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MAD party takes overwhelming victory for second year in a row By Mandy Hrach

news@dailyhelmsman.com In an election where only 8 percent of the all University of Memphis students voted, Ricky Kirby of the Making a Difference Party was re-elected as Student Government Association president along with almost everyone from his party. The final results showed that Kirby collected 1,118 votes, while his opponent Domenic Martini of the A.S.A.P. party collected 406 votes. “I am so excited,” Kirby said. “It’s cool to think that 11 other parties have tried to get re-elected and mine is the first to be able to say they will have served two terms.” Kirby said he plans to use his second year in office to focus on increasing affordability and retention rates. He also wants to work on better parking and dining options. Results were announced to the public at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 28. The results were set to be announced at 3 p.m., but, due to misunderstanding between the parties, was announced at the earlier time. “I wasn’t expecting that big of a margin,” Kirby said, “It was nervewracking because so many other people have tried but haven’t been able to be re-elected.”

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Time, weather and rockwielding teenagers shattered nearly every window in the old three-story Melrose school building. Fluorescent light fixtures, twisted and red from rust, dangle in the abandoned classrooms. A patchwork of plywood and iron bars conceals man-sized holes dug into the brick walls. In some ways, the structure emulates the boarded up shotgun-style homes seen through-

Students discuss dorm sex By Brady Boswell

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and take a first grade, wide-line writing tablet to Melrose,” She said. “Most of his life he had to use an ‘X’ to sign anything. So when they taught him how to spell his own name, he was so excited that he wrote it on everything.” Famous doctors and athletes also attended school at the old Melrose building. Dr. Alvin Crawford, the first black student to receive a medical degree from the University of Tennessee, graduated from Melrose in 1957.

Dorm rooms have always been a hot spot for students to enjoy each other’s company, but what many people don’t realize is that it’s also a place for students to become intimately acquainted with one another without anyone knowing. “It’s by far the quickest, easiest and less stressful place to get the job done,” a University of Memphis resident advisor said. “I mean, most students do it anyways, as long as people are courteous to let their roommate know, then everything is fine.” The RA’s name was withheld. For many students, the best way to not draw attention is by doing things that arouse suspicion such as playing music at a reasonable volume and finding a time where the majority of other students are out of the dorms and in class or doing extra-curricular activities. “Well, it’s actually not that hard to get away with it,” Melanie Daniel, an undecided major and campus resident, said. “The best thing to do would be to lock the door, let your roommate know ahead of time, know that your boyfriend is coming over and then play some music in the background so other people won’t hear you.” There is also a secret code among many students to let their roommates know not to barge in if they forgot to inform them they were having company over. Tiger tails, rubber bands and colorful socks are all items students put on doorknobs to let their roommates know what is happening behind closed doors. “Communication is key,” Megan McDivitt, an education major and former campus resident, said. “If I have to get

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U of M President Elect Ricky Kirby and U of M Vice President Elect Prataj Ingram discuss the upcoming 2014 to 2015 SGA budget. Kirby’s vice president for the next year will be his running mate Prataj Ingram, who defeated A.S.A.P. candidate Jalen Griggs 1,041 votes to 455. Ingram takes the vice president’s job from EuDarius Jones, who did not run

for a second term. Of the 37 senator positions, only two of them were not won by a member of his party. Martini’s A.S.A.P. party only collected one at-large senate seat and the lone senate seat representing the nurs-

ing school. Of the 19,884 students eligible to vote, only 1,610 people voted. Additionally, the number of voters was down two percent from what it

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Orange Mound school decays in doldrums By Jonathan A. Capriel

out the Orange Mound area. What separates this building from others like it in Memphis is the 8-foot-tall silver painted sign that reads “National Register of Historic Places.” Built in 1938, the once stateof-the-art school contained two dozen classrooms, a library and health clinic. Melrose stood as a “pillar of education” for AfricanAmericans in Orange Mound during an age divided by segregation, explained Mary Mitchell, chairwoman for the Melrose Center for Cultural Enrichment.

