WWE's Jerry "The King" Lawler Calls for Memphis to Piledrive Coach Larry Porter
by Adrian Mac on Sep 14, 2011 9:34 PM MDT
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PrintJust another day in the C-USA.
The current state of Memphis football has taken a turn for the bizarre. We all know how bad it's gotten. For those who didn't, know this:
- Earlier this week, Dr. Saturday proclaimed the Tigers the "worst team in college football."
- They are ranked #1 in the ESPN Bottom 10.
- The Tigers have given up 1,256 yards to opposing offenses in two games. Seriously.
- Today, the Tigers fired their defensive coordinator Jay Hopsen after only two games.
The Tigers program appears to be in a complete state of disarray. To add insult to injury, Jerry "The King" Lawler, yes the WWE Hall of Fame wrestler and commentator, sent an email to the Memphis Commercial Appeal's Geoff Calkins urging the university to fire head football coach Larry Porter and athletic director R.C. Johnson. Lawler ran for mayor of Memphis in 1999 and is a local celebrity of sorts. I realize Lawler's opinion doesn't matter a whole lot. He's a wrestler. But, hey, it's not everyday I get to reference the WWE in a post while listing a series of links showing how terrible a C-USA rival is. Sue me.
Here's the complete text of Lawler's email:
Hi Geoff,This is just a quick note to commend you for having the intestinal fortitude to tell it exactly like it is concerning the sorry state of the University of Memphis football program. I appear in a different city around the country every week with the WWE and Memphis football is a laughing stock to the rest of the nation and an embarrassment to anyone from this city. Stick to your guns, keep shouting the truth...Memphis football will never improve until both Porter and Johnson are gone!Jerry Lawler
File this in the "too random to pass up" category.
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I know Memphis is stuck in SEC country
but there is no reason why they should be this bad. They have the resources and recruiting base to do better. I’m not saying BCS buster, but much better. This is the same school that was gonna pay Calipari $3.5 million a year to stay so it goes to show that have the money to bring in a better coach if they wanted to. The football team is clearly the one thing that has held the univ back from getting into the Big East or ACC IMO.
/facepalm
So very embarrassing for football in our conference. If the bottom portion of this conference (Memphis, UAB, Tulane. Rice) could step up and float just aboev .500, it’d make this conference a bit better. At least Marshall’s in the East where games against the first three previously mentioned can pretty much always be marked down as wins.
if memphis uab tulane were better...
They have the 3 biggest stadiums in c-usa. Just imagine legion field or the superdome sold out for a c-usa game
by el javi on Sep 15, 2011 10:02 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions
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