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Letterman [255]
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Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 9:50 PM
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I said it before. The acc needs to go ahead and snatched Memphis up. Justin Fuente is building something impressive there and if they go to the acc he'll stay. If not he will leave and could end up at usuc and I don't want to see that. He's still young and can recruit and is a helluva coach. The acc would benefit so much by having a presence in the heart of the sec and they have a traditional rivalry with Louisville.
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Paw Warrior [4651]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 9:57 PM
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How many teams do you want to see in the ACC? Good Lord, there are too many now.
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Orange Blooded [2206]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:02 PM
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Not a chance. I lived in Memphis for 4 years. The people in Memphis don't even support the program. For the most part they either support UT or the Mississippi schools
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:13 PM
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I've lived in Memphis for that last 12 years. Fuente has changed the atmosphere. They are drawing bigger crowds they have tiger lane now and large tailgating crowds. Tiger football is bigger than tiger basketball for the first time ever. With a better conference and better opponents it would be even greater. They had over 50 thousand for the Kansas game which a few years ago people would have laughed at you if you said that would happen.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:16 PM
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They finished last year beating byu and finished in the top 25 of the final poll and are currently on a 10 game win streak.
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Ring of Honor [21010]
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It would be a great trip. And it would put the Paw deep into
Sep 20, 2015, 10:17 PM
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The central and western South.
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Orange Blooded [2472]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:27 PM
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That place was a graveyard when Tommy West was there
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 11:01 PM
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Tommy west didn't win, couldn't recruit and people didn't like him.
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Heisman Winner [78047]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 11:59 PM
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Never understood why he got the CU job either except to try to appease the Ford camp. Didnt work
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TigerNet Champion [120748]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:29 PM
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why not western Kentucky too, round it out at 16..
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 10:57 PM
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They have a president and ad now who are football crazy plus Fred smith who only cares about football.its a city of over 1 million with arguably the best high school athletes in the state. Sec coaches poach talent from there regularly. It's literally minutes away from Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. Any talent the acc could get would be talent taken from the sec. It would only make the acc stronger and the sec weaker. The big 12 has already eyed them for expansion. Football is starting to rival the grizzlies here now. Any reason why not to do it?
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Scout Team [169]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 11:06 PM
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Bet there is no way they meet the ACC academic standard and we all know that is of utmost importance.
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Oculus Spirit [39209]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 20, 2015, 11:41 PM
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I was there in 95'-97' , lived on the East Parkway , about a block off of Poplar and I can say that there are a ton of people in Memphis that are crazy about football ....but they have never had a good football team to cheer for so they sort of have this " meh " attitude it seems .
Memphis is a cool town , a little dangerous and a lot musical . I enjoyed my time there .
As far as adding the Tigers to the ACC , well ...no . Only room for one Tiger mascot in this conference .
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Orange Elite [5131]
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No No No No No No NO!***
Sep 20, 2015, 10:49 PM
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Tiger Titan [50627]
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No thanks. They wouldn't add much.***
Sep 20, 2015, 10:51 PM
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Letterman [255]
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Re: No thanks. They wouldn't add much.***
Sep 20, 2015, 10:59 PM
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Are you kidding? Location and talent pool alone would add to it. Plus a large TV market and the dent it would put in the sec is worth it alone
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Commissioner [1274]
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No way adding memphis puts dent in SEC***
Sep 21, 2015, 12:14 AM
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Orange Elite [5131]
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Are you kidding? Is it April? Memphis is a joke!***
Sep 21, 2015, 10:55 AM
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A team that finished in the top 25 with double digit wins and a conference championship is a joke? Plus a win over byu in a bowl game and a current 10 game win streak are a joke? I live here now and I can tell you that this town has football fever because the finally have a quality team. They had Ole miss beat last year but it slipped away. Fuente is a quality coach and they have the big money backer in Fred smith who would gladly go toe to toe with the north Carolina coalition on anything. Would be a good person to have in your corner .
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Clemson Sports Icon [56100]
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Didn't pay much attention 4 days ago,
Sep 25, 2015, 12:01 AM
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Saw the game tonight and they looked good. Don't know about their dynamic in the acc but it would be an enjoyable trip.
GO TIGERS! (Clemson that is)
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Orange Blooded [2462]
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No way, we don't need any more cupcakes***
Sep 21, 2015, 12:51 AM
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Letterman [255]
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Re: No way, we don't need any more cupcakes***
Sep 24, 2015, 11:48 PM
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A cupcake?
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Orange Blooded [4378]
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Re: No way, we don't need any more cupcakes***
Sep 25, 2015, 8:17 AM
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Just because they have had a few decent years doesn't make them a football school. I get that people are excited about their football program right now because things are going good, but what happens if they get back to being the team they have always been? That excitement will go away and they will stop caring about football again. The last thing the acc needs is another basketball school with a cupcake football team that has small crowds. That will do nothing but make the acc look even weaker.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: No way, we don't need any more cupcakes***
Sep 25, 2015, 10:16 AM
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You mean like tcu and baylor? It's called change, it happens. You get a good coach like they have and you lock him in with a big money booster like they have and you hire a football first president and ad like they have. The other finalist who had the job until Fred smith said he wanted Fuentes is now the head coach at Florida so they are obviously taking football seriously. Fuentes is a Gary Patterson disciple so he knows you can stay at a school and succeed. Do you even know the money Fred smith has and the pull he has. Papa John has nothing on him.
