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The Search, Part 3: The obvious names
The candidates UAB fans are already discussing — who they are, what’s realistic and what isn’t.
The Search, Part 2: The profile
How AD searches actually work, what the Ingram hire tells us about UAB's candidate pool and why the names fans want aren't always the names that make sense.
The Search, Part 1: The job
What UAB's next athletic director is inheriting, why this job is better than fans think and what qualities the right candidate needs to unlock it.
Back When: Rodregis Brooks left on a stretcher. He came back wearing his mom’s jersey.
One of the legendary performances in UAB football history would have set the internet on fire. In 1999, it was only worth a phone interview on ESPN radio.
Ty Mims wears No. 0 and has 96 career catches. UAB needs both.
UAB’s top two receivers from 2025 are gone. The Bay Minette native is the most experienced option in a room that is competing through injuries in fall camp.
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Nigel Tate didn’t play football until he was 16. A stranger in a hospital changed that.
The UAB defensive tackle spent four years at Boston College, tore his Achilles before playing a snap for the Blazers and is making the most of his final year of eligibility under Todd Grantham.
UAB’s pass rush produced 18 sacks last season. It had 8.5 in one scrimmage.
In Saturday’s first scrimmage, five defenders combined for 8.5 sacks and the defensive line showed something UAB hasn’t had in years — a pass rush that wins with four.
Blazer Nation is ready to rally. Andy Kennedy seems to know it.
We tracked the social media response to the UAB leadership change across X, Reddit and Facebook. What the data shows about Ingram’s departure — and Kennedy’s arrival — tells you a lot about where Blazer Nation wants to go.
Mark Ingram is out at UAB. What happens next matters more.
After 11 years and a 99% fan disapproval rating, the Blazers’ athletic director is gone. Andy Kennedy steps in as interim. The real test is the hire that follows.
UAB Blazers: 2026 defense preview — position by position
UAB’s defense was the program’s identity under Bill Clark — two conference titles in four seasons, a unit that hit hard and made offenses earn every yard. Then Clark stepped down, the decline set in and the bottom fell out under Trent Dilfer. Todd Grantham is here to rebuild it from scratch.
UAB Blazers: 2026 offense preview — position by position
Alex Mortensen has the headset, a rebuilt roster and an offensive identity rooted in nine years at Alabama. Whether this team can run the ball, protect the quarterback and stay out of its own way will determine if Year 1 is the start of a turnaround in Birmingham.
Back When: The Night UAB Walked Into Jordan-Hare
Ranked dead last in the country, the Blazers walked into Auburn's stadium for their Division I-A debut on Aug. 31, 1996. They were supposed to be a punchline. They left with something no preseason ranking could give them.
What Alex Mortensen had to say at American Media Days
The first-year UAB head coach covered his vision for the program, the quarterback room, new defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and what it means to be demanding in the portal era.
Back When: UAB earns its first win in I-A
Ranked dead last in Division I-A, the Blazers went to Legion Field, ran for 317 yards without their starting tailback and gave Gene Bartow a reason to smile.
From UAB to Cooperstown: Tyler Tolbert ties MLB record with 12 consecutive hits
The former Blazers shortstop from Hewitt-Trussville tied the all-time record with hits in 12 consecutive plate appearances for the Kansas City Royals. The Baseball Hall of Fame requested his bat.
George 'Snoozy' Jones, UAB fixture and beloved campus bookstore owner, passes away
Jones coached and helped fund UAB's original football program, ran the campus bookstore for 34 years and fought to save Blazer football when it was shut down in 2014
THE BOARD: UAB Football
Alex Mortensen's first full recruiting class is taking shape. A Georgia State flip, a safety with 25 offers and three offensive linemen.
The Long Game: Jegil Dugger goes from UAB backfields to entrepreneur boardrooms
Former UAB star and tech-company founder is a featured speaker at Birmingham’s Sloss Tech convention.
Lord Lendeborg: Claim Him, Blazer Nation. He Earned It.
Yaxel Lendeborg went No. 11 to the Warriors on Tuesday night. Every graphic said Michigan. He's still a Blazer.
John Paul Head is coming back. So is almost everyone else.
UAB announced 19 returning players from a record-setting 2026 season. The Blazers lost one player to the portal. In this era, that qualifies as a statement.
UAB Signed 41 Transfers in January. The High School Pipeline Is What Comes Next.
Alex Mortensen’s portal class was a bridge. Camp season and a recruiting board stretching to 2030 show what he’s building.
Back When: John Whitcomb Wrote the Standard
Before there was Hackney or Webb or Zeno, there was No. 14.
Back When: The day the people brought UAB football back from the dead
One hundred and eighty-one days after UAB football was declared dead, the people brought it back.
The A-Train's last stop
From walk-on to all-conference center, Adam Lepkowski enters his final season at UAB
Ryder Burton Has the Swagger. Now He Needs the Stage.
After three schools in three years, UAB’s redshirt junior quarterback upset No. 22 Memphis the first time he started a college football game. Now he’s finally the guy — and the people around him believe it.
Your Best Player Just Left. His Contract Says He Owes You. Good Luck Collecting.
NIL buyout clauses may be the only retention tool Group of 6 programs have against the transfer portal. No court has ruled on the merits.
Alabama has four G6 football programs. It's time they acted like it.
THE BOARD: UAB Basketball
Andy Kennedy rebuilds the roster — again. The Portal King adds 12 players in a month.
Alex Mortensen knows the job is hard. He wants UAB fans to know he’s not running from it.
The first-year UAB head coach gave his most detailed interview yet. Here’s what stood out for Blazer fans.
76 teams, same problem: NCAA tournament expansion won’t help the G6
Kevin Scarbinsky breaks down why the eight new at-large spots will go to 17-and-16 Auburns, not UABs.
The diehard fan, the Bones and the 911 call
A UAB super fan built a basketball version of the Battle for the Bones trophy, gave it to Penny Hardaway and threatened to call 911 when Memphis wouldn’t give it back.
The best rivalries in the Group of 6 — and the ones that should be
The UAB-Memphis beef over a JUCO big man got us thinking. What are the best G6 rivalries? And does the G6 have enough hate to sustain them?
They saved the program. Now they're being asked to save it again.
NIL donor fatigue is real at the Group of 6 level. The communities that built these programs are being asked to fund a system that wasn't designed for them.
Alex Mortensen is recruiting Birmingham
The first-year UAB coach is embedding himself in the city, rebuilding recruiting relationships and leaning on nine years with Nick Saban to restore the Blazers.
The war never stopped
The current climate feels existential for the G6. But this class war has been raging since the first TV camera pointed at a football field — and I’ve been covering it for three decades.
The G6 Diehard Podcast is coming
College sports through the lens of the Group of 6 — hosted by Tim Stephens
Roderick Robinson II is ready to be the guy at UAB
The former Georgia four-star spent three years learning behind one of the best defenses in the country. Now he’s bringing that education to a UAB backfield his coaches say could be the best in the American.
From Day 1, launching to something greater has been in UAB’s DNA
The 1989 UAB Club Football team went 0-6 and didn’t officially exist. It launched a program — and a whole lot more.
Back When: Bryan Thomas takes UAB to the Big Apple
A Birmingham kid who turned a pee-wee football beating into a Hall of Fame-caliber college career — and gave UAB its first real claim to legitimacy
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