plus the last time they played in Memphis maybe 40k showed up to see us get destroyed

This isn't about money. It's about Fulmer pissing on his territory.

Val’s can play in LBMS so long as Tigers get all the profits.

(06-28-2019 08:12 AM)midtowncowboy Wrote:  Compare playing in LBMS and getting their cut of 65K tickets or playing in Neyland and getting their cut of 100K tickets. Its all about revenue.

Yeah, but it would probably be the "7th home game" thing, which would draw 70k at Neyland, and they can charge more at LB for the far away fans who don't get to go to Neyland. Money might be a wash or maybe slightly in their favor.

Play them at utk every yr, I don't care but, play their sorry ass and beat them

(06-28-2019 01:25 PM)JhanJo Wrote:  I would be against it. While we may not compete with them for players we do compete with them for fans. Id like to get to a point where someday everything west of Jackson or better yet, the Tennessee river, is all about the Univ of Memphis.

Problem is, most people past the immediate surrounding counties identify more with UT-K than UofM. And you have all the Memphis-centric folks on here and other media that constantly harp on the U's relation to the city.

I'm one of the ones who went because it was the closest public university with an engineering department and I got a better scholarship than UT-K was offering. That was the days of the 55mph speed limit, so Cookeville was an extra hour or hour-1/2 away, plus I wanted to go to a school with D-1 athletics. And it fit my overall scheme of migrating South and West. (watched too many John Wayne movies I guess)

HELL F'N NO their fans chose to follow a team out of town. So they can travel out of town to see the games.

(06-28-2019 12:48 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 12:35 PM)FlyingTiger2016 Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 10:45 AM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 10:18 AM)WiseMan Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 07:57 AM)cmt Wrote:  UT has a huge presence in Memphis, the Liberty Bowl sure could use the money, they aren't really recruiting against us, maybe 1 or 2 players a year, it would make continuing the basketball series easier, we are still technically part of the great state of Tennessee even though the rest of the state's politicians in Nashville don't like to admit it, I don't see anything wrong with it.

Won’t happen in next decade if not several more. Tigers could always say we can’t schedule around Heritage Classic and UT game also.

Tigers don't get a say do they? This would be between the city and UT since the city owns the LB.

Tiger's are the primary tenant in an aging stadium who have been a fantastic partner for the city. The city should, and probably will, look after our best interests.

I won't be holding my breath. City should and probably will look after their own best interest.

Got to believe there is a contractual obligation on the part of the LB to support the Memphis schedule as first priority - so in that sense, UM does have a say.

Fat Phil is going to be a colossal failure as AD. Hiring him was such a typical UT move it's laughable. How they have managed to take EVERY built in advantage and still suck for a decade is amazing.

(06-28-2019 08:19 PM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 01:25 PM)JhanJo Wrote:  I would be against it. While we may not compete with them for players we do compete with them for fans. Id like to get to a point where someday everything west of Jackson or better yet, the Tennessee river, is all about the Univ of Memphis.

Problem is, most people past the immediate surrounding counties identify more with UT-K than UofM. And you have all the Memphis-centric folks on here and other media that constantly harp on the U's relation to the city.

I'm one of the ones who went because it was the closest public university with an engineering department and I got a better scholarship than UT-K was offering. That was the days of the 55mph speed limit, so Cookeville was an extra hour or hour-1/2 away, plus I wanted to go to a school with D-1 athletics. And it fit my overall scheme of migrating South and West. (watched too many John Wayne movies I guess)

Lots of things change when you get outside the Memphis surrounding counties. Hillbilly quotient goes way up.

Reason goes way down.

Fullmer's 1st objective was to start a conversation about T in M town...

Hook, line and sinker on that one.

(06-29-2019 07:19 AM)Mimi Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 08:19 PM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  most people past the immediate surrounding counties identify more with UT-K than UofM.

Lots of things change when you get outside the Memphis surrounding counties. Hillbilly quotient goes way up.

Reason goes way down.

And there you have it. Effect meet Cause.

