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Will we be playing Troy in basketball for years to come because of Football?
Ideally, Id like home & homes with better teams but Rob does not seem to want to schedule anyone better.

(12-15-2017 10:21 AM)the_blazerman Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 09:13 AM)uabbean Wrote:  Is the Campton Bowl bigger than Troy's Stadium?

Not really. The idea isn't a home & home but a somewhat neutral site instead.

I'd like for the neutral site to have at least 35,000 seats there but I don't know of any that aren't in Auburn, Tuscaloosa, or Legion Field.

I don't know their relationship to their home (Pike County) campus but there is a Troy - Montgomery campus.

(12-16-2017 01:02 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote:  

(12-16-2017 12:42 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(12-14-2017 10:02 PM)stc Wrote:  This is different. I like it. I also like that it would be a hit ticket. Might actually help drive season ticket sales.

the vast majority of our fan base lives in the Birmingham area. having a home game in Montgomery will not help ticket sales.

Shouldn't expanding the fanbsse beyond Birmingham be a priority. If people will drive from Birmingham to Tuscaloosa to a game, they'll drive from Montgomery to Birmingham.

Plus 1 MB. I said season ticket sales. People might get season tix to ensure they get a ticket to the Troy game. There will never be any pressure to have season tickets at LF. You can always walk up. So if a ticket to Troy game at Cramton Bowl was included in season ticket purchase it might drive up sales by UAB fans on the fence.

would be an awesome atmosphere...i'm for it. Go Blazers

I think this is a great idea.

(12-15-2017 08:30 PM)cb4029 Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 02:17 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 11:13 AM)jcduncan13 Wrote:  

(12-15-2017 09:26 AM)58-56 Wrote:  Would rather play South Alabama if we're going to play in CrapTon Bowl.

The Crampton Bowl has had money pumped into it by the city and is a nice stadium. Montgomery did a better job with it compared to what our city has done with Legion. Legion needs to be demolished.

Crampton Bowl hosted B'ham University School's 1957 game against Catholic High of Montgomery. BUS had 21 players on its squad, both QBs were 8th graders (one was Tom Krebs) and our coach was Rufus Perry. We lost 72-0 only because they were nice to us, and they only played their regulars if we reached the 50 on offense. I don't remember that stadium being new then. The reason Legion Field is still in existence is found in Post #34 above.

LOL.
I love it. Did the stadium look like the picture below back in the day? It was kinda crappy back when I played high school ball. But like UABs campus, they started upgrading after I left. First they added turf. I remember the grass would be dirt and mud by the end of the season with all the games the high schools played there. They demoed the end zone, so it's no longer a horse shoe and you can no longer cross over to the other side. New, press box with suites. Updated pavilion areas. New locker rooms and a multipurpose facility in the end zone for the high schools. It's an upgrade over legion field.

Looks like Rip Hewes Stadium in Dothan with a addition of a field house in the endzone to be nice.