They were talking Shreveport before. Not much worse than that.
BOWL: Liberty Bowl vs Memphis Dec 29
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Last time we played in the Liberty Bowl... they wouldn't allow any of the band members to leave their hotel... too dangerous. That is not a lie... I knew a band member that was there.
They were only allowed to leave for a guided tour of Graceland, and a pep rally that had security.
At the Alamo, if they weren't supposed to be somewhere for an event... then they were free to do whatever they wanted in San Antonio... just roam the Riverwalk, go to the Alamo, or the Tower of the Americas, etc, etc.
Band members I knew hated the Memphis experience bad.
They were only allowed to leave for a guided tour of Graceland, and a pep rally that had security.
At the Alamo, if they weren't supposed to be somewhere for an event... then they were free to do whatever they wanted in San Antonio... just roam the Riverwalk, go to the Alamo, or the Tower of the Americas, etc, etc.
Band members I knew hated the Memphis experience bad.
Maybe we could have played WV in a bowl. A weird conference game type of thing. Lol.
Would rather play Cal in Shreveport.
The best thing about memphis that I can remember (I went in 2012, not 2017) was going down and drinking on Beale street. But band members aren't allowed to drink on trips.
So yeah, I can see why that'd be a fairly boring trip.
Entirely comes down to picking regionally close opponents there. Memphis wanted us because we're close, Dukes would want WV because they're close
They weren't allowed to leave their hotel for safety reasons in Memphis, not because they weren't allowed to drink.
In San Antonio, they had free reign to go wherever they wanted as long as they weren't supposed to be at an event.
Shreveport is a dump. Not excited about Memphis but its 100% a better destination than Shreveport.
Aka Humiliation Bowl after the way we started that year.
A potential test run for reshuffling affiliations after next year. Something to watch.
Look at the PAC’s bowls that are not already vs big ten. Needs those.
San Diego, LA, Vegas, El Paso
Memphis has its plus side. Memphis the team better than I would have guessed.
San Diego, LA, Vegas, El Paso
Memphis has its plus side. Memphis the team better than I would have guessed.
We are not a fan but will try. That year for us was magical. I would imagine this year, not as many will make that trip but should show well.
Since we've already played Memphis at their place, I propose that this year's liberty bowl be played in Ames.
I unfortunately won't be able to go this time but went to Memphis both times and never felt unsafe. Last time we stayed a couple blocks of Beale St and never felt unsafe walking back. There were a couple areas of town we drove by that seemed pretty rundown and rough but anywhere we went was fine.
