This season! Has anyone else heard this?

http://www.louisville.rivals.com/showmsg...23&style=2

I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

CatsClaw Wrote:I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

I've been saying for years that if Jurich is as good of an AD as everyone thinks he is then he wouldn't let personal feelings get in the way of wise business deicisions. That being said, I think the stories about the "hard feelings" have been somewhat overblown. I don't think there is as much there as some people make it out to be.

3601 Wrote:

CatsClaw Wrote:I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

I've been saying for years that if Jurich is as good of an AD as everyone thinks he is then he wouldn't let personal feelings get in the way of wise business deicisions. That being said, I think the stories about the "hard feelings" have been somewhat overblown. I don't think there is as much there as some people make it out to be.

My understanding is that it is more of a Pitino-Calipari thing than a Jurich-Johnson thing.

The poster, tvcard and cardpride on the Scout board, is golden with his data so it appears you can take that one to the bank. I am surprise about it, toom but really a nice set up in Louisville, Memphis and Nashville. It is a rivalry game and it is easy for fans to get for both teams. Sounds like a winner to me.

Let's face facts, scheduling is very difficult now and Jurich did put away hard feelings for RC to help put this together, a clear winner for Memphis and Louisville fans.

3601 Wrote:

CatsClaw Wrote:I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

I've been saying for years that if Jurich is as good of an AD as everyone thinks he is then he wouldn't let personal feelings get in the way of wise business deicisions. That being said, I think the stories about the "hard feelings" have been somewhat overblown. I don't think there is as much there as some people make it out to be.

I don't think so either. I actually think that Jurich was more upset with C-USA then Memphis when it came to staying in the conference for an extra year. Another thing people forget is that the Big East came out and said that they weren't in a hurry to rush Louisville, Cincinnati and others into the Big East one year earlier. I don't think the Louisville/Memphis thing is nearly as big a deal as people make it out to be.

klg316 Wrote:

3601 Wrote:

CatsClaw Wrote:I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

I've been saying for years that if Jurich is as good of an AD as everyone thinks he is then he wouldn't let personal feelings get in the way of wise business deicisions. That being said, I think the stories about the "hard feelings" have been somewhat overblown. I don't think there is as much there as some people make it out to be.

My understanding is that it is more of a Pitino-Calipari thing than a Jurich-Johnson thing.

I always found that interesting. Part of Memphis problem in getting into the Big East, a smaller problem, but a problem nonetheless, was that coaches like Calhoun and I believe Boeheim, didn't care to much for Calipari. Why, I don't know. I've never heard any rumors of Calipari recruiting scandals so who knows. Calhoun and Boeheim pushed hard for UC to get into the Big East because of Bob Huggins, I do know that.

If this is true I think it is great that Memphis is trying to schedule games with at least one BE team. Personally I think Memphis, UCF, and ECU should be scheduling at least 1 to 2 games a year with BE schools for FB and BB knowing that there is a potential oppurtunity to get into the BE - a BCS conference in the next couple of years. Burning bridges by not honoring contracts or completely ignoring playing oppurtunities to build a rapport with a conference that has interest in your school for future conference affiliation just does not make sense at all.

klg316 Wrote:

3601 Wrote:

CatsClaw Wrote:I'm kind of shocked that Louisville agreed to it considering the hard feelings, if this is true. I know that Memphis turned down Cincinnati's overtures to play a football series a few years ago. And there has been no talk of extending the basketball series.

I've been saying for years that if Jurich is as good of an AD as everyone thinks he is then he wouldn't let personal feelings get in the way of wise business deicisions. That being said, I think the stories about the "hard feelings" have been somewhat overblown. I don't think there is as much there as some people make it out to be.

My understanding is that it is more of a Pitino-Calipari thing than a Jurich-Johnson thing.

I don't think the Pitino-Calipari thing is as bad as some make it out to be.

As a matter of fact last month at the King of the Bluegrass Basketball Tournament they were seen sitting together and seemed like they were having a good time.

