Calkins: When will we fill the Liberty Bowl and FedExForum again?
It was only a year ago, on Nov. 2, 2019, that Tigers football fans cheered for the cameras during the live broadcast on Beale Street of ESPN's "College GameDay.” (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian 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.
It was a year ago this week that Memphians crammed on to Beale Street for “College GameDay.” When can something like that happen again? I talked to the experts. You may not like what they said.
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