why is uab called the blazers?
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UAB's athletic history goes back to 1977, when Gene Bartow was named the school's first athletic director. In January 1978, a campuswide vote bestowed the nickname "Blazers" on the team, hoping that the teams would "blaze" a new trail in college athletics.
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Johnston, Stanley lead UAB to XX-XX win over Rice The game was delayed twice - once at halftime and once in the fourth quarter - for a total of about 2 1/2 hours due to lightning strikes in the area.
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OUAZ teams are known as the Spirit. They are also a member of the NAIA and most of the athletic programs compete in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC); football will compete in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
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Unfortunately, the Portland Trail Blazers won't get their hero to miraculously return and save their disastrous season… at least not in 2019. Jusuf Nurkic himself has ruled out the possibility of making a rushed return to the hardwood.
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Why U of A is better than ASU – the facts. The University of Arizona was just ranked in the top one percent of universities worldwide. ... According to U.S. News, the UA is ranked #121 in the nation, while ASU is ranked at a close, but not better, #129. Wilbur leads the UA student section at a home football game!
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Sorry Portland Trail Blazers fans, according to Jusuf Nurkic himself, you won't get a chance to see the Bosnian Beast back in action until the new year. Unfortunately, the Portland Trail Blazers won't get their hero to miraculously return and save their disastrous season… at least not in 2019.
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As a result of the move, they announced they would change their name from the Boston Patriots to the Bay State Patriots, after the state of Massachusetts. The name was rejected by the NFL and on March 22, 1971, the team officially announced they would change its geographic name to New England.
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The Valdosta State Blazers compete in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf and cross-country. ... The school's team was previously known as the Rebels until the name was changed to the Blazers in the 1970s. VSU is a NCAA Division II member institution and has been a member of the Gulf South Conference since 1981.
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The Birthplace of Basketball Basketball is built into the fabric of Springfield College. The game was invented by Springfield College instructor and graduate student James Naismith in 1891, and has grown into the worldwide athletic phenomenon we know it to be today.
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Bright Past and Brighter Future. #LSU has garnered the nickname "DBU" for a few reasons and one of them is replenishing the talent every year. The last 10 or 15 years have been really good for the Tigers with Peterson, Mathieu, and many others.
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The fact is that an Aggie is not any type of animal. We have Reveille, who is our 1st Lady, but we're not the Texas A&M Reveilles. We're the Aggies. An Aggie is a human.
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What's the deal with two FCS teams playing in a "bowl game" Because they created a bowl game for HBCs. ... Yup, the SWAC had long foregone the playoff in favor of season ending rivalry games and a conference championship.
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Because they were not actually in Boston, they changed their city name. Originally, they changed their name to the Bay State Patriots, referring to the nickname of the State of Massachusetts. The NFL, however, rejected that name so they became the New England Patriots to represent the six state region of New England.
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In American college basketball, championship rings are given to the team that wins the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
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The nickname Rip City is usually used in the context of the city's NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. ... In the days prior to the three-point field goal, Blazers guard Jim Barnett took an ill-advised long distance shot that nonetheless went in, giving the new team hope for a victory against the powerful Lakers.
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Originally, they changed their name to the Bay State Patriots, referring to the nickname of the State of Massachusetts. The NFL, however, rejected that name so they became the New England Patriots to represent the six state region of New England. The team was founded as the Boston Patriots in 1960.
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Aggies maintain that UT is a university "in" Texas not the university "of" Texas. The t.u. therefore stands for "texas university", with the lowercase letters being an added insult.