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الأحد، 30 نوفمبر 2014

Report: UAB to lose football plan

The University of Alabama-Birmingham has fired sports manager Brian Mackin and means to shut down its football plan amid extensive changes to a financially struggling fit section, according to multiple media outlets.

The school will declare the move, which trainer Bill Clark had indicated he firmly worried, in a news conference Thursday, according to Sports Illustrated. The Blazers defeat Southern Miss, 45-24, on Saturday to become bowl-eligible with a 6-6 record under first year coach Bill Clark.

Atlanta Falcons star receiver Roddy White is the most notable NFL players from UAB. He caught 163 passes for 3,112 yards and 26 touchdowns at the school from 2001-2004 to become a first-round pick by the Falcons in the 2005 NFL Draft.

White expressed his support for the plan Saturday after the triumph over Southern Miss:

السبت، 25 أكتوبر 2014

Arkansas pulls off lineman-to-long snapper TD pass

Arkansas pulled off the kind of craziness normally allowed for backyard football matches among the bros.

Arkansas’ 350-pound offensive guard Sebastian Tretola lined up at quarterback in a unbalanced line shotgun configuration and completed a six-yard TD pass to Alan D’Appollonio. D’Appollonio, it needs to be said, is the Razorbacks’ long snapper. The effect is an offensive lineman-to-long snapper, fat-man-throws-TD, once in a lifetime occasion.

In the 2nd quarter of its own match against Alabama-Birmingham, Arkansas confronted a fourth-and-goal in the UAB 6-yard line. That is when the Razorbacks dialed up the magic.

Now, have a look at the insanity from a different perspective.

الاثنين، 22 سبتمبر 2014

Ameer Abdullah: Jameis Winston has "long way to go" in adulthood

Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah needs what Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston already has — a Heisman Trophy — but it was Abdullah doling out some serious guidance for Winston on Monday.

The two school stars both hail from Alabama and consider each other friends. They were high school competitions in the Birmingham region, however they attended several summer camps jointly and apparently prepared together at exactly the same fitness center.

Nevertheless, Winston has been no stranger to off-the-field problems, as well as the episode that resulted in his suspension from Florida State’s game against Clemson — Winston shouted an obscene phrase within the student union — has seemingly rankled his fellow Heisman Trophy candidate and buddy. The Cornhuskers star directed a message Monday directly at Winston: Grow up.

"(Winston is) a very intelligent young man," Abdullah told the Associated Press. & quot;But he’s made his fair share of errors. It gets to the point at which you are feeling like he needs to begin understanding and take things more seriously because these matters can change what the results are in his future."