The Miami Hurricanes have canceled a 2014-15 home-and-home football series against the Memphis Tigers, The Miami Herald has reported.
The two schools were scheduled to meet at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on Sept. 13, 2014 and then at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis on Sept. 26, 2015.
Miami and Memphis first agreed to the series back in May 2010. The Hurricanes canceled the series because they felt it was “pointless to play,” according to the Herald.
The cancellation leaves Miami with two tentative games set for 2014 (Florida A&M and Nebraska) and four for 2015 (at Toledo, Nebraska, Cincinnati, at Florida Atlantic).
Miami could also have a change to their 2016 and 2017 schedules. The Hurricanes have a home-and-home series set with Notre Dame for those seasons, but the Irish’s recent agreement with the ACC could affect those dates.
Memphis, which joins the Big East in 2013, now has two non-conference games in 2014 (at Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee) and three in 2015 (Missouri, at Kansas, Ole Miss).
Miami (FL) Future Non-Conference Opponents
2013 – Florida Atlantic, Florida, at USF
2014 – Florida A&M, at Nebraska
2015 – at Toledo, Nebraska, Cincinnati, at Florida Atlantic
2016 – Toledo, Florida A&M, at Notre Dame, Florida Atlantic
2017 – Notre Dame
2018 – at Rutgers
2019 – Rutgers
2020 – at Michigan State
2021 – Michigan State
Memphis Future Non-Conference Opponents
2013 – Arkansas State, Duke, at Middle Tennessee
2014 – at Ole Miss, Austin Peay, Middle Tennessee
2015 – Missouri, at Kansas, Ole Miss
2016 – at Missouri, at Ole Miss, Kansas
2017 – Ole Miss, Tennessee
“pointless to play”? really, damn Miami why not kick Memphis while you’re at it
There was a point to play in 2010? Come’on Miami, shame on you.
I would have rather kept Memphis and cut the Toledo series, the Toledo series to me doesn’t do much for recruiting or the fans. Miami needs games that fans will go to the games for and help with recruiting and sell well to the TV viewers. I the Memphis series would do better that a Toledo series. Really need someone closer to Miami would be better or at least where some alumni are.