Can Memphis compete for American Conference title this season?
“The offense will be different,” offensive coordinator Tim Cramsey told fans during a Tigers on Tour event earlier this month in East Memphis. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian file)
The American Conference, formally known as the American Athletic Conference, with host its media days this week with a revamped brand.
Changes included an altered name, a new wordmark and a new mascot. The AAC acronym, even though it was never official anyway, has been retired. The conference now prefers to be called the American for short.
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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.
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