If you had a bowl choice to play in Charlotte, Nashville, Memphis, Birmingham or St. Pete where would you want to spend your holiday...naturally Florida ... Just think playing in Tropicana Field... home of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team...on astroturf that is blackish green and old with a crowd of about 45,000 against AAC powerhouse UCF...you would buy the first Alligient Air Flight to St. Pete/Clearwater Airport and get on down to the beach for a few days before the game...St. Pete is a up and coming party town with a bar and restaurant on every corner in its downtown area...much better than Tampa. Yeah...and there are more Vol fans in this area of the country outside of Tennessee and Atlanta area.
Come on down....its party time...forget the game. Good recruiting area for CBJ...:lolabove:
As a fan, Id be pretty happy with Liberty or Music City and would travel to either one, and Charlotte would be nice too. Ive lived in East Tennessee my whole life and have been all over this country, but never to Memphis, so Id like to see Memphis, and I always love Nashville, and Charlotte is an awesome city too.
Actually Dave hart is lobbying hard for UT to go to Charlotte. Records won't matter in the lower bowls such as the belk bowl. The liberty bowl really wants Arkansas, and hart really wants the belk bowl for whatever reason.
As a fan, Id be pretty happy with Liberty or Music City and would travel to either one, and Charlotte would be nice too. Ive lived in East Tennessee my whole life and have been all over this country, but never to Memphis, so Id like to see Memphis, and I always love Nashville, and Charlotte is an awesome city too.
Actually Dave hart is lobbying hard for UT to go to Charlotte. Records won't matter in the lower bowls such as the belk bowl. The liberty bowl really wants Arkansas, and hart really wants the belk bowl for whatever reason.
UT wants to increase it's presence in NC for recruiting and expanding fan base I'd imagine.
What is the gain in going to Nashville or Memphis? You won't be able to segue into changing perception or exposure there like going to Charlotte.
As a fan, Id be pretty happy with Liberty or Music City and would travel to either one, and Charlotte would be nice too. Ive lived in East Tennessee my whole life and have been all over this country, but never to Memphis, so Id like to see Memphis, and I always love Nashville, and Charlotte is an awesome city too.