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Starting in the ninth grade in 1952, Mitchell walked to the school almost every day, encouraged by her neighborhood. “Education was prized in early Orange Mound,” Mitchell said. “Children who could read were asked to help the illiterate members of the community.” Melrose also provided basic education classes for black adults who either never got the opportunity to go to school or were previously forbidden, Mitchell said. “My uncle would get off work

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Page 1 something and they didn’t let me know, I honestly don’t care. I’ll go and get it and it’s their fault for not letting me know.” While the dorms may serve as an efficient place to easily get the deed done, it can also bring undesired attention and accusations to people simply spending time with each other. “It’s hard because even if you’re not doing anything, people will assume you are and in the end spread rumors,” McDivitt said. “When people see you walk out with someone, they instantly assume that you did something, and it’s pretty petty.” If students are caught in the act, RAs are required to fill out an incident report. “The residents would be informed that they are breaking student conduct,” the RA said. According to the RA, they would rather have students be safe in their dorm rooms instead of putting themselves in a situation where they can easily get caught. “I doubt they want to try doing it somewhere else on campus, or even worse, try and do it at their parents’ house,” the RA said.

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was last year. “I think a lot of people didn’t vote because they thought a certain party was going to win because there wasn’t a lot of campaigning going on from the other party,” Kirby said.

“When you have a party with under 15 people, it’s hard for those 15 to mark a campaign with everything else they have to do.” One senator, Kanesha Johnson, was elected to represent the graduate school, and all it took for her to get the job was 26 votes. Kirby said he plans to get more students to vote next year by get-

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ting the word out earlier and having larger campaigns. “I’m excited to be a returning president because I know what is going on and know what I am doing,” he said. “I can’t wait to continue to make a difference.” Domenic Martini, the presidential candidate for the A.S.A.P. party, said this year was his last oppor-

tunity to be eligible for election and he’s proud of the campaign the party ran. “I am confident that Ricky and Prataj will do a great job with the program this year,” Martini said. “I’m going to continue to support the SGA, be a part of the organization and make an impact on campus.”

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Although registered as a Tennessee Historic Place, the old Melrose school building suffers from lack of funding. Located next to the Orange Mound Community Center, residences are divided on what should become of the landmark.

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Larry Finch, famous head coach for the University of Memphis basketball team, first played for the Melrose Wildcats in the early ’70s. Closed in 1979, the structure sat empty for nearly two decades before rumors of it being demolished arose. The memories and history of this place compelled Mitchell and Alcine Arnett, former chairwoman of M.C.C.E., to organize the Melrose alumni in an effort to preserve it. “We were dedicated to saving the school even if it meant chain-

ing ourselves to it,” Mitchell said. “It had a marble foyer and mahogany staircases. It is just a beautiful place.” They campaigned to keep the school standing based on its significance to the black community and it being the last building in Memphis to be constructed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration. Their efforts paid off in May 2001 when the N.R.H.P. inducted the structure and erected a sign declaring its significance. Later that year, David Royer, architectural surveyor for Memphis Heritage Inc., wrote that old Melrose would be transformed

into a place celebrating the community’s history. But with no money, it sat unused. Mitchell said she wants it to be renovated into a museum, but, in May 2013, Memphis City Schools held pre-biddings and planned for its demolition. Yet the school board will not tear it down, Michael Saine, executive director for the Orange Mound Development Corporation, said. “The school system is just trying to reduce their liability,” Saine said. “The building is structurally sound so there is no fear that it will collapse.” Because of its historic site status, the building cannot be easily

demolished and no new development can be built on the plot even if it were, Saine said. However, he admitted that some in the community would like to see it removed. “Orange Mound is divided in half between those who want it gone and those who want to keep it,” he said. “It is not because they care about its history, they just don’t want to see their Melrose in its current condition.” Saine said she envisions the building being changed into a senior living center. “You have a lot of seniors living in dilapidated houses,” he said. “They live on a fixed income and

can’t afford to repair them. They worked all of their lives getting these homes, so telling them to move into a living center is a hard sell. But if it was close to the community center, they might be open to the idea.” However, even modest renovations would cost millions of dollars, Saine estimated. It is unlikely that the city will fund even part of the cost anytime soon. The old Melrose school continues to be trapped in slow deterioration, but Mitchell still has hope. “I pray every day,” she said. “I just know a philanthropist and the city will come through and save old Melrose.”

