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TennesseeT

TennesseeT

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Memphis Tigers that is!

Ok so I know most of you hate the Tigers, but I'm a Memphis boy and grew up on blue and grey basketball, orange and white football. I feel I can be fans of both given the difference in conference and overall program power. Anyway...

Big chance for Josh to put another notch in his belt. A loss and it's going to be more of the "he can't coach", "can't beat the top teams", "fails to utilize talent", etc. A win tonight and those arguments become less accurate.

Pound it inside to Shaq, Nichols, and Pellum and let them carry the load.

*maybe this belongs in the NCAA thread
 
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Pretty much what I expected so far... Given the Vols season to this point, I can understand the hatred of the little brother to the west.

Regardless, it's a big game tonight! We're 5 years into Pastner' tenure and haven't gotten the results we've hoped for. 1-19 or something vs. ranked teams. With the new conference, this is where the rubber meets the road. Lousville, UCONN, and Cincy twice. Fail to split those games and his time may be over.
 
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TennesseeT said:
Pretty much what I expected so far... Given the Vols season to this point, I can understand the hatred of the little brother to the west.

Regardless, it's a big game tonight! We're 5 years into Pastner' tenure and haven't gotten the results we've hoped for. 1-19 or something vs. ranked teams. With the new conference, this is where the rubber meets the road. Lousville, UCONN, and Cincy twice. Fail to split those games and his time may be over.
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It's not hatred; it's indifference. For the most part I couldn't care less about Memphis. Plus I pretty much can't stand it when someone says they root for Vols football and Memphis basketball. Does not compute, other than the obvious.
 
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I can understand. I rooted for Alma Mater 1 a couple of weeks ago, futile as it was.
 
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MSCE09 said:
I can understand. I rooted for Alma Mater 1 a couple of weeks ago, futile as it was.
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I really don't consider Tenn Tech/UT the same as Tennessee/Memphis. Tech is a small school with an FCS football program and a not much better basketball program, and even though they technically are on the same level as UT in basketball, we both know they aren't.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
I really don't consider Tenn Tech/UT the same as Tennessee/Memphis. Tech is a small school with an FCS football program and a not much better basketball program, and even though they technically are on the same level as UT in basketball, we both know they aren't.
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Yeah sure I don't disagree but I wouldn't say Memphis is on the same level football wise either. Just by liking Memphis basketball doesn't make you less of a Vol football fan any different than liking the Knicks makes you less of a Patriots fan despite that being a weird combination. For most people that aren't alumni or spent their entire life in Knoxville the Basketvols and Football Vols have only the color orange in common.

College basketball is always going to be more local than football because there are so many more college basketball teams, that one can root for the local team or the smaller school you went to and it be a different program than the football team you root for.
 
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You can like more than one team. I'm a huge Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, and Michigan fan.

I have varying tats to go with my different colored wife beaters.
 
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MSCE09 said:
Yeah sure I don't disagree but I wouldn't say Memphis is on the same level football wise either. Just by liking Memphis basketball doesn't make you less of a Vol football fan any different than liking the Knicks makes you less of a Patriots fan despite that being a weird combination. For most people that aren't alumni or spent their entire life in Knoxville the Basketvols and Football Vols have only the color orange in common.

College basketball is always going to be more local than football because there are so many more college basketball teams, that one can root for the local team or the smaller school you went to and it be a different program than the football team you root for.
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I don't disagree, but I'm more critical when someone roots for teams that are rivals. I consider UT and Memphis rivals, albeit not very big ones. And the pro sports analogy doesn't quite work because it's not quite the same thing. It's not like all the sports teams from Boston have the same nickname and colors.

And that was kind of where I was going about the "obvious". Someone likes UT football because they are traditionally good, and likes Memphis basketball because they are traditionally good. I certainly understand the why, but like I said when the teams are rivals, I have a hard time buying it.

Now I'll grant you it's not as bad as say a Tennessee football fan, Kentucky basketball fan, and I don't have a problem if say someone said I root for Memphis basketball too unless they play UT. But I just can't wrap my head around someone singing Rocky Top and wearing orange if UT played Memphis in football, but yelling "Go Tigers" and wearing blue if UT played Memphis in basketball. That just doesn't make sense to me.

All just IMHO of course...
 
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TennesseeT said:
Given Josh's record it's very likely.

I don't see how a Vol could pull for UF, ever, in any sport, but to each their own.
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I like Billy Donovan and hate pretty much everything about U of M athletics and fans. Easy.

I do hope Nichols does well, though. Great kid.
 
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My money went and still goes to both schools so I'll cheer for whomever the f I please (in my best john malcovich voice, lol)

Go Tigers!
 
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I'm from Memphis too and I have a love hate relationship with them. When UT plays them I want us to beat the hell out of them, but I root for them against everyone else.
 
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