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.

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

(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 of how this town doesn't support like it could / should ? Got ya. I'll leave you two alone now. Have a great day

A gay joke!

That's refreshing.

(10-04-2016 12:37 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  A gay joke!

That's refreshing.

You not in your safe place?

Get a life. I have many friends that are boys. And it wasn't a joke

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.

(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

(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.

(10-04-2016 12:40 PM)Brother Bluto Wrote:  Us getting 35K to a football game against a not so great opponent is great in my book.

Yep.

The stadium is too big. Probably should at least tarp the other end zone for Tiger games.

Seatbacks cut it to about 59K. Tarps may knock it down another thousand or so? Would force folks into the middle and no one really wants to go up top, so the stands would look better on TV.

Let's face it, if Memphis played in a 42K horseshoe stadium on campus, not many would be complaining about 35K on a Thursday night.

(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.

(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.

(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.

you are correct.....don't get into it with these miscreants.

(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.

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

(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

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

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

(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

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.

(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:  

(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.

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?

the game is on tv. a lot of us will support the tigers by increasing the ratings for the telecast

What he said