As I already said, our flight up on Airtran was loaded with fans. That was a good way to start the trip.

After checking in to our hotel (Gen X Inn) downtown and getting situated we made the drive down Union to the grocery store we are meeting at before the tailgate and then past the Liberty Bowl. We drove by the Univ of Memphis but didn’t really enter since it was already dark out.

We headed over to the team hotel and looked at the merchandise table they had setup there before meeting up with some friends to say hi. We then headed over to the famous Corky’s BBQ which was jam packed. Much of the jam was due to Knight fans as we had to be approaching a good 50% of the people in that place at one point earlier on, at least it felt like that.

The wait at Corky’s was long but we ended up sitting next to one of our coach’s and his family while waiting at the bar area. Had a nice conversation with them before finally getting called to our table. One of the guys in our group put Kevin Smith down as our name, so they called Kevin Smith Table for 7…got some cheers from that! We had heard a bad review from the clerk at our hotel, but we all really enjoyed our meals. Most of us got the pulled pork and loved it. The cole slaw was also great and the service was humorous and friendly. It was a fun experience, glad we went!

Ok, all for now…hopefully I’ll have another report tomorrow! It’s going to be a full day with tourist stuff in the morning followed by the parade, BB Kings Coaches Show, and the UCONN game. Can’t wait!!!