Memphis Players

[Jxn Vol]

See, this garbage is probably what pisses off and alienates Memphis players. Like it or not, Memphis is a vital part to Tennessee.

I agree with you to an extent. But this "garbage" like it or not is mostly true. Most folks in the rural areas of W TN have an opinion of Memphis. Usually it's not favorable.

 

[TGVol]

What's the point of this post?

Seems to me like every other thread on this forum -conversations about all things seemingly connected to Tennessee football (mostly irrelevant but so is this board).

 

[Cletus P Fulmer]

Then what part of the state would you say it is if not the western part?

To understand why Memphis isn't "West TN" you would have needed to live there. Yes geographically it is...but culturally it isn't a great deal like rural WT...and nothing like the rest of TN. The love for everything Vol is different. Go to any dime store from Huntingdon to Halls and you will see nothing but UT stuff...don't see that in Memphis. Every athlete in rural West Tennessee dreams of wearing Orange...not in Memphis...although I wish it was so. Memphis is its own entity referred to as the "Mid South". You will likely hear much more about MS or AR news on Memphis stations than you even will about West TN. For those of you that have lived there am I not right?

 

[wmcovol]

A lot of football players, and I mean a lot, come from 100 mile radius of Memphis.

 

[pa136761]

To understand why Memphis isn't "West TN" you would have needed to live there. Yes geographically it is...but culturally it isn't a great deal like rural WT...and nothing like the rest of TN. The love for everything Vol is different. Go to any dime store from Huntingdon to Halls and you will see nothing but UT stuff...don't see that in Memphis. Every athlete in rural West Tennessee dreams of wearing Orange...not in Memphis...although I wish it was so. Memphis is its own entity referred to as the "Mid South". You will likely hear much more about MS or AR news on Memphis stations than you even will about West TN. For those of you that have lived there am I not right?

I lived in rural West Tn for 18 years and Memphis for the past 20 plus, so yes I know a little bit about the area. Just like any other larger city, you are going to have a diverse range of fans of a lot of schools.

You think Nashville is all Orange? Hell, half of middle tn is crimson.

 

[NashVOL93]

I lived in rural West Tn for 18 years and Memphis for the past 20 plus, so yes I know a little bit about the area. Just like any other larger city, you are going to have a diverse range of fans of a lot of schools.

You think Nashville is all Orange? Hell, half of middle tn is crimson.

Whatever portion of Middle Tennessee that's crimson is that way because it's people from Memphis/West Tenn that moved here. I'm not even slightly kidding. As for Nashville, despite the recent influx of SEC grads from throughout the South the city itself is still solidly Vol country and no one else is really close.

Anyone that doesn't believe me didn't attend the Vanderbilt game in Nashville this year. The entire town was painted orange that day.

 

[pa136761]

Whatever portion of Middle Tennessee that's crimson is that way because it's people from Memphis/West Tenn that moved here. I'm not even slightly kidding. As for Nashville, despite the recent influx of SEC grads from throughout the South the city itself is still solidly Vol country and no one else is really close.

Anyone that doesn't believe me didn't attend the Vanderbilt game in Nashville this year. The entire town was painted orange that day.

Ever been to a TN game at the Liberty Bowl? I guess they are all Nashvilleans too.

 

[Cletus P Fulmer]

I don't know what part of rural West Tennessee any of you ever lived in but I very rarely saw anyone wearing anything but Orange...

 

[VolGee4]

One search has Marlon Walls as Memphis...so I posted his name, then saw him cited as Olive Branch Miss, edited him out, went back to check and he is listed as Memphis on several sites. Anyone know for sure? Now I'm curious

First edit: Oops, Bad google search:blink: wrong player

Yes, he is from Memphis. I believe he transferred to Olive Branch High School his senior year. That is not uncommon because OBHS is very good in football.

 

[VolGee4]

Whatever portion of Middle Tennessee that's crimson is that way because it's people from Memphis/West Tenn that moved here. I'm not even slightly kidding. As for Nashville, despite the recent influx of SEC grads from throughout the South the city itself is still solidly Vol country and no one else is really close.

Anyone that doesn't believe me didn't attend the Vanderbilt game in Nashville this year. The entire town was painted orange that day.

Seriously? NW Tennessee is major Big Orange Country. Even Tipton County just north of Memphis has a lot of UT fans.

Don't know how many times I have to state this, but Memphis has a lot of Vols fans. The alumni group in Shelby County is probably one of the biggest. Don't understand why people say otherwise. Nashville and the surrounding area is growing because people are moving from other parts of the south, too.

 

[NashVOL93]

I don't know what part of rural West Tennessee any of you ever lived in but I very rarely saw anyone wearing anything but Orange...

Rural West TN is Vol country. The city itself, and probably Jackson, Germantown, Collierville, and most of the other suburbs are a mixed bag.

