Yeah, the SEC would be real smart to dump Arkansas or USC. for Memphis. ROFL!
mnk, I applaud your enthusiasm for your school, but you've got to be smoking some serious crack. For starters, Arkansas has more national titles than any SEC school. Don't believe me? Go to
http://www.ncaachampionships.com and find out. Memphis has ZERO. South Carolina has tasted national title glory themselves as well. In fact, didn't South Carolina reach the CWS twice in a row? Where was Memphis those years?
As for problems, what problems? The so-called huge scandal in football resulted in a loss of 6 scholarships over 3 years. Boo friggin hoo. That's nothing compared to what Alabama got, or what Miss. State is likely to get (Sherill cheated at every school he coached). The scandal of Fulmer blabbing to the NCAA is bigger than anything Arkansas has done. As for South Carolina, what scandals have they had?
The Liberty Bowl is a dump. Period. No offense to Memphis natives, but it's fact. It also seats about 10,000 less than our stadium in Fayetteville. Both Arkansas and USC, with larger stadiums, can do one other thing Memphis can't....sell their stadium out. We also have top notch facilities in just about every sport, including the newly expanded Baum Stadium (cap. 8,300) and the Randal Tyson Track Center, site of this year's NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. And by the way, who's ranked #1 coming into the title meet? Big surprise, it's Arkansas.
Calipari is big name? He took UMass on one glory ride, which later led to cheating so rampant that UMass's trip is noted in the NCAA history books as "Vacated". That's not someone I'd be bragging about.
Arkansas was picked over Memphis by the SEC because Arkansas generates a HELLUVA lot more money than Memphis. Fayetteville is the fastest growing metro area in the US, and with the world's largest company sitting in the metro area, hundreds of big-name companies are putting offices in Fayetteville. The SEC knows that Arkansas is one of the LAST schools they can afford to get rid of. The corporate sponsorships, huge donations, and money generated (along with national title sites and titles) is too much to pass up. Memphis can't come close.
Think again mnk before saying we're the bad apples. You picked 2 schools who aren't even close to being the bottom rung of the SEC.
WPS