UPDATE (5:30 p.m.): Bang-up operation they've got at UAB:
UAB president Watts: Coach Bill Clark is our football coach. About the only concrete statement made today.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) June 1, 2015
UAB AD Mark Ingram: Our goal is to play as soon as possible, which may be 2016.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) June 1, 2015
The offseason is hard, but imagine if your favorite college football team was shut down? That's what happened to tens of Alabamans six months ago when the University of Alabama at Birmingham shut down its football program.
The school, however, is reportedly about to hold a "Haha, psyche!" press conference in a little over an hour.
From our country's site of record, Al.com:
UAB will reinstate its football program, sources told AL.com.
UAB school president Ray Watts is expected to make the announcement official at a 4 p.m. news conference.
The decision is a stunning reversal after Watts announced the dismissal of the sport a mere six months ago. Last December, UAB became the first Division I, Football Bowl Series (FBS) school to drop football in nearly two decades. Watts stated at the time it wasn't financially feasible to support the football program, citing the CarrSports Consulting report.
Well, we know it wasn't Alabama at Tuscaloosa that rescued UAB from alleged financial depths.
