Senior tailback Curtis Steele earned first-team all-conference honors today in voting by Conference USA coaches. Steele rushed for 1,239 yards and 15 touchdowns this season, the highest totals for Memphis in either category since DeAngelo Williams last suited up in 2005. He reeled off six 100-yard games (including a pair of 200-yard outbursts). Steele finished his two-year Tiger career ranked third in rushing (behind Williams and Dave Casinelli) with 2,462 yards. He was a second-team selection
Tommy West and the University of Memphis Tigers' season of woe -- and woeful football -- continued today in Orlando, as the Central Florida Knights outscored UM 29-7 in the second half to win going away, 32-14 ... This one got ugly late in the game. The Tigers led at halftime, 7-3, and behind Will Hudgens, who replaced an ineffective Tyler Bass at quarterback, the Tigers scored a touchdown to take a 14-9 lead with only two minutes left in the third quarter. Then, as we noted, it got ugly ... UCF