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UAB prepared to shut down football program

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Bama never wanted UAB (or any other small in-state school for that matter) around, and damn sure never wanted them to have a chance in life.


there's 7 possible in-state schools not named Auburn they could play.
they've only played 1 of those schools in their entire history (played Samford 21 times). And they haven't played them since 1944.

just did the research (not counting pre-historic games against teams no longer in Div 1):


in the History of Bama football, they've played 208 games against non-Power 5 schools.
21 of those 208 were against teams from the state of Alabama (none since end of WWII).
that's right around 10%.


compare that to LSU as an example:

LSU has 10 possible in-state opponent and have played all but 3 at least once.
212 games against non-power 5 schools (removed games against Tulane when they were in the same conference).
93 of those 212 were against teams from the State of Louisiana.
good for 44%.






Both teams played roughly the same number of games OOC against non-Power 5. Both are known to bay really good money to these small schools for these cupcake games.
Alabama appears to have gone out of their way to not spend that money in state.
LSU has done at least a decent job of keeping the money close to home.
 
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http://mweb.cbssports.com/ncaaf/eye-on-college-football/24928942/jordan-howard-transferring-to-indiana

Former UAB starting RB, Jordan Howard transferring to Indiana and won't have to sit out a year. Not much of a dropoff at all from Coleman(on paper). Howard had 1500+yds and 13tds this past year and will have 2yrs of eligibility left. Welcome to the Big 10 Mr. Howard, now don't get too butthurt when OSU beats IU by 2-3 TDs.
 
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UAB will review the future of football

There remains a glimmer of hope for the revival of UAB football. The university will vote on what to do with the future of the football program on June 1, UAB president Ray Watts has announced.

UAB announced a decision to shut down the football program in late November 2014. Despite being bowl eligible, the Blazers were left with no bowl invitation in the days following the decision to shut down the program. Watts informed the team of the decision in a meeting, which as you might imagine became a bit of an emotional scene.Conference USA has already made the decision to cut ties with UAB in the aftermath of losing the football program. Each Conference USA member must be a member in all sports, so the loss of football hurt UAB in that area, but if the school acts quickly to pretend it was all a bad dream then perhaps there is a chance Conference USA might reconsider its decision, which it should if UAB commits to bring football back to life.
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UPDATE (4:35 p.m.): Here is a copy of the letter shared by Watts, courtesy of UAB;

Students, faculty and staff,
As you likely know, we are anticipating receipt on May 15 of the College Sports Solutions (CSS) review, commissioned by the Athletic Assessment Task Force, of what CSS projects it would cost to invest adequately in our current athletics programs and reinstate and support football, rifle and bowling programs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The Task Force was also charged with determining what financial resources are needed beyond what UAB has previously committed to its athletic programs in order to reinstate a consistently successful football program and to determine if external, private funding exists to sustain such an effort.

Again, the report is due May 15, 2015. The UAB senior leadership team will be consulting with various stakeholders within the UAB community. We will consider the report’s findings, along with other important, valuable and mission-critical data, in order to make the best decision for UAB going forward, guided by our vision, mission and strategic plan.

We plan to make an announcement by June 1. This announcement will be made via our website, social media channels and by email when an official decision has been reached.

With best wishes,

Ray L. Watts

President

Entire article: http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...l-vote-to-reinstate-football-freeuab/related/
 
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