 

[NashVOL93]

Seriously? NW Tennessee is major Big Orange Country. Even Tipton County just north of Memphis has a lot of UT fans.

Don't know how many times I have to state this, but Memphis has a lot of Vols fans. The alumni group in Shelby County is probably one of the biggest. Don't understand why people say otherwise. Nashville and the surrounding area is growing because people are moving from other parts of the south, too.

I'll give you that NW Tennessee (anywhere north of the city, really) and most of rural West Tenn. are orange. I didn't clarify well enough in my original post. But I'm speaking from personal experience with my friends and acquaintances when I say that 4 out of 5 people from the Memphis proper area now living in Middle Tennessee would tell you they root for Bama, Ole Miss, Texas, or Mississippi State, with Bama making up a solid majority of that group.

Most of them are undisputed bandwagoners who will probably be rooting for Tennessee in the next few years, but still.

 

[hmanvolfan]

Memphis isn't "West TN"...Jackson, Milan, Humboldt, Selmer, Lexington...that is West Tennessee.

Memphis isn't in west Tennessee? This place is eat up with morons.

 

[pa136761]

They are backtracking, making up statistics and are hanging themselves. They realize how ridiculous they sound now.

 

[VolGee4]

They can recruit all they want I'm just saying for Tennessee recent history shows we will be better off using our resources elsewhere. Even Ole Miss which gets the majority of "elite" Memphis talent has no one outstanding from Memphis on their roster.

The entire Ole Miss offensive backfield this past year was from Tennessee, 3 from Memphis. Sure, 2 are transferring, but I believe it's for more playing time. Walton and Wilkins still play for them.

Plus, Eric Still's son, from MUS was their starting center. I believe Dooley refused to recruit him, but you know he would have played at UT if offered.

 

[VolGee4]

I'll give you that NW Tennessee (anywhere north of the city, really) and most of rural West Tenn. are orange. I didn't clarify well enough in my original post. But I'm speaking from personal experience with my friends and acquaintances when I say that 4 out of 5 people from the Memphis proper area now living in Middle Tennessee would tell you they root for Bama, Ole Miss, Texas, or Mississippi State, with Bama making up a solid majority of that group.

Most of them are undisputed bandwagoners who will probably be rooting for Tennessee in the next few years, but still.

That is an unscientific poll if I have ever seen one. I am sure there are some people moving from the Memphis area to the Nashville area, but the mid state area is growing from people moving from outside the state.

I grew up in the Memphis suburbs and went to UT. The East TN bias is simply absurd. There is huge support here in Memphis; we just need to get back to winning. You don't always show your colors when you are getting pummeled every weekend by some if your neighbor's teams.

 

[hmanvolfan]

The poor man's elitist attitude of some East Tennessee residents toward Memphis, that they know little to nothing about, is laughable at best.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

From Munford,TN...the hero of the 83 Bama win with that electrifying td run. Majors only began to start him his jr year and I think he would up being the all time leading rusher for awhile.

I think he had the first 1,000 yard season

 

[Cletus P Fulmer]

Memphis isn't in west Tennessee? This place is eat up with morons.

To understand why Memphis isn't "West TN" you would have needed to live there. Yes geographically it is...but culturally it isn't a great deal like rural WT...and nothing like the rest of TN. The love for everything Vol is different. Go to any dime store from Huntingdon to Halls and you will see nothing but UT stuff...don't see that in Memphis. Every athlete in rural West Tennessee dreams of wearing Orange...not in Memphis...although I wish it was so. Memphis is its own entity referred to as the "Mid South". You will likely hear much more about MS or AR news on Memphis stations than you even will about West TN. For those of you that have lived there am I not right?

You obviously didn't read that because your Attention Deficit has kicked in or you are dyslexic...so I tried to highlight it...as for your "moron" statement...does that include you as well?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Wasn't Reggie White from Memohis?

Played for the Memphis Showboats in his first two years as a professional.

 

[Cletus P Fulmer]

The entire Ole Miss offensive backfield this past year was from Tennessee, 3 from Memphis. Sure, 2 are transferring, but I believe it's for more playing time. Walton and Wilkins still play for them.

Plus, Eric Still's son, from MUS was their starting center. I believe Dooley refused to recruit him, but you know he would have played at UT if offered.

I wouldn't doubt that at all...

 

[Volz4lif3]

The poor man's elitist attitude of some East Tennessee residents toward Memphis, that they know little to nothing about, is laughable at best.

Quoted this because it's true..

 

[LWSVOL]

One search has Marlon Walls as Memphis...so I posted his name, then saw him cited as Olive Branch Miss, edited him out, went back to check and he is listed as Memphis on several sites. Anyone know for sure? Now I'm curious

First edit: Oops, Bad google search:blink: wrong player

Lot of Memphis kids get recruited to play at Olive Branch

 

[Volz4lif3]

Marlon Walls played at Wooddale in Memphis until Olive Branch recruited him..

