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RE: Tennessee and Memphis needs h&h on thanksgiving
Neither need each other. Both might want something from the other, but the problem is the value from football and basketball is not anywhere near equal.

Tennessee might like to play Memphis in basketball, but no way do they give Memphis a home and home in football for that. The football dates are way more valuable and playing Memphis in basketball, while maybe interesting regionally would not provide anywhere near the value of loosing a home football game (or replacing a marquee home and home). Memphis could probably get the football game, but would be a one and done or 2 for 1. That's no fault of Memphis, but it is a similar thing with Ohio State-Cincinnati (mostly one and dones, one trip to Cincinnati), Penn State-Temple (2 for 1), etc. There is some interest in those kind of games, but one team makes a lot more from home games and, with so non-conference dates, is rarely willing to give them up. That means the options end up being an unequal deal or to not play at all.

The scheduling limitations out of conference with modern finances is also why you will likely not see Texas-Texas A&M, Kansas-Missouri, Penn State-Pitt, etc ever become every year events again either (it would mean no other out of conference home and homes). The limited football schedule and how much they have monetized games has changed things a lot. In past, those kind of games would have likely gone back to being home and home after hard feelings passed.
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2018 11:04 AM by ohio1317.)
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RE: Tennessee and Memphis needs h&h on thanksgiving
(08-16-2018 09:40 AM)Gamecock Wrote:  
(08-15-2018 05:41 PM)esayem Wrote:  
(08-13-2018 03:40 PM)Gamecock Wrote:  Tennessee plays Vandy that weekend now, and both schools plan on keeping it that way.

UT played Vandy the last game of the year in the 80’s and 90’s (maybe earlier). I’m not sure why Kentucky became the Vols season finale for a decade in the 2000’s.

For whatever reason Vandy liked to either have a BYE or play out of conference that last week of the season.

03- BYE
04 - BYE
05 - BYE
06 - BYE
07 - Wake Forest
08 - Wake Forest
09 - BYE
10 - Wake Forest
11 - Wake Forest

Current setup works much better I think

Found an article:
https://utsports.com/news/2000/6/10/Tenn...l_Schedule

Apparently, Vanderbilt wanted their last game a week earlier to increase student attendance. From 1944-2002, UT-Vandy was the season finale.

IMO, the American should get a consistent line-up every Thanksgiving Weekend.
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RE: Tennessee and Memphis needs h&h on thanksgiving
Tennessee and Kentucky was always the year end game I remember. Maybe Tennessee and Memphis can play on Labor Day in the Titans Stadium
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RE: Tennessee and Memphis needs h&h on thanksgiving
Maybe Memphis can play Middle Tennessee Thanksgiving weekend and in basketball?

I feel like the response from Memphis fans will be the same UT fans have for playing Memphis.
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RE: Tennessee and Memphis needs h&h on thanksgiving
(08-14-2018 08:41 AM)MemphisTigerFreak Wrote:  
(08-14-2018 01:04 AM)Huskypride Wrote:  while ut is at it then should honor the H&H they scheduled with us ten years ago...

You'll have to get in line. They owe us a game at the Liberty Bowl from 2005...
well tenn needs to stop avoiding us...
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