(12-18-2017 04:50 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(12-18-2017 03:51 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(12-18-2017 02:38 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  As a neutral party, if someone were to ask me what Memphis is known for sports wise, I'd say basketball in a heartbeat.

I have a feeling the general/casual sports fan would agree.


I'm not sure why that's so offensive to the Memphis folk.

Because that’s our decision to make...not the ‘casual fans’ call

Be sure to watch us in the Liberty Bowl

What's a Liberty Bowl? What do you get if you win it?

2.4 million dollars...

(12-18-2017 06:52 PM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(12-18-2017 02:38 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  As a neutral party, if someone were to ask me what Memphis is known for sports wise, I'd say basketball in a heartbeat.

I have a feeling the general/casual sports fan would agree.


I'm not sure why that's so offensive to the Memphis folk.

I'm not offended and agree with you. Memphis has been in the national championship game twice in basketball. Football has been an afterthought for years. I'm glad to see that is changing in football. Now if we can just get basketball back on track.

Can the Tubbah.

Go get a good, young coach that can recruit the studs in our own city.

Run the conference.

It's as easy as that.

(12-18-2017 02:21 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(12-17-2017 11:22 PM)geosnooker2000 Wrote:  

(12-17-2017 04:12 PM)wylioats Wrote:  

(12-16-2017 11:12 AM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(12-16-2017 10:23 AM)wylioats Wrote:  Football first, all day everyday, been a football first Tiger fan for years, dating back to the late 60's. Wish we were good in both because I also love me some Tiger basketball.

Must be a lot of pain in your past then. What, 2 bowls over a nearly[b] 50 year span?[/b] Ouchies. Memphis Basketball is where it's at... or was.


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Research is your friend. Good to see you're still showing your ignorance, Dumbazz. Basketball only school

Yeah, I don't even understand how he was trying to frame that. We started playing football in 1912. We went to the Burley Bowl in 1956, and the Pasadena Bowl in 1971, so that's 2 bowl games in 59 years. But in all fairness, we didn't play D-1a until 1960, so we didn't have access to traditional bowl games. Then, if you start with the Burley Bowl in 1956, and go to 2003 (New Orleans Bowl), that's 2 bowls in 47 years... Yeah, I don't know what he's driving at.

I was framing it exactly how I was reading it off Wiki: 2 bowls in nearly 50 years... Why the confusion? I'm certainly not privy to the particulars of why you weren't offered bowls throughout the 20th century, only that you did not enjoy them for almost 5 generations.

Memphis basketball is where your richest tradition lies, make no mistake about it.


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Soooo... in Wichita, Kansas, 50 years = 5 generations.... That explains a lot.

I mean, the most insulting and derogatory framing of our history would have said "only 2 bowls in 91 years."

But that would be a bit like accusing Wichita State of not having been able to reach a bowl in all the years since 1961.