Calkins: How great is this Ole Miss story? It’s one that even (some) Memphis fans can get behind.
Former Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin is one reason some Memphians are cheering for the Rebels Thursday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal game vs. Miami-Fla. Fans are upset with the way he left Ole Miss. (Jeffrey McWhorter/AP file)
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.
Kelly English can tell you exactly where and when he became an Ole Miss fan.
It was Oct. 18, 1997.
“I was at a urinal,” he said.
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