Calkins: Memphis and conference realignment. Is the dream officially dead?
Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey speaks during SEC Media Days on July 18, 2022, in Atlanta. The SEC has aways been one of the “haves” conferences, and it just got bigger. (John Bazemore/AP file)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
For decades, now, University of Memphis fans have dreamed of making it into a power conference. Is that dream now officially dead? If so, what does the future hold?
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