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National Public Health Week kicks oﬀ By Patrick Lantrip

news@dailyhelmsman.com A curious student stops by the School of Public Health’s table in the University Center as 23-year-old graduate student Sammie Bownes has her take a disposable straw, flatten it and bend it at a 90-degree angle. “Now you’re going to do 20 jumping jacks, and then, without taking a breath, hold your nose and try to breathe through the straw,” Bownes said. “This is supposed to demonstrate what a child with asthma or emphysema feels like when they enter a non-smoking restaurant or a house where there are smokers.” Bownes was one of several graduate Students from the University of Memphis’ School of Public Health that kicked off National Public Health Week on Monday by encouraging students to quit smoking. “We are trying to advocate for public health around campus because a lot of people don’t really know the difference between health and public health,” Bownes said. “However, one of the main linking sources is tobacco, so we figured we would start off the week with tobacco secession.” In addition to encouraging tobacco secession, Bownes and the others were

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Sammie Bownes, Nikko Carlson and Asos Kokoiy encourage students to quit smoking as a part of the SPH’s National Public Health Week activities. educating students about the differences between public health and individual healthcare. “A lot of people basically interpret health as reactive, meaning that you’re

sick so you go seek help,” Nikko Carlson, 23, said. “While public health takes more proactive and preventative routes.” Some of the other events the SPH has planned for the week include its award

luncheon that will be held Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 300 of the UC, and a panel that will discuss the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the

lobby of the UC. At the luncheon, the SPH will honor four people for the Public Health Champion Award. This year’s honorees are William Tuttle, vice president of Planning Memphis Metro Market for Baptist Memorial Health Care; Doug McGowen, director of the Memphis Innovation Delivery Team; Ed Rafalski, senior vice president of Strategic Planning and Marketing for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare; and Memphis Mayor A C Wharton. Friday’s discussion panel will be headlined by Dr. Paige Powell, as well as representatives from Christ Community Health Services, and will inform students on what to do if they missed the marketplace’s March 31 enrollment deadline, in addition to other aspects of the PPACA. “People are going to start panicking after the deadline passes so we just want to make sure that people are informed on what to do now,” Bownes said. “We want people to know that they have options, and that just because they missed the deadline doesn’t mean that they will be out for a while.” While the market will not open up again until November, and the currently uninsured will most likely face a fine, Bownes urges the uninsured to have a plan in place for next time the marketplace opens up.

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Kid on a Milk Carton to release ﬁrst EP By Samuel Prager

news@dailyhelmsman.com Local indie rock band Kid on a Milk Carton is currently in the process of mastering and printing their first EP “Come True,” and plan on releasing the album later this spring. The three-piece outfit, which started in October of 2013, is made up of singer and guitarist Charlie Donnelly, bassist Ryan Agee and drummer Nathan Woloshin. “Nathan and I were bored and we wanted to start a drum and bass group. So we started renting a storage unit to practice, and he knew I had been writing a bunch of songs, which at the time he called ‘lonely sad boy music,’” Donnelly, a former University of Memphis student, said. “After Nathan heard them, he said screw this drum and bass project —let’s make a real band around the songs you wrote. “ Donnelly, who is also the band’s primary songwriter, noted that many lyrics began very “free-formish.” He would write a line or two and then structure the rest of the song around them. “I try to generalize a specific feeling I have to make it more relatable. There are some things that are just bullet point specific, which I do occasionally mention in my songs, but I try to keep it general so everyone can relate to it,” Donnelly, 25, said. The bearded front man also added that although many of his songs revolve around prominent themes within his own life, he also tends to write stories within his lyrics about characters he has made up. “I always wondered what singersongwriters like Andy Hull (of Indie rock outfit Manchester Orchestra) meant when they had characters within their songs,” Donnelly said. “I never pictured myself writing songs that are about people I made up, but when I started writing more that’s what ended up happening.” The title of the band’s EP “Come True” is a reference to a reoccurring

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Sharing a friendly embrace are band members of local group Kid on a Milk Carton drummer Nathan Woloshin, guitarist and singer Charlie Donnelly and bassist Ryan Agee.

theme and phrase in every song, Donnelly said. Although it seemed accidental at first, he noted that it became an important part of the concept behind the album. “I always said if I ever had an album I’d want the title to reflect the reoccurring themes and lyrics. I originally said ‘come true’ on about four different songs that I had written, and as I wrote more I started to build around that,” Donnelly said. “’Come True’ is the basis of what everyone wants, for what they want to come true. It’s really broad but of course it can be pinned to be very specific.”

Prior to this band, drummer Nathan Woloshin had not played drums formally in a group, although he had played guitar and sang in several other bands in the area. He is also one half of the Brothers Woloshin, a popular station on WUMR U92 FM The Jazz Luvr, which he does with his brother Jacob Woloshin. “I feel that I have an edge on drums since most drummers don’t have the knowledge of a guitar player,” Woloshin said. “I can feel out things that might compliment the bass or guitar parts better rather than playing just a straight beat. As

a drummer, I can play parts I’d want to hear as a guitarist.” As the most recent addition to the band, bassist Ryan Agee said that this has been a very different and interesting project for him since the music was not in his general repertoire. The band is playing at Crosstown Arts, located on Cleveland Street in the crosstown area, April 9 with

touring band Radiator Hospital. “We try to put on a really energetic show, keep people moving. We jump and run around the stage a lot during our shows,” Agee, 20, said. “We’re just trying to work our way up, get more merchandise, more recordings – just continue to grow.” Students can listen to Kid on a Milk Carton’s single “Dunbar” at www.kidonamilkcarton.com

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don’t mean this as an insult, but everyone of you reading this is sick with sin. God placed man on the earth without sin. Adam sinned and everyone since him, except Jesus Christ, has been born as a sinner. Rom. 3: 23 says that “ all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” This sinful nature manifests itself in many ways. In some it may be cruelty; in others covetousness. For those who deny that they are sinners, their sickness takes the form of virulent self-righteousness. Mankind is not basically good and perfectible. This is an illusion that has caused untold human suffering. Utopians, those who belief that human nature is perfectible, may be well-meaning, but they have caused much harm. One of the premises of Marxism is that human nature and society are perfectible. No other ideology in the 20th century caused more suffering and death than the attempt of the Marxists to achieve their utopia. A famous Russian historian, Mikhail Heller, wrote a book about this immense tragedy, titled, tongue-in-cheek, Utopia In Power. Right before World War I, the Social Darwinist philosopher, Benjamin Kidd, wrote in a famous encyclopedia article, that mankind had evolved to the point that there would be no more wars. Why are there wars? Why do humans treat each other worse than animals do? Because of the sickness of sin. Your sickness will finally cause your death. You will die, you know. You can’t escape that. Next time we will look at the cure for this terrible sickness.

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Cards beginning to stack against NCAA

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sports@dailyhelmsman.com Last week, the National Labor Relation Board ruled that several Northwestern football players should be considered employees of Northwestern University and have the right to unionize and bargain with their employee for better benefits. Sports Editor The decision could hold major implications moving forward for college athletics as we know them. The NCAA has long operated

under the self-proposed façade that college athletes are “student-athletes” with an emphasis on the student. That’s what the NCAA wants everyone to believe—that they are this great organization that gives opportunity to these poor athletes that wouldn’t be able to go to college otherwise. However, what you should believe is that the NCAA set themselves up as dictators over college athletics, and they profit off the hard work of socalled “student-athletes,” while those “student-athletes” don’t see a dime. I have a few questions for the NCAA. If college athletes are students first, why do college basketball and football coaches make millions of dollars a season while college professors usually make well under six figures? Next, the athletes competing in

the Final Four have been on the road the majority of the last three weeks between their conference tournaments and the NCAA Tournament. If they are students first, then when are they going to class? The truth is those athletes aren’t going to class, and I’m not even saying they should be in class. They’re basketball players and have the potential to make millions of dollars being basketball players, so we should call them that and allow them to make whatever money they can. In what other profession is an 18-year-old restricted from making the type of money they are capable of making? What if an 18-year-old photographer in college could sell his or her photos for $1,000 a piece? Would their ability to cash out be restricted?

