I love who we are...

[runt96]

I love Seth, and I love who we are and where we’re going, but.....look where UAB was, where they went, and where they currently are. Look at where Appalachian State is, what are these coaches salaries? What is the secret? Are they playing for the absolute best results possible? Would they trade for what we have?

[Cr1028]

Comparing UAB to anybody is not a fair comparison.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/second-chance-u-uab-its-own-guinea-pig-as-college-footballs-biggest-do-over/

One big reason UAB could sign so many jucos is the NCAA won't start counting the Blazers' Academic Progress Rate scores until September 2017, according to Ingram. APR tracks players' progress toward their degree and can result in penalties for a team if it doesn't maintain a minimum score.

If too many UAB players flunk out between now and next September, "it doesn't hurt us from an APR perspective," Ingram says. "It gives us a little more latitude to [sign junior college players] than we would under normal circumstances."

 

The NCAA will be answering long-term eligibility questions for many UAB players at various points in their career. In order for UAB to recruit jucos, the NCAA is allowing the school to apply for individual waivers of an extension on their eligibility clock. Otherwise, jucos likely wouldn't have signed in 2016 knowing they would lose a year of eligibility.

 

Because C-USA wanted UAB back without a transition period, the NCAA waived a rule requiring FBS teams to have at least 90 percent of their 85 scholarships awarded on a rolling two-year average. UAB signed 37 players in 2016, causing at least one C-USA school to express concern that the NCAA is allowing UAB to oversign and receive recruiting advantages.

Edited December 22, 2019 by Cr1028

[Rudy]

I think the biggest difference is that we are now finally getting an administration that sees the true value of athletics to a college and are actually waning to invest in winning programs. In addition to UAB's case, their program was criminally disbanded by the University of Alabama System because they wanted to funnel all of the resources to the tide. UAB had the fan and student support all along. It's why the assholes who killed the program had to be escorted out for their safety. 

[FirefightnRick]

UAB, another conference mate we lost to who was dominated by a power run-first offense.

 

Rick

[eulessismore]

3 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

UAB, another conference mate we lost to who was dominated by a power run-first offense.

 

Rick

I honestly didn't think UAB was very good when we played them, and nothing I saw yesterday changed my mind.  I guess one difference between us and them when we played this year was they had something to play for. Mason gave us all he had in that last game, but with little support, and plenty of reasons to question whether he was healthy enough to play.

[greenminer]

5 hours ago, FirefightnRick said:

UAB, another conference mate we lost to who was dominated by a power run-first offense.

 

Rick

Might be worth looking at all the conference title games and bowl matchups and seeing how well the run-first offenses do.

[SteaminWillieBeamin]

Look at Liberty. 

 

Gross.