Our friends at UAB are having funding problems.
https://articles.al.com/sports/index...mpression=true This has to be great for staff morale!
Our friends at UAB are having funding problems.
https://articles.al.com/sports/index...mpression=true This has to be great for staff morale!
very interesting, UAB has always been a conundrum to me. Its surprising to me that they cant get more support being in the middle of metropolitan area.
...like the TV deal sneaked up on him.
They probably have a bigger problem with casual fans than we do having two P5's in the state. Think how it would be if Tulane had stayed in the SEC way back when.
They would, but I was speaking of that effect on us and our recruiting etc. By the way Ga. Tech left about the same time and seems to almost have recovered - ACC is not quite as rich as SEC.
Try to tell the conference making gurus that.
I am curious as to why you would call Dr Maggard an idiot. One year into the job he appears to be doing a very well at the position. Time will tell but I think he might turn out to be our best AD ever and one of the best among current G5. What did he specifically do to make you call the man an idiot?
But I do agree with you I am sure there are others in the Belt, Cusa and all the G5 having some financial difficulties. Much of it brought on due to travel cost, in these spread out conferences, especially in the spring sports.
FWIW I don't think there is any animosity between ULM and the school in Lafayette's admistration. I think ULM is very great full as the school in Lafayette helped them get into the belt.
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If you believe that then I need the name of your doctor - because you have some scripts that are better than anything I can purchase on the street.
My bad, I was thinking about your commissioner rather than your AD. I have no evidence that Maggard is less than stellar as the AD of UL-Laff.
Travel cost has never been a real issue, but it has always been a convenient excuse drummed up by media types who can't run a newspaper.
Of course there is no animosity between the administration of the two schools on the highest level. Bruno is part of the UL good ole boy system that favors Lafayette.
I get UNT/FIU/Rice's problems: metro school with countless other sports teams.
What's surprising about UAB to me is there isn't another sports show in town. Larger towns without professional teams tend to support college teams very well.
Birmingham is a very cool town but it's not Miami. The night life isn't sucking so much oxygen that it prevents UAB from growing it's fan base. All I can figure is Alabama and Auburn are too popular.