UAB got its second bowl win in team history Saturday. DeWayne McBride rushed for over 180 yards in the Blazers’ 31-28 upset over No. 13 BYU in the Independence Bowl. The win means UAB finishes the season at 9-4 and has won at least nine games in three of the past four seasons. It’s an incredible turnaround for a program that didn’t exist in 2015 and 2016 after it was shut down. UAB hadn’t finished above .500 from 2005-2014 and university leaders didn’t think the program was worth… Source link
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The American Athletic Conference is on the cusp of expanding. The league will be examining expansion and is expecting applications from six schools this week: Florida Atlantic, Charlotte, North Texas, UTSA, Rice and UAB, sources told Yahoo Sports. The schools applying to the conference is a critical step in the formal process for new members, and the acceptance of the six schools is typically considered a formality in these situations. The process is expected to play out through the course of… Source link
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