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Football Tigers Tonight: Season post-mortem

We'll have Gabe Kuhn as a special guest. We'll talk about the 6-6 season. I'd like to discuss something I'd been thinking about lately. If NIL and instant transfer were in effect for the 2018 season, how many Tigers would have transferred before the 2019 Cotton Bowl season? Also, would Mike Norvell been able to keep the recruits/players he did during the NIL/Transfer Portal era?

What do you guys think?

Baseball Tigers Announce 2023 Baseball Schedule

Press release-

University of Memphis baseball announced its schedule for the 2023 season Tuesday afternoon. The 55-game slate features 31 home games at the newly renovated FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field. Opening day is scheduled for Feb. 17.against Samford, beginning an eight-game homestand to start the season.



“I think we put together a pretty competitive, non-conference schedule with a number of teams that are competitive in their leagues and have made multiple postseason appearances,” head baseball coach Kerrick Jackson said. “Going into our first year of trying to move the program in the right direction, I think when you look at our non-conference schedule and combine that with our conference schedule, we have put ourselves in position to have competitive depth from start to finish.”



A matchup with defending NCAA champion Ole Miss is scheduled for April 4 at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field and Memphis will travel to Oxford, Miss., for another matchup with the Rebels a week later on April 11. The Tigers will travel to Starkville, Miss., May 9 for another game against an SEC opponent with Mississippi State.



The Tigers will host four non-conference series at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field before opening conference play on the road March 31. Memphis begins its season hosting three games against Samford (Feb. 17-19), before welcoming Youngstown State to town for a four-game series that includes a double header (Feb. 24-26), Indiana State for a three-game series (March 10-12) and Oral Roberts for three games (March 24-26).



The Tigers will host four American Athletic Conference (AAC) opponents for home series including Cincinnati (April 6-8), Houston (April 21-23), South Florida (May 5-7) and Tulane (May 18-20). AAC road series for Memphis include matchups with Tulane (March 31-April 2), UCF (April 14-16), Wichita State (April 28-30) and East Carolina (May 12-14).



Additional mid-week opponents for Memphis at home this season include Mississippi Valley State (Feb. 22), UA-Little Rock (March 21), Arkansas State (March 22), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (March 28) and UT Martin (April 25).



Postseason action is slated to begin with the AAC Tournament (May 23-28). The NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds are scheduled for the first two weeks in June before the College World Series takes place June 16-26.



$3.5 million renovations are continuing this fall at FedEx Park Avron Fogelman Field as part of the program’s transformational plan. The project was made possible by generous donations from Memphis businessman, philanthropist and lifelong-baseball enthusiast Avron Fogelman and stadium namesake FedEx. Renovations are scheduled to be completed prior to the 2023 spring season.



Information on tickets to 2023 Tiger Baseball games will be released as we move closer to the beginning of the spring season.

Memphis NIL Situation

Important article in the Daily Memphian this evening. Memphis is struggling in the NIL game and is asking ambassadors to help them raise 2-3 million dollars. The need is apparently imminent.

This is also one of the ‘financial realities’ that comes up when folks start talking about hiring and firing coaches.

Football Next year's expectations

John, Larry, and I were texting back and forth and I decided to bring it to the boards. What are your expectations for the Tigers next year?

9/2 Bethune Cookman
9/9 @ Arkansas State
9/23 Mizzou (In St. Louis)
9/30 Boise State

In my opinion Memphis will be 3-1 at best and 2-2 at worst in OOC play.

Then the conference schedule of

Home – SMU, Tulane, South Florida, Navy
Away – North Texas, UAB, Charlotte, Temple

In my opinion Memphis will be 8-0 at best and 5-3 at worst in conference play.

So in my best scenario, Memphis will be 11-1 and worst is 7-5.

What say you? What will next season be for you? Give me best case and worst case.

Tigers Earn First At-Large Bid to NCAA Tournament; Will Face Saint Louis in First Round

The Memphis Tiger men’s soccer team will continue dancing after earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament – the first at-large bid for the program and the first time the program has gone to the National Tournament since the 2004 season and just the third time in the program’s history.



Memphis (9-5-4) stunned the American Athletic Conference after taking down then 12th ranked Tulsa on their home field. Lineker Rodrigues dos Santos netted the game-winning goal in the 99’ to send the Tigers to the AAC Championship Semi-Final match. They would fall 1-0 to FIU.



The Tigers will make the trip north to Saint Louis to face-off against the Billikins in the First Round of the tournament. The Billikins (11-4-3) are coming off their second consecutive A10 Championship after shutting out Loyola Chicago and claiming the crown after winning in penalty kicks.



This will be the 27th all-time meeting between the Tigers and Billikins.



First Round of the NCAA Tournament will begin on Thursday, Nov. 17.Kick-off time and coverage of the match will be available at a later date.

AAC Announces Conference Opponents Through 2026

The American Athletic Conference (AAC) announced conference football opponents through the 2026 season on Wednesday.



Each team will face the other 13 conference teams at least once at home and once on the road during the four-year cycle. Each team will face one opponent all four seasons, and for Memphis, that opponent will be UAB.



Over the next four seasons, the Tigers will face UAB four times, SMU, Tulane, Temple and UTSA three times and South Florida, Navy, North Texas, Charlotte, Tulsa, East Carolina, Rice and Florida Atlantic twice.



2023

Home – SMU, Tulane, South Florida, Navy

Away – North Texas, UAB, Charlotte, Temple



2024

Home – Tulsa, UAB, Charlotte, Temple

Away – UTSA, Tulane, East Carolina, Navy



2025

Home – North Texas, UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic

Away – Tulsa, SMU, UAB, South Florida



2026

Home – SMU, Tulane, UAB, East Carolina

Away – UTSA, Rice, Florida Atlantic, Temple
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