American commissioner hopeful College GameDay can visit Memphis
The Tigers need to win against UAB this Saturday in Birmingham and South Florida must beat Florida Atlantic to keep Memphis’ College GameDay hopes alive. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The No. 22 Memphis Tigers and No. 19 South Florida Bulls appear to be headed toward a Top 25 matchup worthy of a destination for ESPN’s College GameDay later this month.
If, that is, both take care of business this Saturday.
Monday’s announcement of an 11 a.m. kickoff on ESPN or ESPN2 isn’t the most opportune time slot for a GameDay showing, though.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
Parth Upadhyaya
Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.
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