UAB is 9-1

[ShakyTheMohel]

Seriously.... didn't they not have a football program 5 years ago? Now that is a quick turnaround. People cite UCF as a quick turnaround, how about starting from scratch like that.

 

[kris1]

How UAB Engineered College Football's Greatest Comeback

But to borrow a phrase from Lavar Ball, Clark wasn't afraid to speak his dream into existence. He went after the big-name players UAB wasn't accustomed to recruiting, and landed a few. And when he had all of them together, unlike a lot of coaches, he wasn't afraid to verbalize goals beyond the next week's game.
UAB coach Bill Clark stuck with the school even when the program was temporarily shut down in 2014.
"To me," Clark said, "you're never going to get where you want to go if you don't talk about things. This is our goal, and it should be. Why not just say it?"

Sadly, this is a mindset we may never have at UConn. It only takes time, when the head coach keeps saying, it's going to take time. While UConn is still playing scrimmages, UAB is becoming one of the great stories in college football. The Trailblazers, who have already locked up a spot in the C-USA championship game, have a huge test this week when they face Texas A&M.

 

[Dooley]

I always like to point at Buffalo this year. Same geographic line and just as crappy recruiting excuses.

 

[Stainmaster]

I always like to point at Buffalo this year. Same geographic line and just as crappy recruiting excuses.

6-time national champions don't grow on trees...

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

How UAB Engineered College Football's Greatest Comeback



Sadly, this is a mindset we may never have at UConn. It only takes time, when the head coach keeps saying, it's going to take time. While UConn is still playing scrimmages, UAB is becoming one of the great stories in college football. The Trailblazers, who have already locked up a spot in the C-USA championship game, have a huge test this week when they face Texas A&M.

You listen to Edsall and it seems logical that it takes time, then you see UAB and you wonder if maybe we shouldn't be so patient.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Literally rebuilding. Can we nab their coach?

 

[uconnfan68]

Literally rebuilding. Can we nab their coach?

Get the players too. Think any would be admitted?

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Get the players too. Think any would be admitted?

Haha. That’s probably a big part of it. I think they have a Last Chance U guy or two.

 

[tduconn]

Literally rebuilding. Can we nab their coach?

It isn't just the coach, its the pool of talent from which he draws. Lets be realistic, HS football talent in other regions of the country is far advanced from what you find in northeast (NE, CT, NY). I don't care who the UConn coach is, they will not get top rated recruits like UAB or most other p-5 schools. And we will not get a big name coach like the other AAC schools for the same reason........rich talent pool from which to build a resume is not readily available in this area.

Don't forget, when Lou Holtz went to South Carolina to turn their program around, the first year he went 0-11 or 0-12 and had plenty of bad losses in SEC. Yet they still had 75-80k in attendance for their home games. Why? Because they had a coach that could draw from a region heavily ripe with talent, even after being picked by more prestigious BCS programs.

I could understand why the UAB coach was able to become successful for the same reason.

 

[huskymedic]

It isn't just the coach, its the pool of talent from which he draws. Lets be realistic, HS football talent in other regions of the country is far advanced from what you find in northeast (NE, CT, NY). I don't care who the UConn coach is, they will not get top rated recruits like UAB or most other p-5 schools. And we will not get a big name coach like the other AAC schools for the same reason...rich talent pool from which to build a resume is not readily available in this area.

Don't forget, when Lou Holtz went to South Carolina to turn their program around, the first year he went 0-11 or 0-12 and had plenty of bad losses in SEC. Yet they still had 75-80k in attendance for their home games. Why? Because they had a coach that could draw from a region heavily ripe with talent, even after being picked by more prestigious BCS programs.

I could understand why the UAB coach was able to become successful for the same reason.

He also has 30 Redshirt Seniors w/ many from a who's who of top JUCO programs.

It's definitely a great resuscitation story.

 

[Hoophound]

He also has 30 Redshirt Seniors w/ many from a who's who of top JUCO programs.

It's definitely a great resuscitation story.

are going to rely on JUCO, go all in. That’s a lot of experience and physical maturity on that roster. Pretty easy to see why they are good.