Calkins: Why Memphis needs the Big 12 to die
Memphis punter returner Calvin Austin III (left) runs past the Stephen F. Austin defense for a touchdown during action on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. (Mark Weber/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.
‘Memphis deserves better than to be fretting about conference realignment again. It needs the Big 12 to implode once and for all.’
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