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Letterman [255]
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Top TigerNet [29687]
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how about adding NDSU?***
Sep 21, 2015, 1:01 AM
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Rival Killer [2781]
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Re: how about adding NDSU?***
Sep 25, 2015, 12:05 AM
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I've had my eye on La Tech for a while - we could pick them both up to keep it balanced.
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Varsity [103]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 21, 2015, 8:17 AM
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LOL - I lived in Memphis for 4 years. I'm not sure that Memphis gets all that hyped over football. They cared more for BBall when they hired Capillari (sp) and did well at that. The funny thing is that they loved beating UT that one time in football. One of my tennis partners wore a hat with that score on it every week to tick off the UT fans.
I have a son and daughter-in-law that are both Memphis alumni, and both received a great education there, so I don't know how to argue the academics part required by the ACC.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Sep 24, 2015, 11:51 PM
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People here have been waiting for a quality Memphis team and Justin Fuente is doing something pretty incredible here.
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Orange Blooded [2462]
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It's a flash in the pan.
Oct 17, 2015, 2:57 PM
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As soon as there's a coaching change, they go back to being awful.
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Ring of Honor [22289]
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More likely them and Houston go BigXII
Sep 25, 2015, 12:15 AM
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very few adds left that would make sense, but Memphis would for the ACC or XII. Expands TV footprint. Only way I see the ACC adding a team though is if ND becomes a full member including football. Then you add one more. Would rather have Memphis than UConn, Cincy, another Fla school or WVU.
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Rock Defender [62]
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Sep 25, 2015, 2:30 AM
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I don't think there are any Louisville fans that would want to rekindle a rivalry with Memphis. There fans are pretty terrible and rank up there with WVU, sUcK, and your Coots. Cinci maybe but Memphis no.
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110%er [8015]
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As far as academics go, Memphis is a joke
Sep 25, 2015, 3:42 AM
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The ACC wouldn't allow them to join.
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Ultimate Clemson Legend [100698]
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I think they play SMU later this yr. I think that will be a
Sep 25, 2015, 10:55 AM
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fun game to watch.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: I think they play SMU later this yr. I think that will be a
Sep 25, 2015, 11:03 AM
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They play Ole miss on the 17th. Not much would make me happier than to see Memphis destroy the entire sec. If the best team in the sec lost to Memphis? Bwahahaha
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Letterman [255]
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Re: I think they play SMU later this yr. I think that will be a
Sep 25, 2015, 11:08 AM
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Really I just want the acc here. I'm sick of the sec cap and I want to see acc games again. But I do think having Memphis in the acc footprint makes a lot of sense. More so than any other school we could get.
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Tiger Spirit [9788]
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The dirty hit on the Cinci QB last night makes them more
Sep 25, 2015, 11:02 AM
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suited to the SEC. If he goes to cooterville, he will be signing his death warrant as a coach.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Memphis
Oct 17, 2015, 1:58 PM
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Looks like a cupcake that no one cares about is taking it to a mighty sec team in front of a packed home stadium.
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Tiger Titan [50627]
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Why is Memphis so important to you?
Oct 17, 2015, 2:25 PM
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The ACC isn't likely to expand anytime soon unless Notre Dame is involved. Memphis is having a nice season, and I really hope they beat Ole Miss today, but I still don't think they add a lot to the ACC when you look at their overall athletic program and academic profile. And Memphis isn't exactly a huge city, nor a TV market with strong desirability.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Why is Memphis so important to you?
Oct 17, 2015, 2:29 PM
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Actually the market is well over 1 million and top 50 in the country. 45th to be exact
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Tiger Titan [50627]
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That TV market is smaller than the Greenville market.
Oct 17, 2015, 2:41 PM
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Not an insignificant TV market by any means, but not a reason to add a marginal university and athletic program like Memphis IMO.
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Letterman [255]
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Re: That TV market is smaller than the Greenville market.
Oct 17, 2015, 3:00 PM
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It's bigger than Louisville, Knoxville and columbia,sc
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Legend [6949]
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Fuente won't be coaching in Memphis next year***
Oct 17, 2015, 2:30 PM
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Letterman [255]
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Re: Fuente won't be coaching in Memphis next year***
Oct 17, 2015, 2:57 PM
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That was my whole point. If they were going to a power 5 he would and Memphis would be better and better. The acc sleeps and he leaves then if they expand later then we get stuck with u conn or cincy.
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Orange Blooded [2462]
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Since when we do base conference decisions on Fuentes?***
Oct 17, 2015, 2:59 PM
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Orange Blooded [4378]
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Re: Fuente won't be coaching in Memphis next year***
Oct 17, 2015, 3:13 PM
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Even if Memphis joins the acc, God forbid, once a big school comes calling with more money, better facilities, better tradition and better recruiting g advantages, Fuentes is GONE! No way he stays at a small school like Memphis just because they are in the acc. They look good this year, but they will go back to their normal role as a cupcake football team.
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Orange Blooded [2462]
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No thanks***
Oct 17, 2015, 2:57 PM
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110%er [8681]
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Why?
Oct 17, 2015, 3:03 PM
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we're already at 14 teams which is too big itself.
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