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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 08:07 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:56 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:53 PM)Claw Wrote: You Liberty Bowl guys need call the Big XII Presidents together and convince them how great the Liberty Bowl is.
We aren't the problem. They are.
Can you do that?
If you can't, then get on the OCS train.
MEMPHIS MEMORIAL STADIUM was not the reason that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy
You are increasingly in the minority with that opinion, not just here but the collective views of B-12 media. BTW, since you have repeated your opinion over & over, please share what the reasons are.
Really B12 media ----? please provide link where the BIG12 said that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy---because we don't have an OCS---please show me the official statement from the BIG12 stating such fake news
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 08:11 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:07 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:56 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:53 PM)Claw Wrote: You Liberty Bowl guys need call the Big XII Presidents together and convince them how great the Liberty Bowl is.
We aren't the problem. They are.
Can you do that?
If you can't, then get on the OCS train.
MEMPHIS MEMORIAL STADIUM was not the reason that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy
You are increasingly in the minority with that opinion, not just here but the collective views of B-12 media. BTW, since you have repeated your opinion over & over, please share what the reasons are.
Really B12 media ----? please provide link where the BIG12 said that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy---because we don't have an OCS---please show me the official statement from the BIG12 stating such fake news
What? FYI the B-12 just invited Cincy, UH, UCF & BYU that's 4 schools, all ahead of us, all have OC athletic facilities. Official statement? SMH when was the last time any conference issued an official statement as to why they didn't invite someone? CBS has put out a statement, every media source that covers the B-12 has stated playing in rented municipal facilities is a major consideration against inviting Memphis. Immediately after the invitations, USF announced a plan for an OCS & Dr. Rudd said he would be speaking to the legislature about OCS funding. Are you that clueless?
Still waiting on your reasons why not having an OCS was NOT a consideration.... and your supporting links.
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jsw3ent
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 08:29 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:11 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:07 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:56 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:53 PM)Claw Wrote: You Liberty Bowl guys need call the Big XII Presidents together and convince them how great the Liberty Bowl is.
We aren't the problem. They are.
Can you do that?
If you can't, then get on the OCS train.
MEMPHIS MEMORIAL STADIUM was not the reason that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy
You are increasingly in the minority with that opinion, not just here but the collective views of B-12 media. BTW, since you have repeated your opinion over & over, please share what the reasons are.
Really B12 media ----? please provide link where the BIG12 said that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy---because we don't have an OCS---please show me the official statement from the BIG12 stating such fake news
What? FYI the B-12 just invited Cincy, UH, UCF & BYU that's 4 schools, all ahead of us, all have OC athletic facilities. Official statement? SMH when was the last time any conference issued an official statement as to why they didn't invite someone? CBS has put out a statement, every media source that covers the B-12 has stated playing in rented municipal facilities is a major consideration against inviting Memphis. Immediately after the invitations, USF announced a plan for an OCS & Dr. Rudd said he would be speaking to the legislature about OCS funding. Are you that clueless?
Still waiting on your reasons why not having an OCS was NOT a consideration.... and your supporting links.
CBS LOL really----fake news CLINTON BROADCASTING COMPANY
AGAIN WHERE IS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT from the BIG12 saying we were left out because we don;t have OCS
NAIVE MUCH ?
ACCORDING to you RUDD must have been clueless - was RUDD that stupid ----because ALL thought we would get in when adding 4------all but me anyway.
If they add 4 more we will get in WITH or WITHOUT an OCS most likely even 2 more
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 08:39 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:29 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:11 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:07 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 07:56 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: MEMPHIS MEMORIAL STADIUM was not the reason that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy
You are increasingly in the minority with that opinion, not just here but the collective views of B-12 media. BTW, since you have repeated your opinion over & over, please share what the reasons are.
