I sat for a few minutes yesterday and pinched myself. I just wanted to confirm that the University of Memphis did indeed make a positive move related to its football program.
Memphis began playing college football in 1912 under the pseudonym West Tennessee State Normal School. Its first game versus Memphis University School perfectly foreshadowed a nearly century-long struggle and was anything but normal - neither team scored a single point. Between its inaugural season and now, the word that most closely resembles Memphis football is "anonymous."
Memphis’ last championship of any kind came in 1971, when the Tigers were crowned Missouri Valley Conference Champions – a championship the Tigers won three times – with a 5-6 record.
Even looking back to what some call Memphis’ “heyday” – a period in the early 2000s under Tommy West – is underwhelming. Memphis went to five bowl games during that span [New Orleans Bowl in ‘03, GMAC Bowl in ‘04, Motor City Bowl in ‘05, New Orl...
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