This is awesome, and can only be a good sign about where our relationship with our brothers currently stands.

panite Wrote:If this is true I think it is great that Memphis is trying to schedule games with at least one BE team. Personally I think Memphis, UCF, and ECU should be scheduling at least 1 to 2 games a year with BE schools for FB and BB knowing that there is a potential oppurtunity to get into the BE - a BCS conference in the next couple of years. Burning bridges by not honoring contracts or completely ignoring playing oppurtunities to build a rapport with a conference that has interest in your school for future conference affiliation just does not make sense at all.

I hope this is true. Memphis is trying to schedule some big east teams. I think we will have about 4 BE teams on the bb schedule for the next several year. Maybe the big east will extend an invitation(even for fb only). but who knows.

What I find even stranger is, RC said on the local radio show in january, that Memphis would accept a FB only invite. He has been adament that we would only accept a full membership. Now in January, he said we would.

gdayre Wrote:What I find even stranger is, RC said on the local radio show in january, that Memphis would accept a FB only invite. He has been adament that we would only accept a full membership. Now in January, he said we would.

It could be a sign that the Big East is going to take a few extra years before splitting. If that's the case, the the Big East definitely would need to add a 9th team.

gdayre Wrote:What I find even stranger is, RC said on the local radio show in january, that Memphis would accept a FB only invite. He has been adament that we would only accept a full membership. Now in January, he said we would.

It wouldn't make sense for the Big East to do that. You leave behind an elite hoops team and take (no offense) an average football team.

Until the split happened the Big East would be in no need to add an elite basketball team, there are plenty of good basketball teams in the league currently. If Memphis is willing to take a football only invite for now, it alliviates the scheduling for football and should bring an extra bowl game.
The question is were would Memphis put its other sports? The only way i would see that happening is if the split will happen and Memphis knows the all sports invite is down the road.

Cubanbull Wrote:The question is were would Memphis put its other sports? The only way i would see that happening is if the split will happen and Memphis knows the all sports invite is down the road.

My guess is that Memphis would join either the A-10 or MVC for the other sports.

MVC would make sense, although they are hesitant to go from 10 to 12 from what I have read. They might make an exception for Memphis and St. Louis (Majerus apparently wants in the MVC). It would be a win-win for Memphis, although it might be awkward to have such different rivals in football and basketball.

BullsFanatic Wrote:MVC would make sense, although they are hesitant to go from 10 to 12 from what I have read. They might make an exception for Memphis and St. Louis (Majerus apparently wants in the MVC). It would be a win-win for Memphis, although it might be awkward to have such different rivals in football and basketball.

Well to be honest, we don't have much when it comes to rivals in c-usa. Sure, I guess there is a little bit with Southern Miss or UAB...but nothing that big.

If we joined the BE in football, (which I think would be more beneficial than just our bball team joining because the football program really needs the boost) we would already have a couple of already well established rivalries (UC, UL). I would have no problem with switching over to the A 10 or MVC in the other sports. In at least basketball, those are much better athletic conferences.

I sure know our basketball schedule would be much more exciting while playing in the MVC, and it would bring more exposure to that conference.

That certainly sounds feasible. But I'm not sure the BE would want to formalize something like that at this point. What about TV contracts, ie. $$$? It sounds more like a specific UL-Memphis thing right now. UL is having real trouble filling out 12 game schedules, on top of which they play all of their other rivals, except Memphis. Why not schedule Memphis annually so it kills those 2 birds(no pun intended since our mascot IS a bird) with one stone. And it would set things up nicely so that Memphis could slide right into the BE when that time comes. Maybe? Of course, what's going on with Cincy and Memphis, seemingly another mystery to the theories...

gdayre Wrote:What I find even stranger is, RC said on the local radio show in january, that Memphis would accept a FB only invite. He has been adament that we would only accept a full membership. Now in January, he said we would.

--Hasn't Memphis already turned down a football only invite from the BE?

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