Really B12 media ----? please provide link where the BIG12 said that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy---because we don't have an OCS---please show me the official statement from the BIG12 stating such fake news
What? FYI the B-12 just invited Cincy, UH, UCF & BYU that's 4 schools, all ahead of us, all have OC athletic facilities. Official statement? SMH when was the last time any conference issued an official statement as to why they didn't invite someone? CBS has put out a statement, every media source that covers the B-12 has stated playing in rented municipal facilities is a major consideration against inviting Memphis. Immediately after the invitations, USF announced a plan for an OCS & Dr. Rudd said he would be speaking to the legislature about OCS funding. Are you that clueless?
Still waiting on your reasons why not having an OCS was NOT a consideration.... and your supporting links.
CBS LOL really----fake news CLINTON BROADCASTING COMPANY
AGAIN WHERE IS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT from the BIG12 saying we were left out because we don;t have OCS
NAIVE MUCH ?
ACCORDING to you RUDD must have been clueless - was RUDD that stupid ----because ALL thought we would get in when adding 4------all but me anyway.
If they add 4 more we will get in WITH or WITHOUT an OCS most likely even 2 more
Still waiting on your links that say no OCS needed & now your next statement saying we are in next time? Links please or even reasoning would be a start.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
Day drinkers...#smh
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 08:50 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:39 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:29 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:11 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-28-2021 08:07 PM)Atlanta Wrote: You are increasingly in the minority with that opinion, not just here but the collective views of B-12 media. BTW, since you have repeated your opinion over & over, please share what the reasons are.
Really B12 media ----? please provide link where the BIG12 said that we were not #2 on everybodys list only behind Cindy---because we don't have an OCS---please show me the official statement from the BIG12 stating such fake news
What? FYI the B-12 just invited Cincy, UH, UCF & BYU that's 4 schools, all ahead of us, all have OC athletic facilities. Official statement? SMH when was the last time any conference issued an official statement as to why they didn't invite someone? CBS has put out a statement, every media source that covers the B-12 has stated playing in rented municipal facilities is a major consideration against inviting Memphis. Immediately after the invitations, USF announced a plan for an OCS & Dr. Rudd said he would be speaking to the legislature about OCS funding. Are you that clueless?
Still waiting on your reasons why not having an OCS was NOT a consideration.... and your supporting links.
CBS LOL really----fake news CLINTON BROADCASTING COMPANY
AGAIN WHERE IS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT from the BIG12 saying we were left out because we don;t have OCS
NAIVE MUCH ?
ACCORDING to you RUDD must have been clueless - was RUDD that stupid ----because ALL thought we would get in when adding 4------all but me anyway.
If they add 4 more we will get in WITH or WITHOUT an OCS most likely even 2 more
Still waiting on your links that say no OCS needed & now your next statement saying we are in next time? Links please or even reasoning would be a start.
Why would there be a link stating no OCS needed ---thats just a given---like not having a link saying the sun rising tomorrow
AS for me stating I think we will get in if they add 2-4-----thats just my opinion SIR----nothing more or less
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
The Liberty Bowl stadium was not why we did not initially receive an invite to B12. THE REASON was the overall philanthropic giving and self sustaining endownment was the lowest of all schools being considered.
We have to improve this substantially.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-28-2021 09:06 PM)TigersTigers Wrote: The Liberty Bowl stadium was not why we did not initially receive an invite to B12. THE REASON was the overall philanthropic giving and self sustaining endownment was the lowest of all schools being considered.
We have to improve this substantially.
Endowments are used by college rankings but HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ATHLETIC PROGRAM FUNDING. If they did the Ivy League would be the dominate athletic conference. University owned facilities demonstrate financial commitment to the athletics program. Renting municipal facilities does not. Endowments are very important, they fund distinguished chairs, additional research programs but virtual never provides any funding for athletics or athletic facilities.
(This post was last modified: 09-29-2021 07:27 AM by Atlanta.)
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
If you could drop in a stadium on the main campus with the footprint of SMU's then great, build it on campus.
