“It’s our backyard, that’s how we look at Memphis,” Bjork said. “We like to be here as much as possible. That’s why we like the series with Memphis, both in football and basketball. So the more we can do up here the better, to bring big-time athletics to the city of Memphis.” In this morning's CA.

All the more reason NOT to play OM in either FB or BB for you idiots that complain we should play these teams that our coaches do NOT want to play.

What he meant to say was, "To bring our "okay" football program to the city of Memphis and to bring our basketball program to the city of Memphis to see how a major basketball program is run."

Hahaha just ignore him. He knew he would have memphis readers. It's the CA. He's trolling.

Who is Ross Bjork? Is she that singer from Iceland? She is terrible. Just noise. I completely ignore her.

(04-15-2014 07:59 AM)tigers1125 Wrote:  “It’s our backyard, that’s how we look at Memphis,” Bjork said. “We like to be here as much as possible. That’s why we like the series with Memphis, both in football and basketball. So the more we can do up here the better, to bring big-time athletics to the city of Memphis.” In this morning's CA.

All the more reason NOT to play OM in either FB or BB for you idiots that complain we should play these teams that our coaches do NOT want to play.

As far as I'm concerned this was a huge mistake, the first one our AD has made.

Huge huge mistake. No upside for us. We should never play any SEC team not called Florida or maybe UK.

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"big-time athletics" and old myth? Starting Tuesday off with a good laugh. #winning

I spent enough years in Memphis having to listen to the condescending, pompous and arrogant Old Miss alum's attitude toward us to say, "HELL NO" to their wish to play a game near their home and save the travel expense south.

(04-15-2014 08:29 AM)80sTiger Wrote:  Huge huge mistake. No upside for us. We should never play any SEC team not called Florida or maybe UK.

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No upside at all. If we win (basketball), big deal. We beat ole miss. That's no better than beating southern miss. If we lose, then we don't hear the end of it from the black bear loonies. After our NIT loss to them in 2010, ole miss fans ate it up. They proclaimed they were the new basketball powerhouse in the mid south haha. It's a lose, lose. Big mistake

Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

(04-15-2014 08:35 AM)MemTiger90 Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 08:29 AM)80sTiger Wrote:  Huge huge mistake. No upside for us. We should never play any SEC team not called Florida or maybe UK.

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No upside at all. If we win (basketball), big deal. We beat ole miss. That's no better than beating southern miss. If we lose, then we don't hear the end of it from the black bear loonies. After our NIT loss to them in 2010, ole miss fans ate it up. They proclaimed they were the new basketball powerhouse in the mid south haha. It's a lose, lose. Big mistake

Agree. You guys are downplaying this-it could have long term serious consequences for our program. They are building a new basketball arena-look what it did for Nebraska this year.

Never give your competition any foothold in your market and they ARE our competition.

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

I fail to see how Ole Miss fits into that category...

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

The best? At what?

I would like for Memphis to play SEC teams in football IF there was a possibility of beating them. So nah, let's not play them.

(04-15-2014 08:45 AM)tiger86 Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

The best? At what?

That's a mighty low standard for 'the best.'

(04-15-2014 08:42 AM)tigers1125 Wrote:  Agree. You guys are downplaying this-it could have long term serious consequences for our program. They are building a new basketball arena-look what it did for Nebraska this year.

They could build an exact replica of FEF and they still wouldn't amount to squat in hoops compared to Memphis.

(04-15-2014 08:48 AM)MemphisTiger15 Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 08:42 AM)tigers1125 Wrote:  Agree. You guys are downplaying this-it could have long term serious consequences for our program. They are building a new basketball arena-look what it did for Nebraska this year.

They could build an exact replica of FEF and they still wouldn't amount to squat in hoops compared to Memphis.

Wrong. Facilities have probably kept them from getting several really good players out of Memphis-much closer to home than UT. I don't understand why you guys cant see this; look at what a $100 million investment did for SMU.

(04-15-2014 08:45 AM)tiger86 Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

The best? At what?

Look at his sig. That should explain a lot.

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

I agree.

(04-15-2014 08:59 AM)Phillip26r Wrote:  

(04-15-2014 08:39 AM)MemphisMojo Wrote:  Wrong. Kids want to play against the best. I love playing Ole Miss and Tennessee.

I agree.

So your definition of "the best" is:

Ole Miss Black Bears
Tennessee Volunteers
Dallas Cowboys

Did I get that right?

I didn't really have much of an issue with what Bjork had to say….until I read the part about him bringing big time athletics to the city of Memphis.