{"id":892110,"date":"2026-10-23T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892110\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T17:22:15","slug":"college-football-team-draws-embarrassingly-small-crowd-for-what-turns-into-thursday-night-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/892110\/","title":{"rendered":"College football team draws embarrassingly small crowd for what turns into Thursday night thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What an amazing night of football we got Thursday night, huh?<\/p>\n

The Bears beat the Patriots in a thriller in Chicago, and we had two overtime games down in the college ranks. Appalachian State<\/a> upset JMU, 34-31, in Boone, while East Carolina blew a double-digit lead in Memphis en route to a 41-34 loss.<\/p>\n

Those are the nights we dream about during the dog days of summer, folks. When you’re sitting through another insufferable WNBA<\/a> game in July, just a reminder that you’re GRINDING away for fall nights like we got on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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\"Ellis <\/p>\n

Memphis’ Ellis Ellis Jr. is celebrated by teammates after he made an interception in the end zone in overtime to seal a 41-34 win over ECU at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 22, 2026. (USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n

They’re the best, and they don’t stick around for long. We get maybe a dozen of them a year if we’re a lucky. Last night was one of them. I hope you all took advantage.<\/p>\n

Now, you know one fanbase who did not take advantage of last night’s glorious fall night of football? The so-called “fans” of the Memphis Tigers<\/a>, who apparently forgot the fellas were scheduled to play on Thursday this week.<\/p>\n

Take a look:<\/p>\n

Gonna need better effort next time around<\/p>\n

Goodness gracious. The “official” box score lists last night’s attendance at over 27,000. Surely it filled in a bit after kickoff, but I don’t see how they got to 27K. Seems ambitious to me.<\/p>\n

It’s a bad look. There’s no way around it, and no reason to sugarcoat it. It’s just a bad look for Memphis and its fans.<\/p>\n

“But Zach, it was a Thursday night!”<\/p>\n

\"Memphis <\/p>\n

Memphis Tigers quarterback Marcus Stokes jumps over East Carolina Pirates defensive back Zyeir Gamble for a touchdown during overtime at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 22, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n

So? What does that mean? Are the kids not allowed to go to Thursday night games? Is there a rule in Memphis that says fans and students can only attend Saturday games?<\/p>\n

“But Zach, it was East Carolina!”<\/p>\n

OK. And? The Tigers are a 5-2 team and still very much alive for a playoff spot. I know they lost last week to Tulane, which certainly dealt them a blow, but it’s the G6. Anything can happen down there.<\/p>\n

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\"Jemyri <\/p>\n

Memphis Tigers wide receiver Jemyri Davis celebrates after a touchdown against East Carolina during the second half at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 22, 2026. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/p>\n

You’d like to think a 5-2 Division I college football<\/a> team would draw a bigger crowd than the local Moose Lodge for the Sunday brunch buffet.<\/p>\n

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“Stop picking on us, Zach. There were a bunch of games last night. Surely we weren’t the only no-shows!”<\/p>\n

Actually …<\/p>\n

Different worlds, folks.<\/p>\n

Choose your fighter(s).<\/p>\n

Zach Dean is a writer for OutKick.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What an amazing night of football we got Thursday night, huh? The Bears beat the Patriots in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2205,399,8924,398,140712,396,397,259870,99],"class_list":["post-892110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-betting","tag-football","tag-memphis-tigers","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-fb","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-outkick-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}