If you have to build something on the South Campus, no thanks, I'd just as soon stay at the Liberty Bowl and renovate it. It's really not that old and not too long ago it was the nicest stadium in a 200 mile radius.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
What about a Philips Arena style wall of suites style set up with the current Liberty Bowl? After the first 30-40 rows build a wall of suites up and let them slowly decrease in height until you get close to the end zone line, It could also block the sun on the other side of the LB.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-29-2021 11:10 PM)gotohellolemiss Wrote: What about a Philips Arena style wall of suites style set up with the current Liberty Bowl? After the first 30-40 rows build a wall of suites up and let them slowly decrease in height until you get close to the end zone line, It could also block the sun on the other side of the LB.
Sure $100M+ will get you started & it's still a rented 56 yr old municipal stadium, not on campus & not owned by our university.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
A new stadium will not get us invited to the bigxii actually nothing will.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-29-2021 11:51 PM)Keeper Wrote: A new stadium will not get us invited to the bigxii actually nothing will.
It's certainly no guarantee but it is a major factor. Also an OCS gets alumni back on campus, increases alumni giving, increases student participation & increases revenues to the university - all of these things & more even if we don't get the invite.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-29-2021 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-29-2021 11:51 PM)Keeper Wrote: A new stadium will not get us invited to the bigxii actually nothing will.
It's certainly no guarantee but it is a major factor. Also an OCS gets alumni back on campus, increases alumni giving, increases student participation & increases revenues to the university - all of these things & more even if we don't get the invite.
All this assumes that a sufficient number of alumni with money and students care that much about football. Keep in mind that the student body of the university is diversifying rapidly in favor of demographic groups that aren’t traditionally big college football fans. The days when university student bodies were overwhelmingly made up of white guys is over. Women outnumber men in colleges now.
The whole model of building your big public universities around football in America is suspect and we should be careful not to overcommit to it.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-30-2021 12:52 AM)CRM114 Wrote: (09-29-2021 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-29-2021 11:51 PM)Keeper Wrote: A new stadium will not get us invited to the bigxii actually nothing will.
It's certainly no guarantee but it is a major factor. Also an OCS gets alumni back on campus, increases alumni giving, increases student participation & increases revenues to the university - all of these things & more even if we don't get the invite.
All this assumes that a sufficient number of alumni with money and students care that much about football. Keep in mind that the student body of the university is diversifying rapidly in favor of demographic groups that aren’t traditionally big college football fans. The days when university student bodies were overwhelmingly made up of white guys is over. Women outnumber men in colleges now.
The whole model of building your big public universities around football in America is suspect and we should be careful not to overcommit to it.
Then widen the field of the OCS to accommodate men's and women's soccer matches. They could play Lacrosse there too. Problem solved.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-30-2021 06:42 AM)Virginia Tiger Wrote: (09-30-2021 12:52 AM)CRM114 Wrote: (09-29-2021 11:56 PM)Atlanta Wrote: (09-29-2021 11:51 PM)Keeper Wrote: A new stadium will not get us invited to the bigxii actually nothing will.
It's certainly no guarantee but it is a major factor. Also an OCS gets alumni back on campus, increases alumni giving, increases student participation & increases revenues to the university - all of these things & more even if we don't get the invite.
All this assumes that a sufficient number of alumni with money and students care that much about football. Keep in mind that the student body of the university is diversifying rapidly in favor of demographic groups that aren’t traditionally big college football fans. The days when university student bodies were overwhelmingly made up of white guys is over. Women outnumber men in colleges now.
The whole model of building your big public universities around football in America is suspect and we should be careful not to overcommit to it.
Then widen the field of the OCS to accommodate men's and women's soccer matches. They could play Lacrosse there too. Problem solved.
