Calkins: Time for Memphis to finally beat the ‘small-time’ UCF football team
University of Memphis running back Tony Pollard (1) is taken down by Antwan Collier (3) just shy of the endzone during the Tigers disappointing 31-30 loss to UCF at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Oct. 13, 2018. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian 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.
After 13 straight losses to UCF, it’s time for the Memphis Tigers to end that streak.
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