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Originally posted by Cosmos:
I read your poison posts and smile at the hate and madness. I understand the bitterness. Like what's his name screamed in "Titanic" you were "King of the Word - King of the World". Now look at how the mighty have fallen. The poor football gators ending up in some obscure bowl nobody watched or cared about. Now the B Ball Gators are relegated to the N.I.T. after being National Champions.

As Bill Clinton use to say "I fee your pain"

Now the wheel has turned and Tennessee led by the brilliant colorful Pearl has take become the dominant force in the SEC. The world looks to the Vols instead of the gators for good basketball.

But there is a story that eclipses the rise of the Tennessee Volunteers. Memphis, a legendary basketball force in the South has once again stepped to center state. The whole world is watching and they look to the land of "the King" Calipari and the the Tigers have made their presence known and all fear the ROAR OF THE TIGERS.

One of you mentioned the fact UT and Memphis had never won a National Championship. How quickly we forget. Two years ago critics were saying the same thing about Florida and giggling at the thought of the lowly gators winning it all.

Sunday instead of fighting at the Alamo we will take the Alamo like Santa Ana.

Come on Gators. Join us. Put your hands in the air like you just don't care and yell.
Dum dittle de dum dum dum
GO TIGERS GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dum dittle de dum dum dum
GO TIGERS GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

M E M P H I S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by He15man:
I didn't realize that the University of Memphis was in Knoxville.

Ill remember this football season Cosmo's how Memphis is your team, when they suck in C-USA ill be sure to remind you about it.

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Originally posted by He15man:
I didn't realize that the University of Memphis was in Knoxville.

Ill remember this football season Cosmo's how Memphis is your team, when they suck in C-USA ill be sure to remind you about it.

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Originally posted by Cosmos:

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Originally posted by He15man:
I didn't realize that the University of Memphis was in Knoxville.

Ill remember this football season Cosmo's how Memphis is your team, when they suck in C-USA ill be sure to remind you about it.

For the 100th time let me once again explain the common dual loyalties of sports fans in Memphis, Tennessee. When you grow up in the Athens of the South many young kids catch "Tiger Fever" in basketball watching what was then Memphis State on local television. As you grow up depending on your individual circumstances you veer off from the Tigers in football claiming Ole Mis, Arkansas or Tennessee at your university to support. Of course the lion's share belongs to UT fn Memphis resulting in thousands of Memphis fans singing "Rocky Top" wildly supporting the Big Orange while never losing their Memphis Basketball Tigers genes from their childhood. If this does not meet with your approval then you've just made my day.

Now take that drag queen under your name back to your favorite bar where you can turn on the TV to watch your hapless Gators in the N.I.T and then go home and get your shine box.

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Originally posted by Cosmos:
For the 100th time let me once again explain the common dual loyalties of sports fans in Memphis, Tennessee. When you grow up in the Athens of the South many young kids catch "Tiger Fever" in basketball watching what was then Memphis State on local television. As you grow up depending on your individual circumstances you veer off from the Tigers in football claiming Ole Mis, Arkansas or Tennessee at your university to support. Of course the lion's share belongs to UT fn Memphis resulting in thousands of Memphis fans singing "Rocky Top" wildly supporting the Big Orange while never losing their Memphis Basketball Tigers genes from their childhood. If this does not meet with your approval then you've just made my day.

Now take that drag queen under your name back to your favorite bar where you can turn on the TV to watch your hapless Gators in the N.I.T and then go home and get your shine box.

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Originally posted by CerGator:

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Originally posted by Cosmos:

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Originally posted by He15man:
I didn't realize that the University of Memphis was in Knoxville.

Ill remember this football season Cosmo's how Memphis is your team, when they suck in C-USA ill be sure to remind you about it.

For the 100th time let me once again explain the common dual loyalties of sports fans in Memphis, Tennessee. When you grow up in the Athens of the South many young kids catch "Tiger Fever" in basketball watching what was then Memphis State on local television. As you grow up depending on your individual circumstances you veer off from the Tigers in football claiming Ole Mis, Arkansas or Tennessee at your university to support. Of course the lion's share belongs to UT fn Memphis resulting in thousands of Memphis fans singing "Rocky Top" wildly supporting the Big Orange while never losing their Memphis Basketball Tigers genes from their childhood. If this does not meet with your approval then you've just made my day.

Now take that drag queen under your name back to your favorite bar where you can turn on the TV to watch your hapless Gators in the N.I.T and then go home and get your shine box.

I think I've got it. What you are saying is, since there isn't really one school in your region that has the ability to instill any sort of long term loyalty amongst the local mountain folks in all sports, you just sorta pick and choose whichever is the flavor of the week. I suppose when the anomaly of a successful season rolls around for one of the "lottery" schools you have to pick from, the bandwagons get really full.

We should pity this sort of aimless wondering in search of success. After all, we here in the Gator Nation sometimes forget how great it is the be a Florida Gator.....no matter the sport.

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Originally posted by Mid-SouthGator:

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Originally posted by CerGator:

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Originally posted by Cosmos:

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Originally posted by He15man:
I didn't realize that the University of Memphis was in Knoxville.

Ill remember this football season Cosmo's how Memphis is your team, when they suck in C-USA ill be sure to remind you about it.

For the 100th time let me once again explain the common dual loyalties of sports fans in Memphis, Tennessee. When you grow up in the Athens of the South many young kids catch "Tiger Fever" in basketball watching what was then Memphis State on local television. As you grow up depending on your individual circumstances you veer off from the Tigers in football claiming Ole Mis, Arkansas or Tennessee at your university to support. Of course the lion's share belongs to UT fn Memphis resulting in thousands of Memphis fans singing "Rocky Top" wildly supporting the Big Orange while never losing their Memphis Basketball Tigers genes from their childhood. If this does not meet with your approval then you've just made my day.

Now take that drag queen under your name back to your favorite bar where you can turn on the TV to watch your hapless Gators in the N.I.T and then go home and get your shine box.

I think I've got it. What you are saying is, since there isn't really one school in your region that has the ability to instill any sort of long term loyalty amongst the local mountain folks in all sports, you just sorta pick and choose whichever is the flavor of the week. I suppose when the anomaly of a successful season rolls around for one of the "lottery" schools you have to pick from, the bandwagons get really full.

We should pity this sort of aimless wondering in search of success. After all, we here in the Gator Nation sometimes forget how great it is the be a Florida Gator.....no matter the sport.

Your pretty accurate about your post. The city of Memphis is king of having bandwagon fans. If the Tigers basketball team wasn't any good, then nobody would care about them, like the Memphis Grizzles.

When the Grizzles were a playoff team, games were sold out. Now, attendance for Grizz games are embarrassing, and the same thing will happen to the Tigers whenever their program starts to go downhill.

I'll say it again Memphis = thousands of bandwagon fans.

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Originally posted by weeks05:
Cosmos showing his childish aptitiude by not being able to even choose one team and stick with them. what that really means, by splitting your loyalty, is that you are not really a loyal fan of either. Kids do that. They pick which team they think is better in different sports and root for them as their team, like Dallas cowboys in football, but Lakers in hoop etc. even though not even the same city etc.

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Originally posted by Cosmos:
Whether I like it or not Memphis is the Mecca of fair weather sports fans but there always has been a fair sized die hard Memphis basketball base that always attended the games. Because of our history of fickle fans the odds are extremely low Memphis aka Willie World will ever get an NFL franchise.