| Sunday, December 23 |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Mississippi State team check in at The Peabody |
| 4:00pm | Mississippi State Coach Sylvester Croom will be available for media interviews in the lobby of The Peabody
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| Monday, December 24 |
| 11:00am – 1:45pm | Mississippi State practice at Rhodes College
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| Tuesday, December 25 | |
| 11:15am - 1:45pm | Mississippi State practice at Rhodes College
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| Wedsnesday, December 26 | |
| 11:15am - 1:45pm | Mississippi State practice at Rhodes College |
| 1:00pm | UCF team arrives at Wilson Air Center
Media will have access for photos and brief interviews |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | UCF practice at University of Memphis Football Complex |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | Head Coaches’ press conference at Embassy Suites |
| 5:30pm - 8:30pm | Team Welcome Party at Jillian’s – Peabody Place |
| 7:00pm | Memphis Grizzlies game at FedEx Forum
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| Thursday, December 27 | |
| 8:35am – 10:05am | UCF practice at University of Memphis Football Complex |
| 11:00am-11:30am | UCF players & coordinators interview session at Hilton Memphis Hotel |
| Noon-2:00pm | Awards Luncheon at Hilton Memphis Hotel |
| After Luncheon | Mississippi State players & coordinators interview session at Hilton Memphis Hotel |
| 3:45pm -5:45pm | Mississippi State practice at Rhodes College |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Media Dinner at Rendezvous (By Invitation Only – MUST RSVP) |
| 7:00pm | Pro Rodeo at Agricenter Show Place Arena
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| Friday, December 28 | |
| 7:00am – 9:00am | FCA Breakfast at Hilton Hotel
Guest Speaker – Bruce Matthews |
| 8:30am – 10:00am | UCF players visit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| 10:30am | Mississippi State players visit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
| Noon-12:30pm | Sylvester Croom press conference at Westin Hotel – Mississippi Ballroom |
| 12:30pm – 1:00pm | George O’Leary press conference at Westin Hotel – Mississippi Ballroom |
| 2:45pm | Mississippi State Walk-Thru at Liberty Bowl Stadium |
| 4:00pm – 4:45pm | UCF Walk-Through at University of Memphis |
| 4:00pm | Beale Street Parade |
| 6:30pm | Media Hospitality Trip to Hollywood Casino
Bus departs Embassy Suites (By Invitation Only-MUST RSVP) |
| 7:00pm | President’s Gala at Peabody Hotel |
| 11:00pm | Media Hospitality Trip, Bus returns from Hollywood Casino
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| Saturday, December 29 | |
| Noon | Credential pick up at Liberty Bowl Stadium, Press Will Call, near Gate 1 |
| Noon | Pre-Game Buffet at Arena Building – Memphis Fairgrounds |
| 1:30pm | Media Will Call Window opens at Liberty Bowl Stadium, near Gate 1 |
| 1:30pm | Press Box opens at Liberty Bowl Stadium |
| 1:30pm | Media pre-game meal service begins, 2nd Floor of press box |
| 3:30pm | 49th Annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl Mississippi State vs. UCF |
| POST GAME | Locker Rooms are CLOSED Press Conference and Awards in Arena Building, adjacent to Liberty Bowl Stadium |
| Credential Distribution: | |
| December 26 to December 28 at Embassy Suites, Media Room, 9:00am to 5:00pm |
December 29 at Liberty Bowl Stadium, Media Will call near Gate 1, Noon
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| Media Hospitality Events: |
| December 27 – 7pm to 9pm: |
| Media Dinner at Rendezvous restaurant in downtown Memphis. Located in alley across Union Avenue from The Peabody.
By Invitation Only. MUST RSVP to AZLB media representative at the Embassy Suites |
| December 28 – 6:30pm to 11:30pm |
Media Hospitality trip to Hollywood Casino. By Invitation Only. MUST RSVP to AZLB media representative at the Embassy Suites.
Bus will depart Embassy Suites at 6:30pm. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis…limited to first 50.
Bus will depart Hollywood Casino at 11:00pm for return trip to Memphis.
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| Practice Access, Interviews and Photo Guidelines |
| Mississippi State: |
| Practice will be open for the first hour. Interviews after practice |
| UCF: |
Access limited to individual periods only, per UCF media relations. Interviews after practice
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| Directions to Practice Sites from Media Hotel: |
| To UCF Practice (Univ. of Memphis): |
- Take a left out of hotel, then right on Poplar Avenue
- Travel west on Polar to Goodlett
- Take a left on Goodlett…Goodlett dead ends at Park Avenue
- Take a right on Park…and then immediately get in the left lane.
- Take a left at the light…which is Getwell
- The entrance to the Univ. of Memphis complex will be on the left…follow the road around to the left to the football practice fields.
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| To Miss. State Practice (Rhodes College): |
- Take a left out of hotel, then right on Polar Avenue
- Travel west on Poplar in the right lane…then exit on to I-240 North (Nashville)
- After passing Walnut Grove exit….get in the left lane.
- Then take the Sam Cooper Blvd. exit
- Sam Cooper Blvd. dead ends at East Parkway...take a right on East Parkway…then get in the left turn lane.
- Take a left at the next light which is North Parkway/Summer Avenue
- Rhodes College will be on the right.
- Take a right on University Avenue…football complex will be on the right.
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| Satellite Truck and Live Truck Parking at Stadium: |
No parking pass is needed for satellite trucks and tv live trucks. However, you must enter the stadium parking area at Access Gate 1, near the railroad tracks from Hollywood Street.
All other media vehicles will require a parking pass.
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| AutoZone Liberty Bowl Media Contacts: |
Ron Higgins, AutoZone Liberty Bowl Media Liaison
(cell) 901-517-3089
Harold Graeter, Associate Executive Director
(office) 901-795-7700
(cell) 901-238-0812
e-mail: hgraeter@libertybowl.org
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| Mississippi State Media Relations: |
Mike Nemeth
(cell) 662-418-7229
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| UCF Media Relations: |
Ryan Powell
(cell) 407-405-5822
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