(12-07-2014 05:01 PM)mapdude Wrote:  Well, let's see...fly down with Bartlett travel...$3000 for two plus the cost of tickets, meals, etc....Monday before Christmas...need to take a day off from work...vs drive down to BHam on Friday, game on Saturday, come back Sunday, might cost me $500 for the weekend...

I don't have the kind of money that "the people who write the checks" have to toss around. Sorry...

I'll take that $500 and buy my wife something really nice for Christmas...I can enjoy the fringe benefits that it will bring later...

Damn, doing the same also.

(12-07-2014 05:01 PM)MtownTigers916 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:59 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:57 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:55 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:53 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  I read one of BYU's funky message boards. They aren't to thrilled with playing us. One dude thought they got a crappy opponent and wanted Cincy instead.

He meant crappy as in a team they can't beat, which is why they wanted cincy instead.

It was pretty funny. They sounded disgusted at the thought of playing us

They have their magic underwear in a ruffle over it. Would be nice to go in and make a statement.

Didn't take long for a Mormon joke. Same fanbase that threw sugar packets at Adam Morrison. Classy.

Didn't take long for a holier-than-thou type to make a comment in order to feel superior

Report me to HR.

We are going to this bowl for a few reasons, 1- To beat up BYU, and Show the Big 12, if they did choose us we are worth the gamble, 2- for recruiting purposes and exposure outside of SEC country, Tampa and Orlando and exposure in South Florida is a good thing for that, 3- to to experience a big time city, and get the players more use to Big Time Events going forward, for coming back ready to go to work in the offseason.....University of Memphis, Delta's Team....The World Is Ours Memphis....

Lol at the rebel fan giving them a scouting report.

Quote:Offense is nothing to write home about. We held then to just over 100 yards of total offense.

(12-07-2014 05:09 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  We are going to this bowl for a few reasons, 1- To beat up BYU, and Show the Big 12, if they did choose us we are worth the gamble, 2- for recruiting purposes and exposure outside of SEC country, Tampa and Orlando and exposure in South Florida is a good thing for that, 3- to to experience a big time city, and get the players more use to Big Time Events going forward, for coming back ready to go to work in the offseason.....University of Memphis, Delta's Team....The World Is Ours Memphis....

Delta Force Tigers!!

(12-07-2014 05:01 PM)MtownTigers916 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:59 PM)tiger2000 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:57 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:55 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:53 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  I read one of BYU's funky message boards. They aren't to thrilled with playing us. One dude thought they got a crappy opponent and wanted Cincy instead.

He meant crappy as in a team they can't beat, which is why they wanted cincy instead.

It was pretty funny. They sounded disgusted at the thought of playing us

They have their magic underwear in a ruffle over it. Would be nice to go in and make a statement.

Didn't take long for a Mormon joke. Same fanbase that threw sugar packets at Adam Morrison. Classy.

i thought the t-shirt in your avatar was soaked with sweat, but now i know its tears...titty baby tears.

visit GoTigersGoBowl.com for more info and to purchase tickets

Had a non-stop flight pulled up on Priceline leaving Saturday morning at 8:30am before Monday game and returning at 8:30 pm the day after game for $632-went to another page and came back in 3 minutes or so and it had gone up to $1,083.

(12-07-2014 05:45 PM)tigers1125 Wrote:  Had a non-stop flight pulled up on Priceline leaving Saturday morning at 8:30am before Monday game and returning at 8:30 pm the day after game for $632-went to another page and came back in 3 minutes or so and it had gone up to $1,083.

Wipe the site's cookies from the browser and try again, they track your activity and alter the price in an effort to get you to bite

(12-07-2014 05:09 PM)tigerscane Wrote:  We are going to this bowl for a few reasons, 1- To beat up BYU, and Show the Big 12, if they did choose us we are worth the gamble, 2- for recruiting purposes and exposure outside of SEC country, Tampa and Orlando and exposure in South Florida is a good thing for that, 3- to to experience a big time city, and get the players more use to Big Time Events going forward, for coming back ready to go to work in the offseason.....University of Memphis, Delta's Team....The World Is Ours Memphis....

And....the nice weather and the fact our QB is from Florida as are several other players. South Florida is a great recruiting area....one of the best in the country.

(12-07-2014 05:30 PM)Ramen_Tiger Wrote:  Lol at the rebel fan giving them a scouting report.

Quote:Offense is nothing to write home about. We held then to just over 100 yards of total offense.

In fairness he did say our D is salty and shut them down

CJF knows what he is doing and BTW the dude at byu is gonna find out all about our FOOTBALL TEAM!!!!!!!

(12-07-2014 06:04 PM)memphisike Wrote:  CJF knows what he is doing and BTW the dude at byu is gonna find out all about our FOOTBALL TEAM!!!!!!!

Yep!

(12-07-2014 04:36 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:35 PM)tiger27 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:31 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:25 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  Fantastic for the players and coaches. Not so great for the fans.

The fans that matter, the ones that write the checks, will be there.

That's an arrogant and pathetic way of looking at it. All the support matters. That's the way past administration looked at it.

Do you blame them 35,000 came out for the conference championship game

1. A late season game in November against a team ranked 176 in the sagarin rankings wasn't in any way a "conference championship game." It just wasn't.

2. The real story is that 35,000 is 10,000 to 20,000 more than we've been pulling for similar opponents in over the past few years.

(12-07-2014 06:12 PM)Briskbas Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:36 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:35 PM)tiger27 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:31 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:25 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  Fantastic for the players and coaches. Not so great for the fans.

The fans that matter, the ones that write the checks, will be there.

That's an arrogant and pathetic way of looking at it. All the support matters. That's the way past administration looked at it.

Do you blame them 35,000 came out for the conference championship game

1. A late season game in November against a team ranked 176 in the sagarin rankings wasn't in any way a "conference championship game." It just wasn't.

2. The real story is that 35,000 is 10,000 to 20,000 more than we've been pulling for similar opponents in over the past few years.

so its okay for no one to come to the game if its a late season game against a low ranked team?

(12-07-2014 04:35 PM)tiger27 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:31 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:25 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  Fantastic for the players and coaches. Not so great for the fans.

The fans that matter, the ones that write the checks, will be there.

That's an arrogant and pathetic way of looking at it. All the support matters. That's the way past administration looked at it.

Please tell me you're being facetious.

(12-07-2014 04:31 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:25 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  Fantastic for the players and coaches. Not so great for the fans.

The fans that matter, the ones that write the checks, will be there.

Not true, I hear you may be going...

Excellent matchup for us!!!

What other conference puts their champ or co-champ in the only bowl they have that's not against a p5 opponent? Recruiting? What recruits are we after that would be impressed with us playing byu in a 2:00 pm monday bowl that will have less people than my jobs Christmas party. I'm not buying the hype.

(12-07-2014 06:28 PM)papajohn Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:35 PM)tiger27 Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:31 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(12-07-2014 04:25 PM)TigersRuleAll Wrote:  Fantastic for the players and coaches. Not so great for the fans.

The fans that matter, the ones that write the checks, will be there.

That's an arrogant and pathetic way of looking at it. All the support matters. That's the way past administration looked at it.

Please tell me you're being facetious.

Facetious about what? Yes the ones that write checks matter and yes they matter the most, when it comes to funding the program and Athletic Dept. in the short term. But in the long run we also need the "
rank and file" to multiply! We need the casual fan to get excited and to get engaged, go to games, go to bowls, bring their kids, have kids get excited, etc. I am not being factious at all. That is how the past admin was, only catering to the large doners. I don't think this is about that though, it's literally a combo of the conference wanting us in Miami the and admin / staff wanting to be there due to winning chances and reward for everyone in program. I'm just saying it would have been better for the growth of the program for the majority of fans to be engaged and get to go to the bowl experience