Good evening from Protective Stadium, where the UAB football team is holding the annual spring game ahead of the final week of spring practice.

This is the first spring game without Bill Clark at the helm as the Blazers enter a new era under head coach Trent Dilfer, who was hired in early December 2022 and put together one of the best recruiting classes in program history to supplement losses and raise the talent level entering the American Athletic Conference.

Read more on UAB spring practice:

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Demetrius Battle punishing way into role alongside Jermaine Brown

Former Alabama linebacker Jackson Bratton calling shots on UAB defense

— The opening series by the Gold team ends in a punt after driving as far as the 22-yard line. Jacob Zeno was sacked on a 1st-and-10 outside the red zone and two straight incompletions ended the drive.

PREGAME

— The first teams will compete against one another before moving to the second team and developmental players will work in the second half.

— Traditional scoring is out the window for this edition of the spring game. Offensively, touchdowns are worth seven points unless a 2-point conversion is attempted, resulting in the touchdown being worth six points. Defensively, turnovers are worth eight points, three-and-outs are worth three points, third-down stops are worth three points and fourth-down stops are two points.