Well UAB football started as a club team back in 1989. We've been Division 1 since 1996. We've been to one bowl game which was in 2004. Probably the most notable player to come out of our program is Roddy White. Joe Webb also came from UAB and is the second string QB for the Vikings. Unfortunately since we became Division 1 our head coaches have been atrocious. Watson Brown came first and took us to a bowl game. Unfortunately there was no discipline in the program and for the talent he was able to recruit they underachieved. One of his teams was able to knock off LSU in Nick Saban's first year. He resigned back in 2006. We went after Jimbo Fisher and he was ready to sign the contract. Unfortunately we are in the UA System whose board of trustees only have Alabama's interests in mind. They vetoed his contract due to "financial reasons" when in reality half his compensation was to be funded privately by boosters and the school would be paying him less than we did Watson Brown. Most people think they were hoping Nick Saban would hire Fisher as his offensive coordinator. Anyway, we got Neil Callaway who was a career assistant and sought after by no one else. His records were 2-10, 4-8, 5-7, 4-8, and 3-9. The hire was never popular with the fanbase and he was never the kind of guy we needed. He's a great assistant, but a terrible head coach. No fire or charisma. He got fired a day after the last game of this past season. We hired Garrick McGee beginning of December and since then there has been a level of excitement like never before. The players really seem to be buying into it and learning the new offense well. We've got a good QB coming into this year, good receivers, and a solid backfield. The biggest question mark. Our defense has been pretty bad in recent years but after spring practice McGee said he thought our D-line would be a strong point. It's really hard to tell what will happen this year. McGee has said the talent level we have exceeded his expectations. I could definitely see us going to a bowl game. If nothing else, I think we'll be much more competitive in each game. As far as the school, UAB has been around since 1969. While we've historically been a commuter school, UAB has really started to become a more residential campus. This should provide some good information as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAB_Blazers_football
because the ex kept the son 4 hours longer than the court allows:bones:..and my 14 year old son is like please don't report it dad.
Then Bucknut basically called me a douche
...and then you started playing violins.:tic:
