UofMemphis

11 minutes ago, 206BULL said:

If you, your sister or brother-in-law think that FSU wouldn't have turned an OCS into "a FSU  home game" you are bat **** crazy. FSU would have outnumbered USF no matter where the game was played.

I don't have an opinion on the USF vs FSU game other than I wanted USF to win as you're an AAC team, and I have family members who are fans.

I simply think Ray Jay was a fine home for two decades as USF was just an upstart program...USF isn't an upstart anymore...you're in the AAC where teams can earn Peach and Fiesta Bowl bids...I just think it's time for USF to have their own OCS.

19 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

I've been to Georgia vs. Tennessee, Georgia vs. Auburn, GT vs FSU, GT vs Clemson ... and many more.  And I'm not bothered by the USF game day experience at Ray Jay.

So I simply reject your assertions that game day experience is "not college football."

I mean, my sister and my brother-in-law live in Lutz and attend USF football games...they were complaining just this season how the USF vs FSU game felt more like a FSU home game, and lacked that true 'home game' feel.

that said, we could sit here and argue all day and I doubt one would change the others mind.

17 minutes ago, JTrue said:

I guess it's a good thing you missed 1912-2002.

my pro team is Green Bay, and my college team is Memphis...

my dad sat through 30 years without a Super Bowl or a Memphis Bowl game...I've seen Green Bay play in 3 Super Bowls, and watched my Tigers play in 8 bowl games.

I'm just lucky, I guess.

4 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

I thought the scholarship athletes playing football with college logos and colors on their uniforms was what made up college football, but that's just me.

After going to games like Memphis @ Ole Miss, Memphis @ Miss State, and even Memphis @ USM...I can honestly tell you you're wrong...there's nothing like football game day on a FBS college campus.

Just now, JTrue said:

Well, if you've been watching Memphis football all your life, you may not be the best judge of what college football looks like.

lol, I started really watching Memphis football in 2003 (senior year of HS) when I was accepted to Memphis. Since then Memphis has played in 8 bowl games, or the exact same amount as USF.

We also lead the series 5-4

so you might just rethink that

1 minute ago, Triple B said:

I'm actually being very calm, considering you and Speed are doing a fine job of ignoring answers and putting words in mouths ..... I'm mellowing.

I simply reject your excuses like UCF and FAU did...they're both better off for it, and even Temple is starting to realize it as well.

college football in a half full NFL stadium is not college football.

But thats what makes message boards fun, everyone gets their say.

11 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Nobody said it had to be as nice as RayJay but it can't be a piece of **** like The Wok ....

My suggestion is for you to contact MH since you obviously believe an ocs is totally doable at this point in time but, for some reason incomprehensible to you, we just don't WANT to do it. Please let us know what he says.

You seem very angry about the whole thing. I don't see why an NFL stadium with red seats and a pirate ship, that's normally only half full for Bulls games engenders such loyalty. I've been there, and it doesn't feel like college football to me.

22 minutes ago, Sellular1 said:

UCF had to build because the Shitrus bowl wasn't an option moving forward and Temple has shelved their OCS plans... 

not as of October.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sports/college/Temple-presses-ahead-to-build-a-new-football-stadium-02.html

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There hasn't been much news lately about Temple's attempt to build an on-campus football stadium, and that has led to the perception that not much is happening and that the idea is dying.

Temple athletic director Patrick Kraft said nothing was further from the truth.

"I get that from people that they think that [things are dying] and it is not like that," Kraft said Thursday before Temple's game against Memphis at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. "Nothing has changed and we continue to do what we have been doing."

Kraft described the process as ongoing.

"It's not like we hit the brakes by any stretch," he said. "We are moving forward and continue to provide information through this whole process and that has not stopped at all."

One of the biggest hurdles is working with the people in the neighborhood on several issues, including traffic.

"We are doing a lot of research, answering questions, doing traffic studies," Kraft said. "The neighborhood piece is obviously a big part of it and we continue to work with them."

Temple's agreement to play at Lincoln Financial Field expires after the 2017 season, but the school has two one-year options that could extend the stay through 2019.

30 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

It might help for you to know what you're talking about sometimes.  It's happened before.  In Jan. 2009, FIU dropped a game against us later that year, for a game against Rutgers, also later that year.

 

exactly, that was 8 years ago...events like that are extremely rare.

I'm not saying it's impossible, I'm saying it's extremely unlikely.

"a 13-0 USF team getting left out of the CFP for a 10-2 P5 team"

a 13-0 USF would most likely be sent to the 'access bowl'...I doubt you'll ever see a G5 team in the playoff unless it's expanded to 6 or 8.

13 minutes ago, JTrue said:

YOU WANT ANSWERS?!?

I WANT THE TRUTH!

