The Tupelo FireAnts were a professional indoor football team that played their home games at the BancorpSouth Center in Tupelo, Mississippi. They started off as a charter member of the National Indoor Football League. Despite two seemingly good records in 2001 and 2004, they failed to make the playoffs. After 2004, they move to the UIF and became a charter member. However, after their horrendous 2005 season, the FireAnts disbanded. Indoor football is a variation of American football with rules modified to make it suitable for play within basketball gymnasiums and, particularly, ice hockey arenas. ... The BancorpSouth Center is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Tupelo, Mississippi. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... National Indoor Football League is a minor league indoor football association based in the United States. ... United Indoor Football is an indoor football league that was started in 2005. ...
Tupelo's biggest claim to fame is that it's the birthplace of THE KING!, and the Elvis Presley Festival is just around the corner (two weeks off).
Tupelo is in North Central Mississippi, within the ambit of Memphis and the Delta Blues of Clarksdale.
The Battle of Tupelo in the Civil War was an engagement of 14,000 Federal troops protecting Sherman's supply railroads in his March to Atlanta against a Rebel force of 6,000.
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