After underachieving season, Tigers forced to battle for minimum success
“I think people on the outside want to see dysfunction,” coach Ryan Silverfield said. “It’s not a dysfunctional locker room. It’s not. It’s a bunch of young men that care. We’re just not able to execute and get it done and we’ll go find a way.” (Mark Humphrey/AP file)
Memphis is falling far short of the standards that have been set in the past eight seasons, and a bowl game is in jeopardy.
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Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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