Calkins: If Memphis doesn’t stop losing, it’ll fumble away the future
Memphis Tigers players walk off the field after being defeated by the Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field on Oct. 2, 2021 in Philadelphia. (Kate Frese/Special to The 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.
For the second straight week, the Tigers fumbled away a big lead and a win. But that’s not the bad news. The bad news is what losing could mean for the athletic program.
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