Posts Tagged ‘U.A.B.’
The Year in Review: Florida St. (9-4, 5-3)
By Paul Myerberg // Jan 27, 2012
Imagine we live in an alternate universe, one where the University of Alabama system Board of Trustees can’t unilaterally dictate the ebb and flow of its athletic programs located outside of Tuscaloosa. It’s a difficult situation to consider, I know, but suspend your disbelief for the interest of this scenario. So it’s the winter of 2006, and U.A.B. reaches out to — nay, actually agrees to a contract with — L.S.U. offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher, who had just completed his seventh season as an assistant in Baton Rouge. The contract, which hovered around $600,000 annually, was very much in line with what Fisher demanded as a national title-winning assistant coach; in addition, two members of the U.A.B. community offered to pay half of his annual contract.
Tags: Alabama Board of Trustees, Bjoern Werner, E.J. Manuel, Florida State, Jimbo Fisher, Lamarcus Joyner, Nigel Bradham, Rashad Greene, U.A.B.
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Schnellenberger Gets in the Win Column
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 27, 2011
Howard Schnellenberger’s college coaching career began in Coral Gables, will end in nearby Boca Raton, and in between took him to stops in Louisville and Norman. His career will end, more or less, in the same way it began: in victory. Schnellenberger won his debut at Miami (Fla.) on Sept. 15, 1979, beating Louisville, 24-12. His won the second-to-last game of his coaching career yesterday, as Florida Atlantic, now 1-10, beat U.A.B. by 38-35. In doing so, the Owls became the final F.B.S. team in the country to win a game.
Tags: Florida Atlantic, Howard Schnellenberger, Miami (Fla.), U.A.B.
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It’s Not Illegal, But It’s Certainly Criminal
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 4, 2011
A meeting of the University of Alabama Board of Trustees is currently in session, with a slate of topics ranging from the establishment of another medical institute at U.A.B. to construction of a Digital Media Center at the state’s flagship university in Tuscaloosa to the even more mundane, such as considering tenure for various professors in the university system. There’s even a section — Header G, Part 2, Section A — devoted to construction projects on tap for approval or disapproval at U.A.B.: four items, in fact, four projects that the Board of Trustees deem vital to the further growth of the university system as a whole.
Tags: Alabama, Alabama Board of Trustees, Paul Bryant Jr., U.A.B.
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Highlighting a Comment on U.A.B.
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 4, 2011
I understand the particulars of the circumstances and grasp the basic principles behind each side’s point of view in the argument between U.A.B. and the University of Alabama board of trustees over construction of an on-campus stadium, but have seemingly failed in grasping the basic tenor of this situation, as a good portion of comments have suggested. In the main post from two days ago, a comment from Perry, a U.A.B. graduate, stood out to the point where I believe giving the comment its own post was warranted. All words that follow are Perry’s:
The real question here is if there is a conflict of interest on the board of trustees that prevents the board from objectively administering the three campuses without favoring one over the others. I think the answer to that question is a clear yes.
Tags: Alabama, U.A.B.
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U.A.B.’s Future Goes From Bleak to Dire
By Paul Myerberg // Nov 2, 2011
There are the haves and there are the have-nots in college football, as we all know. The haves are the haves because they, well, have things. They have nice facilities. They have history. They have a good coach, they have a strong roster and, perhaps most of all, they have a dedicated base of support. And all haves share one thing: all have a stadium. Their own stadium. Even the vast majority of the have-nots have their own, football-dedicated on-campus stadium — one who doesn’t, and might not for a long, long time, is U.A.B.
Tags: Alabama, Legion Field, U.A.B.
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Ten Themes for Saturday: Week 8
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 22, 2011
Ten teams, themes, players and games to watch on Saturday. Pretty straightforward. Here we go:
This is messy The Big East’s worst fear is going to come true, if last night’s disaster is any indication. Syracuse didn’t just beat West Virginia; Syracuse stomped all over West Virginia, dropping the Mountaineers from the ranks of the conference unbeaten and forming a quagmire of 1-1 teams in the middle of the Big East. The conference standings heading into today find Cincinnati at 1-0, Rutgers just behind at 2-1, five teams at 1-1 – including the Orange and the Mountaineers – and one team, South Florida, at 0-2. This isn’t good. Such a turn of events creates the painful possibility of Syracuse facing off against Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, or worse yet, another Big East team being led to the slaughter against the Big 12 in the Fiesta Bowl. There’s still plenty of conference season to go, but one thing is clear: West Virginia is not the conference powerhouse some expected it would be.
Tags: Alabama, Andrew Luck, Big East, Conference USA, Fresno State, Georgia Tech, Keith Price, L.S.U., Memphis, Miami (Fla.), Nevada, Notre Dame, Pac-12, S.M.U., Southern Mississippi, Stanford, Syracuse, Tyrann Mathieu, U.A.B., U.S.C., WAC, Washington, West Virginia
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Ten Themes for Saturday: Week 7
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 15, 2011
Ten teams, themes, games and players to watch on Saturday. Pretty straightforward. Here we go:
No James, no problem There’s a great scene in the movie “Moneyball,” which I think most of us have seen, where Brad Pitt, playing A’s general manager Billy Beane, explains how no, his team can’t replace Jason Giambi. But the A’s can replace his numbers, Pitt-as-Beane explains — not with one player, but with an amalgam of three of four different players. Oregon’s taking the same approach with LaMichael James, the nation’s leading rusher, who will likely not play in tonight’s possible preview of the Pac-12 title game against Arizona State. It won’t be Kenjon Barner taking the reins with 30 carries; it won’t be De’Anthony Thomas; it won’t be Tra Carson. It’ll be all three, with Barner perhaps getting more touches than his true freshmen teammates but Thomas and Hopkins certainly in line for significant carries. Thomas has been everything he was hyped up to be, both as a runner and a receiver. Look for Oregon to again try to get him in space against the Sun Devils.
Tags: Big East, Boise State, Conference USA, De'Anthony Thomas, Florida Atlantic, Houston, Indiana, Kejon Barner, LaMichael James, Michigan, Michigan State, Middle Tennessee State, Missouri, Mountain West, New Mexico, Oregon, S.M.U., U.A.B., Willie Simmons, Wisconsin
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The Ragin’ Cajuns; Non-B.C.S. Themes
By Paul Myerberg // Oct 4, 2011
The Associated Press sends a reporter to every single F.B.S. game — or every game featuring at least one F.B.S. team — and God bless the venerable old institution for that. Alabama games get about 800 words, I’d imagine. Saturday’s game in Madison garnered 730 words of coverage, though it was likely more than that before editors for your local sports site chopped it down to size. The tale of Louisiana-Lafayette’s win over Florida Atlantic on Saturday was told in 150 words: five paragraphs, with 31 of the 150 words being proper nouns — Louisiana-Lafayette, or Brett Baer, or Blaine Gautier. What’s my point? I don’t have one. It’s just interesting, in my mind. And before I forget: the Ragin’ Cajuns are 4-1. Touching on Louisiana-Lafayette and other non-B.C.S. conference themes:
Tags: Boise State, Dan McCarney, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Houston, Hugh Freeze, J.J. McDermott, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mark Hudspeth, Miami (Ohio), New Mexico, S.M.U., San Jose State, T.C.U., Temple, Toledo, U.A.B., Western Kentucky
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