(06-29-2019 07:32 AM)ImaTiger Wrote:  Fullmer's 1st objective was to start a conversation about T in M town...

Hook, line and sinker on that one.

Totally agree.

Other than him trying to remember a positive memory of traveling to Memphis in 1996, this has almost no chance of happening and he is just stoking fires. He wants the ut fans in Memphis to be talking about it, but even more to try and put Memphis fans in their place.

(06-28-2019 12:55 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 07:57 AM)cmt Wrote:  UT has a huge presence in Memphis

Lol

No they don't.

Pretty much they do.

(06-28-2019 12:04 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  All of the white trash Wal-Mart UT fans from the 90s, the “I’m a huge Peyton fan but I’ve never been to Neyland” crowd, have become Alabama fans over the last 6-7 years. This fall, notice how many people ride around with A flags on their vehicles. Those used to be the stupid orange T flags that would fly all summer until Florida beat them in September every year.

Nailed it.

(06-28-2019 02:07 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  still a bunch of old farts who are 'UT football/Memphis basketball' fans around these parts...

*Cough* post # 3 *cough*

(06-29-2019 07:19 AM)Mimi Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 08:19 PM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 01:25 PM)JhanJo Wrote:  I would be against it. While we may not compete with them for players we do compete with them for fans. Id like to get to a point where someday everything west of Jackson or better yet, the Tennessee river, is all about the Univ of Memphis.

Problem is, most people past the immediate surrounding counties identify more with UT-K than UofM. And you have all the Memphis-centric folks on here and other media that constantly harp on the U's relation to the city.

I'm one of the ones who went because it was the closest public university with an engineering department and I got a better scholarship than UT-K was offering. That was the days of the 55mph speed limit, so Cookeville was an extra hour or hour-1/2 away, plus I wanted to go to a school with D-1 athletics. And it fit my overall scheme of migrating South and West. (watched too many John Wayne movies I guess)

Lots of things change when you get outside the Memphis surrounding counties. Hillbilly quotient goes way up.

Reason goes way down.

You know.... we in the "surrounding counties" can do without your condescension. I live in a "surrounding county", and I would take any of these fine folks (weather or not they fly a UT flag) over your judgmental myopia. And I effing HATE ut.

(06-29-2019 07:19 AM)Mimi Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 08:19 PM)Herff Tiger Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 01:25 PM)JhanJo Wrote:  I would be against it. While we may not compete with them for players we do compete with them for fans. Id like to get to a point where someday everything west of Jackson or better yet, the Tennessee river, is all about the Univ of Memphis.

Problem is, most people past the immediate surrounding counties identify more with UT-K than UofM. And you have all the Memphis-centric folks on here and other media that constantly harp on the U's relation to the city.

I'm one of the ones who went because it was the closest public university with an engineering department and I got a better scholarship than UT-K was offering. That was the days of the 55mph speed limit, so Cookeville was an extra hour or hour-1/2 away, plus I wanted to go to a school with D-1 athletics. And it fit my overall scheme of migrating South and West. (watched too many John Wayne movies I guess)

Lots of things change when you get outside the Memphis surrounding counties. Hillbilly quotient goes way up.

Reason goes way down.

Maybe some of it, but not all. For decades, the university largely neglected marketing outside of the "901".

(06-28-2019 08:45 AM)tigerlands Wrote:  UT ain't playing in Memphis. Unless they make the bowl game. Fulmer is just some crazy old guy now.

They've done it before and will do it again if they desire. The city will screw the University and won't flinch doing it.

Same as it ever was. This is what happens when you don't have an OCS.

(06-29-2019 09:41 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(06-28-2019 08:45 AM)tigerlands Wrote:  UT ain't playing in Memphis. Unless they make the bowl game. Fulmer is just some crazy old guy now.

They've done it before and will do it again if they desire. The city will screw the University and won't flinch doing it.

Same as it ever was. This is what happens when you don't have an OCS.

Exactly. Not sure why people are saying the city wouldn't do us wrong. Yes, the city will not hesitate.