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RE: Have we ever tried to schedule Vandy in anything?
(09-22-2016 08:31 AM)Atlanta Wrote: You would think if Vandy plays UH, they'd play Memphis - and Vandy beat UH in a 2014 bowl game BTW. Vandy lost to UH last year in a regular season game. I know this isn't popular around here to say so but I'd like Memphis to play UTK, Vandy & UK every year in FB & BB (would have been great timing to have played UTK over the last 2 yrs). We might take our lumps with UTK in FB most times but it would be worth the gate & interest - and Memphis will be competitive & win some too. I see us having the upper hand against UK in FB & BB would have an extreme interest in Memphis. We'd have the upper hand most years in FB & BB against Vandy. These would all be games that all would draw 40K+ to sellouts in FB & sellout in BB. And it would be good for recruiting, giving us added credibility in the greater mid-south.
Like it or not, Memphis folks will come out to see Memphis play regional P5 schools compared to FCS & Kansas. And we need butts in the seats & the credibility wins among this group would give us.
We need a relationship with UTK for sake of the Memphis brand and to ensure that a couple decades from now MTSU does not surpass us in reputation. Being one of UTK's non-conference rivals would do that.
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