(08-10-2019 08:18 PM)Tiger87 Wrote: I couldn't care less about playing them in basketball. Go to backwoods K'ville this year and get revenge from last year and be done with it. But a football series is absolutely good for us. If the football series requires a basketball series, then do it. But basketball alone? May as well be playing UT-Chatt.
I agree with this. A football series helps us, a basketball series helps them. Do both and I'm okay, if they don't want to do football, then F them. It's an easy negotiation. Take it or leave it fat Phil.
In fact, since we are empirically the better football program at this point, it would be a huge favor to them.
Should be fun. Memphis beats UT in basketball no big deal, but those damn hillbillies hate to lose to us in football. So bring on the football series so we can whip dat $EC ass.
And structure the contracts, FB: @Memphis, BB: @UTK, FB: @UTK BB: @Memphis. If UTK wants to do just basketball, tell them it's a complete non-starter.
Anyway, Memphis is in a unique situation, the success of our basketball program likely helps our football scheduling. Conversely, the success of the football program makes scheduling in a vaccuum difficult, I mean who wants to come to the Liberty Bowl to get their ass kicked?
Regardless, we should be driving a hard ass bargain for those schools that want to recruit in our area, especially UTK. Home an home in both football and basketball, I'm good with that, otherwise, go F yourself.