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‘The Proof is in the pudding’: UAB Football unveils new facility
The view out of UAB Football Head Coach Bill Clark’s office overlooks the Legacy Pavilion and another outdoor practice field
- Jack Ryan, Sports Editor
#TheReturn of UAB Football comes full circle as the team’s facility receives a much-needed upgrade.
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Basketball games to watch for this season
Alex Jones - BlazeRadio General Manager
alex96@uab.edu
Welcome back to school Blazers! It’s time to set alarms and fight sleep in Sterne Library while writing papers and cramming for exams. Time to get phone numbers from classmates and then only text them for notes. When I’m not studying this year though, I will likely be at a Blazer basketball game. The men finished last season with 26 wins and only seven losses. This will be the first year for the team under the leadership of Head Coach Robert Ehsan after Jerod Haase left for Stanford. Although I will probably be in the crowd or in front of the television for every game, here are the games I’m most excited about this year:
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Blazers kick off #TheReturn with Green and Gold Scrimmage
jackryan@uab.edu
On Monday, Aug. 29, the first day of classes for the fall semester, the UAB football team took to the field for its first official scrimmage game after the program was cut on Dec. 2, 2014.
After what has been a long and shaky road, support for the program was seen in full force on Monday. UAB administration dubbed it a “historic day” for UAB, which began with the official groundbreaking of the new football operations facility at 9 a.m. At 7 p.m. the first official scrimmage of the year kicked off. An estimated 4,500 people, including nearly 2,000 students, attended the game at the BBVA Compass soccer complex.
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Blazers suffer a defeat most foul
Jack Ryan - Staff Writer
jackryan@uab.edu
In front of a sold-out crowd of 8,728 people, the UAB men’s basketball team fell to Auburn on Saturday, Dec. 3 by a score of 74-70.
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Coach Ehsan reaches first career win in season opener victory
jackryan@uab.edu
The UAB men’s basketball team defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff 86-66 in the first game of the regular season on Friday, Nov. 11.
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Has UAB outgrown Conference-USA?
alex96@uab.edu
The year 2014 was supposed to be one of promise for the Blazers.
A coach named Bill Clark came to Birmingham with an 11-4 record during his career at Jacksonville State University and led the Blazers to a 6-6 record, making the team bowl eligible for the first time since 2004. Then the football, bowling and rifle programs were shut down that December, and questions began to arise about what would happen to the athletics department. Would UAB have to leave Conference-USA? How would this affect student tuition and enrollment? Men’s basketball under then head coach Jerod Haase had just finished 2014 with a record of 4-9, and the aura around campus was somber.
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Intramurals to kick off on campus
editor@insideuab.com
While not every student can qualify for university-sanctioned sports, intramural sports offer a chance for individuals to get involved in competitive programs, with or without prior experience and regardless of gender. With registration for the fall sports starting on Sept. 8 and with enrollment for the flag football league opening that day, students may find themselves interested in or curious about what intramural sports have to offer.
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Key Blazers shine in challenging tournament
jackryan@uab.edu
Last week, the UAB men's basketball team traveled to Kansas City, Mo. to participate in the CBE Hall of Fame Classic and came back to Birmingham with a 1-1 record and a third place title.
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Lobos narrowly defeat Blazers on Senior Night
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The UAB Men’s Soccer team fell 1-0 to the No. 30 University of New Mexico Lobos on Senior Night, Wednesday, Oct. 26.
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Men, women victorious in doubleheader exhibition
jackryan@uab.edu
The UAB women's and men's basketball teams played exhibition games in a doubleheader against Tuskegee University and Lindenwood University, respectively, on Thursday, Nov. 3.
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Men’s soccer falls to Tulsa in annual classic
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The UAB men’s soccer team lost to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 1-0 on Friday, Sept. 9, falling to a 1-2-2 record.
With 10 seconds remaining in the game, the Blazers were close to the goal, but not close enough to score and tie up the game.
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UAB has a new offensive line coach after internal hire
Editor-in-Chief
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Trey Clark, UAB’s former head strength and conditioning coach, has been internally hired to replace Mike Bennefield, the previous offensive line coach.
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What you need to know about UAB’s future football operations building
Alex Wright - Sports Editor
sports@insideuab.com
The Blazers have not taken the field for an official football game in over a year. Despite the lack of game play, the recently reinstated program is continuing to move forward with the planning stages of the future football operations building.
In early February, the Board of Trustees approved plans for the first two stages of the design and construction of the new football facility. Now, it is approximately a year from the estimated completion date and the team’s return to competition. Here’s what you need to know about the new space: