(10-04-2016 12:49 PM)btiger Wrote:  the game is on tv. a lot of us will support the tigers by increasing the ratings for the telecast

Plus you won't get thrown out of your own house for smoking

(10-04-2016 12:45 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:43 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:41 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:39 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  I thought the metro area was really about 700K population.

1.5 million seems like a stretch - maybe all the way to Jackson or something.

Years ago when I inquired the metropolitan area was 1.3. The city limits contained a tad over 700k if I'm not mistaken. So no stretching was needed.

Right. City limits. 700K.

Metro area sounds more like Shelby County as well.

Doesn't fit his agenda. He thinks all 1.3 million should be

A. Sports fans

B. College football fans

C. University of Memphis fans


If they are none of the above they are pieces of crap

Not sure how you derived all of this garbage out of my post but knock yourself out champ.

(10-04-2016 12:48 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:47 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:45 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:43 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:41 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  Years ago when I inquired the metropolitan area was 1.3. The city limits contained a tad over 700k if I'm not mistaken. So no stretching was needed.

Right. City limits. 700K.

Metro area sounds more like Shelby County as well.

Look up what metropolitan area is. And it's what all cities use to describe their areas. Populations. I think.

A metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as a metro area or just metro, is a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing

Very nebulous language.

Did your lawyer write that?

im not sure what a nebulous is

(10-04-2016 12:47 PM)HoopDreams Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:43 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:40 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:35 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:33 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  It's a melting pot of 3 states. Plus we are no different from Houston, SMU, Temple, Cincy or any other big city team.

But yeah let's run the Memphians down. It's what we do best here

Smh

So you and your boyfriend can dog Memphis coaches , etc all day long but others can't be upset or concerned with a real and proven fact? Got ya. I'll leave you two alone now. Have a great day

Link to where I've "dogged" any coach that didn't deserve it. And if you are talking about that recruiting thread I didn't dog anyone but posters who are criticizing other fans , which is exactly what you are doing here. Facts ? I just gave you the facts. You and a few others here want to be "big state u". I'm hear to say that it's not ever going to happen. Us getting 35K to a football game against a not so great opponent is great in my book. Sorry if you don't get that. Have a nice lunch

Again your opinion is they deserved it but our opinions are not allowed? Gotcha.

But I do agree. I don't think this city will ever support a University that strives to be in the big boy club. Pretty sure that was my point. Sorry you don't get that.

I just think you're arguing a kind of faulty point.

35K is pretty good in the scheme of things college football-wise.

I mean PITT averaged 49K last year. ECU 43K. Maryland 44K. Virginia 43K, Illinois 41K.

Not sure how much more big boy we can be playing in a non power league.

The stadium is just too big in reality.

http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_r...e/2015.pdf

Touché.

(10-04-2016 12:50 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:49 PM)btiger Wrote:  the game is on tv. a lot of us will support the tigers by increasing the ratings for the telecast

Plus you won't get thrown out of your own house for smoking

if anyone is stupid enough to get kicked out for smoking in the stadium they shouldn't be allowed to attend tiger games.

(10-04-2016 12:18 AM)Pastner4Prez Wrote:  You are correct regarding the "New Band Wagon Fan" which represents about 5,000 of an attendance of the normal 40k crowd

What I'm asking is for our True Fans who have suffered in the 80's, most of the 90's, and many years post 2005 to MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE of the 5,000 fair weathers and add another 5,000 to get us to 45,000 this Thursday

All it takes is what Coach West preached for so many years. "If we want to fill the stadium, then just buy 1 extra ticket and convince a friend to join you for a fun tailgate and Tiger game.

Show your friends how much fun it is to tailgate and to support our Home Team

When? Do you have a job?

(10-04-2016 11:17 AM)tiger2000 Wrote:  just so I understand: the bottom of the barrel consists of folks who don't go followed by "early leavers" with super fans who stay until the very last second are at the very top? Just want to get the fan pecking order right.

No, the superstars are the ones like my family who make their way around to the band by the final horn to sing with the team and the band. Get it straight.

(10-04-2016 12:53 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:50 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 12:49 PM)btiger Wrote:  the game is on tv. a lot of us will support the tigers by increasing the ratings for the telecast

Plus you won't get thrown out of your own house for smoking

if anyone is stupid enough to get kicked out for smoking in the stadium they shouldn't be allowed to attend tiger games.

Oh my

(10-03-2016 09:52 PM)Pastner4Prez Wrote:  The attendance prediction thread should ROYALY PISS OFF EVERY TRUE TIGER FAN.

So we lost to Mississippi. So the F what.

We are a dang good team and we are good enough to seriously compete to win the AAC which every football analyst says is by far the best non P5 conference.

This is why I HATE playing SEC teams. Anytime we lose our Fair Weather fans bolt to the EXIT SIGNS

Our goal every year is to win our conference championship. Doesn't matter what conference we are in. JUST WIN

We have to get our minds right and be the best damn non P5 team in the country. But that's not going to happen by losing faith when we lose to an SEC TEAM

I implore our fans to STAND UP and bring as many people as possible this Thursday night. We are on the national stage and it's a great oppty to keep showing the college football world that we belong.

Only Alabama put up more yards against the Miss defense then we did. And OM buys their players. We do things the right way and hung in with them till the end.

We are a very good football team and our real fans can not give up. We all need to make sure to bring friends to compensate for the Fair Weather loss

AHEM

there has been a lot of talk in this thread and threats like it through the years.

What I have not seen is one person ever come up and say hey I was not going to the game but now that I think about it I change my mind since I've been challenged.

we are a growing Fanbase but still growing... good thing is that there is room to grow and plenty of people to get on board, I welcome everyone of them that wants to come on board whenever they come aboard even if it's right before we win a championship.

p4p is a good fan that has to travel many miles to see the Tigers,

(10-04-2016 03:55 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  there has been a lot of talk in this thread and threats like it through the years.

What I have not seen is one person ever come up and say hey I was not going to the game but now that I think about it I change my mind since I've been challenged.

we are a growing Fanbase but still growing... good thing is that there is room to grow and plenty of people to get on board, I welcome everyone of them that wants to come on board whenever they come aboard even if it's right before we win a championship.

p4p is a good fan that has to travel many miles to see the Tigers,

This.

(10-04-2016 03:55 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  there has been a lot of talk in this thread and threats like it through the years.

What I have not seen is one person ever come up and say hey I was not going to the game but now that I think about it I change my mind since I've been challenged.

we are a growing Fanbase but still growing... good thing is that there is room to grow and plenty of people to get on board, I welcome everyone of them that wants to come on board whenever they come aboard even if it's right before we win a championship.

p4p is a good fan that has to travel many miles to see the Tigers,

im not so sure everybody is welcome. a good poster once said he wished that only the people that traveled to away games could come to the home games

(10-04-2016 10:56 AM)tiger2000 Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 10:54 AM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Heard one of our "good fans" was escorted out of Vaught Hemingway for smoking

Not a good image for Tiger nation IMO

Smoking what?

Smoking what?

(10-04-2016 12:08 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 10:54 AM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Heard one of our "good fans" was escorted out of Vaught Hemingway for smoking

Not a good image for Tiger nation IMO

anything less than a felony is a good image for us.

Speak for yourself, John.

(10-04-2016 10:59 AM)TiminMem23 Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 09:39 AM)UMTiger02 Wrote:  It is what it is. There will always be the same amount of folks. 30-35. If we're ranked or undefeated may get a 5 to 10 bump. Play a big time opponent maybe another 5. No sense in getting bent out of shape. Show up if you wanna show up. I'll be there. #GTG

Exactly. I don't understand people who are angry about attendance. I get it if you love the Memphis Tigers and you wish that everyone else did too and that there would be 50K fans at every game. But why get angry about it? Who are you angry at? People that don't care enough to go to the games? Or people who have other obligations?

You'll be much happier if you just focus on what you can control and enjoy watching the Tigers play.

If you can't be happy without 50K fans or more in the stadium, then you do have other options: become an OM or UT fan. Or Alabama. Otherwise, accept reality.

Most sane people make their decision to go to a game/not go based on two primary factors: 1) Will it be worth my time/money to go (i.e. will I have fun watching the game, tailgating, spending time with friends, etc.) or, 2) Am I able to go (i.e. do I have other obligations such as kids, school/work, etc.)

There are some Friday Night Light crazies out there who deviate from this decision making process and will go no matter how bad a team is or no matter what other responsibilities they should be tending to because they have some warped belief that they owe it to the team no matter the circumstances. That's when you've lost control of your life. You go because you enjoy it and because you are able to go. If not, then don't.

You also go if you love your team, your school, and your city, and if you know a player(s) on the team. And that does not make you insane. You also enjoy ALL the nice things about a game, not only the game, but your friends, the weather, the Tiger Walk, band, and cheerleaders. And you do not ever neglect your other "obligations", job, children, school, family, health, friends. And that's my 2 cents for the day. Go Tigers!

(10-04-2016 12:26 PM)BIGGESTTIGERJLB Wrote:  I think the biggest gripe about this town is that it has roughly 1.5 million residents in the metropolitan area but can only muster 20-30 k loyal fans. It really is sad and an indictment on this city's bandwagon presence. I try everyday to explain it to those bandwagons and what they're missing out on and how supporting the city they rely on would make te community better but it's like talking to one of those 901 rocks or a wall. They're brainwashed beyond belief.

The tickets are cheaper than cheaper, the parking is easy, our stadium is really nice, we are now competitive, have good coaching and fast, exciting plays, and out of 1.5 million, we pray for 20,000-30,000.

Memphians are Fair Weather Fans, full of excuses, too lazy to get off the couch and see what is happening in their city, set in their ways, and slug-ly. Not to mention, brain dead. I tell my friends all the time they are missing the biggest party in town on Game Days. It is what it is.

(10-04-2016 12:47 PM)Collegiate Black Man Wrote:  College sports in a metropolitan area are not the huge draws like they are in small college towns . They compete with too many other things, and the diversity of the population to expect a college football team to draw close to 5% of the population (about 65 K - a Liberty Bowl sellout) for a home game on a Thursday night against Temple or anyone else for that matter. To me, this is unrealistic, given that many people with the disposable income to go to such an event probably have collegiate ties to other schools in the region, or weren't college football fans even as students. Even as alumni of UofM, a commuter school, school pride and such aren't probably at the fever pitch it would be in a small, rural college town like Tuscaloosa or Knoxville.

I saw this also as a fatal flaw in the thinking that investing in college football would generate an invite to a P5 conference. Memphis is not a small college town with nothing else to do but do things at the University. I'm not saying the university isn't a great asset and a source of pride for the city. But to think that a really sizeable portion of the population is clamoring for a "win- at-all-cost" college football team is overly exaggerated at best, and might even be a little delusional.

Hey, I wish every home game would sellout, and I was impressed by the team that I saw Saturday night. But 30K on a Thursday night against Temple is about what we should expect. And that is a good crowd, at least considering the social and economic context of Memphis and the school.

This whole city went crazy over a basketball team that played within two minutes of a NC. So, I don't underestimate what community pride can rise to here in certain situations. Being a Memphian can transcend what college you went to (Vandy here), or that you never went to college, what your income is, what your social status is, how long you have lived here, and the University of MEMPHIS IS Memphis.

(10-04-2016 12:49 PM)btiger Wrote:  the game is on tv. a lot of us will support the tigers by increasing the ratings for the telecast

Is it being shown in Oxford?

(10-04-2016 04:05 PM)btiger Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 03:55 PM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  there has been a lot of talk in this thread and threats like it through the years.

What I have not seen is one person ever come up and say hey I was not going to the game but now that I think about it I change my mind since I've been challenged.

we are a growing Fanbase but still growing... good thing is that there is room to grow and plenty of people to get on board, I welcome everyone of them that wants to come on board whenever they come aboard even if it's right before we win a championship.

p4p is a good fan that has to travel many miles to see the Tigers,

im not so sure everybody is welcome. a good poster once said he wished that only the people that traveled to away games could come to the home games

Well, you are in luck, then. That makes you doubly welcome, B. You go to "away" games nearly every week, right? Away, away, away down South in Dixie....

(10-04-2016 01:41 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(10-04-2016 11:17 AM)tiger2000 Wrote:  just so I understand: the bottom of the barrel consists of folks who don't go followed by "early leavers" with super fans who stay until the very last second are at the very top? Just want to get the fan pecking order right.

No, the superstars are the ones like my family who make their way around to the band by the final horn to sing with the team and the band. Get it straight.

Somewhere at the very top is a a guy who stayed long enough to poop in an unattended tuba after the team sang with the band