Yesterday was clearly a great day for the University of Memphis. What effects do you think it will have on recruiting? We are currently ranked 70th by rivals.com.

It certainly softens the argument that if you play at Memphis, you can't play on a big stage.

You can play on a big stage and have maybe even a better shot at the NFL. Memphis is producing NFL players something that was highlighted by the ABC/ESPN announcers in the SMU game.

Producing NFL players from 3*'s and Walkons...

That is a huge selling point to a solid 4*.

But alas the biggest negative recruiting pitch is "Will their coach be there next year?"

That doesn't work on Penny

I think when Penny has been here 4 years, it would be roughly the same argument. Opposing coaches will say that he wants to go to the NBA or something else. Especially if he has the success that most in Tiger Nation think he will.

However, I think it's funny just how much people discount the love Coach Norvell has for Memphis. Twitter has him tied from every job from ole miss to FSU to USC. It will take a great offer to get him away after this season.[/i]

does anyone have names for recruits at saturday's game

i saw a lot of starkville players there,
might be because 2 were playing for memphis on defense

I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

(11-04-2019 06:43 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

2 years ago SMU was a cupcake. What happened?

(11-05-2019 09:52 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 06:43 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

2 years ago SMU was a cupcake. What happened?

They did filled their roster with a ton of grad transfers, the QB was a former Texas Longhorn that played in 19-20 games with them.

I am more shocked that Tulane is no longer a cupcake anymore. Heck, no team in the west is a cupcake.

(11-05-2019 11:31 AM)Tiger5 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 09:52 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 06:43 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

2 years ago SMU was a cupcake. What happened?

They did filled their roster with a ton of grad transfers, the QB was a former Texas Longhorn that played in 19-20 games with them.

I am more shocked that Tulane is no longer a cupcake anymore. Heck, no team in the west is a cupcake.

Good point. This makes scheduling more difficult than people realize. Scheduling contracts are done for years in advance. Hard to know who will be good. That doesn't excuse scheduling UL Laffayette, South Alabama, Ga State, etc......but you get the point.

Nice to see AAC getting recognition, decreasing the need to prove ourselves OOC. Life is good.

However, to take this program to the next level, we'll have to schedule bigger, better OOC teams. And IMO it's better to play solid football brands (Ole Miss) than it is to play good teams that are unknown (Ga State in next couple of years as they continue to improve).

Saw plenty of social media pics from recruits at the game. Looked they had a bunch in.

I agree with smu and Tulane not being CUPCAKES, never said they were. However, if u look at their OOC SCHEDULES I think they play a better one.
About these contracts yrs in advance, I'm sure we can drop a Austin peay or ut martin without much difficulty.
Didn't Arkansas and utk drop us a few yrs ago

(11-05-2019 01:38 PM)gulfcoastgal Wrote:  Saw plenty of social media pics from recruits at the game. Looked they had a bunch in.

Got to believe a crowd of 58,000+ has to be impressive for a recruit.

(11-05-2019 06:35 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I agree with smu and Tulane not being CUPCAKES, never said they were. However, if u look at their OOC SCHEDULES I think they play a better one.
About these contracts yrs in advance, I'm sure we can drop a Austin peay or ut martin without much difficulty.
Didn't Arkansas and utk drop us a few yrs ago

Just curious. What does dropping OOC cupcakes get us?

I mean, we're basically the highest ranked G5 team. We just came off a sellout and GameDay. We're all over tv. We control our destiny for the Cotton Bowl.

What is the upside to taking on all this additional risk of playing a P5 on the road?

(11-06-2019 02:36 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 06:35 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I agree with smu and Tulane not being CUPCAKES, never said they were. However, if u look at their OOC SCHEDULES I think they play a better one.
About these contracts yrs in advance, I'm sure we can drop a Austin peay or ut martin without much difficulty.
Didn't Arkansas and utk drop us a few yrs ago

Just curious. What does dropping OOC cupcakes get us?

I mean, we're basically the highest ranked G5 team. We just came off a sellout and GameDay. We're all over tv. We control our destiny for the Cotton Bowl.

What is the upside to taking on all this additional risk of playing a P5 on the road?

In the words of tigerscane, whEn You aRe tHe GreAtEst of all TIME.......GTG.....there is no risk in playing great competition......jUst SoaKing Up GooD jUise

(11-06-2019 03:23 PM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-06-2019 02:36 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 06:35 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I agree with smu and Tulane not being CUPCAKES, never said they were. However, if u look at their OOC SCHEDULES I think they play a better one.
About these contracts yrs in advance, I'm sure we can drop a Austin peay or ut martin without much difficulty.
Didn't Arkansas and utk drop us a few yrs ago

Just curious. What does dropping OOC cupcakes get us?

I mean, we're basically the highest ranked G5 team. We just came off a sellout and GameDay. We're all over tv. We control our destiny for the Cotton Bowl.

What is the upside to taking on all this additional risk of playing a P5 on the road?

In the words of tigerscane, whEn You aRe tHe GreAtEst of all TIME.......GTG.....there is no risk in playing great competition......jUst SoaKing Up GooD jUise

All due respect to TC, who is a nut but also might be a visionary - much moreso than his other aliases here, there is risk.

Say we played at Florida instead of at So Alabama this year. Do we lose? Very possible. Then, none of the above mentioned happens. No high CFP ranking, no sellout for SMU, no GameDay, no Cotton Bowl.