Good thing Big XII presidents don't rely on you to gauge the average IQ of this fanbase.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-27-2021 11:39 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-27-2021 11:04 PM)gotohellolemiss Wrote: I am all for what helps the U of M. I'm all for an on campus stadium, etc. But a couple of thoughts. One, the concessions at the Liberty Bowl are far superior to the Fed Ex Forum. So many better options for food, and even the basics like hot dogs, pretzels, burgers, pizza, etc,. are way better. Two, the basic "guts" of the Liberty Bowl (i.e. the inner concourses, concessions, restrooms, etc. are way better at the Liberty Bowl than at Knoxville, Ole Miss, Miss St and many other "major" regional programs. I remember buying a hotdog and canned Coke at Neyland from a lady behind a fold out card table, and I remember seeing "Neon" Leon Mitchell under the end zone stands at Ole Miss and it was like being under the bleachers at a high school stadium. And I remember going to a game in Starkville and buying tickets from a guy who said the tickets were on the Memphis side. The we got our seats and they were in the Miss St student section. We tried to go to the Memphis section, but you had to leave the whole stadium to get to the other side of the stadium. That's almost junior high level. And yes, so we bought two more tickets to get to the other side of the same stadium we had already bought tickets to.
Haven't you grasped it yet
The people on this board don't want a stadium that seats 60k---they want a 22k seat stadium ----therefore they can look down their nose on the 40k poor REAL TIGER FANS that can't afford season tickets or donations to the school.
REMEMBER if you have only been going to 1-3 games per year for the last 40 years---because you can;t afford season tickets---then you are not a real fan. ONLY THE DESERVING 25k are worthy of attendance ----the POOR MONEY WISE TIGER fans need to know their place
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You need to take a deep breath and get that chip off your shoulder.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
(09-30-2021 10:33 AM)Southernpride416 Wrote: (09-27-2021 11:39 PM)jsw3ent Wrote: (09-27-2021 11:04 PM)gotohellolemiss Wrote: I am all for what helps the U of M. I'm all for an on campus stadium, etc. But a couple of thoughts. One, the concessions at the Liberty Bowl are far superior to the Fed Ex Forum. So many better options for food, and even the basics like hot dogs, pretzels, burgers, pizza, etc,. are way better. Two, the basic "guts" of the Liberty Bowl (i.e. the inner concourses, concessions, restrooms, etc. are way better at the Liberty Bowl than at Knoxville, Ole Miss, Miss St and many other "major" regional programs. I remember buying a hotdog and canned Coke at Neyland from a lady behind a fold out card table, and I remember seeing "Neon" Leon Mitchell under the end zone stands at Ole Miss and it was like being under the bleachers at a high school stadium. And I remember going to a game in Starkville and buying tickets from a guy who said the tickets were on the Memphis side. The we got our seats and they were in the Miss St student section. We tried to go to the Memphis section, but you had to leave the whole stadium to get to the other side of the stadium. That's almost junior high level. And yes, so we bought two more tickets to get to the other side of the same stadium we had already bought tickets to.
Haven't you grasped it yet
The people on this board don't want a stadium that seats 60k---they want a 22k seat stadium ----therefore they can look down their nose on the 40k poor REAL TIGER FANS that can't afford season tickets or donations to the school.
REMEMBER if you have only been going to 1-3 games per year for the last 40 years---because you can;t afford season tickets---then you are not a real fan. ONLY THE DESERVING 25k are worthy of attendance ----the POOR MONEY WISE TIGER fans need to know their place
You need to take a deep breath and get that chip off your shoulder.
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... and quit being so disingenuous. No one on this board has advocated for a 22K stadium. Further the actual poor do not have any discretionary income to attend FB games at any price. This is not about depriving the poor even with the wildest imagination. But I think everyone should pay their own way to games except where philanthropic generosity provides for the privilege otherwise..... and there is a distinct difference between a right & a privilege.
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
Hard to take anyone serious who can't even get the name of the stadium correct.
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09-30-2021 12:00 PM |
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RE: Liberty Bowl Thoughts
An on-campus facility was needed 10 years ago… and most urgently now.
The Liberty Bowl is fine for the SHC & the bowl game but it lacks for a collegiate environment & alumni experience. It’s time to smoke the bowl & move on-campus.
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