(07-28-2022 10:05 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(07-27-2022 09:17 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote:  

(07-27-2022 09:00 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(07-27-2022 07:04 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(07-26-2022 04:38 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  We've tried for years to get a H-H with Vandy. They won't do it. So we are setting it up with the other MT school (and better program).

Vandy is 16-3 vs little middle and beat them the last 4 times they played.

But yeah, vandy has ducked us since we beat them 4 outa the last 5 in the 80's

Historically, middle has owned us.

its a weak move, you cant sugar coat this.

Doesn't need sugar-coating.
SEC teams won't come to Memphis.
We need regional OOC games.
Gives the coaches a "free" recruiting trip.
Gives the university exposure to middle TN prospective athletes and students
Never mind the 60 year olds with bias against Memphis - Nashville is booming largely on millennials who may not have that bias.
And like it or not, it's a good road trip.

Didn’t we play Mississippi State here last year? Aren’t Missouri & Arkansas also scheduled to play in Memphis over the next few years?

We do not need to focus on regional SEC like in the past, but we do need 2 quality non-conference games per year.

Playing 1 Sun Belt/CUSA team is ok, but I fall back on my father’s words of wisdom when it comes to scheduling… dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

You just named the extent of the SEC that will play us - and there are many year gaps where they won't.
You want home games AND you want two P5 games.
Our best season in modern history was 2019 - Cotton Bowl.
We had 1 P5 game and 3 "cupcakes" OOC.
Tell me again why we "need" 2 P5's every year?

...and we won the AAC, and we were left behind. And we still need more revenue that better attendance provides us..