Memphis Tigers Tickets

An interesting feature of the teams is their Pop Squad which is considered to be among the best collegiate dance squads of the US that has won the national championships of 2012, 2011, 2008, 2007, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988 and 1987. Another interesting feature is the Tigers’ mascot which happens to be a real bengal tiger called TOM III. Though the practice of keeping live animals as school mascots has been carried out by many universities all over the United States, Memphis University is counted among the few schools to keep a tiger. The various thrill factors offered by their athletic teams has made Memphis Tigers tickets one of the most sought after sport treats of the city.

Memphis Tigers can be traced back to 1912 when Memphis State University fielded their first football team and its nickname had not yet been decided upon. At the start the team was merely referred to as the Gray and Blue Warriors. At the end of the 1914 season, a student parade was organized during which many students screamed ‘We fight like Tigers’, which is from where the nickname emerged. ‘Tigers’ was used more and more as time passed by, especially in the campus’s publications. In 1922, under Lester Barnard as Coach, the Tigers’ football team adopted the motto ‘Each Man a Tiger’, and then went on to hit a hundred and seventy-four points, while the opposing team only made twenty-nine. The nickname continued to be popular among the alumni and students, and was finally adopted as the university’s official nickname in 1939.

The Memphis Tigers most popular sports are baseball, basketball and football that have brought forth various prominent professional athletes including baseball player Dan Uggla; basketball players Elliot Williams, Tyreke Evans, Derrick Rose, Chris Douglas, Joey Dorsey, Earl Barron, Rodney Carney, Antonio Burks, Anfernee Hardaway, Keith Lee, Dajuan Wagner, Lorenzen Wright, Shawne Williams, Elliot Perry, Cedric Henderson and Darius Washington Jr. famous football players emerging from the Tigers include Brandon McDonald who has played for Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals and Cleveland Browns; Mike McKenzie of New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers; Isaac Bruce of San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams and Los Angeles Rams; Tony Brown of Tennessee Titans, Amsterdam Admirals, Carolina Panthers, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dophins and Carolina Panthers; Stephen Gostkowski of New England Patriots and DeAngelo Williams of Carolina Panthers. Buy Memphis Tigers tickets and be there to watch some more upcoming, unstoppable players hit the goals.

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