Buckley: Hawaii? Fenway? No. Frisco it is. The Tigers got what they wanted.
Memphis will play West Virginia on Dec. 17 in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl at Toyota Stadium, pictured here in 2021. (Sam Hodde/AP file)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
The Memphis Tigers got what they wanted, a Dec. 17 matchup with West Virginia of the Big 12 in the Frisco Bowl.
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