So what did you make of University of Memphis football coach Tommy West’s response to the opening of an on-campus stadium at Central Florida?

Throughout the debate the past few months on the merits of an on-campus stadium at the U of M, West has given the same response when asked. He’s said whether or not the school has an on-campus facility will not hinder his dreams for the program winning Conference USA titles and earning a BCS bowl invitation.

But when asked this week — the week the Tigers play at Central Florida — he tweaked his response. In Thursday’s paper, West responded with these carefully chosen words followed by a slightly raised eyebrow: “Let’s face it, you get out of it what you put into it. If you didn’t, everyone would be a big-time football program. But you’ve got to be willing to put into it what you (want) out of it. Central Florida is in a great location like I think we are. I think they have a great city. I think we have a great city. I think they are putting a lot of money into (their) program . . . we’ll see what happens.”

The inference? I believe it was `We’ll see what happens here.’

And what should happen? It’s a continued march toward exhausting every means possible to make an on-campus stadium a reality.

To put $20 million toward a short-term renovation of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium doesn’t make sense. To spend more than $200 million to construct a new stadium at the Fairgrounds doesn’t make sense either, especially when an on-campus facility, according to the estimates of Tiger booster and on-campus stadium proponent Harold Byrd, would cost less than $100 million.