The Record of Wrongs: Memphis Tigers
The Reading of the Record of Wrongs committed by the Memphis Tigers:
- Memphis claims that the Volunteers are not "Tennessee's team." No, Memphis is "Tennessee's team" and "America's team."
- Memphis believes that "playing Tennessee is not beneficial to [its] national schedule."
- John Calipari believes that the Vols "foul, like on every possession."
- Calipari believes that Tennessee can only get players from Memphis if Memphis doesn't want them.
- Calipari says he is more afraid of Tulane than Tennessee.
- Calipari's arrogance is derived from success against Atlantic 10 and Conference USA opponents.
- Calipari's standard response to having to honor the contract requiring Tennessee and Memphis to play home-and-home games:
- Memphis players slap fans (click for big and then see the poor guy dressed in red among all that horrid blue):

- Memphis retailers sold thousands of blue I Hate Orange t-shirts prior to the Pearlfection game last year.
- The Memphis athletic department denied ESPN's request to pack out the FedEx Forum with half Tiger fans and half Vol fans and instead limited admission to 3,500 Memphis fans.
- Memphis somehow orchestrated a distribution of tickets to last year's game such that it seemed almost as if no two Tennessee fans were sitting next to each other.
- Calipari (intentionally?) referred to Memphis native J.P. Prince as "P.J." last year.
- Memphis players basically wrapped Chris Lofton up in a tight little taquito shell last year so he could barely move, much less shoot.
- Calipari considers Tennessee "a regional power."
- The maximum distance Calipari can be kicked is only 200,000 miles.
- There is no program in the country that respects Tennessee less than Memphis.
- Memphis fans taunted Dane Bradshaw three years ago by chanting, "Mem-phis Re-ject."
- Their abnormally-colored logo looks less like a blood-thirsty carnivore than your paraplegic grandfather rolling his wheelchair toward you looking for an inappropriate hug.
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and instead limited admission to 3,500 Memphis fans.
Should that be Tennessee fans? Just curious.
Oh, and thanks for bringing the Calipari kick back!
by Hooper on Jan 24, 2009 10:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Actually no
ESPN wanted the arena packed, half Vol fans, half Memphis fans. Apparently, Memphis decided neither to pack it nor to let Vol fans in. They had only 3,500 folks in there, and all were blue. My understanding, anyway.
Go Vols!
by Joel on Jan 24, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Sadly, all the really good chants making fun of Memphis are too long for crowds to really get behind.
“We’re accredited”
“We have standards”
If we, y’know, actually beat Kansas there would be that one as well.
Either way, getting into a shouting match with Memphis is like taking your little brother seriously anyway.
by Graysnail on Jan 24, 2009 11:17 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
MOM!!! THEY'RE PRETENDING I DON'T EXIST AGAIN!!!
by Hooper on Jan 24, 2009 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't go complaining to Billy Packer again.
You know he doesn’t care about the little brothers.
by Graysnail on Jan 24, 2009 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Forgot Two:
“We-don’t-punch-our-girlfriends-in-the-face!”
“We punish the people who hit their girlfriends in the face!”
by bobo_the_vol on Jan 24, 2009 2:24 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Things I love
I love posts like these! This one totally renewed all of the hate I have towards the city of Memphis (and all that it contains). I really shouldn’t need to be reminded of the “wrongs” of a particular opponent, but you know, sometimes life gets in the way.
by Aerobab on Jan 24, 2009 3:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Worn out rivalry
As a Memphis fan, I enjoyed winning the game. It was great to beat the Vols, mostly because of the over the top attitude that the UT fans display. Last year, the game was the most exciting basketball game that I had ever attended. I didn’t like losing, not because it was UT but because we did not lose to a better team. The Vol team came to play and we were trying not to lose. The season played out and the performance of the Memphis Tigers speaks volumes. Reading this blog “for the first time” makes me realize that most rivalries are just for the fans. It gives some small minded people the chance to be even smaller while feeling bigger. Here in Memphis, we don’t have a lot of interest in discussing Bruce Pearl’s facial expressions or taking pot shots at players and their educations. We are ready to move on. The Vol fans should too.
by niwsregit on Jan 25, 2009 12:06 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
I think you misunderstand
Sports is the one venue in which it is perfectly fine to take swipes at the other team. It’s part of what makes it fun. It’s probably my fault for not getting across the light-heartedness with which it was all intended. Y’all have a great program and a great team, and you played very well yesterday. Congratulations. Good luck.
Until next time, at which time we’ll ramp up the faux hate yet again because that’s part of the fun.
Go Vols!
by Joel on Jan 25, 2009 12:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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