The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Blazers Wrap Up Final Preparations For Tennessee
9/1/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 1, 2005
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB football team hit the practice field in shorts and helmets for slightly less than two hours on Thursday afternoon, concluding its final practice before opening the 2005 season at third-ranked Tennessee on Saturday.
"I think we're ready to go," said head coach Watson Brown. "The guys are confident and looking forward to the game. We've done all we can do and polished all we can polish. They looked much better today. Now it's time to put the pads on and see what we've got."
The Blazers travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to face the Volunteers on Saturday. Kickoff from Neyland Stadium is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. CT, in a game that will be televised regionally on Jefferson Pilot.
"We'll hit the sack early tonight," said Brown. "We have a meeting at 8:30 tomorrow morning, then we'll leave at nine o'clock and go straight to the stadium to work out. It's all here now and it's time to see what we can do."
Tennessee defeated UAB by a score of 37-13 on Nov. 7, 1998 in Neyland Stadium, in the only other meeting between the two teams. The Blazers are coming off a 7-5 finish in 2004, including their first ever bowl appearance. The Volunteers finished last season 10-3, including a 38-7 victory over Texas A&M in the SBC Cotton Bowl.
