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RE: An article and perspective about the Troy/UAB rivalry "war"
(08-29-2014 03:55 PM)Usajags Wrote:  My dislike for UAb comes mostly from their fans on this board. When I was allowed on the CUSA and UAB sites, I was immediately berated for anything I had to say. So my hatred began for the fans more for then the program. Having lived in Birmingham for over 10 years now I used to go to UAb games quite a bit, and rooted for the boys in gold and green. But now that I have my own team, finally, I get to have pride in my own program. And with that, I get to have rivalries. UAb is the program I have decided to love to hate. It's simply that. I do feel for you guys as a fan base having to deal with the things that you have to deal with. However, I will use that to my advantage at any time to throw you guys under the bus. Just part of the fun of college sports. Except for when you play an SBC team, I will hope for wins for you guys. Y'all have a long way to go to prove that you deserve your OCS, and as of right now, you haven't proven you deserve it. The "Build it and they will come" scenario just doesn't work for you guys.

Hope that clears things up for you.

GO JAGS!!! BEAT UAb!!!(next year)

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(08-29-2014 03:17 PM)BlazerDave Wrote:  
(08-27-2014 12:21 PM)Usajags Wrote:  I wish all the luck to Coach Clark, may be the best shot UAb has at actually becoming a winner. However, I dislike UAb with all my being, and want nothing more then to see them lose this week and every other week as well.

I really hate that Coach Clark left JSU, but I think Grass can keep that train going too. Was a bad choice by Clark to take the UAb job, hold out another season at JSU and probably would of had a much better offer somewhere else. Somewhere where you can actually win a football game.

Go Troy for this one.

Just curious. but why the strong dislike for UAB?

He was kicked off blazertalk years ago and holds a grudge.
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I got kicked for asking a question that no one wanted to answer. I when I pointed out the flaws in your logic, I got the boot. But my hatred started well before the boot.04-cheers
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(08-29-2014 04:53 PM)Usajags Wrote:  I got kicked for asking a question that no one wanted to answer. I when I pointed out the flaws in your logic, I got the boot. But my hatred started well before the boot.04-cheers

I doubt you found a flaw in my logic
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For those in the Austin, TX area, This game will be on the Fox Sports college Sports channel (AT&T Uverse 648) at 11:00 am.
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(08-29-2014 03:55 PM)Usajags Wrote:  My dislike for UAb comes mostly from their fans on this board. When I was allowed on the CUSA and UAB sites, I was immediately berated for anything I had to say. So my hatred began for the fans more for then the program. Having lived in Birmingham for over 10 years now I used to go to UAb games quite a bit, and rooted for the boys in gold and green. But now that I have my own team, finally, I get to have pride in my own program. And with that, I get to have rivalries. UAb is the program I have decided to love to hate. It's simply that. I do feel for you guys as a fan base having to deal with the things that you have to deal with. However, I will use that to my advantage at any time to throw you guys under the bus. Just part of the fun of college sports. Except for when you play an SBC team, I will hope for wins for you guys. Y'all have a long way to go to prove that you deserve your OCS, and as of right now, you haven't proven you deserve it. The "Build it and they will come" scenario just doesn't work for you guys.

Hope that clears things up for you.

GO JAGS!!! BEAT UAb!!!(next year)

The ones on this board are the only ones I know, or ever met.

I spent 6 years about in Birmingham.

I've known plenty of Troy people, Alabama A&M folks, Samford, Faulkner, etc but UAB people seem to the rarest. There just isn't a lot of pride in the school.
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(08-29-2014 08:17 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  
(08-29-2014 03:55 PM)Usajags Wrote:  My dislike for UAb comes mostly from their fans on this board. When I was allowed on the CUSA and UAB sites, I was immediately berated for anything I had to say. So my hatred began for the fans more for then the program. Having lived in Birmingham for over 10 years now I used to go to UAb games quite a bit, and rooted for the boys in gold and green. But now that I have my own team, finally, I get to have pride in my own program. And with that, I get to have rivalries. UAb is the program I have decided to love to hate. It's simply that. I do feel for you guys as a fan base having to deal with the things that you have to deal with. However, I will use that to my advantage at any time to throw you guys under the bus. Just part of the fun of college sports. Except for when you play an SBC team, I will hope for wins for you guys. Y'all have a long way to go to prove that you deserve your OCS, and as of right now, you haven't proven you deserve it. The "Build it and they will come" scenario just doesn't work for you guys.

Hope that clears things up for you.

GO JAGS!!! BEAT UAb!!!(next year)

The ones on this board are the only ones I know, or ever met.

I spent 6 years about in Birmingham.

I've known plenty of Troy people, Alabama A&M folks, Samford, Faulkner, etc but UAB people seem to the rarest. There just isn't a lot of pride in the school.

Being so frequently hamstrung by people who theoretically work FOR you tends to have a demoralizing affect. That'd be the Tuscaloosa country club, er, the UA Board of Trustees.
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(08-30-2014 06:00 AM)Smaug Wrote:  
(08-29-2014 08:17 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  
(08-29-2014 03:55 PM)Usajags Wrote:  My dislike for UAb comes mostly from their fans on this board. When I was allowed on the CUSA and UAB sites, I was immediately berated for anything I had to say. So my hatred began for the fans more for then the program. Having lived in Birmingham for over 10 years now I used to go to UAb games quite a bit, and rooted for the boys in gold and green. But now that I have my own team, finally, I get to have pride in my own program. And with that, I get to have rivalries. UAb is the program I have decided to love to hate. It's simply that. I do feel for you guys as a fan base having to deal with the things that you have to deal with. However, I will use that to my advantage at any time to throw you guys under the bus. Just part of the fun of college sports. Except for when you play an SBC team, I will hope for wins for you guys. Y'all have a long way to go to prove that you deserve your OCS, and as of right now, you haven't proven you deserve it. The "Build it and they will come" scenario just doesn't work for you guys.

