In a way, it resembled the 2017 AAC Championship Game. That is to say that reports were streaming in before the game finished that the coach who would go onto win the game had been hired by a P5 job. Back then it was Scott Frost, and now it is Mike Norvell.
Both coaches were even asked about the reports following the game, and neither had any interest in doing anything but celebrating with their team.
It made one of, if not the best, moment in Memphis football history bittersweet.
The Memphis Tigers have a lot to look forward to now.