Buckley: This quarterback has a physics degree and a plan for the Hound Dogs
Memphis Hound Dogs quarterback Sky Forest (13) looks to pass the ball during the game against the Iowa Woo at the Memphis Sports & Events Center on June 6. (Wes Hale/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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.
A team. A city. A perfect pass play.
Sky Forest loves it when things, and people, come together.
How fitting, then, that the Memphis Hound Dogs’ new No. 1 quarterback holds a bachelor’s degree in physics — and that the Lausanne product wants to be a civil engineer.
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