Time to grapple with the fact the Tigers might be main-event ready
University of Memphis wide receiver Cortez Braham Jr. (4) runs the ball for a first down during an Oct. 4, 2025 game against Tulsa. (Josh Blake/Special to the Daily Memphian)
John Varlas
John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
Saturday was wrestling night at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. And the fans were treated to a squash match.
The scoreboard will tell you the Tigers pile-drove the Golden Hurricane before a mostly perky crowd of 27,303.
It’s the sixth straight victory to start the year for Ryan Silverfield’s crew and the 10th in a row dating back to last season. The degenerate gamblers out there will be glad to know it’s the sixth straight game Memphis has covered the point spread and for the 46th game in a row, the Tigers surpassed the 20-point mark — the longest such streak in the nation.
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