Calkins: Mike Norvell got shafted by the system? Memphis knows exactly how he feels.
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell walks back to the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Syracuse, Saturday, Oct. 14, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Photo 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.
“Mike Norvell and Florida State got left out? Memphis fans understand how that feels. The entire system of college sports is based on leaving universities out, no matter how deserving. Fairness has nothing to do with it.”
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