Calkins: It might look a little different this year. But Memphis football is back.
The Highland Hundred kickoff party was held at the University of Memphis Tigers’ new practice facility on Aug. 1, 2022. (Ziggy Mack/The Daily Memphian)
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.
As another season begins, everything is different about Memphis football. Except everything that matters.
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