The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Football Starts Game Planning For East Carolina
9/20/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 20, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- The UAB football team practiced Tuesday morning at Legion Field to utilize the turf playing surface due to heavy rain fall. Even with the wet weather, the Blazers were able to work through drills and focus on the next game at hand, Saturday's contest at East Carolina.
"We got through almost everything we had scheduled," head coach Neil Callaway said. "We had to scale back on some things but we got most of it in."
Coach Callaway was pleased with his team's effort, despite the weather conditions.
"Practice was good. It was the first day of implementing the East Carolina [game plan] and our guys were upbeat," Callaway said. "We still have a lot of work to do and we still have to tackle better, but the guys' effort was good."
One of the main elements focused on in practice was tackling. Callaway felt it was an area that the team needed to improve upon before traveling to Greenville, N.C.
"It's a fine line when you push and when you back off [with tackling drills], but we pushed today to try and get better at it," Callaway said.
Saturday's contest at East Carolina will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CT). The game will be carried live on the Blazer IMG Sports Network, airing locally on 107.7 WUHT-FM. David Crane and John Whitcomb will call the action with Sam Miller roaming the sidelines. The pregame show begins 90 minutes before kickoff.