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[LWSVOL]

Memphis kids since 2002

Rivals Rating - school signed with - year - pos - name - star

NR North Carolina 2010 TE Quinton Alton 3
33 Miami 2004 S Carlos Armour 3
NR Memphis 2010 S Lonnie Ballentine 3
NR Memphis 2004 OG Philip Beliles 2
NR Memphis 2012 CB Derrick Bobo 2
15 Mississippi St 2010 ILB Ferlando Bohanna 3
NR Memphis 2010 OT Al Bond 2
35 Arkansas 2012 OG Cordale Boyd 3
NR Memphis 2012 OG Latarius Brady 3
24 Illinois 2010 ILB Jonathan Brown 3
5 Georgia 2009 WR Marlon Brown 4
3 West Virginia 2010 DT-QB Barry Brunetti 4
33 Memphis 2006 WR Duke Calhoun 3
13 Tennessee 2013 SDE Jason Carr 4
69 Wake Forest 2006 DT Michael Carter 3
NR Memphis 2007 WDE Dasmine Cathey 3
18 Tennessee 2011 OT Cameron Clear 4
14 Mississippi St 2002 OC James Cochran 2
62 Cincinnati 2012 WR Nathan Cole 3
NR Memphis 2013 OG Zach Collins 2
NR Miami 2007 RB Graig Cooper 5
44 Tennessee 2003 TE Brad Cottam 3
15 Tennessee 2005 ATH Todd Cox 4
60 Texas Tech 2007 RB Aaron Crawford 3
NR Cincinnati 2012 ATH Alex Dale 3
NR Memphis 2007 CB Darius Davis 2
30 Mississippi 2007 WR Roderick Davis 4
27 Georgia 2012 ATH Sheldon Dawson 3
NR Tennessee 2002 SDE Mondre Dickerson 5
NR Illinois 2011 OLB Henry Dickinson 3
6 Mississippi 2013 APB Mark Dodson Jr 4
10 Memphis 2004 APB Joseph Doss 3
NR Memphis 2006 WR Curtis Echols 2
NR Kentucky 2006 ATH LaRay Foote 2
NR Mississippi 2006 TE Cecil Frison 3
NR Memphis 2003 RB Jamarcus Gaither 2
NR Vanderbilt 2003 ILB Curtis Gatewood 2
NR Memphis 2011 RB Artaves Gibson 3
NR Louisville 2005 OT Marcus Gordon 3
54 Mississippi St 2013 ATH Donald Gray Jr 3
NR Memphis 2011 S Kevin Green 2
NR Virginia Tech 2003 S James Griffin 4
17 Memphis 2012 DT-QB Will Gross 3
NR South Carolina 2004 S Chris Hampton 2
NR Memphis 2013 OLB Lenard Hardin 3
30 Mississippi 2006 WDE Greg Hardy 3
56 Miami 2008 OLB Antonio Harper 3
NR Memphis 2011 OLB Charles Harris 3
20 Tennessee 2002 DT LaRon Harris 4
NR Memphis 2010 OLB Fred Harvey 3
15 South Carolina 2004 PS-QB Antonio Heffner 3
19 Memphis 2002 DT Willie Henderson 4
3 LSU 2013 SDE Frank Herron 5
NR Memphis 2008 WR Marcus Hightower 2
NR Memphis 2014 SDE McKenzie Hill 2
NR Wake Forest 2005 WR Casey Hill 2
NR Miami 2007 OT Tyler Horn 2
NR Wake Forest 2013 ILB Ford Howell 3
NR Memphis 2004 PS-QB Will Hudgens 2
41 Mississippi 2009 RB Gabriel Hunter 3
NR Memphis 2012 WR Daniel Hurd 3
73 Alabama 2010 DT Brandon Ivory 3
NR Kentucky 2005 WDE Jeremy Jarmon 2
9 LSU 2007 K Josh Jasper 3
NR Oklahoma 2009 OT Tavaris Jeffries 2
NR Mississippi 2003 DT Brandon Jenkins 3
NR Memphis 2013 SDE Christian Johnson 2
19 Alabama 2010 TE Harrison Jones 3
NR Memphis 2010 SDE Corey Jones 3
1 Alabama 2008 OC Barrett Jones 4
58 Vanderbilt 2008 OLB DeAndre Jones 3
NR Memphis 2005 WR Maurice Jones 2
NR Memphis 2004 WR Maurice Jones 2
NR Memphis 2013 OT Alexander Karr 2
4 Vanderbilt 2012 APB Brian Kimbrow 4
31 Tennessee 2009 ILB Greg King 3
33 Mississippi 2004 WR Corey Kizer 3