There's risk. Laird, Norvell, and Rudd just have to evaluate the risk and come to the best overall decision about the scheduling philosophy going forward.

And suppose we beat them

(11-05-2019 11:51 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 11:31 AM)Tiger5 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 09:52 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 06:43 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

2 years ago SMU was a cupcake. What happened?

They did filled their roster with a ton of grad transfers, the QB was a former Texas Longhorn that played in 19-20 games with them.

I am more shocked that Tulane is no longer a cupcake anymore. Heck, no team in the west is a cupcake.

Good point. This makes scheduling more difficult than people realize. Scheduling contracts are done for years in advance. Hard to know who will be good. That doesn't excuse scheduling UL Laffayette, South Alabama, Ga State, etc......but you get the point.

Nice to see AAC getting recognition, decreasing the need to prove ourselves OOC. Life is good.

However, to take this program to the next level, we'll have to schedule bigger, better OOC teams. And IMO it's better to play solid football brands (Ole Miss) than it is to play good teams that are unknown (Ga State in next couple of years as they continue to improve).

SMU is a conference game, we have no discretion on the SMU game, the cupcakes that need to go are too many OOC cupcakes.


Who cares if GaState is good or not, it WILL NOT Move the needle for recruits or ticket buyers,

The purpose of a better schedule is to recruit better--- players and fans.

And we are really talking about ONE game difference.

There are 4 OOC slots

We should play:

1- Regional P5 "rival"
2- One Buy game, 1aa probably
3- One G5 "rival"
4- One P5 other game --whoever will play us home and home.

This would result in 6 home games one year and 7 home games the next.

This is a manageable schedule that would maximize revenue, wins and growth for the program.

Two Sunbelt teams on the road in one year is total BS...

(11-06-2019 07:04 PM)memphisike Wrote:  And suppose we beat them

then what?

(11-07-2019 10:49 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  We should play:

1- Regional P5 "rival"
2- One Buy game, 1aa probably
3- One G5 "rival"
4- One P5 other game --whoever will play us home and home.

This would result in 6 home games one year and 7 home games the next.

This is a manageable schedule that would maximize revenue, wins and growth for the program.

Two Sunbelt teams on the road in one year is total BS...

I think you're optimistic on getting a P5 H-H, and a P5 rival that is also H-H.

7 home games is preferred; 6 is okay; 5 is not acceptable.

If you can get one P5 H-H, and another that is 2-1, then you get 6 homes with a 7th home game every 3 years. That would work.

If both P5s are 2-1, then it's possible to get 6 home games a year, but it's tricky. You run the risk of a 5 home year, offset with a 7 home year. That's not good.

I think the answer, if all the P5s demand 2-1's, is:
1 FCS buy
1 P5 2-1
2 G5 H-H

Which is sort of where we are. But, yeah, the 2 road games this year were bad timing. 1 of these on the road each year is fine. If we'd had So Bama at home and Old Miss on the road, the optics would have been better. I mean, I'd just as soon go to Mobile as to any CUSA sites. I'd really like to see us with H-H with the MWC. But if you do that, you really only need 1 P5 2-1, then another G5 H-H.

If you can get a 2-1 in our favor with a Sun Belt team, then you could add a second 2-1 P5 team. Just stagger the home games. It's just that 3rd year when you're on the road at 2 P5's, it's going to be an uphill battle for the W's.

(11-07-2019 10:49 AM)BinghamptonNed Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 11:51 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 11:31 AM)Tiger5 Wrote:  

(11-05-2019 09:52 AM)gusrob Wrote:  

(11-04-2019 06:43 PM)memphisike Wrote:  I'm curious how many were at the game, great win before a great crowd
I was very impressed, but it's the recruits we need to impress
BTW. DROP THE CUPCAKES

2 years ago SMU was a cupcake. What happened?

They did filled their roster with a ton of grad transfers, the QB was a former Texas Longhorn that played in 19-20 games with them.

I am more shocked that Tulane is no longer a cupcake anymore. Heck, no team in the west is a cupcake.

Good point. This makes scheduling more difficult than people realize. Scheduling contracts are done for years in advance. Hard to know who will be good. That doesn't excuse scheduling UL Laffayette, South Alabama, Ga State, etc......but you get the point.

Nice to see AAC getting recognition, decreasing the need to prove ourselves OOC. Life is good.

However, to take this program to the next level, we'll have to schedule bigger, better OOC teams. And IMO it's better to play solid football brands (Ole Miss) than it is to play good teams that are unknown (Ga State in next couple of years as they continue to improve).

SMU is a conference game, we have no discretion on the SMU game, the cupcakes that need to go are too many OOC cupcakes.


Who cares if GaState is good or not, it WILL NOT Move the needle for recruits or ticket buyers,

The purpose of a better schedule is to recruit better--- players and fans.

And we are really talking about ONE game difference.

There are 4 OOC slots

We should play:

1- Regional P5 "rival"
2- One Buy game, 1aa probably
3- One G5 "rival"
4- One P5 other game --whoever will play us home and home.

This would result in 6 home games one year and 7 home games the next.

This is a manageable schedule that would maximize revenue, wins and growth for the program.

Two Sunbelt teams on the road in one year is total BS...

So what is the end goal...

If the end goal is getting to the Access Bowl every year the way we are doing it is the best route.

If you have dreams of getting into the playoff we are going to have to go with your schedule and get some help from the 2 P5 teams we play