Senator wants UT, "Tiger High" Memphis to compete annually

[Dumbledorange]

Senator wants University of Tennessee, University of Memphis to compete annually

Uh, no. F*** Tiger High

 

[Sudden Impact]

Tell them to join the SEC and he will get his wish.......

 

[dhb92]

I'd be fine with this - ideally I'd like for us to play a rotation of Memphis, MTSU, UTC, ETSU, TTU as one of our OOC games each year. Would be a fun thing for the state IMO.

 

[Tennesseefan2019]

I say

 

[GTBATV]

I would be ok with this in basketball only.

 

[BigMac_2010]

I would like Memphis to replace Vandy in the SEC East. Vandy football is not doing anything to receive their share of the profits.

 

[TNbuc2]

Tell them to join the SEC and he will get his wish.......

A little hard to swallow with the many issues needed to be addressed in the state, this is what this Clown is focused on. Pretty sure this guy is not a soybean Farmer, living in a low lying flood prone area, has children in a public school, or needs health insurance he can afford for his Family.. Geesh.

 

[utvolpj]

How about UT will agree to play again when they change their name back to Memphis state. Quit pretending

 

[Orange931]

I would like Memphis to replace Vandy in the SEC East. Vandy football is not doing anything to receive their share of the profits.

I wouldn’t. That would make recruiting a little bit harder for us in the Memphis area considering they’re a much better program than Vanderbilt.

 

[VolFanNC09]

I think they should play in football and basketball regularly. At least every other year in football as it is harder to align schedules, but would be good.

 

[Mjewell]

I wish Memphis would get annexed by Arkansas....good riddance!!

 

[lukeneyland]

Screw Memphis and the Government trying to tell us who we have to play. Disgusting

 

[BigOrangeArsenal]

This is a good thing--I'll play Memphis annually in whatever sport as long as we have access to the Memphis area talent.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

We brought twice as many people to our bowl game than Memphis had in attendance at home for its AAC championship game.

How does Kelsey believe that home and home football makes sense financially for both schools?

I'll hang up and listen

 

[Purple Tiger]

I would like Memphis to replace Vandy in the SEC East. Vandy football is not doing anything to receive their share of the profits.

They beat UT five out of seven years. Of course a lot of SEC members did that, too.

 

[BigOrangeMojo]

I wish UT would play Memphis in all sports every year; however, we can't subsidize them by giving them a biannual home/home series that no other non P5 team ever gets in football.

I'm for this if it's a fair proposal that has economics factored into it. Methinks Kelsey is just pandering to his base

 

[volsfan125]

I have always thought Tennessee should be playing Memphis and MTSU on a rotating yearly basis. A 2 for 1 or possibly home and home with Memphis and a 2 for 1 with MTSU. MTSU could sell the home game for big bucks with the game being played in Nashville on years we dont play Vandy there (sota how Wyoming sold the home game with Tennessee and had it played at Adelphia Coliseum in 2002.) I think this could be perfect in state "rivalry" game to start the season plus give central and west Tennessee Vol fans more chances to see the Vols play closer to their home instead of having to drive across state. Just my opinion.

 

[clarencepeabody]

A little hard to swallow with the many issues needed to be addressed in the state, this is what this Clown is focused on. Pretty sure this guy is not a soybean Farmer, living in a low lying flood prone area, has children in a public school, or needs health insurance he can afford for his Family.. Geesh.

I agree. My first thought was: why is this something that the government thinks it has jurisdiction over? Do any other states have sports matchups that were deemed mandatory by the state government?

 

[hog88]

I would rather P5 schools only play P5 schools. Playing Memphis annually does nothing for us.

 

[LittleVol]

No

 

[Dumbledorange]

Screw Memphis and the Government trying to tell us who we have to play. Disgusting

This crap happens about every 10-15 years, some yahoo living in a luxury East Memphis suburb (Germantown), puts up legislation that is so-kewl for his own political agenda. This type of legislation has been passed at least once before.

 

[MAD]

Have Memphis agree to a home and home where we play our home games in Neyland and their home games at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

 

[MSME Vol]

I wish Memphis would get annexed by Arkansas....good riddance!!

It would raise the average IQ of both states

 

[FlyFishnVol]

Senator wants University of Tennessee, University of Memphis to compete annually

Uh, no. F*** Tiger High

Umm sorry, but NCAA does not allow Universities to play High School teams...............duh!

 

[feathersax]

Just NO. Let Tiger High be what it is.