Duke Calhoun News

The West coaching era ended Friday and a new era could begin as early as Monday.

The Tiger Football team will close out its 2009 season with a Friday afternoon Conference USA matchup at Tulsa.

Several Tiger Football players received honors presented by the coaching staff at the team dinner at the Marriott Southern Hills in Tulsa on Thanksgiving evening.

The Tiger Football team will close out the 2009 season with its final two games on the road, including this weekend's Conference USA matchup at the University of Houston.

Asked about the University of Houston's high-powered offense, led by a quarterback whose name entered Heisman Trophy consideration earlier this season, University of Memphis football coach Tommy West leaned back in his chair and tried to recall whether he'd ever been in the situation he'll encounter today.

HOUSTON - Case Keenum threw for 405 yards and five touchdowns in just more than two quarters, and No.

"It seems like every time we get down there close , something bad happens,'' says Tigers running back Curtis Steele.

A 24-0 UAB run kept the Memphis Tigers from winning the Battle for the Bones trophy for a third straight season as Memphis fell to the Blazers 31-21 Saturday at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

Senior Day at the Liberty Bowl is always about goodbyes, but today's pregame ceremony before the Tigers' Battle for the Bones with UAB had an extra dollop of remorse.

The Tigers will close out their home schedule this weekend in the Battle for the Bones game versus the UAB Blazers.

Tennessee will disguise and mix up its coverage. It might even shade a safety toward a dynamic wide receiver.

It wasn't a fair fight. A struggling University of Memphis football team, reeling from lopsided back-to-back Conference USA losses to Southern Miss and East Carolina, couldn't stop its mid-season freefall against a Bowl Championship Series conference opponent: the fast-improving Tennessee Volunteers.

The University of Memphis announced the dismissal of football coach Tommy West at a press conference Monday in the school's Athletic Office Building.

Three of the Vols' most recent four attempts have been blocked and nobody has hit from beyond 39 yards since the Ohio game on Sept.

KNOXVILLE - Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin went through the record books to get familiar with the Memphis series.

Kellen Heard is growing accustomed to learning how to adapt. First, the Memphis lineman had to get used to a new environment upon transferring to Memphis from Texas A&M in late summer.

Competition isn't just reserved for spring practice and preseason camp. Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin sees it as a season-long affair.

The Memphis Tigers will host the East Carolina Pirates in a Conference USA East Division matchup Tuesday evening at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.

In the agonizing aftermath of Tuesday night's 38-19 Conference USA loss to East Carolina, University of Memphis football coach Tommy West didn't need to be prompted.

Memphis' Curtis Steele fights for yardage against ECU's Darryl Reynolds and Dekota Marshall.