Hope that clears things up for you.

GO JAGS!!! BEAT UAb!!!(next year)

The ones on this board are the only ones I know, or ever met.

I spent 6 years about in Birmingham.

I've known plenty of Troy people, Alabama A&M folks, Samford, Faulkner, etc but UAB people seem to the rarest. There just isn't a lot of pride in the school.

Being so frequently hamstrung by people who theoretically work FOR you tends to have a demoralizing affect. That'd be the Tuscaloosa country club, er, the UA Board of Trustees.

If you don't like it then you should have gone to school elsewhere.

Besides, the board is the UA BOT who is constitutionally bound to further the interests of UA and the state. Thats the little tidbit in the setup that allows you to exist but the board setup and constitution ensures you are what you were intended to be, a branch.

That's why the important school doesn't carry 3 letters.
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If UAb had an alumni that supported the school, donated to the school, they would have what they wanted. Problem is, they don't. The school just doesn't get that kind of support from their wealthy alumni, and there is has to be some, it is a medical school after all. Unless none of the doctors it produces are successful.
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The medical school is not all UAB's.

It's technically the University of Alabama school of Medicine.
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UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.
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(08-30-2014 09:55 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  The medical school is not all UAB's.

It's technically the University of Alabama school of Medicine.

Almost positive that its the UAB School of Medicine...not technically but in fact.
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(08-30-2014 09:58 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.

They may suck at football but they are hardly inferior academically and there are plenty on non medical ranked programs on that list.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...l-rankings
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(08-30-2014 11:12 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 09:55 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  The medical school is not all UAB's.

It's technically the University of Alabama school of Medicine.

Almost positive that its the UAB School of Medicine...not technically but in fact.

It is the University of Alabama School of Medicine. The Dean is appointed by the President of UAB and functions under his guidance but reports directly to the BOT through the University of Alabama Medical Education Program.

The confused setup is all because of the restrictions places on the setup by the State Constitution.

It is a vertical setup, from Chancellor to President of UA with two offshoots at UAB and UAH.

However, everything is, truthfully, UA's since UA is the only school with a Board and the only one allowed by the Constitutional provision.
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(08-30-2014 11:16 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 09:58 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.

They may suck at football but they are hardly inferior academically and there are plenty on non medical ranked programs on that list.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...l-rankings

Lol at that poster calling them an inferior school
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(08-30-2014 11:16 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 09:58 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.

They may suck at football but they are hardly inferior academically and there are plenty on non medical ranked programs on that list.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...l-rankings

Within the State, you go to UAB if you can't go to UA or AU for whatever reason, if you didn't get in, can't afford it, or can't commute etc.
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(08-30-2014 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 11:16 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 09:58 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.

They may suck at football but they are hardly inferior academically and there are plenty on non medical ranked programs on that list.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...l-rankings

Within the State, you go to UAB if you can't go to UA or AU for whatever reason, if you didn't get in, can't afford it, or can't commute etc.
People say that about GSU as well and while that may have been true in 1989 it far from true in 2014. I imagine just by a cursory look at their academic rankings that the same is true for UAB. Strictly commuter and feeder universities dont have ranked programs as national universities.
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(08-30-2014 11:42 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 11:23 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 11:16 AM)panama Wrote:  
(08-30-2014 09:58 AM)HeartOfDixie Wrote:  UAB without the medical school, which is not the UAB school of medicine is just an overflow university primarily for kids from Birmingham.

After experiencing some of the anger and vitriol from the UAB people on these boards it's kind of peaked my interest in this sort of underground movement of angry UAB people. It's sort of interesting, and sad really.

Why people would choose the inferior school in a system of non-equals and then complain about their treatment is odd.

They may suck at football but they are hardly inferior academically and there are plenty on non medical ranked programs on that list.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreview...l-rankings

Within the State, you go to UAB if you can't go to UA or AU for whatever reason, if you didn't get in, can't afford it, or can't commute etc.
People say that about GSU as well and while that may have been true in 1989 it far from true in 2014. I imagine just by a cursory look at their academic rankings that the same is true for UAB. Strictly commuter and feeder universities dont have ranked programs as national universities.

It shows the strength of the UA system. Almost every ranking UAB enjoys is bested by UA, and also by AU to be fair. The strength of UAB is everything connected directly and indirectly, like biology, healthcare management, psychology, etc, to the medical school. The UA School of Medicine at that.

A comparison to other setups and situations in other states isn't really helpful when you grasp how complex the system is setup in Alabama.

The wider point is that UAB isn't hampered by the UA BOT. It doesn't exist without it and it must have its connection to UA.
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Heart of Dixie, if you not going to speak truthfully about UAB then just don't say anything at all.

Link to UAB School of Medicine: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/

What you are referring to is UAHSF: http://www.uabmedicine.org/careers/ua-he...on-careers

Two seperate entities. Also, it is harder to get into UAB than UA. And people pick UAB, UA, or AU based on majors, not because you can't get accepted into one or another. Mic dropped!!!
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(08-30-2014 12:19 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Heart of Dixie, if you not going to speak truthfully about UAB then just don't say anything at all.

Link to UAB School of Medicine: http://www.uab.edu/medicine/home/

What you are referring to is UAHSF: http://www.uabmedicine.org/careers/ua-he...on-careers

Two seperate entities. Also, it is harder to get into UAB than UA. And people pick UAB, UA, or AU based on majors, not because you can't get accepted into one or another. Mic dropped!!!

If you don't know what you are talking about you should keep your mouth shut.

University of Alabama School of Medicine, from the "UAB" website itself.

How embarrassing for you.
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