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per ESPN:
The bid to revive the University of Alabama-Birmingham football program got another boost Thursday, when the UAB athletics assessment task force announced it had gotten pledges totaling almost $6 million from supporters who want to bring back football.
"I'm overwhelmed at the support," Justin Craft, who's in charge of the subcommittee for fundraising, told AL.com Thursday night. "This is really something people want. I think Birmingham wants this program to return."
UAB also eliminated the rifle and bowling teams. School president Ray Watts announced in early December the decision to shut down the gridiron Blazers following the 2014 season, citing concern that maintaining its football program was too expensive and a losing proposition.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12845360/supporters-pledge-6m-reinstate-uab-football
Go Gophers!!
The bid to revive the University of Alabama-Birmingham football program got another boost Thursday, when the UAB athletics assessment task force announced it had gotten pledges totaling almost $6 million from supporters who want to bring back football.
"I'm overwhelmed at the support," Justin Craft, who's in charge of the subcommittee for fundraising, told AL.com Thursday night. "This is really something people want. I think Birmingham wants this program to return."
UAB also eliminated the rifle and bowling teams. School president Ray Watts announced in early December the decision to shut down the gridiron Blazers following the 2014 season, citing concern that maintaining its football program was too expensive and a losing proposition.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12845360/supporters-pledge-6m-reinstate-uab-football
Go Gophers!!