21 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

You're getting answers, but you are either incapable of comprehending to them, or willfully turning a blind eye to them.

not true (and condescending), the reasons you throw out have been dismissed by professional ADs and Univ Presidents at places like UCF and FAU (along with others)...as a fan of a school who plays in a leased stadium that can't build a true OCS...I can't imagine why a school like USF or Temple would choose not to since they have the ability...and at least Temple is trying to change that.

16 minutes ago, Capital H said:

I guess the FedEx education isn't helping you comprehend the hypothetical that the OP provided.

it's a hypothetical that simply won't happen (you don't make changes this late)...I'm trying to help the OP understand why.

sounds like you're jealous USF doesn't have a FedEx (there was no reason to bring them into this)...I understand why, the $$$ is nice.

FedExForum:

FedExPark:

FedEx Institute of Technology at The University of Memphis:

the new Video Board at the Liberty Bowl:

again, you don't make changes to the 2017 football schedule in Jan of 2017...good luck, though...a strong USF is good for the AAC.

USF has a good chance to go undefeated OOC with P5 win...take that and run with it!

3 minutes ago, BullyPulpit said:

I'm not looking for a home game, I am talking about a road game. 

here's a link to all confirmed schedules...good luck finding a team with an opening.

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/ncaa-football-schedules.php

if you want P5 home games you have to schedule them YEARS ahead of time.

Memphis has UCLA at the Liberty Bowl this upcoming season. We had to schedule that game back in 2014 just to get a home game in 2017.

1 hour ago, JB said:

The stadium looked awesome without all the Bucs crap. They nearly hid the pirate ship too. Wish we could cover the whole stadium with USF logos/colors the way they did last night. 

That wouldn't solve the problem of playing at a half full NFL stadium with red seats and a pirate ship.

11 hours ago, GaUSFBull said:

 

I mentioned TSA only because they would fight like hell to keep getting the events at RayJay that UofM suggested could be at our facilities.  

But no one seems to want to answer: if other schools can do it, why not USF?

15 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Not really ... and are you as vociferous on UM boards in the advocating of an ocs there?

I was. Memphis athletics boosters put a plan together for an OCS. It would hold 45,000 and be on the main campus in the only place it could fit. Plans were drawn up and it would cost an estimated 90-100 million. (see link)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y2/gomemphistigers1/WalkerPatterson.jpg~original

our Univ President at the time was 'academics first' and our previous AD was from Temple where he almost killed their football program...so of course when they found out about that plan a 50 million dollar academic building was built there and the athletic dept extended the lease at the Liberty Bowl.

now the only place we can build it is the "Park Avenue Campus" which is where the other athletic fields are...it's 1 mile from the main campus, so while it would technically be 'on campus' it would still be off main campus, and the Liberty is only 2 miles away as it is.

Park Ave Campus:

2 minutes ago, Triple B said:

FAU, especially now, is not really someone I'd advocate emulating ....

their stadium and bowl game are...it's a nice stadium, and they've had good matchups the last couple years.

6 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

If you think that, you may be slightly confused as to the geography and size of Tampa vs. Boca Raton.  Also, there's a little something called Tampa Sports Authority that might have a say in all that stuff.  

they would have nothing to do with a privately financed stadium, on USF property would they?

I know in Memphis facilities that are privately financed and on school owned property are exempt from Memphis/Shelby County Sports Authority control.  

7 minutes ago, goldenbrahm1996 said:

There are a actually a decent amount.

 

New Mexico Bowl (UNM)

Las Vegas Bowl (UNLV)

Boca Raton Bowl (FAU)

Potato Bowl (Boise St)

Armed Forces Bowl (TCU)

Dollar General Bowl (USA)

Military Bowl (Navy)

Arizona Bowl (Zona)

 

USA and UNLV are not on campus...

7 minutes ago, Ned A Starr said:

When Memphis played in the St Pete Bowl against The Bulls, they brought about 1200 peeps including their band!  Great revenue stream for local business.

I was one of them...I had a blast!

I have seen Memphis play USF twice at The Sun Dome (2-0)

I saw Paxton Lynch and Memphis play USF at Ray Jay last season (1-0)

and watched Memphis play USF in the St Pete Bowl (0-1)

so Memphis is 3-1 in the games I've attended in the Tampa Bay area...and the only one we lost was at least a bowl game, and I won't get upset about playing in a bowl.

14 minutes ago, Ned A Starr said:

It would be cool if you posted a pic of you with a potato bowl on your head!

it would be cool if USF built an OCS.

Just now, Ned A Starr said:

Really big revenue generators you suggest there!  

lol, FAU can do it...so can USF...stop acting like it's impossible.

3 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

Great question. I can't think of any outside FAU. Curious if there are others....

Boise St...Potato Bowl is played there

Military Bowl is played at Navy's stadium in Annapolis after DC didn't come through with the RFK stadium upgrades.

that's off the top of my head