The Road Dawgs event was a huge success.  We had about 300 in attendance to hear Head Football Coach Dan Mullen and AD Greg Byrne.  A great time was had by all.  We’ll get pictures up soon!

I also want to take this opportunity to let you know about the annual “Feed the Team” event that is coming up.  Below is an email that has been sent out by our Radio Broadcast Chairman, Robert Hubbard:

The Memphis Maroon Club needs your help in feeding the MSU Baseball Team on their visit to Memphis on Tue, May 12.  A donation of $25 will get you one entry in a drawing to spend a 1/2 inning in the radio booth with Jim Ellis.  Enter as many times as you want or just make a donation to the cause.

Yes, Jim Ellis, the Voice of MSU Baseball for over 30 years, will again allow 2 lucky people (1 at a time for 1/2 inning each) to visit with him in the AutoZone Park Press Box during the MSU-Memphis game on Tue, May 12, at 3:00pm.

Please send a $25 check made payable to “Memphis Maroon Club” to:

Memphis Maroon Club
P.O. Box 3692
Cordova, TN 38088

Deadline for entry is Monday, May 11.

Even if you don’t win, your donation entitles you to a “Meet and Greet” with the team after the game in the Right Field Picnic Pavilion at AutoZone Park as they dine on Memphis BBQ.
The drawing will be done on May 11 by Memphis Maroon Club officers, so we must receive all forms by that day.  PLEASE ACT NOW to ensure entry and please let me know that your check is in the mail!

Thank you for your contribution that will help the Memphis Maroon Club feed the team.  Any leftover funds will go to our Radio Broadcast Fund that pays for the Memphis Maroon Club sponsorship of MSU sports on Fox Sports Radio AM730.  If you have questions, please send an email to memphismaroonclub@yahoo.com or call me at 901-292-6989.

Robert Hubbard
Radio Broadcast Chair

Memphis welcomes Coach Dan Mullen and others from the University, Bulldog Club, and Alumni Association for the first stop on the 2009 Road Dawgs Tour.  In addition, President Mark Keenum is also tentatively scheduled to attend.

Monday, April 27, 2009
6:00 p.m.

Christian Brothers High School
    5900 Walnut Grove Road
    Heffernan Hall

***Change of Venue:  Germantown Center

$20 per person (includes 3 raffle tickets for door prizes)
18 years and under free

Corky’s BBQ Pork and Chicken Dinner

Sponsorships are available as follows:

Bulldog Level - $500
Table - for 8 meals
Half page ad in program/flyer
Hang banner at event
Recognition during program

Maroon Level - $250
Half Table - for 4 meals
Quarter page ad in program/flyer
Recognition during program

White Level - $50
1 meal
Business card ad in program/flyer

Reserved tables are available for $150 (includes 8 meals)
 
PLEASE RSVP BY APRIL 22
Please give a contact name, phone number or email, and the number of reservations.
Email memphismaroonclub@yahoo.com
or call 901-758-7520

The young alumni will be having a happy hour at the Fox and the Hound on Sanderlin on Wednesday, December 10th.  The happy hour starts at 6:00.  Events like this give you the opportunity to catch up with some of those old friends and get introduced to some new ones.  Its quite likely you’ll run into a couple of college friends that you didn’t even know lived around Memphis.

Hope to see you there!

Our year end dinner will be on December 8th at Elfo’s.  If you are interested in attending or joining the MMC board for 2009, please let us know by emailing at memphismaroonclub@yahoo.com.

An evening with Coach Stansbury is right around the corner.  For those that have been before, you know what a great time this is.  The cost is going to be $25/person.  If you present a current membership card for the Bulldog Club/Alumni Association, that cost for all members of your family is reduced to $20/person.  The event will be on September 30th at the Racquet Club on Sanderlin.  Doors will open at 5:30 with dinner at 6:00.  There will be some great auction items up for grabs.  A cash bar will be available.  Please RSVP if you plan to come by emailing memphismaroonclub@yahoo.com.  That will help us plan for enough food for everyone!  Hope to see you there!

