Football adds UAB

[basinbear]

--they have a Med school!!!!

I know boomer.....and a great medical school

[Rainman66]

Miles from Cajun Field...

118 - Tulane
163 - latech
179 - Southern Miss
203 - Houston
203 - Rice
332 - SMU
359 - Memphis
363 - North Texas
385 - UAB
392 - UTSA
469 - Tulsa

That BARELY qualifies as regional. We have rarely played them. This places them more in the warm body category of playing MAC schools.

Certainly not awesome.

I would trade that 1 for 1 with 2 road P5 games. It is financially better and offers MUCH MORE brand growth, but I'm stupid like that.

UAB is within the recruiting footprint that Coach Napier focuses on (and all future Cajun coaches should as well) and they are currently a solid to above solid G5 program. This is a good add, IMO.

[LaCajunsFan]

UAB is within the recruiting footprint that Coach Napier focuses on (and all future Cajun coaches should as well) and they are currently a solid to above solid G5 program. This is a good add, IMO.

Yeah, I tend to agree it is a good move. Not great, but better than a lot of teams we scheduled in the past.

[Crawfish]

Miles from Cajun Field...

118 - Tulane
163 - latech
179 - Southern Miss
203 - Houston
203 - Rice
332 - SMU
359 - Memphis
363 - North Texas
385 - UAB
392 - UTSA
469 - Tulsa

That BARELY qualifies as regional. We have rarely played them. This places them more in the warm body category of playing MAC schools.

Certainly not awesome.

I would trade that 1 for 1 with 2 road P5 games. It is financially better and offers MUCH MORE brand growth, but I'm stupid like that.

Barely Regional? I live 430 miles away from Lafayette and drive it all of the time. Anytime you can play a G5 team within driving distance it is a good series.

[angeleast]

We are not doing 2 for 1s anymore according to Maggard and 2 P5 road games makes it difficult on your coaches to have success.

But yes UAB is a terrible opponent it's 6 hours away they are 27-13 the last 3 years but we should just keep rescheduling NMST and maybe get Umass to come down fans will flock to that.

I'm all in for a fair 1 and 1 series.UAB beats playing Ohio and should cost us less to travel.

[levetsj]

https://uabsports.com/sports/footbal...-lafayette/169

History from Sep 30, 2000 - Sep 21, 2002
Date Season Location Score
9/21/2002 Away Lafayette, La. L 0 - 34
9/30/2000 Home Legion Field W 47 - 2

[Million$Mullet]

https://uabsports.com/sports/footbal...-lafayette/169

History from Sep 30, 2000 - Sep 21, 2002
Date Season Location Score
9/21/2002 Away Lafayette, La. L 0 - 34
9/30/2000 Home Legion Field W 47 - 2

They lead the series 4-2

[CajunT]

Miles from Cajun Field...

118 - Tulane
163 - latech
179 - Southern Miss
203 - Houston
203 - Rice
332 - SMU
359 - Memphis
363 - North Texas
385 - UAB
392 - UTSA
469 - Tulsa

That BARELY qualifies as regional. We have rarely played them. This places them more in the warm body category of playing MAC schools.

Certainly not awesome.

I would trade that 1 for 1 with 2 road P5 games. It is financially better and offers MUCH MORE brand growth, but I'm stupid like that.

To each his own, but I'm more about playing my pears and beating them now. Wins over P5's are great, but I'm looking for consistency in winning. Playing 1 P5 program is good enough.

[angeleast]

UAB is within the recruiting footprint that Coach Napier focuses on (and all future Cajun coaches should as well) and they are currently a solid to above solid G5 program. This is a good add, IMO.

Their rising from the ashes of having no program to solid respectability is amazing.

[RaginCajun77]

https://uabsports.com/sports/footbal...-lafayette/169

History from Sep 30, 2000 - Sep 21, 2002
Date Season Location Score
9/21/2002 Away Lafayette, La. L 0 - 34
9/30/2000 Home Legion Field W 47 - 2

I remember that game at Cajun Field. Hell of a rainstorm.

[Duggie35]

Didn’t UAB win the CUSA Championship this season? Scheduling a home and home with a peer G5 conference champion seems like anything but a bad deal to me.

[RaginScotsman]

Sounds like a good deal. 1 for 1 against a peer who are on an upward swing? Playing the MAC is fine, but you'd like semi regional match ups and this is one we can drive to.