year from now.
A few things:
Legion Field is all the B'ham area has for a municipal stadium. It was built while Calvin Coolidge was president. Bama played their last game there in 2003. The city spends enough on it to keep the rust ...
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