Memphis folks ... please relax and enjoy this

I'll admit doyel hasnt been as bad as some of the others......i actually have enjoyed a lot of his articles......sometimes i think he just likes to play it to safe though......plays both sides of the fence.....

yeah ben howland sucks ass calling us memphis state....and bobby knight does it too......certainly they have been corrected.....they just choose to keep saying it.....

As a life-long, old-school Tiger fan who's followed them since the early 1980's, their calling us Memphis State is a compliment because that's what old-school Tiger fans still call us.  Denny Crum used to aggravate us intentionally by calling us "Memphis," and I hated to change the name because we were giving into the most evil man on earth who coached the most evil team on earth, Louisville.  If Communist red China played Louisville, I'd eat rice and cheer for the Chinese.  In the hearts of old-school, die-hard Tiger fans, we will always be the Memphis State Tigers, your 2008 National Champions! 

Many excellent comments and observations in this string.  Yes!!!  As Monk says, we Tiger fans should simply relax and enjoy.  I particularly want to thank the posters who are fans of other teams for the complimentary and supportive comments. 

Two or three of you identified yourselves as long time Tigers. Good for you.  Enjoy!!  Just gotta say though, seems like you guys are relative pups.  I'm "only" 53 but  thanks to the fact that my mother began taking me to MEMPHIS STATE football and basketball games when I was a pre-schooler I have seen the Tigers when they played football in Crump Stadium and B-ball in the Fieldhouse. (You hometown fans can understand what that means, ) So, I'm lovin this!!!

As I was reading down through the string of comments on how we are identified and regarded, I recalled the fact that Denny CRUMB did always refer to us as Memphis when the school's name was still Memphis State U.  I was going to bring that up but THFLYR totally beat me to the punch.  I second "flyers" comments word for word.  Good Job!!  As "flyer" points out Crum's practice of calling us Memphis was an intentional rub.  It was a subtle way of saying that "we" were not significant enough to be well known or properly recognized.  Knight and company are doing exactly the same thing when they call us Memphis State.  Who cares!!!  We've showed em all. 

GO TIGERS!!!!   BEAT KANSAS!!!!