Of course it wouldn’t, but somehow the NCAA has decided it’s different for athletes. The NCAA doesn’t want athletes to have a free market like everyone else because that would mean money coming out of their pockets, and they just can’t have that. They’ve concocted a pretty good deal where college athletes do all the work and the NCAA receives all the benefits. College athletes are often forced to work well over 40 hours a week. They are subject to control by their coaches and administrators, and they have to take drug tests and meet standards required by their schools similar to a contracted worker. They can be expelled immediately if they breach this contract, but they receive no compensation for fulfilling this contract

other than a scholarship. A scholarship is a fantastic opportunity, but the NCAA really needs to back off. They make so much money off these athletes through television deals and advertising. Players should be allowed proper representation to negotiate appropriate benefits for themselves. The football team at Northwestern has taken a step in the right direction. The ability to unionize should give college athletes the leverage they have always needed to combat the NCAA. I believe over the next few years the NCAA, barring some major changes, will slowly crumble under the hypocrisy they have operated under for so many years—that it’s all about the “student-athletes” when it’s really only about themselves.

College football players have right to form a union, NLRB rules By Gary Klein

Los Angeles Times Northwestern University football players have the right to form a union, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled Wednesday, setting the stage for potential dramatic change to the college sports landscape. Peter Sung Ohr, in Chicago, ruled that “players receiving scholarships from the employer are ‘employees’ ” and ordered that an election be conducted to determine whether Northwestern players wanted representation by the College Athletes Players Association for the purposes of collective bargaining. Northwestern will appeal the decision to the NLRB in Washington. That probably will not be the final step in a process that could eventually be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. If the ruling stands it could affect other private universities. The NLRB does not have jurisdiction over public universities. Ramogi Huma, president of

CAPA, which has pushed for changes in college sports and was the petitioner in the case, said, “Obviously, we’re very pleased” and that he was confident the Northwestern players would prevail. The players’ case has been underwritten by the United Steelworkers union. “Sixty years ago, the NCAA invented the term ‘student-athlete’ to avoid this day,” Huma, a former UCLA linebacker, said in a phone interview. “Because the Northwestern players showed courage, today did come. And players are one giant step closer to justice.” Northwestern was “disappointed” by the ruling, Alan K. Cubbage, vice president for university relations, said in a statement. “While we respect the NLRB process and the regional director’s opinion, we disagree with it,” the statement said. “Northwestern believes strongly that our studentathletes are not employees, but students. Unionization and collective bargaining are not the appropriate methods to address the concerns raised by student-athletes.” Cubbage said the university

planned to appeal and “will continue to explore all of its legal options in regard to this issue.” William B. Gould IV, a professor emeritus at the Stanford University Law School and a former chairman of the NLRB, said the decision was “by no means a surprise” and that it could wind its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. “One upshot of this decision is, whatever happens, this is going to be good for student-athletes,” Gould said in a phone interview. “They will be treated more cautiously and generously than in the past.” Michael D. Ryan, an attorney in Los Angeles who focuses on labor and employment, said Wednesday’s ruling was the first step in a process. “It’s early in the game,” he said. “It’s certainly not the fourth quarter.” “What it’s going to do,” said Ryan, who played football at Washington in the mid-1960s, “is put pressure on the system to change. And I hope it does.” Paul Haagen, co-director of the Center for Sports Law and Policy

at Duke University, said it was “extraordinarily” difficult to predict how the case would play out because of the political nature of the NLRB and an open timeline. Haagen said the case was now part of a larger national discussion about college sports. “There are a lot of things going on simultaneously that are basically a concerted attack on the notion of amateurism, at least as it applies to the power conferences in football and men’s basketball,” Haagen said. The NCAA is not part of the Northwestern case. However, the organization that oversees much of college sports is in the midst of defending itself in several major lawsuits. “While not a party to the proceeding, the NCAA is disappointed that the NLRB Region 13 determined the Northwestern football team may vote to be considered university employees,” Donald Remy, the NCAA’s chief legal officer, said in a statement. “We strongly disagree with the notion that student-athletes are employees.” Some of CAPA’s goals, accord-

