Commercial Appeal: Message to Tigers and Vols: Just win on Wednesday, baby

  • News Sentinel staff
  • Posted February 19, 2008 at 5:53 a.m., updated February 19, 2008 at 5:53 a.m.

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Coverage from the Commercial Appeal on the Memphis-Tennessee game. Columnist Geoff Calkins says "The game is silly big. It's stupid big. And Monday, it got bigger still."

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Bristol writes:

Please, somebody put this game on TV on Wednesday. How can you not want to have the #2 team in the country on TV??? It's my birthday and that's want I want for a present. Thanks.

knoxtenor writes:

Even though this is a weak year for the SEC, poll-wise, LSU on its worse night is far better than any Conference USA team. A quick check of the Tiger website (http://gotigersgo.cstv.com/sports/m-b...) shows the top article is "Memphis, Tennessee Top AP Poll, Setting Up 1 vs. 2 Matchup." You have to scroll to the bottom of the page before "Tulane" is ever mentioned. As much as I'd like to see the Vols having a go at an undefeated No. 1, I'd LOVE to see Memphis have such tunnel vision that they lose to Tulane. They almost blew it against UAB, and their post-game behavior shows how upset they were about it.

Meanwhile, Bruce has the proper perspective on the matter. Conference games are more important than non-conference games and the next game you play is your most important.

Chainsaw writes:

Hey Bristol, just come on down to TommyB on Wednesday and watch the game the way it was meant to be watched: live and in person!

Hunter writes:

So now the News-Sentinel is just farming out its columns? "Let the Memphis folks write it, it's not our job!" Have some self-respect.....

HardcoreHottie writes:

Hunter: The same company signs both of their checks. So does it really matter who writes the story?

It's all hype anyway,
Non-hunter.

utchris writes:

The article was written by Calkins and he basically called Pearl a liar for saying that Auburn was more important than Memphis. Calkins has been known to be the "shock" columnist that bashes UT much like our own Jon Adams does. I guess they brought him in since Adams was too busy trying to implode the football team.

Hunter writes:

Yes, it matters who writes the article. I submit another example: the SEC pays out bowl payouts and revenue across to all 12 schools (thus explaining why Vandy sticks around). Should the schools stop competing because the same company signs the checks?

Don't discount hype - it's made champions out of chumps (Charles Woodson, 1996 Florida, and others). Enough hype on this game and a good showing the rest of the season will get us a #1 seed.

And $5 says you're half as hot as you think you are.....

stevefrommemphis writes:

Auburn is definitely more important than Memphis, because Tennessee's #1 goal must be to win the SEC outright. utchris2003, Calkins and nobody else in Memphis understands that, because the only time anything exciting ever happens in their insular world, 200 miles from anything except Delta farmland, is when the much-despised Tennessee Vols come to town on the rare occasion when the game means something. I've been here 20 years, and Tennessee plays more meaningful home football games every year than the sum total of exciting athletic events in Memphis over 20 years. Excitement comes here about as often as a full eclipse of the sun. The last time something meaningful happened here was the 1990 Tennessee v Ole Miss football game.

utchris writes:

Steve,

I feel you. I am here in this insular place as well.

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