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12-13 Miners take the Green Wave to Overtime, Win
Michael Perez had 15 points, John Bohannon had 10 rebounds without registering a single point to his stat column in regular time, but in overtime Bohannon, the sophomore, stepped up huge in the final minutes and scored 5 points to propel the Miners to victory by the score of 54-52. What a win. The...
Report: Cincinnati Bearcats Likely Liberty Bowl Bound
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that the Liberty Bowl is likely to pit the Bearcats against the Vanderbilt Commedores from the SEC East. The money quote is as follows. If all goes as expected Sunday when bowl selections...
WWE's Jerry "The King" Lawler Calls for Memphis to Piledrive Coach Larry Porter
Just another day in the C-USA. The current state of Memphis football has taken a turn for the bizarre. We all know how bad it's gotten. For those who didn't, know this: Earlier this week, Dr. Saturday proclaimed the Tigers the "worst team in college football." They are ranked #1 in the ESPN...
C-USA Weekly
What's going on everyone? As I previously mentioned, the guys at C-USA Weekly have asked me to come on every now and then as a guest host. This past Sunday we recorded a test show to see how the new format would work out. It actually turned out real well, and I've decided to post the test show here...
Lakers' Luke Walton to play assistant coach at Memphis during NBA lockout
Here's an idea nobody has thought of yet. Instead of going back to school or playing basketball in Turkey during this annoying NBA lockout that could starve us hoops-heads for God knows how long, Los Angeles Lakers forward Luke Walton has had enough. Walton was recommended by Memphis Tigers head...
Randy Savage's most memorable moments via YouTube/DailyMotion
Randy Savage does the invading heel outsider gimmick in Memphis after many years of issuing grandstand challenges to Jerry "The King" Lawler: More after the jump. Savage makes history by piledriving Ricky Morton through a table: Lawler finally sends Savage packing from the Memphis territory: ...
Breakdown of the Arizona, Memphis match-up
So yeah, there's a lot of little storylines in this Arizona and Memphis match-up. By now you know the storyline. Josh Pastner went to Arizona and grew into a Division I head coach before heading to Memphis and taking over as head coach after John Calipari's departure. Then there's the Derrick...
Game 33: Memphis 73, St. John's 71
Official boxscore | Statsheet boxscore Memphis Tigers advance to the second round of the NIT to face Mississippi (aka Ole Miss). St. John's ends the season with a 17-16 record. The season ends with a good second half, D.J. Kennedy and Mason arguing about positioning on the wing, Mason defending a...
Liberty Bowl Travelogue (Day Three): Overton Park Zoo and Ducks at Peabody Hotel Indicate That You Can't Spell "Memphis" Without "Meh"
I mentioned yesterday that the Memphis Marriott is not the best hotel in which I have ever stayed, and I don’t mean to rip on the place, because it is a nice hotel, but there have been some issues, albeit ones which were entirely beyond the control of the Marriott management. Evidently, there was...
Liberty Bowl Travelogue (Day Two): Elvis Presley, William Faulkner, the Georgia Dance Team, and Me
Based upon the admittedly limited sample size with which I have become acquainted since arriving in Memphis, I believe fans of the Central Florida Knights outnumber fans of the Georgia Bulldogs here. When my family and I went down to breakfast this morning, we saw a UCF fan checking in at the front...
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