Patrick Lucas is the second Power 5 transfer in two days to commit to Memphis. 

Mario Anderson had Oklahoma, USC and Cal in his top four before choosing Memphis. 

Javante Mackey had 84 tackles, two sacks, seven tackles for loss and a forced fumble for Arkansas State this season. 

Documents outline the transfer of stadium ownership from the city to University of Memphis Auxiliary Services Foundation. 

The pandemic season provided the redshirt senior another year of eligibility if he wanted it, but he announced on social media that he’s choosing not to use the extra season.

All 12 of the 2024 regular-season opponents for the Tigers football team are now set.

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The Tigers have one game left, and they’ll need to address losing three starters to the NCAA transfer portal as they try to become just the fifth team in program history to win 10 games in a single season.

Smith leaves Memphis after appearing in 32 career games including 13 career starts. 

The University of Memphis awaits a City Council vote next week, Dec. 19, that would transfer ownership of the stadium to the U of M’s Auxiliary Services Foundation. 

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New York Jets linebacker Bryce Huff recorded his seventh sack of the season while Eagles kicker Jake Elliott made his seventh field goal this year of 50 yards or more. 

Tackle Makylan Pounders is Memphis’ second starter on the line to enter the NCAA transfer portal.

Bluff City Collective will primarily focus its efforts on the Memphis men’s basketball program.

The AAC will have turned from an 11-team conference as recent as 2022 into a 14-team conference that only has seven of the original 11 still in the league next year. Now, the conference is losing the only commissioner it has ever known.

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Aresco became the fourth commissioner of the Big East Conference in 2012, and oversaw the reconstitution of that organization into the American Athletic Conference a year later. He announced his retirement Thursday, Dec. 7.

The football defensive coordinator spent two seasons at the University of Memphis. 

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The Memphis Tigers, who face Iowa State of the Big 12 in the Dec. 29 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, have fared well in recent years when playing Power 5 opponents at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.

Save your fretting for the Grizzlies. That’s where there is work to be done. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker JJ Russell had a career day in his first NFL start against the Carolina Panthers. 

The council aired its concerns about what the city was receiving for transferring ownership, the future of the Southern Heritage Classic football game, how the City Council learned about the deal and more.

Richard Smith said Tuesday that the family could pull its pledged $50 million gift if the Memphis City Council doesn’t transfer ownership of Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium to the University of Memphis.

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Host Greg Gaston, senior writer Tim Buckley and beat writers Frank Bonner II and Parth Upadhyaya all had plenty to say on the latest edition of The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.

The U of M has said that the city can’t have seats on the foundation board, setting up a potential showdown over the vote Tuesday to transfer ownership of the city-owned stadium.

“Mike Norvell and Florida State got left out? Memphis fans understand how that feels. The entire system of college sports is based on leaving universities out, no matter how deserving. Fairness has nothing to do with it.”

Memphis and Iowa State will meet in the postseason for the second time since the 2017 Liberty Bowl. Here’s how they stack up and what the opposing coaches are saying. 

It will be the first time Memphis has participated in the Liberty Bowl since the Tigers lost 21-20 to Iowa State in 2017.