(05-13-2023 12:01 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  

(05-13-2023 11:43 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(05-12-2023 06:54 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  

(05-12-2023 04:00 PM)BluffCityBoy Wrote:  

(05-12-2023 02:58 PM)dcg141 Wrote:  The downward spiral of Memphis athletics has begun. Sunbelt would not change that but it would hasten the inevitable. Being stuck in a conference with UNCC is one serious buzzkill. Less than 10,000 at that game. Ole Miss is going to start getting one check that will cover their entire athletic budget plus 30 million...let that sink in for a minute. And the big dogs...athletic budgets could hit in excess of 200 million a year.

The thing is, it is far from over and too hard to tell where things will take the Memphis program. In 2001, TCU (CUSA at the time) had Gary Patterson take over the program and was 6-6. Who would have thought about 20yrs later that coach would take them to a Natty appearance while in a power conference? A year later was when Boise St. started their run with Chris Peterson getting ranked, and we all would have thought in that time period that they could have moved up conferences and been playing for it all. They are still wandering in the non P5 desert trying to stay relevant. TCU's market helped them, and we are lucky to not be in the middle of nowhere like Boise St.

It's too hard to tell what will happen. Memphis needs to keep up the academics and research, along with the facilities and athletics, and hope to keep moving up. There will likely be shakeups we can't even imagine and we need to still be in position to be desired.

What happens with the ACC if teams like FSU, Clemson, and UNC bounce? What if the Pac fully disolves? What if the SEC and BIG10 join up and separate from the NCAA altogether?

Face it..were stuck in G5 purgatory. Acceptance is the first step. Wednesday night games on ESPN 3 between rounds of Pro Pickleball. Memphis vs UNCC!!!!! Reaction to that will be...UNCC plays football?

Taking a quick look at your posts; hopefully you aren't as miserable and negative about everything in real life away from this board. If you are, I truly pity you.

I'm not at all, but I know reality when I see. I don't kid myself.

The others choose to go through life PRETENDING --they love to PRETEND--realists and PRETENDERS

You have a right to your opinion--regardless of the attacks and slurs that are hurled at you