Buckley: Ryan Silverfield’s Tigers are on a real roll
“I always start with, ‘It’s my job to put the expectations on my team, and on myself, higher than what anybody else can want from us,’ right?” said Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield. (Tim Buckley/The Daily Memphian)
ARLINGTON, Texas — They are the prohibitive favorite to win the American Athletic Conference, visions of a berth in the newly expanded College Football Playoffs dancing in their head.
Expectations for coach Ryan Silverfield’s Memphis Tigers in 2024 really are through the roof, which prompts this question: How in the world does one go about managing them?
As they gathered Tuesday, July 23, at the Loews Arlington Hotel & Convention Center for the second half of the AAC’s annual Media Days, Silverfield and two of his top lieutenants — quarterback Seth Henigan and linebacker Chandler Martin — were asked just that.
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The query, however, came with a caveat: Please do not use the phrase “one game at a time” or “one week at a time” in the answer.
Henigan and Martin, crafty cats that they are, found a workaround.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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