Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 13m13 minutes ago

Memphis and UAB will begin a home-and-home series at FedEx Forum on December 10th, source told @CBSSports. Return game at UAB in 17-18.

we have room for them on the football schedule as well...hope it happens...

2019
Aug. 31 vs. Ole Miss
Sept. 14 at South Alabama
Sept. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe
Oct. 5 vs. UAB ???

2020
Sept. 5 vs. Arkansas State
Sept. 12 at UAB???
Sept. 26 vs. Texas-San Antonio

(04-12-2016 02:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  we have room for them on the football schedule as well...hope it happens...

2019
Aug. 31 vs. Ole Miss
Sept. 14 at South Alabama
Sept. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe
Oct. 5 vs. UAB ???

2020
Sept. 5 vs. Arkansas State
Sept. 12 at UAB???
Sept. 26 vs. Texas-San Antonio

I wouldn't mind the return of the Battle of the Bones trophy

(04-12-2016 02:42 PM)blazerwkr Wrote:  

(04-12-2016 02:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  we have room for them on the football schedule as well...hope it happens...

2019
Aug. 31 vs. Ole Miss
Sept. 14 at South Alabama
Sept. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe
Oct. 5 vs. UAB ???

2020
Sept. 5 vs. Arkansas State
Sept. 12 at UAB???
Sept. 26 vs. Texas-San Antonio

I wouldn't mind the return of the Battle of the Bones trophy

Man that would be fantastic. I've missed the trips to the Bluff City.

This series makes sense in several sports.

(04-12-2016 03:11 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  This series makes sense in several sports.

Sense as well as cents. Should be a great series for all involved. Congrats on getting this done.

Besides, we are still holding Tiger fans captive in the belly of Bartow Arena. Maybe we can let them go now? Naaaaaa. I think two were banned from MT.ORG.

(04-12-2016 05:25 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Besides, we are still holding Tiger fans captive in the belly of Bartow Arena. Maybe we can let them go now? Naaaaaa. I think two were banned from MT.ORG.

Good to "see" y'all again, I'm Tiger all the way, but have lots of good memories with the Blazers.

It's a nice series to to play.

The bones trophy should be on the line in this series.

Memphis renews football series with Arkansas State and renews basketball series with UAB. Still won't even discuss renewing football series with USM. Let me guess why......

I wish Memphis would give WKU a home ' home. I think it would be a great series and both fans bases would travel decent

(04-12-2016 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Memphis renews football series with Arkansas State and renews basketball series with UAB. Still won't even discuss renewing football series with USM. Let me guess why......

from what I hear we took this series because it's very inexpensive...we can just bus the team to Birmingham.

same with ASU...it's an hour dive from Memphis.

we just gave USM a basketball game...

Personally, I think any games or extended series like this is a great thing for all parties involved and should happen as often as possible. It's easy for the fans to travel. The local sports media hype it up more and it's usually easy on the athletic department's budgets to make it happen. We negotiate down a lot just to get multiple games or even home and homes.

In this economy when college sports attendance is down, local area games are an excellent way to engage the community and build up local rivalries. If we played WKU and UAB on our regular schedule and teams like Memphis, VU, UT, UK, Louisville, Georgia Tech, Georgia State, etc. I'm probably traveling to everyone of those games. All of those teams except UK are 4 hours or less. Perfect for fans.

I really feel the same way about who we schedule at home too. Our attendance is much better with a Memphis or Vandy coming to the Boro. We schedule a FCS team every year from far away when we have like 10 FCS schools within 1.5 hours of us or so. One is a HBC that would bring 15 - 20k with them. I don't like the FCS scheduling to be honest but at least bring in a nearby school for the attendance value.

I hope all of us will continue to do this more in the future. Proximity is better for the fans and the school's local hype.

WOOT! Glad to see the series renewed. Might be cause to revisit some of the classic photoshop threads -lol.

Here's one we can start with: UAB beat Tubby Smith's #1 1-seeded Wildcats for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen... and Tubby trademarked the "Surrender Frog", which has been overshadowed recently by the much more popular "Surrender Cobra"...

(04-12-2016 10:00 PM)wkuhilltopperfan Wrote:  I wish Memphis would give WKU a home ' home. I think it would be a great series and both fans bases would travel decent

I'd like to see this too! That thumping you guys put on us in the '93 tourney,
(a team w/ Penny Hardaway) is one of my top five heartbreakers ever!

Damnit, now I need a drink.

(04-13-2016 03:51 PM)UABslant Wrote:  Here's one we can start with: UAB beat Tubby Smith's #1 1-seeded Wildcats for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen... and Tubby trademarked the "Surrender Frog", which has been overshadowed recently by the much more popular "Surrender Cobra"...

I prefer




Gary Parrish – Verified account ‏@GaryParrishCBS

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4:56 AM - 14 Apr 2016

(04-12-2016 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Memphis renews football series with Arkansas State and renews basketball series with UAB. Still won't even discuss renewing football series with USM. Let me guess why......

Because we are dumb. We should be playing southern miss.

(04-15-2016 04:18 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(04-12-2016 08:06 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Memphis renews football series with Arkansas State and renews basketball series with UAB. Still won't even discuss renewing football series with USM. Let me guess why......

Because we are dumb. We should be playing southern miss.

Well, it is not just Memphis. I have heard that the AAC has put a ban on any AAC team scheduling USM in football. Why, I have no clue. There are long and historic rivalries between Memphis and ECU. Games between USM and those two schools just make sense.

(04-15-2016 05:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Well, it is not just Memphis. I have heard that the AAC has put a ban on any AAC team scheduling USM in football.

Well I know that's B.S. because you guys have a home game scheduled with Navy in 2019.

(04-15-2016 06:11 PM)demiveeman Wrote:  

(04-15-2016 05:46 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  Well, it is not just Memphis. I have heard that the AAC has put a ban on any AAC team scheduling USM in football.

Well I know that's B.S. because you guys have a home game scheduled with Navy in 2019.

I believe that is the return game of a home and home with Navy. We played at Navy in 2011. That would have been signed before there was an AAC.