Hot Topics: Does Memphis really have College Football Playoff access?
Memphis Tigers football coach Ryan Silverfield speaks at Owners Box Sports Grill in Lakeland on June 17. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian file)
HOT TOPICS: It’s August now, and the start of the college football season is less than a month away. With kickoff right around the corner, what follows is a four-part examination of hot topics surrounding college sports that arose at the recent American Conference Media Days in Charlotte, North Carolina.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ryan Silverfield sees a path.
A potential avenue, that is, for his Memphis Tigers to make it to the College Football Playoff.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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