Calkins: Beat Navy. That’s the only option after ‘awful’ loss to Mississippi State.
Tigers fan Herronda Harley of Memphis tries to take a standing nap, leaning against her husband Tony's shoulder while he checks on the weather report during a weather delay in the NCAA college football game between Memphis and Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)
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.
The Memphis Tigers were as lousy as the weather in losing their opener to Mississippi State. Now they have to beat Navy next week. Or else.
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