Raw Emotions Unleashed When UAB Football Program Disbanded

Okeechobee Joe

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UAB's football program was ended after the 2014 season due to budgetary factors. It was a sad day for the players and their fans. This video lets us have an inside picture of a college football team that we as fans don't often get to see. The man being attacked at the podium is UAB president Dr. Ray Watts as he announced the end of the football program at UAB. Football at UAB returned this year.




Fan reaction as President Watts leaves the building. For a rather large urban commuter school like UAB sports teams go a long way towards making students feel connected to something. It also pulls a city together. Schools like UA-Birmingham, Memphis, USF etc. are not national powerhouses but they have players and fans that have a lot invested in the programs.
 
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Full house Saturday. Per Stub Hub, Row 10 on the 50 going for 49.50. End Zone 17.99. Scalpers $5.00?
 

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I think that if we win this game we should tear down the goal posts and wreck the field. Sorry, wins dont just come easy anymore.
 

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I think that if we win this game we should tear down the goal posts and wreck the field. Sorry, wins dont just come easy anymore.

There's a part of me that was thrilled they already became bowl eligible, so they won't have that as an incentive against us. We've become their trap game as they set sights on the finale against Utep.
 

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Old news, and they're going to beat our tails off. Our Oline is the worst I've seen, and that says something because I lived through the Muschamp years.
 

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Old news, and they're going to beat our tails off. Our Oline is the worst I've seen, and that says something because I lived through the Muschamp years.
How much are we paying them to become our "victim"? What a deal.

Edit: Out of respect to Tom Petty, I think we should suspend the "I won't back down" tradition until next year.
 
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