I think the guy is rightfully excited about his team. It would be at the Top of the BEast this year probably. His football team would be near the bottom, no offense Cuse. I don't mind him bragging, but I like Memphis, like the rest of you guys like Temple.

KnightLight Wrote:

umfanincinci Wrote:The football program at Memphis is not good enough for a BCS conference. The basketball team however is 3 and 0 against the big east so far this year. Bring 'em on!

Something scary?

Calipari's incredible recruiting...would only improve exponentially if Memphis ever joined the Big East for Hoops.

Remember...Calipari has been loaded up incredible hoop talent for a CUSA school.

How many more great players could Calipari get if Memphis Hoops was in the Big East?

I say several more....each year.

Not so fast my friend. Schools like Syracuse try and schedule easy non-conference opponents, while Memphis has to do the opposite. Cal would just have an easier non-conference schedule. His recruiting can't get much better. The coach is more important than the conference in college hoops. Look at Cincinnati now: more competitive conference, no Huggins, worse off at least right now. To think I was at the Cinci-WVU game two years ago when after Cinci won "Hire Andy" chants were repeated.

army56mike Wrote:I think the guy is rightfully excited about his team. It would be at the Top of the BEast this year probably. His football team would be near the bottom, no offense Cuse. I don't mind him bragging, but I like Memphis, like the rest of you guys like Temple.

If you go to wikipedia under Big East football some Blue Hen is spreading rumors they will be considered for football-only because they outdraw Temple and are no threat to Villanova loosing that market.:rolltide::spongebob:

esayem Wrote:

KnightLight Wrote:

umfanincinci Wrote:The football program at Memphis is not good enough for a BCS conference. The basketball team however is 3 and 0 against the big east so far this year. Bring 'em on!

Something scary?

Calipari's incredible recruiting...would only improve exponentially if Memphis ever joined the Big East for Hoops.

Remember...Calipari has been loaded up incredible hoop talent for a CUSA school.

How many more great players could Calipari get if Memphis Hoops was in the Big East?

I say several more....each year.

Not so fast my friend. Schools like Syracuse try and schedule easy non-conference opponents, while Memphis has to do the opposite. Cal would just have an easier non-conference schedule. His recruiting can't get much better. The coach is more important than the conference in college hoops. Look at Cincinnati now: more competitive conference, no Huggins, worse off at least right now. To think I was at the Cinci-WVU game two years ago when after Cinci won "Hire Andy" chants were repeated.

Calipari's recruiting would increase greatly with Big East status. He's playing a tough non-conference schedule, but it's hard to schedule that way every year. And, to be fair, players still look at the conference. So if you tell them that they can play for Calipari AND in an elite conference they would take it.

army56mike Wrote:I think the guy is rightfully excited about his team. It would be at the Top of the BEast this year probably. His football team would be near the bottom, no offense Cuse. I don't mind him bragging, but I like Memphis, like the rest of you guys like Temple.

Non taken, just make sure that your team doesnt lose to the bottom feeder again, at home.

esayem Wrote:

army56mike Wrote:I think the guy is rightfully excited about his team. It would be at the Top of the BEast this year probably. His football team would be near the bottom, no offense Cuse. I don't mind him bragging, but I like Memphis, like the rest of you guys like Temple.

If you go to wikipedia under Big East football some Blue Hen is spreading rumors they will be considered for football-only because they outdraw Temple and are no threat to Villanova loosing that market.:rolltide::spongebob:

I checked that out, quite a promo for Delaware. But seriously, I'd read on another board that Delaware was a possible jump up to FBS/I-A, does anyone know anything about this? Any future in the BE?

I live in Delaware. They like being big fish in a small pond. They deny any intrest in moving or even looking into the matter.

CatsClaw Wrote:I don't understand the point of this post.

I agree.

All time record....UC vs Memphis

UC 36-30 over Memphis


BUT Memphis has won the last three in a row.....good rivalry over the years. Hope to see you in the BE!

Bearcats#1 Wrote:All time record....UC vs Memphis

UC 36-30 over Memphis


BUT Memphis has won the last three in a row.....good rivalry over the years. Hope to see you in the BE!

Hope to see Memphis in the BE too ...

All-time series: 48 - 32, edge to UL.

Hate that they aren't playing now, but considering how good the Tigers are maybe that's a good thing. LOL, just kidding really, keeping the record from getting skewed in Memphis's favor is no good reason not to renew a rivalry that spans 80 games, going back to 1949. At least, I don't think it is?

templefootballfan Wrote:I live in Delaware. They like being big fish in a small pond. They deny any intrest in moving or even looking into the matter.

