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re: Memphis and Mississippi State schedule home-and-home for '28 and '29
Posted on 6/12/20 at 8:33 am to turnpiketiger
Posted on 6/12/20 at 8:33 am to turnpiketiger
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What’s the deal with State doing home and homes with G5 programs?
State doesn't have a problem with doing home and homes with local G5 programs because the road games are almost like regional home games for us. It gives fans in different parts of the state a chance to get to a game.
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Posted on 6/12/20 at 8:43 am to MACtigers
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They actually ran out of water at the concessions.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 8:50 am to dstone12
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about as much as a needle mover as Mizz/Kansas.
I'd rather trim my nose hair in the dark with a blowtorch than watch these two games.
Man youre a snob of a college football fan, i would definitely watch that game, especially as the early game on saturday unless something better was on. Thats a fun little match up if memphis can keep up the momentum theyve had lately.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:01 am to themicah85
It’ll be a fun series. We haven’t. Lost to them in a long time but they are playing better. No telling who is coaching either team in 28-29
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:03 am to Wtxtiger
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Wtxtiger
Just curious....what year did you graduate from LSU?
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:20 am to paperwasp
That is not a bad away game for State. Lets be honest, State fans will almost certainly outnumber Memphis fans in the stands. Memphis is just up the road from Starkville. Memphis is a great SEC town... that just happens to not have an SEC team.
I might have held out for a two for one deal, but this is not a bad get for State.
I might have held out for a two for one deal, but this is not a bad get for State.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 9:40 am to turnpiketiger
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What’s the deal with State doing home and homes with G5 programs? They traveled to Louisiana Tech a few years ago. Last year they played Louisiana at the super dome in what basically was a home and home.
A lot of them are 2-for-1 deals. LA Tech was a 2-for-1, they came to Starkville in 2015 and 2018. The UL series was different because it was in the Super Dome, I was at the game and there were more State fans there than UL fans. Don't think we would've agreed to a straight up home and home with them, if we were going to play in Lafayette then it would've been a 2-for-1.
They do the occasional home and home that doesn't make a ton of sense. I don't necessarily mind doing a home and home in Memphis or NOLA, or a 2-for-1 in Hattiesburg or Mobile. But they have a home and home scheduled with Troy for about 7 or 8 years from now that to me I don't really get, but whatever.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:16 am to paperwasp
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a respectable mid-tier SEC outfit.
Oof.
I mean it’s true, I dont think it was meant as an insult
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:24 am to MsState of mind
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It’ll be a fun series. We haven’t. Lost to them in a long time but they are playing better. No telling who is coaching either team in 28-29
they play each other before that too in '21 & '22
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:26 am to Arksulli
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Lets be honest, State fans will almost certainly outnumber Memphis fans in the stands.
I'd have to disagree here...Ole Miss is much closer and didn't outnumber Memphis the last few times they played at LBS. And the run Memphis has been on the last couple years, the fan base and average attendance has only increased
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:36 am to MACtigers
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I'd have to disagree here...Ole Miss is much closer and didn't outnumber Memphis the last few times they played at LBS. And the run Memphis has been on the last couple years, the fan base and average attendance has only increased
That's Ole Miss. They were terrible and their fan base was unmotivated. But still, there were tens of thousands of Ole Miss fans there. A reputable football program should never have that many visiting fans in their stands.
And the run Memphis has been on the last couple of years has been a G5 run. Mid tier SEC schools will still beat them 9/10 times. I know Memphis beat Ole Miss last year but Ole Miss was one of the worst P5 schools in the country. Most SEC teams would have beaten Memphis last year. In 2021 I expect that State will boat race them and have somewhere north of 35% (conservatively) of the fan support in the stadium as well.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 10:37 am
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:53 am to Arksulli
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Lets be honest, State fans will almost certainly outnumber Memphis fans in the stands.
Not if Memphis is good.
Also, I almost died at the Liberty Bowl last year. 11 AM kickoff with temps in the 90s and 70% humidity
I was slugging down any liquid I could find: Miller Lite, water, etc.
This post was edited on 6/12/20 at 10:53 am
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:54 am to paperwasp
Memphis might be favored in both games
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:54 am to MACtigers
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I'd have to disagree here...Ole Miss is much closer and didn't outnumber Memphis the last few times they played at LBS. And the run Memphis has been on the last couple years, the fan base and average attendance has only increased
We are Memphis’s most hated rival and our fanbase was pretty apathetic. Memphis was a borderline top 25 team too. It’s no surprise Memphis outnumbered us.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:54 am to Drebin
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but Ole Miss was one of the worst P5 schools in the country.
good thing ya'll got that signature 1 point victory over them at home then
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:55 am to Drebin
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. Most SEC teams would have beaten Memphis last year
2019 Memphis would beat:
Mizzou
Arkansas
Ole Miss
State
Vandy
Kentucky
South Carolina
Possibly Tennessee too.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 10:56 am to Tornado Alley
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2019 Memphis would beat:
Mizzou
Arkansas
Ole Miss
State
Vandy
Kentucky
South Carolina
Possibly Tennessee too.
truth. they were by far the best team in TN last year and probably the year before. fun as hell to watch too
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:05 am to MACtigers
I don’t think the State fan who said half the conference would beat Memphis has any idea how good they were. 12-1 in the best G5 conference. Memphis had four wins over teams with 10+ wins. 8th nationally in points scored per game.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:45 am to Tornado Alley
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2019 Memphis would beat:
Mizzou
Arkansas
Ole Miss
State
Vandy
Kentucky
South Carolina
Possibly Tennessee too.
Ole Miss had 173 yards of total offense against Memphis last year and only lost by 5.
They had a good year last year... But I would only pick them to beat about half the teams you mentioned.
Posted on 6/12/20 at 11:58 am to Captain Falcon
damn only 173? I didn't realize that.
They had 384 against state
They had 384 against state
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