Football adds UAB

[cajun_lannister]

Louisiana, UAB add home/home series; 2023 at UAB, 2026 at Louisiana

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) February 4, 2020

[ULvictory]

Awesome stuff!

[CajunNation]

Awesome stuff!

What is awesome about playing Alabama-Birmingham?

[cajun_lannister]

What is awesome about playing Alabama-Birmingham?

A Regional team that people actually know ..

[basinbear]

What is awesome about playing Alabama-Birmingham?

Familiarity....

[Boomer]

Familiarity....

------they have a Med school!!!!

[CajunEXPRESS]

------they have a Med school!!!!

So does USA.

[cajun_lannister]

So does USA.

And Arkansas state

[BeauCajun]

Will that make 3 FBS schools in 2023?

[Turbine]

UAB beat Tech this year and like Louisiana lost to App and Miss St.

[CajunNation]

A Regional team that people actually know ..

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.

[cajun_lannister]

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.

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.