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University of Alabama at Birmingham interim head football coach Alex Mortensen addressed his team’s willingness to play South Florida on Saturday, just hours after a player was arrested for allegedly stabbing his own teammates.

Mortensen cited his player’s desires, especially with Saturday being the team’s senior day.

“We spoke as a team, and we spoke with the team, and those guys really wanted to play today, and the conversation went back to the seniors, with today being senior day, they wanted to go play for them, and give them an opportunity to out and compete and play, so that was probably the biggest thing,” Mortensen told reporters in the postgame press conference.

Mortensen added that several players “understandably chose to sit out.”

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