Riding up the ladder is good. It provides you with an opportunity for upgrade and better of everything. But at what cost? There’s this ACC program at Tennessee that has cooked up plenty of headlines recently, and not just for the gridiron action. Let’s start with the football stuff. The Tigers, after back-to-back 10-win seasons and bowl victories over high-level opponents. Yes, those very teams sent a healthy crop of talent to the NFL, including all-time passing leader Seth Henigan, who’s now Florida-bound with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Off the field, the talk of the town has been the shiny facelift to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. Optimism? Check.
The Memphis Tigers have ambition, and they’ve been trying to parlay their recent gridiron success and upgraded facilities into an invitation to the grown-ups’ table. Yes, the Power Five is what they are targeting. The famous, or infamous, reported $250 million “offering plate” Memphis set at the Big 12’s feet, hoping a big fat stadium investment check might be their golden ticket. Because if beating Big 12 teams in bowls wasn’t enough, maybe a quarter of a billion would be. But it turns out the Big 12 wasn’t exactly wooed. “Not interested,” came the reply, as per the On3 sources.
Big 12 “not interested” in adding Memphis despite school offering $250 million in sponsorship to the league, sources told @On3sports. Memphis was trying to buy way into Big 12. Yahoo 1st reported Memphis trying to get Big 12 invite
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 21, 2025
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