Onward to pulling for Memphis with UT's early exit

#51
#51
MphsBlues said:
You kind of covered all the bases there, IE :p
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I know. That's why I started with being indifferent. I have friends that are die-hard Tiger fans and I would love for them to celebrate a championship. But I come across plenty of Tiger fans that are just plain jerks - for them, I only wish for the worst.
 
#52
#52
UT IE 95 said:
I know. That's why I started with being indifferent. I have friends that are die-hard Tiger fans and I would love for them to celebrate a championship. But I come across plenty of Tiger fans that are just plain jerks - for them, I only wish for the worst.
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I think this can be said for the fans of many teams tbh.
 
#53
#53
UT IE 95 said:
Put me in the indifferent crowd. My team is sitting at home now. I just want to see high intensity, well played, close games. Regardless of who wins I hope it's as thrilling a finish as last season.

Now, with all that said - I hope Memphis gets trounced just so all their side walk a-hole fans that root against UT will shut the heck up. But I balance that with hope they win it all so their true fans that understand sportsmanship can bask in the sun. Both would deserve what they get.
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Not bad IE
 
#55
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UT IE 95 said:
I know. That's why I started with being indifferent. I have friends that are die-hard Tiger fans and I would love for them to celebrate a championship. But I come across plenty of Tiger fans that are just plain jerks - for them, I only wish for the worst.
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Ain't that the damn truth...
 
#56
#56
I guess I am in the crowd of I will root for UT first and then any team from Tennessee. Since I have lived in Nashville, Knoxville, and Memphis I have found myself rooting for the local teams cause it is something to root for.
 
#57
#57
Memphis will stroll as a 1 or 2 seed into the tournament until they leave C-USA. Until Cal steps up and joins a larger conference, we will all have to watch them continue to win
 
#58
#58
football_vol said:
Memphis will stroll as a 1 or 2 seed into the tournament until they leave C-USA. Until Cal steps up and joins a larger conference, we will all have to watch them continue to win
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Once again for the MORONIC. Memphis has to be INVITED to join a BCS conference. It doesn't work like calling up your "escorts" on Friday night. "Hey Big East baby, we want a date and have lots of money."

Second, Cal is not the athletic director.

Again for what is ad nauseum, Tiger fans know CUSA sucks. We would gladly exchange 4-5 more loses a year in BB and take a 2-4 seed for the millions that would come to the school and the football program from BCS TV and bowl tie-ins. Just look at the powerhouse football program of Cincinatti if you want an example of what would happen with this $$. Didn't they play in the Orange Bowl last year? Know how they got there? Upgrading facilities from money from Big East $$.

Until that offer comes (and it will at the next realignment), Tiger fans will enjoy 30 win seasons and 1 or 2 seeds every year.
 
#59
#59
CALISKING said:
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Once again for the MORONIC. Memphis has to be INVITED to join a BCS conference. It doesn't work like calling up your "escorts" on Friday night. "Hey Big East baby, we want a date and have lots of money."

Second, Cal is not the athletic director.

Again for what is ad nauseum, Tiger fans know CUSA sucks. We would gladly exchange 4-5 more loses a year in BB and take a 2-4 seed for the millions that would come to the school and the football program from BCS TV and bowl tie-ins. Just look at the powerhouse football program of Cincinatti if you want an example of what would happen with this $$. Didn't they play in the Orange Bowl last year? Know how they got there? Upgrading facilities from money from Big East $$.

Until that offer comes (and it will at the next realignment), Tiger fans will enjoy 30 win seasons and 1 or 2 seeds every year.
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Also, if you feel so strongly about this, please write your jackass commissioner stating your desires to drop Arkansas and add Memphis to the SEC.
 
#61
#61
Game 1 of their last year tourney revenge as I predicted, coupled with Maryland remarking they come from a weak basketball conference.Yeah, put up or shut up time.

One game down destroying a good Maryland team by 19, could have been worse.Perhaps the most impressive and dominant game of the tourney so far, based on Maryland being from ACC and having impressive "big wins" to their credit.
 
#62
#62
CALISKING said:
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Once again for the MORONIC. Memphis has to be INVITED to join a BCS conference. It doesn't work like calling up your "escorts" on Friday night. "Hey Big East baby, we want a date and have lots of money."

Second, Cal is not the athletic director.

