I’ve bashed my favorite college team enough to be confused for an Alabama fan…
But hey, there is one thing to look forward to:
[MikeAnderson]Baaaaassketball[/MikeAnderson]
I’m going to go watch the Blazers take on WKU tonight. WKU is an old Sun Belt rival of UAB’s and UAB leads the series 18-8. It should be a good game as the Blazers have been picked to tie Memphis for the CUSA title and WKU has been picked to win the Sun Belt title outright.
But back to the Steal Mill…
UAB had a record setting game against South Carolina State Sunday:
The Blazers, who have led the NCAA in steals per game an unprecedented three straight years, notched a school-record 23 steals and forced another school record in 38 opponent turnovers. UAB won the game, 79-48.
Squeaky Johnson led the way, setting new UAB and Conference USA single-game records for steals with 12. He was one shy of Mookie Blaylock’s NCAA record of 13.
Hat tip to StunnerJR over at BlazerTalk for the Steal Mill name.
November 29th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Cool. Have fun. My daughter loves to go to the games, but week nights are a little tough on the family. I usually don’t miss too many home games after the holidays though. Basketball is what I am all about. I watched the UMASS game on TV and the team already is looking strong.
Go Blazers!
November 29th, 2005 at 10:44 pm
Are you suggesting that us Bama football fans expect a wee bit too much out of our team?
Can’t wait to see UAB hoops take on UCF next month.
November 29th, 2005 at 11:46 pm
The guy that lives across the street from me played on the 92 National Championship team (well, played is a strong word, he was a walk on who rode the pine all year. But hey, he’s got a National Championship ring!).
He is so pissed off at Alabama’s performance this season. THEY FREAKING WON 9 games and they’re going to a good bowl game, and he’s upset?!?
I rest my case
November 30th, 2005 at 10:11 am
I guess I should persuade you to ignore the post on my old blog talking about this year being the most dismal 9-2 season in the history of the sport?
Seriously though, they looked great through the first four games and then the offense just gave out. Every game after that (except for the “mighty” Utah State) was won because of defense and the offense was just painful to watch (they only scored three offensive points against Mississippi State for crying out loud!)
Their record is so much better than the team actually was in the end. Giving up 11 sacks to Auburn? They had a stretch of 10 quarters in SEC play without an offensive touchdown. That’s pathetic. I give ‘em all the credit in the world for finding a way to win 5 of the last 7, but week in and week out they provided the world a clinic in inept offense.