(03-23-2024 04:50 PM)Alanda Wrote:  

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(03-20-2024 05:12 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(03-19-2024 10:22 PM)AlonsoWDC Wrote:  How the hell did going from Memphis State to University of Memphis change the Memphis part of the name?

In the Memphis St era we were seen more as representing west Tennessee as a state university.

Just as in the beginning as west Tennessee normal we were seen as the teachers college for the west part of the state.

As the U of Memphis our image is tied more directly to the city of Memphis.

If the school's previous name had been something like West Tennessee University or University of West Tennessee, I could see your logic. As someone who was on the the outside looking in when it was Memphis State, I associated that name with city of Memphis as much as I do now with the current name. The intent for the university is to serve western portion of the state and if you live in Tennessee you may know that. But outside of Tennessee I haven't seen the name have the impact you're mentioning.

For once I agree with NASCAR. Being affiliated with the city of Memphis has NOT HELPED the university at all. Too bad Tennessee State beat us to the punch way back when. Not sure if being called West Tenn State would have help though. We were originally called Mid South Teachers College. Mid South U would have probably been a better name. You could have then moved the campus out of the city limits and then you could actually have better on campus facilities. I’ve always wonder what would have happened if the campus was out east somewhere

Oh I wasn't agreeing nor disagreeing about how that helps the university. My point was that as long as Memphis is in the name it was always associated with the city at least outside of the Tennessee. Just like UALR is in the University of Arkansas system, but I will always associate it with Little Rock because it's in the name. Baton Rouge is similar in makeup to Memphis, but I don't think about Baton Rouge near as much when I hear LSU mentioned.

But yeah the current location doesn't give the school readily available land.

I don’t think there’s a city out there like Memphis. Maybe Little Rock or Birmingham on a smaller scale. Being a city border by the cotton deltas in Arkansas and Mississippi it’s just different