Again for what is ad nauseum, Tiger fans know CUSA sucks. We would gladly exchange 4-5 more loses a year in BB and take a 2-4 seed for the millions that would come to the school and the football program from BCS TV and bowl tie-ins. Just look at the powerhouse football program of Cincinatti if you want an example of what would happen with this $$. Didn't they play in the Orange Bowl last year? Know how they got there? Upgrading facilities from money from Big East $$.

Until that offer comes (and it will at the next realignment), Tiger fans will enjoy 30 win seasons and 1 or 2 seeds every year.
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See above post for example of why Memphis fans have a bad reputation.
 
#63
#63
CALISKING said:
Also, if you feel so strongly about this, please write your jackass commissioner stating your desires to drop Arkansas and add Memphis to the SEC.
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Why would anyone drop an AD that makes money to get one that loses money? Brilliant.
 
#66
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JZVOL said:
Same here. I really don't get the rivalry thing.
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Just out of curiosity, what don't you get? Surely you're not saying the biggest game on both team's schedules isn't a rivalry. Don't you sense the whole inferiority/no respect thing going on?
 
#69
#69
The Dude said:
Just out of curiosity, what don't you get? Surely you're not saying the biggest game on both team's schedules isn't a rivalry. Don't you sense the whole inferiority/no respect thing going on?
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One they've only played 20 times. Two I fail to see how it's the biggest game on the schedule. Xavier, Georgetown (at the time) and Syracuse were bigger games for Memphis.

Cincinnati and Memphis are much bigger rivals than UT and Memphis.

As far as a basketball program why would Memphis feel inferior?

Pearl and Cal spice it up but Memphis is on another level.

The game only matters if the two schools are having good seasons.
 
#70
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The Dude said:
Just out of curiosity, what don't you get? Surely you're not saying the biggest game on both team's schedules isn't a rivalry. Don't you sense the whole inferiority/no respect thing going on?
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Surely you're not saying Memphis is UT's biggest game on their schedule? Not even close.
 
#71
#71
JZVOL said:
One they've only played 20 times. Two I fail to see how it's the biggest game on the schedule. Xavier, Georgetown (at the time) and Syracuse were bigger games for Memphis.

Cincinnati and Memphis are much bigger rivals than UT and Memphis.

As far as a basketball program why would Memphis feel inferior?

Pearl and Cal spice it up but Memphis is on another level.

The game only matters if the two schools are having good seasons.
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Of course wins over Georgetown and Syracuse are more impressive than a win over UT 9 out of 10 years, but still, I can tell you first hand that Tiger High fans value the UT game over any. If you gave them the choice of which one of the four they wanted, a majority of the fans would choose the UT game.

They feel inferior has a school.
 
#72
#72
The Dude said:
Of course wins over Georgetown and Syracuse are more impressive than a win over UT 9 out of 10 years, but still, I can tell you first hand that Tiger High fans value the UT game over any. If you gave them the choice of which one of the four they wanted, a majority of the fans would choose the UT game.

They feel inferior has a school.
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IMO, a rivalry is a school you think about more than once a year (and over they years they haven't even played that much) for a day or two and then forget about it the rest of the year.


As a school they are, as a basketball program they are not.
 
#73
#73
JZVOL said:
IMO, a rivalry is a school you think about more than once a year (and over they years they haven't even played that much) for a day or two and then forget about it the rest of the year.


As a school they are, as a basketball program they are not.
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Their basketball tradition is deeper than ours, no doubt.

Tiger fans thought about UT every day since their showcase in the Forum was spoiled February 2008.

My definition of a rivalry is a game that you greatly want to win because of unique circumstances. No, the game hasn't always been a big rivalry, but they've always loved beating us even when we had bad hoops teams. Now that we have a team capable of beating an excellent Memphis team, the series definitely soars over that requirement.
 
#74
#74
The Dude said:
Their basketball tradition is deeper than ours, no doubt.

Tiger fans thought about UT every day since their showcase in the Forum was spoiled February 2008.

My definition of a rivalry is a game that you greatly want to win because of unique circumstances. No, the game hasn't always been a big rivalry, but they've always loved beating us even when we had bad hoops teams. Now that we have a team capable of beating an excellent Memphis team, the series definitely soars over that requirement.
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Cal doesn't even want to play the game. It's been a rivalry for one year (last year). We can go ahead and agree to disagree.
 
#75
#75
Well I can't speak for Memphis, but I know that Memphis is not the biggest game on the schedule for UT. I'll say it's a rivalry, but it's not a very big one.
 
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