Calkins: Biggest Memphis win ever? It might just be.
Memphis running back Greg Desrosiers Jr. (13) celebrates scoring his team's first touchdown against Florida State during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Colin Hackley/AP Photo)
On a day like that, after a win like that, even the band sounds better.
Will Plenk noticed a difference from the first moments Saturday, Sept. 14. Plenk is the director of the Mighty Sound of the South.
“I heard it right from the beginning, from the first notes we played in the stadium,” he said. “We try to start the warm-up at a moderate dynamic level. I’m trying to convince them to play at that level. But the very first notes that came out of their horns, it was like they were playing the fight song after a touchdown.”
And by the end?
When Chandler Martin chased down Florida State quarterback DJ Uigalelei for a sack? And Julian Barnett knocked down the final pass to clinch the 20-12 win?
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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.
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