BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Anyone from Alabama can tell you that college football is the state’s most revered pastime. And, as recently as a few years ago, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) students had to choose between Alabama and Auburn to get their football fix.
But in 2007, after a 68-year hiatus (the school didn’t field a team from 1940 through 2006), Birmingham-Southern College Panther fans had their own squad to cheer for again.