Calkins: Ryan Silverfield crushes it (and other Memphis football thoughts)
Memphis interim head coach Ryan Silverfield (left) listens to AD Laird Veatch Dec. 8 as he announcers Mike Norvell's imminent departure. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
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.
Some thoughts on Ryan Silverfield, Laird Veatch, the Memphis football job, Memphis attendance and what it means to be alive.
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