Am I the only one disappointed with Liberty Bowl?
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Say thank you to that ref that dropped the flag for nothing on fourth down at Arkansas.
I prefer it over most of the others just because it’s 30 minutes from my house. Bowl games are all about the same unless it’s the big ones.
And that ref at Memphis for not calling the play dead after the punt was touched.
9-3 would have probably had us in the Citrus bowl.
9-3 would have probably had us in the Citrus bowl.
I feel this way as well
Going to Citrus, Outback, Gator, etc playing mid tier Big10 team isn’t anymore exciting than playing TT in Memphis and saves me a lot of money. The matchup will make our game get decent national coverage
Going to Citrus, Outback, Gator, etc playing mid tier Big10 team isn’t anymore exciting than playing TT in Memphis and saves me a lot of money. The matchup will make our game get decent national coverage
It’s not ideal payout wise but it’s a convenient location for most fans. I’m looking forward to it.
Birmingham is certainly a tier down, but the new stadium over there is nice and they did a good job of developing the area around it.
The stadium for Liberty May be in the worst area of all the bowls.
Gotta pay someone to watch over your car during the game. If you can even trust whomever you pay to do so.
I agree with it being an interesting match up and will get lots of attention. Also a team we should be able to beat on a national stage.
You are not…
It’s really on us that we played up and down to our competition so much. We were screwed by the refs on two horrific calls that decided 2 games, but they were also games that shouldn’t have been as close as they were.
I may end up taking my son, but I will hate to spend my money in Memphis. It’s probably my least favorite place I’ve been to more than a few times.
It’s really on us that we played up and down to our competition so much. We were screwed by the refs on two horrific calls that decided 2 games, but they were also games that shouldn’t have been as close as they were.
I may end up taking my son, but I will hate to spend my money in Memphis. It’s probably my least favorite place I’ve been to more than a few times.
Oh come on, I lived on New York street, people just park all over Cooper Young for Liberty Bowl. Just don’t leave anything valuable in plain sight and nothing is gonna happen to your car. Which is basically the case in every major city in the country.
I was rooting for a massive confluence of strange events that led State to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl for the same reason.
Outside of that, I am glad it's the Liberty Bowl so most of you other peckerheads can go and give the team a homefield advantage. The most important thing is a P5 opponent and Tech has a good storyline. Should be a good one.
Outside of that, I am glad it's the Liberty Bowl so most of you other peckerheads can go and give the team a homefield advantage. The most important thing is a P5 opponent and Tech has a good storyline. Should be a good one.
The payout is $4.7 Million and with the cost savings of traveling to Memphis over Florida, we’re better off.
The only ones we were in contention for with a substantially better payout are the Outback and Texas Bowls at $6.4 Million. Every other “group” bowl is in the $4-$5 Million range.
Same here. Requires taking time off for me for a less than exciting mid week lower tier game, 2 days unless I want to drive back after Liberty ends at 9:30.
Several plays linger on folks' minds...like three to five, yet in those three games State probably played about 150 or 180 other ones. Never let the officiating crew decide your fate. Be good enough to control your own destiny and don't leave it to them.
This is the second time this year that State has been screwed over by something involving a game in Memphis. The SEC can tell us all they want that the mid-tier bowls are equal. "Jak" could also pee on my leg and I could be told that it was raining. Both statements would be untrue. The Liberty Bowl is played in the worst stadium of any of the SEC bowl tie-in games in the worst part of any city. The facilities are vintage 1965 and the parking is virtually non-existent. If you are lucky you can find someone with a non-sanctioned parking lot with a few parking places on it and pay them some protection money. If you are really lucky the automobile will still be there after the game unharmed. The bowl pay out money is irrelevant since most of the bowl money goes to the SEC office and is then distributed among the SEC schools. Bowl games were once considered a reward to the players for a successful season. Playing in a stadium they already played in once this season in a dump of a stadium is no reward. It is disheartening to see schools like Florida, Texas, Missouri, LSU, and South Carolina with worse records all be assigned to better bowl games than State. Tennessee with a record equal to us also was placed in a better bowl. Arguably, Auburn is also in a better bowl because the Birmingham Bowl is played in a brand new stadium. The matchup is also less compelling that some seem to believe. Leach hasn't coached at Texas Tech since 2009.
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Not having to board a flight or take two days driving round trip is quite valuable in my mind.
Really. Just avoid walking around on streets that you’ve heard of in a rap song and you should be fine.
Happening every where. A lot of cars were broken in to just a few blocks from super dome Thursday night. While the game was going on
That’s the problem it has is past perception. It’s fine now. A good matchup in a city that is close for our fan base.
I remember when I was scared of going to Memphis.
It was when I was a small child in Alcorn County and I thought Tupelo was a big city because it had a theatre with more than 2 screens.
Some of us grow and expand at different speeds though and we should all celebrate those differences.
Memphis is on pace to break last years record of 291 Murders. Memphis was a great place until Herrenton became Mayor in 1991. It went down quickly after that.
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Nobody is if they realize our standing in the SEC. If we don’t get NY6 (which we won’t 9 times out of 10), we’ll rotate between Memphis, Jacksonville, Nashville, and Charlotte. Maybe sprinkle Bham in here and there. Citrus and Outback are always going to bend over backwards to not take us. Texas Bowl is going to bend over backwards to take A&M, LSU, and Arkansas in that order (and soon add Texas and Oklahoma). One of those 5 is always going to be available to them.
That being said, we were overdue a trip back to Memphis, especially with the TT matchup as a media draw. Next in the rotation is probably Charlotte again. We will have done the Gator, Liberty, MCB, and Outback since the last time we went to Charlotte in 2015. Look for us to be there if we fall in that 7-5 / 8-4 range again next year. If we get to 9-3 with next year’s schedule, we may be in the mix for NY6.
That being said, we were overdue a trip back to Memphis, especially with the TT matchup as a media draw. Next in the rotation is probably Charlotte again. We will have done the Gator, Liberty, MCB, and Outback since the last time we went to Charlotte in 2015. Look for us to be there if we fall in that 7-5 / 8-4 range again next year. If we get to 9-3 with next year’s schedule, we may be in the mix for NY6.
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