NR Memphis 2008 TE Donald Law 2
NR Mississippi 2005 WR JD Lawhorn 2
NR Arkansas 2012 WDE Brandon Lewis 3
NR Kentucky 2009 WDE Patrick Ligon 2
20 Tennessee 2002 SDE David Ligon 4
NR Georgia 2011 OC Hunter Long 3
12 Georgia 2009 OT Austin Long 4
NR Indiana 2008 WR Charles Love 2
60 Louisville 2011 OT Ryan Mack 3
20 LSU 2010 WDE Justin Maclin 4
32 Alabama 2010 WR Keiwone Malone 4
NR Vanderbilt 2007 ILB Chris Marve 2
8 Tennessee 2002 RB Ruben Mayes 4
NR Memphis 2012 DT Tony Mays 2
NR Clemson 2005 SDE Phillip Merling 3
35 Mississippi 2004 DT Corey Mills 3
NR Memphis 2012 WDE Carl Mitchell 3
53 Mississippi 2013 DT Herbert Moore 3
10 UCLA 2013 OT Christian Morris 4
NR Mississippi 2011 TE Jamal Mosley 3
NR Oklahoma St 2008 TE Jamal Mosley 2
NR Kentucky 2009 CB Martavious Neloms 2
NR Wake Forest 2006 OC Russell Nenon 2
7 Mississippi 2005 OT Michael Oher 4
NR Mississippi 2005 K Rob Park 2
NR Memphis 2004 OT Brandon Pearce 2
NR Minnesota 2013 DT Demaris Peppers 2
71 North Carolina 2014 WR Devin Perry 3
NR Vanderbilt 2013 WR Gerald Perry 3
NR Memphis 2008 DT Dontari Poe 2
NR Memphis 2009 ATH Randy Powell 2
NR Memphis 2003 WR Mario Pratcher 2
NR Northwestern 2014 OLB James Prather 2
NR Memphis 2005 OG Clayton Presley 2
10 Tennessee 2005 OG Malcolm Rawls 4
56 Vanderbilt 2013 WR Latevius Rayford 3
38 Memphis 2011 DT Terry Redden 3
21 Mississippi St 2012 ATH Will Redmond 4
26 Mississippi 2013 ILB Marcus Robinson 3
10 Auburn 2012 RB Jovon Robinson 4
NR Memphis 2009 DT Jimmy Robinson 2
61 North Carolina 2009 CB Gene Robinson 3
NR Texas Tech 2012 WDE Chase Robison 3
NR Memphis 2008 WR Marcus Rucker 3
NR Memphis 2003 S Jamaal Rufus 3
NR Memphis 2004 TE Brett Russell 2
37 Mississippi 2002 OG Tony Sanders 3
53 Colorado 2007 SDE Lagrone Shields 3
34 Vanderbilt 2013 CB Darius Sims 3
NR Miami 2008 PS-QB Cannon Smith 3
18 Mississippi 2005 K Justin Sparks 2
NR LSU 2004 CB Mario Stevenson 4
NR Mississippi 2012 OG Ben Still 3
13 Vanderbilt 2007 WDE John Stokes 4
NR Louisville 2014 WR Cornelius Sturghill 3
NR Mississippi 2003 WR Carlos Suggs 2
86 Mississippi St 2002 SDE Roosevelt Tate 2
56 Tennessee 2011 ATH Tino Thomas 3
NR Memphis 2005 ILB Donald Thornton 2
NR Mississippi 2006 ATH Cassius Vaughn 3
NR Mississippi 2006 ATH LaDerrick Vaughn 2
14 Tennessee 2007 OLB Chris Walker 4
8 Mississippi 2012 APB Jaylen Walton 3
NR Tulsa 2014 APB Ramadi Warren 2
23 Vanderbilt 2013 TE Mack Weaver 3
63 Colorado 2009 OLB Derrick Webb 3
35 Tennessee 2005 DT Dan Williams 3
NR Memphis 2004 DT Ryan Williams 2
18 Memphis 2003 ILB Quintin Williams 3
NR Virginia Tech 2002 DT Jimmy Williams 4
NR Tulsa 2014 ILB Petera Wilson 3
NR Tennessee 2004 S Ellix Wilson 2
NR Mississippi 2002 DT Larrick Womack 2
NR Arkansas 2008 OLB Tenarius Wright 3
46 Mississippi St 2002 WR Brandon Wright 3
1 Mississippi 2014 K Gary Wunderlich 3
NR Memphis 2013 APB Anthony Young 2
NR Arkansas 2003 DT Ivora Hall 2
NR Arkansas 2004 OT Jeremy Palmoore 3
78 Arkansas 2002 WR David Thompson 3
NR Arkansas 2003 S Kevin Woods 2