Sorry the post is a little late getting up. I got an Internal Server Error before I left for lunch, seems to be fixed now.
Great news was announced for the Liberty Bowl yesterday. They’ve renewed a 6-year agreement for an SEC team to play a Big 12 team in 2014-19. The really good news, though, is that the pecking order has changed and in some years the Liberty Bowl will move up. The top SEC teams go to the national title game (when eligible), the Sugar Bowl, and the Orange Bowl. The Capital One Bowl selects next from the SEC. After that there is a pool of six bowls: The Liberty Bowl, Gator Bowl, Outback Bowl, Music City Bowl, Texas Bowl, and Belk Bowl. All six bowls will be considered of equal importance and schools will be assigned where they make most sense. So, Memphis could end up with the 4th best team in the SEC some years, and it’s a step up for the Liberty Bowl to be considered on equal footing with the Gator Bowl and Outback Bowl.
I heard the Liberty Bowl news on 92.9 FM’s The Gary Parrish Show as I was driving home from work yesterday. That wasn’t the only big announcement, though. They also announced that starting on Monday, August 26, a new sports talk show will be on the radio station from 9 to 11 AM weekdays: The Geoff Calkins Show, with executive producer John Martin. Those two are two of the most hard-working, insightful and informative guys in Memphis sports media. Congratulations to them both. I will be listening on my TuneIn Radio app as often as I can.
The Orpheum’s summer classic movie series has been such a success that they’re expanding it, with five more classics personally picked by theater exec Pat Halloran. All five movies will be shown on the big screen Friday nights at 7 PM. Here’s the lineup:
August 23: An Affair to Remember
August 30: Rebel without a Cause
September 6: King Kong (1933)
September 13: Animal House
September 20: Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Tonight is growler night at Tamp & Tap. You can get 64 ounces of Yazoo beer for $12 and keep the growler.
There’s a web developer and marketing specialist position open at CBU. Reading the job description, I’m pretty ideally qualified for this, but I like the job I have now so I’ll blog about the CBU one and hope a good person gets it.
Good website I found yesterday: GraduateMemphis.org. It offers complete support for adults who want to go back and finish their college degree.
Last night I started at Pint Nite at the Flying Saucer, but by the middle of my first beer the bar was swarmed by UT-Memphis students who were having orientation. There must have been 150 of them, and they were all trying to order at once. I told the manager I was going next door to the Silly Goose, and I’d be back in a while to close out my tab. I came back about 9:30, and the place had halfway cleared out so I decided to stay and have a couple more beers.
Glad I did. Eric Mathews from Seed Hatchery was there. He’s currently mentoring a group of female entrepreneurs who are going through Seed Hatchery’s 90-day boot camp. He came over and said hello and asked if I would like to meet the women and hear about their businesses. “Of course,” I said. “Send them over.” So they came over and practiced their elevator pitches on me. This week I’m going to blog about the businesses that were discussed with me. I’ll try to do one per day.
One of the businesses was GemPhones. This business turns earphones into jewelry, really attractive pieces that look good while giving you convenient access to your music and phone conversations. The company also makes attractive mini-speakers. Both the earphones and speakers are compatible with most devices.
That’s all for now. I’ll be back at the Saucer after work, and probably will play Blind Bear poker at 8.