Calkins: Memphis keeps blowing big leads. Is that a coincidence? Or the coach?
Memphis linebacker Xavier Cullens (8) looks for the defensive play call during Saturday’s game at East Carolina, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. The Tigers lost in four overtimes to the Pirates, 47-45. (Courtesy Memphis Athletics)
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.
A week after blowing a 19-point lead to lose to Houston, Memphis blew a 17-point lead to lose to East Carolina. This is becoming a dispiriting — and damning — trend.
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