For those that are now at MSU that were at the sendoff party, CONGRATULATIONS!  You are about to embark on one of the most memorable journeys of your life.  We had a great turnout with about 125 folks at the sendoff party on July 28th.  We gave away $4,000 in scholarships and recognized those that won scholarships at our recruiting party.

I’d like to give everyone a heads up on the next major event we’re looking to put on the schedule.  We’re working on getting Coach Stansbury along with some others from Mississippi State here in late September/early October.  Once a date has been nailed down, we’ll post here.  We’ll also shoot to have a mailout to remind everyone.  We’re looking to get some awesome auction items.  As we get more details on those, we’ll post here as well.  Trust me, if we get some of the items we’re looking to auction off, this is an auction you won’t want to miss!

Check out our photos page for pictures from the Sendoff Party.

The sendoff party is right around the corner!  If you haven’t RSVP’d yet, please do so.  The event is going to be great!  It will give those of you going to MSU this year or even next year a chance to meet some of the people that will be attending as well from the Memphis area.  Currently we have a guest speaker scheduled that just finished her Freshman year.  She’ll be able to give you a bit of insight of what’s going on around campus as well as ways to get plugged in and make your freshman year the best it can be!

In other news, we’re looking to have a young alumni happy hour in the downtown area in the next couple of weeks (around Mid-August).  As the dates/times/locations are solidified, we’ll be posting more information here.

Quick note to let everyone know of two great events the Liberty Bowl is hosting this Summer

On Sunday, July 20th, we will be welcoming back past Legends of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl during our 50th Anniversary Legends Dinner at the Peabody Hotel. Coach Croom, Larry Templeton, Greg Byrne and SEC Commissioner Mike Slive are scheduled to attend along with many other Bowl Legends and coaches from the SEC and C-USA. The following day, Monday, July 21st, we will be teeing it up at Ridgeway Country Club for the 50th Anniversary AutoZone Liberty Bowl Golf Classic presented by Proactiv Solution. All proceeds from these two events will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For more information, please contact Patrick Byrne at (901) 795-7700.

The Send off party is right around the corner.  This event is for students heading off to one of the greatest universities in the world next semester.  The event is set for July 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 in the Cheney Parish Hall at the Church of the Holy Communion.  We’re planning on having barbeque again this year.  Like last year, there will be a bucket available for donations, but there is absolutely no cost for students or family of students.

This event is great for students that are going off to MSU from the Memphis area and parents of those students.  It gives the parents relief to realize what a great university they are about to send their kids off to.  It gives the students a great chance to meet some of their future bulldog family. 

If you will, shoot us an email to memphismaroonclub@yahoo.com and let us know how many you’ll be bringing!  As we hear more on who will be attending from the University, we’ll update the site!

For those in attendence, you know what a great event we had.  The food was good, the presentation was great.  A family event that was an all around good time.  We were surprised by Mississippi’s former Lt. Governor, Amy Tuck!  We also had the privilege of having MSU’s oldest living letterman in the crowd.  Quite a distinguished group of folks made up the crowd of around 200.  A couple of news channels were onsite as well, so you most likely caught a glimpse of us on the nightly news as well!  Great press for that Bulldog Nation we’re working on building.

A special thanks to those that did attend as well as all those that put forth the effort to make this event happen.  I want to especially thank Stephen Woo, Alison Hinson, Paul Hopkins and Tommy Roberson.  There were a lot of folks on the MMC board that helped out with this, but these four in particular really went above and beyond.

We had some great raffle items and some really cool auction items including a genuine MSU baseball jersey signed by Coach Polk.  All in all, an event that we’ll have to work hard to top.  But we’ll be looking to top it.  Keep checking back on upcoming events.  If you want to get plugged in to the alumni association or to the Memphis Maroon Club board, please shoot us an email and we can help you make it happen!