UAB walk-on was ready for emergency call-up Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 19, 2020 UAB won its second CUSA championship in three years on Friday with a 22-13 victory against Marshall in Huntington, W.V. (Photo by UAB athletics) Facebook Share Here’s how legends are made in the season of college football during a pandemic. Cole Kizziah was sitting in his apartment this week when he got the call he was going to play in the Conference USA championship game. Who is Kizziah? He’s a walk-on long snapper for the UAB Blazers, and he has paid his own way through school for the past three years.