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10-28-2009, 12:44 AM
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| | Funding Son at UT
Join Date: Aug 2007  Location: Shelby Co., TN
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| ECU v. Memphis
On ESPN2 tonight. A whopping 4,117 turned out for the game.
Living in west Tennessee, I used to try to pull for Memphis but 90 percent of their fans hate Tennessee and I got sick of them years ago.
Now I laugh at their pitiful attempts at football, and hope we hang 50 or more on them in a couple of weeks. I will be there. And I bet a lot more than 4,116 others will too. Like, by a factor of 25. | 
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10-28-2009, 12:47 AM
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| | Say it ain't so JJ
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Underground
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| Yeah, I watched the game too. The attendance was pitiful.
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10-28-2009, 12:53 AM
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| | Orange Swarm is Coming
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Memphis
Posts: 22,279
| I would have been there had the weather not been so terrible. But at least I made some money on the game.
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10-28-2009, 01:03 AM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Memphis Tenn
Posts: 427
| I had no idea there was a game today until late this afternoon, Im just ashamed of how bad the tigers football program is, | |
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10-28-2009, 01:53 AM
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| | Wyoming Fan
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wyoming
Posts: 121
| Curtis Steele. Memphis running back went to my high school... Was good to see him play
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10-29-2009, 12:12 AM
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| | Gotta have a V-8
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Summit, MS (originally Memphis, TN)
Posts: 1,051
| That really was a pitiful turnout. Having been born and raised in Memphis, I've witnessed and experienced the jealous contempt Memphis fans hold for Tennessee. I hope we hang 60 on them, and then fill their ramshackle stadium with Vol fans next season. | |
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10-29-2009, 12:18 AM
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| | All The Way Turnt Up
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by CornPoke  Curtis Steele. Memphis running back went to my high school... Was good to see him play | Got one better for you. TJ Pitts, Memphis rb went to MY high school. Now what I don't understand here is that TJ was a pretty big recruit (was going to UVA until he figured out he wasn't smart enough, surprise surprise) and yet he gets no playing time. Any Memphis fans please explain this to me. I know he got injured a couple of times, but when I saw him in high school, the kid was dynamic. 4.4 speed, 5'11 200lbs he had everything. What's the deal? And hell Tommy West is even from Gainesville, TJ's home town! WTF?
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10-29-2009, 09:53 AM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atoka,tn
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Originally Posted by dsbyrd A whopping 4,117 turned out for the game. | ouch
i guess it was the weather and a bad season,memphis has gone to bowls the past two seasons(barely) | |
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10-29-2009, 09:45 PM
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| | All The Way Turnt Up
Join Date: Feb 2007
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| Anybody? Anybody? Oh that's right, there aren't any Memphis fans...
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10-29-2009, 09:49 PM
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| | Nicholas Stephenson
Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEH InTeRnEtZ
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Originally Posted by the.one.the.only Got one better for you. TJ Pitts, Memphis rb went to MY high school. Now what I don't understand here is that TJ was a pretty big recruit (was going to UVA until he figured out he wasn't smart enough, surprise surprise) and yet he gets no playing time. Any Memphis fans please explain this to me. I know he got injured a couple of times, but when I saw him in high school, the kid was dynamic. 4.4 speed, 5'11 200lbs he had everything. What's the deal? And hell Tommy West is even from Gainesville, TJ's home town! WTF? | How is that better when he's the backup? Steele's pretty good if you haven't watched them play.
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10-29-2009, 09:51 PM
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| | All The Way Turnt Up
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by chavisut How is that better when he's the backup? Steele's pretty good if you haven't watched them play. | I didn't really mean it like that. Not better in a sense of Memphis football, more like 'Oh yeah? Well..'
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10-31-2009, 09:15 AM
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| | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by the.one.the.only Anybody? Anybody? Oh that's right, there aren't any Memphis fans... | The football fans are letting the AD know what they think about the coach and direction of the program. Lack of talent, poor coordinators, crappy conference, etc. have led to apathy.
People on the outside will say that if the fans support it (i.e. donate more $$), the program can build facilities that attract better talent. At a school like Memphis, it is difficult to financially support and fund a major BB program AND football program. The only thing that can make Tiger football competitive on a national scale is getting into a BCS conference and getting a share of those nice TV contracts and Bowl tie ins. If you don't think this is true, take a look at Cincinnatti. For the last 30 years, their football program has been historically WORSE than Memphis'. With BCS $$ and exposure, they have been able to substantially upgrade facilities and sell being on national TV to recruits. | |
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10-31-2009, 01:21 PM
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| | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atoka,tn
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Originally Posted by CALISKING The only thing that can make Tiger football competitive on a national scale is getting into a BCS conference and getting a share of those nice TV contracts and Bowl tie ins. If you don't think this is true, take a look at Cincinnatti. For the last 30 years, their football program has been historically WORSE than Memphis'. With BCS $$ and exposure, they have been able to substantially upgrade facilities and sell being on national TV to recruits. | at one time it was talk of expanding the big east and memphis being one of the teams
no sure if it's still in the works or not... | |
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10-31-2009, 03:02 PM
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| | Nicholas Stephenson
Join Date: May 2007 Location: TEH InTeRnEtZ
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Originally Posted by the.one.the.only I didn't really mean it like that. Not better in a sense of Memphis football, more like 'Oh yeah? Well..' | I played against Steele in HS. I think the two years in JUCO really helped him.
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10-31-2009, 03:03 PM
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| | All The Way Turnt Up
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by the.one.the.only Got one better for you. TJ Pitts, Memphis rb went to MY high school. Now what I don't understand here is that TJ was a pretty big recruit (was going to UVA until he figured out he wasn't smart enough, surprise surprise) and yet he gets no playing time. Any Memphis fans please explain this to me. I know he got injured a couple of times, but when I saw him in high school, the kid was dynamic. 4.4 speed, 5'11 200lbs he had everything. What's the deal? And hell Tommy West is even from Gainesville, TJ's home town! WTF? | Seriously, I just want someone who knows about Memphis football to answer this question.
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