Attendance has been one of the most-discussed subjects regarding UAB Football since its Football Bowl Subdivision introduction in 1996. It's been used to support countless narratives in favor of or in opposition to the program. As UAB fans have made their presence known at Legion Field since #TheReturn in 2017, critics have been forced to shrink into the shadows. Witness the 39,165 strong who made up the third-largest home crowd in UAB history Thursday night for the thrilling

Shhh. Listen. Do you hear it? That sound echoing from Connecticut all the way to Birmingham? It's opportunity. It's knocking for UAB. Just when you thought conference realignment wasn't going to be reawakened for a few years until the next major round of television negotiations, boom. Here comes the news that UConn is about to leave the American Athletic Conference to return to the Big East. The Big East doesn't play football - neither does UConn, at least not well - but it s