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**UAB Blazers Morning Briefing** • **UAB Athletics** earned four American Conference Academic Excellence Awards — programs doing work in the classroom • **UAB Volleyball** dropped its 2026 slate — schedule is out, start circling dates • **UAB vs. Samford** tips off Saturday, October 3 with odds now posted on FOX Sports — Blazers favored? **What to watch:** Get your Samford rivalry game on the calendar — October 3 is coming fast. The lineup's set. Drop in.