UAB Blazers College Football Pregame Quote, 09/20/2021

Well obviously It was great to get (a win) on the road. First conference game and we got a road win. I am real proud of these guys. I think the question was what’s going to happen on Monday? We came in here on Monday of last week and it was tough day to be here. Every one of us had to look ourselves in the mirror and say what are we going to do to get better? Individually and as a team, I think it started with practice Monday and I think we had a great week of practice. As we always say, we have to be better on the road. We got a great start with a big takeaway from Swoopes and got a touchdown early from there. It is kind of one of those things you know you look up and you got a big lead over a quality opponent at halftime. You kind of don’t know what to do, but we are proud of our guys. They stay focused throughout and it was just really a great team win. You know now we go on the road again. Counting last year, I think this about six straight so I think our guys understands what it takes. This morning after a good bad ugly film, this will be one of the best teams we’ll see all year. You know irrelevant to the score from Ole Miss which is probably one of the best teams in the country. You got Oklahoma and they got the huge win here in Birmingham here at home. Coach Fritz does a terrific job up there. They are sound across the board. They’re physical and they are very diverse offensively. Obviously, they have been scoring a lot of points against a lot of great folks and then defensively played really hard physically. I mean it when I said this will be one of the best teams we’ll see all year.

On interacting with Tulane as they relocated in Birmingham:

Once it happened they decided to relocate here. It was whatever we could do to help out. Obviously they had to find a place to work out and you know Legion Field was great to them. We didn’t really know what was going to happen as far as their home game. It’s a big deal for them to get back home. So they are going to be cranked up to play us on Saturday night. I am really proud of our folks for being hospitable and take care of those folks and giving them a place to practice and stay.