Calkins: Memphis — that’s all of Memphis — is at the Cotton Bowl
University of Memphis fans cheer during the Cotton Bowl's Battle of Bands Dec. 27 at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas. Long-suffering Tigers fans are finally enjoying the perks of a New Year's Six Bowl appearance. (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.
Memphis is at the Cotton Bowl. Not just the football team, the city, the long-suffering but now celebrating people of the 901.
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