Thanks GG. I hope there’s one new person reading this after his using the last question on his show. It took me 9 days to figure out the answer. It wasn’t as easy as it sounded. Now I’ll throw an easy one out there. Name the Tigers who have Super Bowl rings? And who still celebrates that SB victory and season with his teammates?

I’ve seen and heard discussions about the Tigers and bowl possiblities with six wins. The University of Memphis WILL play in a bowl if they get six wins. The fact of the matter is that we Tigers fans will travel to that bowl with the exception of Hawaii. Birmingham, Fort Worth and New Orleans are one day drives. And believe it or not, the Liberty Bowl is STILL possible. We need UCF to lose and the Tigers to win out to get there but it is still very possible. I bet the majority of you didn’t realize that a couple weeks ago. In my ever so humble opinion the New Orleans Bowl would attract some 10 to 15,000 Memphis fans. The game is a Friday night game which means many would take Friday off and go down Thursday night. We are still the school that has had the biggest turnout for that game.

What does DeAngelo (right) have to do to get the ball in the Carolina Panthers offense? The guy had the longest run from scrimmage, the highest rushing total for the season and the highest yards per carry for Carolina going into the Colts game. How did John Fox reward him? Two had 5 carries and 6 receptions most of which were passes behind the line and easily snuffed out by the stellar Colts defense. I’m not saying he should start but the carries should be balanced. By the way, when DeAngelo gets more than 10 carries a game he gets almost 2 yards a carry more than DeShaun Foster. I know a few of DW’s fans won’t make the trip to Nashville this weekend because most don’t expect him to play much. Which is sad.

I spoke with a former Tigers player this morning and he confirmed my thinking about confidence. This team now has that belief in itself that they can score when the chips are down especially at the end of halves. They had lost that over the past 2 seasons. It should make a BIG difference.

The last thing the University should concern itself with is what impact of us playing in an OCS would have on the SHC and Liberty Bowl. The truth is that the city of Memphis needs to worry about those games not the school. With that said, I still think building an OCS that meets the needs of the LB should be in the plans. It is my belief that having the LB as a friend when BCS conferences expand can only help.

Tell a friend about the Memphis Edge. You don’t have to recommend me but there are some quality writers here who put out some good stuff. Ok, now I’m done my suck up to the editor moment.

I want to thank Bill Kincaid of Champion Awards for making our signs again this year. I guess I should explain that in detail. Some of you may or may not know but I’m one of the guys who has been putting up signs for Tigers football road games. We started the tradition for the New Orleans Bowl in 2003. Since then we’ve done them at least once a year. The Ole Miss game and GMAC Bowl in 2004; Knoxville in 2005; and UAB in 2006 have been the games to date. The sign game is obviously the final regular season road game (hint hint) at Hattiesburg. I’ve got a new crew to help this year too. The original crew conisted of Chris Carroll, who passed away in ‘05 and David Heath, who decided to moved back to Texas. So if you make the trip to the USM game look for them and you’ll see my normal hidden theme.