Calkins: Memphis headed to fifth straight bowl game (unlike some schools you know)
Memphis Tigers outside linebacker Austin Hall (25) celebrates with defensive lineman Jonathan Wilson (38) after Hall recovered a fumble in a game against Tulsa on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2018. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Tigers running back Patrick Taylor Jr. (6) breaks through the Tulsa defense for a long running gain on the play. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
University of Memphis head football coach Mike Norvell grins after watching the replay of a Tigers touchdown during a game against Tulsa on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
The Memphis Tigers bench celebrates with the Tigers' outside linebacker Austin Hall (25) after he recovered a fumble in a game against Tulsa on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
Memphis Tigers linebacker JJ Russell (23) tackles Tulsa running back Shamari Brooks (3) for a loss on the play. (Houston Cofield/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.
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