Buckley: The mission for Memphis is simple. Do not stumble. Again.
University of Memphis head football coach Ryan Silverfield watches during an Oct. 25, 2025, game against the University of South Florida. (Josh Blake/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
Do not stumble. Do not get upset.
Again.
That’s the mission for the Tigers on Friday in Houston, where No. 25 Memphis takes on Rice in a 6 p.m. ESPN2-televised game that has all the potential pitfalls of one that bit coach Ryan Silverfield’s program hard once already this season.
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