To save you the trouble of sifting through your social media feed or YouTube, here are some of the best quotes from Zach Kleiman, Taylor Jenkins and the Grizzlies projected starting five from Monday’s Media Day. Jaren Jackson Jr. on NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo: ‘He was a genius’Related content:
The Tigers have a bye week before resuming conference play Oct. 11 at South Florida. It’s a game that could have major American Athletic Conference championship implications.
Monday’s media day had all the usual media day moments, but this media day was grounded in high hopes and high expectations, despite coming off a 27-win season.
“That was really somebody who was in my corner before I was ever good at basketball, for real,” Jackson said during Monday’s Grizzlies Media Day
Collierville’s Scarlett Nash and Clark Wade of Arlington take over the top times in the Memphis area.
Seven Memphis-area teams ranked in TSWA high school football rankings.
Standouts from MASE, Middle College, Munford, Raleigh-Egypt and Sheffield are up for consideration this week.
ESPN college football expert Paul Finebaum answers The Daily Memphian’s questions after Week 5 games. Finebaum has a hot take on Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, rates Memphis QB Seth Henigan, names his Heisman favorites and talks Alabama-Georgia.
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Memphis is now the only unbeaten team in conference play and the only team yet to concede a goal in conference games.
“When I’m hit, I always get up,” Morant says in the commercial. “When no one is watching, I get up.”
Alabama received 40 of 63 first-place votes and leapfrogged three teams to take over No. 1 from Texas.
Saturday’s win ended Seth Henigan’s 41-game-long touchdown streak. But the Tigers’ quarterback is more focused on not settling.
Kobee Minor came off the edge and delivered a crushing blindside hit that caused MTSU quarterback Nicholas Vattiato to cough up the ball and wake up the Tigers.
Box score for NCAA’s football game between the Memphis Tigers and Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders.
The offense got off to a slow start and was scoreless in the first quarter for the first time this season. The Tigers finally scored two second-quarter touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead by halftime. The Memphis defense held MTSU to 29 yards rushing on 25 attempts.Related content:
Mississippi State did what it could to keep the potent Texas offense off the field. Quarterback Michael Van Buren made his first career start on the road in front of about 101,000 opposing fans.
Rebels kicker Micah Davis hooked a 48-yard field-goal attempt way wide with 48 seconds left in the fourth quarter to give the Wildcats their highest-ranked road win since 1977.
Whitehaven improves to moves to 3-0 in Region 8-6A to remain tied for first with Collierville, which defeated Germantown, 15-12.
The Dragons ended the contest with the Red Devils the same way they started: undefeated. Collierville improves to 6-0 on the season and 3-0 in region play.
The Tigers will play host to Middle Tennessee on Saturday. It’ll be the first matchup between the two teams since 2014.
Williams is expected to be reevaluated in four weeks, meaning he could miss the start of the regular season for the Grizzlies.
Memphis entered this year as the favorite to win the league, but it has already suffered a loss in its first conference game.
Late goal against UTSA helps Memphis continue its home winning streak.
Texas makes its long-awaited SEC debut against a Bulldogs team that is beaten up and struggling under first-year coach Jeff Lebby.