(09-25-2015 12:35 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  Its nowhere near those levels. The rivalry is big to ASU fans because Memphis for years was our Only active rival. We played a ton the last decade and a half, so for a lot of our younger alums, that is what we remember.

Most of our older rivals like La Tech and others have been defunct series for years now. Memphis just stopped our series. It's why our administration is trying so hard to turn the ULL game into a rivalry...because there's just no one on our schedule for our fans to hate right now, and thats a problem.

I know this will never happen, but say UALR had a football program. Would you guys be huge rivals?

(09-24-2015 11:02 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 10:59 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

You jinxed it calling it early. Thought you might have learned from the Mizzou game

LOL.....I think you're right. But I was bored.
I guess you'll never forgive me for that Missouri loss.

No repentance no forgiveness.

(09-25-2015 12:28 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 11:37 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 11:35 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Are you still at Apple?

Nope...asst manager at the Fresh Market on Union

Apple was fun til they laid off everyone making 10 or more an hour and replaced them with college kids at 7.25

Such is life

Wait a second...I was in that Fresh Market a few days ago, and saw a guy there and my first thought was "Haha, He looks like Memphis Drew"

You mean to tell me that was actually you?

Yup!

(09-25-2015 11:48 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 11:37 AM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 11:35 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Are you still at Apple?

Nope...asst manager at the Fresh Market on Union

Apple was fun til they laid off everyone making 10 or more an hour and replaced them with college kids at 7.25

Such is life

I'm really surprised at that. That is counter to the whole Apple work philosophy (or what I thought it was).
I guess they've become too mainstream....just like the other corporate giants. Sad....I know where that leads.

Apple retail is NOT run like Apple corporate...it started that way...but not anymore.

(09-24-2015 10:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Considering Houston is probably larger than the combined Sun Belt population, I would hope so.

I always liked playing Ark State. Pull for them to win on a casual basis, as in I'm glad they won, but don't follow them in any detail. Surprised the Red Wolf fans see it as a more heated rivalry.

(09-25-2015 04:21 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  I always liked playing Ark State. Pull for them to win on a casual basis, as in I'm glad they won, but don't follow them in any detail. Surprised the Red Wolf fans see it as a more heated rivalry.

Casual Memphis fans were on our board after the game to see if we were talking about it. That's not something casual interest people do.

I don't see it as heated. I won't switch channels if I see on the score crawl that Memphis is behind to watch a loss. Memphis from time to time plays games where I'd prefer to see Memphis win.

So that's not "heated".

Only time I ever took great delight in Memphis losing to someone other than AState was the NCAA championship game and that was as much about Cal getting force fed crow over his comments on poor free throw shooting as anything.

(09-25-2015 04:37 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(09-25-2015 04:21 PM)72Tiger Wrote:  I always liked playing Ark State. Pull for them to win on a casual basis, as in I'm glad they won, but don't follow them in any detail. Surprised the Red Wolf fans see it as a more heated rivalry.

Casual Memphis fans were on our board after the game to see if we were talking about it. That's not something casual interest people do.

Some are less casual than myself I guess. To be fair I haven't lived in Memphis since the late 80s, and I really haven't had any interaction with Ark St fans where I have lived since.

The heated comments were based on what I was reading in this thread. Some Red Wolf fans really don't like us it seems. I'm not looking to dissuade any of them, they can dislike whoever they want as much as they want, I was just surprised by it is all. Pointless to argue that kind of stuff anyway as sports are inherently emotional.

FWIW, I read all the active conference boards on this site as well as the Cincy and UAB boards (I pull for them to win casually too)

Honestly 72, it's more of me gigging Drew. Since it was the only game on, I figured I could summon him fairly easy. It worked.

(09-25-2015 06:15 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Honestly 72, it's more of me gigging Drew. Since it was the only game on, I figured I could summon him fairly easy. It worked.

(09-24-2015 11:05 PM)Atlanta Trojan Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 11:01 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  Do you realize how big Houston is?

It's not much bigger than Atlanta... 400,000 people difference

I'm not sure Houston is bigger than Atlanta. The city limit population is different in cities. Atlanta isn't that populated compared to other major cities if you just take the population of what's considered the city of Atlanta. Most population measures of Atlanta include the metro area which is over 6 million. So I'm not sure how they measure others. Not trying to debate you only I thought Atlanta was bigger than Houston. I may indeed be wrong.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/0048...-estimates

Houston - 6.49 million
Atlanta - 5.61 million

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

Don't really post here, but I just wanted your current thoughts on this now.

(11-03-2015 08:04 PM)JuicyMullet Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

Don't really post here, but I just wanted your current thoughts on this now.

Memphis left Arkie state in the dust without a doubt

They're having a great year. No doubt.
But odds were with me in talking smack to them. These years are few and far between for the tiggers.

(11-03-2015 08:16 PM)GeauxUL Wrote:  

(11-03-2015 08:04 PM)JuicyMullet Wrote:  

(09-24-2015 06:47 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They win a couple of games that they should win, and they're talking like they're access bowl bound. This has been going on since I was born, and I'm getting old.

It's just the same ol' Memphis....just a new year.

Don't really post here, but I just wanted your current thoughts on this now.

Memphis left Arkie state in the dust without a doubt

They won't be this high much longer. Houston beats them.

They're playing light years above their potential. It's a rare sight.

(11-03-2015 09:09 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  They're playing light years above their potential. It's a rare sight.

I've been telling the Memphis grads I work with that the end is nigh since early September. Eventually they'll lose, it's the Memphis way

Drew will be around shortly with the details of Fuentes extension proposal. But even he wants out of that god-forsaken city.