FB: Southern Athletic Association

[Ralph Turner]

Birmingham-Southern campus finally sells... to the Coast Guard? ok

https://www.al.com/news/2026/03/sold-birmingham-southern-college-campus-has-new-owner.html

That makes sense. I like that.

Now which conference gets them. SAA or CCS?

[Ron Boerger]

Don't think they are going to have college athletics, it's being pitched as a "new training center" rather than a baccalaureate institution. 

[jknezek]

yeah. it's not going to be a college from all reports. The Coast Guard Academy will stay in CT on a beautiful campus next to Conn College, on a bluff overlooking the Thames River.

This is a training center for officers and enlisted men, so I'm assuming advanced skills coursework. Can't imagine there will be much practical seamanship in Birmingham! But it will be interesting to see what they do with it.

There was a limited audience for a college campus in a rough area of town, it can't exactly be redeveloped into premium housing or senior housing or any of the other things we've seen defunct campuses do. So it's nice that there will be a use for it, even if I wish it was still B-SC.

[Ron Boerger]

Long-timers (lol, not many of us still around) probably still remember the call by a Trinity student, Jonathan Wiener, of the "miracle" ending to the Trinity-Millsaps game way back in 2007.  At the time there was a lot of "this kid has a future in broadcasting" commentary - turns out he is a news anchor for the ABC station in Houston, KRTK, where he heads up the 4 and 6:30 pm broadcasts.  He goes by "Jonathan Bruce" as his professional name.