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Blazer fans asked for a watch party. Diehard and Swing Away Golf are making it happen — starting Oct. 31.
The empty seats are costing UAB more than free tickets ever would
UAB's family-friendly ticket initiative is a welcome start. Filling Protective Stadium requires a much bigger strategy.
The American at the halfway mark: Four tiers, one problem
The American Conference has the deepest field in the Group of Six. That depth is exactly what makes the playoff path so narrow.
Back When: The most competitive 72-0 you'll ever see
UAB football wasn't even four years old. It had two players on full scholarship. And for a half in a Big Eight stadium, the Blazers belonged.
The money changed everything. UAB basketball needs to keep up.
Andy Kennedy isn't making excuses. He's doing math.
The postgame report: Marshall 20, South Alabama 13
Marshall's defense turns the expected shootout into a grinder and hands South Alabama its first Sun Belt loss
Rapid Reaction: What we learned from the Marshall game
Marshall 20, South Alabama 13 — Oct. 20, 2026. Joan C. Edwards Stadium.
'That era, it's over': Norton rebuilds UAB women's basketball from the glass up
Nine new players, revenue-sharing money and a post rotation that won't shoot threes
Back When: The game they erased from history
The most lopsided victory for UAB football didn’t officially count. But it happened. Trust me, I was there.
10 things you didn't know about South Alabama and Marshall
We read through both press kits so you don't have to. Here are the best nuggets from Tuesday night's game in Huntington.
UAB belongs in this conversation
The Blazers are 31st nationally in combined football and basketball winning percentage — ahead of programs spending twice as much — and the institution needs to invest like it
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The Really Big Preview: South Alabama at Marshall
Week 8 — Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Diehard Picks: Week 8
Twenty-eight games. Five ranked matchups. The biggest game of the year in the Mountain West closes the week.
Five with a foe: The Thundering Herd
Marshall's 247Sports publisher on what scares him about South Alabama and whether the Herd can fix its problems before Tuesday
Bowl projections: Diehard sees Troy playing December football 90 miles from campus
The 68 Ventures Bowl in Mobile is right there. Three wins in six weeks gets the Trojans home for the holidays.
Bowl projections: South Alabama is a unanimous pick, but nobody agrees on the destination
Eight projectors, seven different bowls. Diehard is the only one that sends the Jaguars to Montgomery.
Bowl projections: National experts see New Orleans in Jacksonville State's future
Six of eight projectors have the Gamecocks in the New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 23. All eight have them bowl-eligible.
Bowl projections: UAB is back on the bowl map for the first time since 2022
Six of eight national projectors have the Blazers playing in December. Diehard sees them in Puerto Rico
UAB basketball opens 2026-27 tonight at Vanderbilt
Eleven newcomers, a loaded backcourt and an unresolved eligibility case
Jags Jungle picks: South Alabama at Marshall
Our panel weighs in on Tuesday night's Sun Belt clash in Huntington
Diehard G6 bowl projections: 35 teams, 20 bowls and the one ticket to the playoff
Boise State takes the lone G6 auto-bid as the projected Pac-12 champion in the first edition of the Diehard Bowl Projections
No. 5 North Dakota State at No. 3 New Mexico leads five ranked matchups in G6 Week 8
The Mountain West's biggest game of the year headlines a slate with five Diehard G6 Top 25 matchups across three conferences.
Diehard G6 Top 25 — Top three hold as upsets reshape G6 conference races
Boise State, James Madison and New Mexico stay put. Below them, six ranked teams lost — and the results changed who's chasing whom in the American, Sun Belt and Mountain West.
10 things from UAB's overtime homecoming win over East Carolina
Ryder Burton is the perfect quarterback for UAB right now, and nine more observations from Thursday night.
The postgame report: UAB 30, East Carolina 17 (OT)
UAB never led in regulation, then scored 13 in overtime to beat East Carolina on homecoming.
