BOWL SEASON OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2022
NEVER GETS OLD Bowl Season Continues to be a Thrill for Everyone Involved By KEVIN McNAMARA
D
on’t tell Bill Clark that the impact of Bowl Season is somehow waning.
The impact of the game in Shreveport on the Blazer program can’t be overstated. So much so that Clark
Clark is the head coach at Alabama-
and his assistant coaches found themselves laughing
Birmingham. Only an
about what has been a
eyelash ago, UAB didn’t
Hollywood tale unfolding
even play football. Yet
ever since the program
after a reversal of fortune
came back on-line in 2017
that followed a two-year
and managed to win at
hiatus and then a badly-
least nine games in three
needed commitment to
of the last four seasons.
invest in the program,
“We were talking
Clark’s Blazers emerged
about who's going to
as one of the best stories
play me in the movie,
of all in a Bowl Season
you know?” Clark said.
that was chockful of feelgood moments. “It’s one of the biggest (wins ever),” Clark said after UAB had defeated its highest ranked opponent in program
“ They believed in our staff, they believed in Birmingham,
“It's going to be a movie because we came from nothing, I mean, we lost
they believe in UAB.”
every player. We didn't
– BILL CLARK
we built it all and those
Alabama-Birmingham Head Coach
have facilities. You know guys believed in us. They
history in a 31-28 shootout victory over No. 13 BYU in
believed in our staff, they believed in Birmingham,
the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
they believe in UAB. It is special. It really is.” BOWL SEASON | January 2022
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