Students react to UAB Blazers' rough start to football season

Almost halfway through the season, the UAB Blazers are in a rough spot. They are coming off a tough loss against Tulane Saturday, 71-20.After the game, head coach Trent Dilfer said, "I'll say to the fans, like, you deserve more. City of Birmingham deserves more. If you're going to be angry, please be angry at me. Don't be angry at our kids. Our kids are giving us everything they have. And that's my job to make sure something like this never happens again,” Students like Emily Hutchinson aren't happy the Blazers have a 1-4 record. "It’s disappointing. I think the coaching really matters. I think if we had a head coach that cared about us, that would make a big difference in our players' motivation to play and motivation to win,” Hutchinson said.WVTM 13 was at Saturday’s game and noticed there wasn't a large crowd at the game. The stadium holds over 40,000. The UAB athletic department there were 19,724 fans in attendance — that’s the lowest attendance so far this season.The department sent WVTM numbers to compare last season's home game attendance records, and we noticed exactly a year ago, when the Blazers beat South Florida, 56-35, there were 23,792 people in attendance. We do not have it confirmed from school officials on whether these are tickets sold or tickets scanned.Aaron Mason said he purposely doesn't go to the games because the Blazers aren't winning. "I didn't really watch them. I was looking at it on ESPN. We just have to fight harder. It looks like we're not putting no grit out there, especially against the teams that we're losing against,” Mason said.Kasey Uhomba on the other hand is optimistic. He supports when he can and he believes the Blazers will turn things around this weekend. “Every team has their humbling game in the season, and I feel like this is our humbling game. It's just a minor setback for a major comeback,” Uhomba said.UAB plays Army Saturday morning at 11 a.m.