Connor Gentry
Sports Reporter
UAB Football’s 2017 spring practice began on Thursday, Feb. 23 to the sounds of construction of the new UAB Football Operations Center and Queen’s “We Will Rock You” in the air.
This morning practice was the Blazers’ first spring practice in three years, after the shuttering and subsequent revival of the program. Practice will culminate in a spring scrimmage, which will take place Saturday, April 1 at Legion Field.
“Obviously, [it’s] just a huge day,” said UAB Head Football Coach Bill Clark. “I think to be out on the facility and getting our turf out there.