***** THE TIGERS ARE OFF TO A GREAT START . MEMPHIS BATTLED TO THE SHORT END OF A 59 - 14 SCORE AGAINST MISSISSIPPI STATE . THE GAME WAS MUCH WORSE THAN THE SCORE .
THE TIGER LINE LOOKED LIKE A BUNCH OF FAT WOMEN SLAM DANCING . THE QB'S HAD THE SAME LOOK AS A GUY RUNNING FRANTICLY FOR A RESTROOM . GETTING THERE HE FINDS A PAY TOILET & NO CHANGE IN HIS POCKET .
LARRY PORTER LOOKED AS PUZZLED AS A MAN WHO WONDERS WHY HIS CHILDREN DON'T RESEMBLE HIM . SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT WHAT .
MEMPHIS STARTED PLAYING FOOTBALL IN 1912 . UNTIL 1980 THE TIGERS HAD A RESPECTFUL RECORD OF 307 - 242 . A WINNING % OF ABOUT 56 %.
STARTING IN 1980 THINGS BEGAN TO FALL APART . SINCE THEN THE TIGERS CLOCK IN AT 130 - 228 . A WINNING RATE OF LESS THAN 35 %
THE LAST 5 YEARS THE TIGERS HAVE RACED TO A 18 - 44 MARK . THAT IS WINNING LESS THAN 30 % . WHAT HAPPENED TO MEMPHIS ?
THE TIGERS HAVE HAD 8 COACHES DURING THIS TIME . NONE HAD A WINNING RECORD AS RINGMASTER OF THE TIGERS . ALL OF THEM WERE NOT BAD COACHES . COACHING IS NOT THE PROBLEM .
THE PROBLEM IS THE PLAYERS . THE TIGERS ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH GOOD PLAYERS . BEAR BRYANT SAID COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS 98 % RECRUITING . SO THE PROBLEM IS RECRUITING .
THE PLAYERS ARE HERE ,THEY ARE JUST NOT BECOMING TIGERS . THE SEC IS THE BEST CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL . THERE ARE 61 PLAYERS ON SEC ROSTERS FROM THE MEMPHIS AREA . JUST IMAGINE IF MEMPHIS COULD HAVE KEPT HALF OF THOSE PLAYERS HOME .
THREE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE RECRUITING ARE WINNING , CONFERENCE, & FACILITIES .
1. PLAYERS WANT TO GO TO A PROGRAM THAT IS WINNING . THIS BECOMES A HARD TO BREAK CYCLE . YOU WIN BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOOD PLAYERS , WINNING BRINGS IN MORE GOOD PLAYERS WHICH RESULTS IN MORE WINNING . LOSING WORKS THE SAME WAY IN REVERSE . THE TIGERS ARE LOCKED IN A LOSING CYCLE .
2. PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY IN AN ELITE CONFERENCE . A BCS CONFERENCE , NEW YEAR'S DAY BOWLS , & LOTS OF TV GAMES . THE TIGERS PLAY IN C - USA . MEMPHIS IS A WEAK TEAM IN A WEAK CONFERENCE . DURING A TIME OF CONFERENCE SHAKE - UPS IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT MEMPHIS WILL MAKE IT TO A BETTER CONFERENCE .
3. FACILITIES AT MEMPHIS ARE BEHIND MOST C - USA SCHOOLS & LIGHT YEARS BEHIND SEC SCHOOLS . THE TIGERS DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO RUN IN THESE CIRCLES . YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE FOLKS TO MOVE TO CHICKASAW GARDENS THAN YOU CAN TO GETWELL GARDENS .
IS THERE HOPE FOR MEMPHIS ? IT LOOKS BLEAK . BEST HOPE FOR MEMPHIS IS FOR THE TIGERS TO BLOOM WHERE THEY ARE PLANTED . SCHEDULE SOME WINS , BE ABLE TO DOMINATE C - USA , & PUT SOME MONEY IN FOOTBALL .
IT IS TIME FOR A NEW AD , & MAYBE A NEW PRESIDENT . GOOD LUCK TIGERS .
***** AN R.C. & A MOON PIE TO BAYLOR FOR THAT BIG ,REALLY BIG WIN OVER TCU .
THANK YOU FOR READING !!!!!
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