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ing to its website, are: guaranteed coverage for sports-related medical expenses for current and former players; reduced contact in practices and placement of independent concussion experts on the sidelines; establishing an educational trust fund to help former players complete their degrees and reward those who graduate on time; increasing athletic scholarships and allowing players to receive compensation for commercial sponsorships; and securing due-process rights. USC Athletic Director Pat Haden said he was not surprised by the ruling. Haden has advocated for changes in NCAA rules including a call for scholarships covering the full cost of attendance. He said he would follow the case as it makes its way through the appeal process. “At USC, we do as much as we can within the confines of the NCAA rules,” Haden said, adding, “I’ve looked at what some of the Northwestern athletes are asking, and we provide most of those things ... All of us in athletics, and certainly myself, believe we need to do more for our student athletes.”

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Defense marches into April with strong Saturday scrimmage By Corey Carmichael

sports@dailyhelmsman.com After The University of Memphis’ footbal team’s third week of spring practice there have been improvements on both sides of the ball. Two-thirds of the way through the Tigers’ spring practice schedule, the offense has improved leading up to a scrimmage on Saturday. Despite the progress the offense had made, the defense humbled the squad and controlled the pace of the scrimmage from the start. Head coach Justin Fuente said both squads had positive moments throughout the scrimmage. “The defense came out and set the tone,” Fuente said in a release. “But I thought the offense continued to battle back. For the first time in a scrimmage, the defense stepped up and I am happy for that. But I am also happy that the offense tried to make some plays. There was no winner or loser.” Spring practice gives the players time to develop chemistry on the field and gives coaches the opportunity to install new packages and formations, as well as target specific practice points with redshirt players and mid-year transfers who have not played in a game yet. With many familiar faces in spring practice, last year’s 3-9 overall record is a fresh memory. What also needs to be remembered is that, despite nine losses, four of those nine were within a touchdown and could have gone either way. There are several factors that go into losing close games, but one easy statistic to point at is turnover margin. Last season, the Tigers lost the ball 24 times but took it away from their opponents 23 times. Memphis was ranked 68th of 120 Division 1 teams with a -.8 turnover ratio. Part of this low ranking was the inability to hang onto the ball—the team fumbled the ball 21 times last year and lost 15 of them, both ranking in the bottom five of Division 1 schools. Aside from the turnovers, the offense also needs to prevent the opposing defenses from stopping plays in the backfield. Memphis was tackled for a loss an average of 6.83 times per game, ranking 100 out of 120. Some of those plays were sacks on quarterback Paxton Lynch, who was sacked 28 times last season, 2.33 times per game. Negative plays killed drives almost as effectively as turnovers. Continuity among the offensive players has been developing throughout these March practices. Fuente said the scrimmage on Saturday was not indicative of how the offensive unit has practiced as a whole. “It took the offense a little while to get their feet on the ground and get their execution back,” Fuente said. “It is disappointing because they have executed well all spring. For whatever reason, they were not as sharp as they have been. I think part of that is they played a good

defense.” Memphis had one of the better defenses in the nation last year, holding opponents to 24.6 points per game. It is a unit that thrived on quarterback pressures and disrupting their timing, with 2.33 sacks per game last season. Memphis hopes the defense will continue to cause quarterbacks to struggle next season. The important thing for the offense is to continually improve and grow. Redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch said there has been growth already. “We are all getting better, getting the offense down and the fundamentals,” Lynch said in a release. “We are not thinking so much about it, all of us are doing what we are supposed to be doing full speed. Me, I have been focusing on making all the plays I can make.”

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Freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch made his debut for the Tigers last fall. He wants the offense to continue improving over the course of the spring practice session.

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