EchoBooming in Birmingham

Jason said:

I had a weird dream last night dude
we were all watching football
and UAB didnt commit a bunch of turnovers
and then they ran the ball [very well, ed.]
and then they won
it was weird, it felt almost real

UAB 37 Memphis 20

It’s not too much of a surprise though because I knew 2 things going into this season:
Southern Miss would beat UAB for the 6th time in a row (and they did).
UAB would beat Memphis for the 6th time in a row (and we did).

I was honestly a bit scared during most of the first half. We dropped 4 key passes early in the game (including 2 in the endzone).
But after we traded interceptions with Memphis late in the 2nd quarter, the game was all UAB.
We scored 20 unanswered points in the second half and we held the Tigers to a big goose egg .

I also saw something that I haven’t seen all season long: Animated coaching on the sidelines. You could tell that the coaches (especially Watson and Bolt) had a lot riding on this game (namely their jobs). They were emotional, they were yelling, they were excited. I’m not changing my opinion of the current coaching staff (I still want a complete coaching change at UAB), but I’m glad to see that they’re at least back into the game.

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First Downs: UAB 31, Memphis 19
Third Down Conversions: UAB 3-12, Memphis 5-13
Fourth Down Conversions: UAB 2-3, Memphis 1-3
Total Yards: UAB 545, Memphis 394
Penalties: UAB 4-30, Memphis 9-79
Turnovers: UAB 1, Memphis 3
Time of Possession: UAB 32:26, Memphis 27:07

INDIVIDUALS
RUSHING:
Memphis: Williams 21-171, Avery 15-39
UAB: White 27-193, Chaney 6-23

PASSING:
Memphis: Avery 16-21, 140 yds., 1 TD, 2 int.
UAB: Hackney 25-42, 334 yds., 4 TD, 1 int.

RECEIVING
Memphis: Doucette 2-45, Jones 3-34 (1 TD), Knockum 2-28
UAB: Lindsey 7-111 (2 TD), Cook 4-86 (1 TD), Chaney 3-31