Primetime at Protective: UAB and Birmingham can make a homecoming statement
Everything you need to know about Thursday's festivities for UAB vs. ECU
The really, really big preview: East Carolina at UAB
Week 7 — Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 6:30 PM CT on ESPN
The postgame report: Jax State 27, FIU 24
Caden Creel directs his sixth career game-winning drive as Garrison Rippa’s 26-yard field goal with 44 seconds left lifts the Gamecocks to 5-2
Diehard Picks: Week 7
Thirty-one games. Four Top 25 matchups. Two Alabama teams on national TV midweek.
This is what it was supposed to look like
UAB Medicine's expanded partnership with UAB Athletics is the jersey patch model every program should study.
The Sun Belt has options
JMU is leaving. Liberty, Kennesaw State, Western Kentucky and Jacksonville State each bring something the conference needs.
What Alex Mortensen said ahead of UAB's homecoming game against East Carolina
Mortensen said there are "zero doubts about Ryder" Burton, called center Adam Lepkowski questionable and announced an expanded UAB Medicine partnership.
What Charles Kelly said before Jax State plays FIU
Kelly called FIU "the best team that we've played," revealed he assigned kicker Garrison Rippa a book report and said he wants to build Jax State the way Curt Cignetti built Indiana.
Addition of JMU raises bar for UAB
James Madison is bringing a $78.6 million athletics budget to a conference where UAB spends the least and is searching for a new athletic director.
JMU to the American, and the three questions that follow
James Madison's $78.6 million athletics budget will make it the second-highest spender in the American. The Sun Belt is losing more than a football program.
South Alabama basketball stays comfortable with change
Only four players return from 2025-26, but Richie Riley says eight have earned the right to start.
BACK WHEN: UAB's first football homecoming — 96 gallons of Jell-O and 54 points at Legion Field
For years, UAB held homecoming in February around basketball season. In 1994, they moved it to October — and the Blazers put up 54 points on Charleston Southern in front of 20,237 at Legion Field.
BACK WHEN: Chris Felder and the last time UAB beat the Pirates
Twenty years before this week's meeting, a 5-10 safety who signed with Alabama but ended up at UAB chased down a receiver from behind and punched the ball out at the 1-yard line to save a Conference USA game.
Georgia State gets a chance to prove it belongs at Diehard G6 Top 25 No. 2 James Madison
No G6 team plays a Power 4 opponent this week. The schedule is all G6, all week — topped by four matchups between teams ranked in the Diehard G6 Top 25.
JMU rises to No. 2 as last unbeaten and first bowl-eligible G6 team
James Madison is 6-0 after winning at Georgia Southern. Three Alabama schools each climbed seven spots.
The postgame report: Memphis 38, UAB 13
Six weeks of trends say who UAB is at midseason. The first half said what it could be.
ESPN's SportsCenter on Campus coming to Birmingham for first time
UAB's homecoming game against East Carolina on ESPN features a live SportsCenter broadcast and free admission for kids 12 and under.
'Caveman' made big plays in early years of UAB football
Terry Dollerson, who played on UAB's first four football teams, died Oct. 7 of colon cancer at age 55
The postgame report: South Alabama 56, Arkansas State 49
Keenan Phillips' 284-yard, four-touchdown night and 21 points off turnovers carry the Jaguars to 2-0 in the Sun Belt for the first time since 2022
Rapid Reaction: What we learned from the Arkansas State game
The Jags scored a program-record 56 points in Sun Belt play, but the defense made every lead feel unsafe
The Really Big Preview: UAB at Memphis
The nation's second-ranked pass defense against the American's No. 1 total offense, with Hurricane Isaias looming over the Battle for the Bones
The postgame report: Jax State 27, Kennesaw State 26
Rippa's fifth career game-winning field goal and Billings' first career interception close a seven-lead-change CUSA road win
The Really Big Preview: South Alabama at Arkansas State
Week 6 — Thursday, October 8, 2026
Back When: The legend of Joe Webb
Joe Webb ran out of his shoes at the Liberty Bowl, beat the Eagles in a blizzard as a sixth-round rookie and spent 11 years in the NFL. Then he came home.
10 things you didn't know: South Alabama at Arkansas State
We read every page of both teams' game notes so you don't have to. Here are the 10 most interesting things about Thursday night's game.
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