I don't hear anything about Delaware either. I was on their campus this summer and the stadium has room for expansion if there was any truth to this BE RUMOR, however I really don't see them moving up either.

Bearcats#1 Wrote:All time record....UC vs Memphis

UC 36-30 over Memphis

BUT Memphis has won the last three in a row.....good rivalry over the years. Hope to see you in the BE!

Just to show how things change, back in the mid-70's, I witnessed the first-ever Tiger basketball win over a Cincinnatti team - it was considered a big deal and the entire city celebrated. During that same decade, I also listened to a radio broadcast of the football game between the Tigers and Bearcats, in which Cincy beat us for the first time ever after 11 tries. Our coach was so upset that he literally vomitted after the game (I still have the newspaper clipping mentioning that). That was one week after we had beaten #6 Auburn (finished 7-4 that year). Those who think Tiger football has always been weak are ignorant.

Gray Avenger Wrote:

Bearcats#1 Wrote:All time record....UC vs Memphis

UC 36-30 over Memphis

BUT Memphis has won the last three in a row.....good rivalry over the years. Hope to see you in the BE!

Just to show how things change, back in the mid-70's, I witnessed the first-ever Tiger basketball win over a Cincinnatti team - it was considered a big deal and the entire city celebrated. During that same decade, I also listened to a radio broadcast of the football game between the Tigers and Bearcats, in which Cincy beat us for the first time ever after 11 tries. Our coach was so upset that he literally vomitted after the game (I still have the newspaper clipping mentioning that). That was one week after we had beaten #6 Auburn (finished 7-4 that year). Those who think Tiger football has always been weak are ignorant.

No one even remotely hinted in this thread that Memphis fb has always been weak. Where did that come from?

KnightLight Wrote:

umfanincinci Wrote:The football program at Memphis is not good enough for a BCS conference. The basketball team however is 3 and 0 against the big east so far this year. Bring 'em on!

Something scary?

Calipari's incredible recruiting...would only improve exponentially if Memphis ever joined the Big East for Hoops.

Remember...Calipari has been loaded up incredible hoop talent for a CUSA school.

How many more great players could Calipari get if Memphis Hoops was in the Big East?

I say several more....each year.

I don't think Cal needs a conference change to improve recruiting. He routinely pulls in top 10 classes now, how much can that be improved on? His current team would probably be favored to win most conferences and his bench would probably still win CUSA.
I would personally very much like to see Memphis in the Big East and if that doesn't happen I would like to see Memphis on UC's schedule every year. Not playing Memphis just doesn't seem right. Losing 3 straight to them seems even less right.

cuseroc Wrote:No one even remotely hinted in this thread that Memphis fb has always been weak. Where did that come from?

True, not in this thread, but it has been intimated many times on this message board in the past. They know who they are.

Memphis beat Tennessee not too long ago.

I know Memphis had some pretty good teams in the 60s. I believe they have a losing record overall, but Tommy West seems to have things going in the right direction.

wvucrazed Wrote:I know Memphis had some pretty good teams in the 60s. I believe they have a losing record overall, but Tommy West seems to have things going in the right direction.

CFB Data Warehouse has their record at 427-443. Thats not good at all. But bcs inclusion would certainly help them. Being able to recruit Tenn. and Miss. and some other nearby areas with a bcs tag would do wonders for them. I'm not sure if Tommy West is the right coach or not though.

cuseroc Wrote:CFB Data Warehouse has their record at 427-443. Thats not good at all.

Try being an independent and later a non-BCS school in SEC country. The record is understandable considering the very difficult cirmcumstances of our past. Many schools with more advantages have fared far worse.

Quote:But bcs inclusion would certainly help them. Being able to recruit Tenn. and Miss. and some other nearby areas with a bcs tag would do wonders for them.

No doubt.

Quote:I'm not sure if Tommy West is the right coach or not though.

I have been following Tiger football since 1967. In my opinion, West is the perfect coach for UofM. Due to suffering a heart attack and the mid-season firing of the defensive coordinator, we stumbled in '06 after 3 straight bowl games and during the early part of '07 (but managed another bowl despite poor defense). After ANOTHER DC firing, the right man is now in place and we will soon be back to playing hard-nosed Tiger defense. A BCS bowl for Memphis is only a question of when.