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Along with other changes being implemented to Tiger Dining this year, students can expect to see reduced hours and increased prices without warning. Some options offered at University of Memphis dining locations may have students wondering why cheaper options are not available. “There are no value menus,” Rachel Owens, junior English major, said. “We need those to survive.” Toward the end of the semester, Edgar Allan Joe’s, located inside Patterson Hall, will be closing. At the
beginning of this semester, it was deemed a seasonal dining facility, only to be open during warmer seasons. In addition to kiosks closing and food prices rising students, some faculty and staff feel that food on campus is overpriced. “I can pay $12 for a fish plate in (Tigers of Memphis) and only get one or two pieces of fish on my plate,” said Logan Dial, sophomore biology major, said. Dial, who works as an IT specialist for the U of M, also said that there are not a lot of dining benefits available to students that work for the University. “As hard as we work, a discounted meal wouldn’t hurt,” Dial said. “It’s almost as if they don’t care whether
we eat or not.” ARAMARK, the company that controls dining services on campus, declined to comment about food prices. Students on campus can pay for food in a variety of ways, including TigerFunds, FlexBucks or Dining Dollars. Students can purchase TigerFunds prior to the semester, resident students can use FlexBucks, and Dining Dollars are charged to all registered full-time students. “Dining Dollars are not given to us,” said Drucilla Thompson, senior journalism major, said. “They are
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Zimmerman’s wife won’t press charges despite 911 call By Kyle Hightower and Mike Schneider Associated Press
LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — The sobbing wife of George Zimmerman called 911 Monday to report that her estranged husband was threatening her with a gun and had punched her father in the nose, but hours later decided not to press charges against the man acquitted of all charges for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. Lake Mary police officers were still investigating the encounter as a domestic dispute, but no charges had been filed Monday afternoon. Shellie Zimmerman left the house after being questioned by police. George Zimmerman remained there into early evening and his attorney denied The Daily Helmsman is a “designated public forum.” Students have authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. The Daily Helmsman is pleased to make a maximum of 10 copies of each issue available to a reader for free. Additional copies are $1. Partial printing and distribution costs are provided by an allocation from the Student Activity Fee.
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Zimmerman may start shooting at them. “He’s threatening all of us with a firearm ... He punched my dad in the nose,” Shellie Zimmerman said on the call. “I don’t know what he’s capable of. I’m really scared.” She also said he grabbed an iPad from her hand and smashed it. Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, said his client never threatened his estranged wife and her father with a gun and never punched his father-in-law. Shellie Zimmerman had collected most of her belongings Saturday from the house, which is owned by her parents, where she and George had both been staying there until she moved
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Syria’s Bashar Assad: An accidental heir proves resilient By Zeina Karam Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Those who knew Bashar Assad in earlier days say he was uncomfortable being the son of a president and never wanted to lead. A softspoken, lisping eye doctor, he enjoyed Western rock music and electronic gadgets — an acciden-
tal heir to power. Yet Assad, who turns 48 on Wednesday, has proven to be relentlessly resilient, branded by opponents a brutal dictator who kills with chemical weapons. His willingness to do whatever it takes in Syria’s civil war, unleashing his military’s might against entire towns and cities, has so far succeeded in keeping
his regime core in power, even as large swaths of his country fall from his control or turn into devastated killing fields. Nearly three years into the uprising against his family’s more than 40-year-rule, he has defied every prediction that his end is near. The West once had the impression Assad was weak or incom-
petent, said David Lesch, professor of Middle Eastern history at Trinity University in San Antonio. “It took this unleashing of violence and bloodshed for people to reassess their view of Bashar.” “There is revision, people saying he’s a lot tougher than they thought,” said Lesch, author of “Syria: The Fall of the House of
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Assad,” who had unusual access to Assad, meeting him regularly from 2004-2009. In the eyes of opponents, Assad is a murderous autocrat who would do anything to cling to power. The U.S and its allies accuse him of resorting to gassing his own people, a claim the regime denies. But for his supporters, he is a nationalist hero fighting Western imperialism and ensuring stable, secular rule in a turbulent region wracked by sectarian wars. Assad himself appears fueled by an unshakeable belief that Syria would collapse without him, that he is not crushing a popular rebellion but fighting an attack by foreign-backed terrorists. In a televised speech to parliament in June 2012, he likened his crackdown to a doctor trying to save a patient. “When a surgeon... cuts and cleans and amputates, and the wound bleeds, do we say to him, ‘Your hands are stained with blood?’” Assad said. “Or do we thank him for saving the patient?” The question that has always been debated about Assad is whether he leads his regime or is led by it. The leadership he inherited was meticulously built by his father, Hafez Assad. The Assad family and its minority Alawite sect held the most sensitive positions in the military and intelligence agencies. But they weren’t the only ones: Select families from the Sunni majority and from Christian and other minorities were given powerful posts or economic spheres that invested them in the regime, one of the most autocratic in the Middle East. The son remains as reliant on them as his father did, if not more. “He is not the strongman. How can he be?” an exiled cousin, Ribal al-Assad, told the AP in London. “He didn’t come up through the military ranks ... He didn’t put these people in, his brother did and his father did. He’s more afraid of being assassinated by one of them than he is of Western airstrikes.” Bashar Assad’s first months as president after succeeding his father in 2000 ushered in hopes he would loosen his father’s iron grip. Even after it became clear he too would not tolerate dissent,
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uuZimmerman Continued from page 1 moved out. She had returned unexpectedly Monday to gather the remaining items. Emotions got out of control, but neither side is filing charges against the other, O’Mara said. “I know the 911 tape suggests that Shellie was saying something but I think that was heightened emotions,” O’Mara said. “There may have been some pushing and touching. That happens a lot in divorce situations ... Nobody was injured.” Her father also declined to press charges, the police chief said. Prosecutors could still build a case based on surveillance video from cameras outside the house and also video from the squad cars of officers who responded. Florida law allows police officers to arrest someone for domestic violence without the consent of the victim. Police spokesman Zach Hudson said the estranged husband and wife were blaming each other for being the aggressor and that police officers were sorting through their accounts. Shellie Zimmerman in her divorce filing last week said she and her husband had separated a month after he was acquitted of any crime for fatally shooting the 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, not far from where Monday’s investigation happened. Shellie Zimmerman asked the dispatcher to send an ambulance to check her father out. A fire department ambulance arrived at the house but nobody needed to be transported, Hudson said. “The call went out as a 911 call that Mr. Zimmerman was threatening them with a firearm,” Hudson said. “We’re trying to see if that’s true or not.” In her divorce petition, Shellie Zimmerman asked that her husband pay for a permanent life insurance policy with her named as the beneficiary, according to a divorce petition made public last week. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired last Friday, Zimmerman said her husband left her with “a bunch of pieces of broken glass” after the acquittal. She said he only stayed in their house three or four nights since the trial ended and that they even tried counseling. But she
uuAssad Continued from page 3 he was still portrayed by many as a reformer at heart, fighting against an old guard who restricted his ambitions. Assad Even some of his strongest critics in the current war once believed he could be a positive factor. As a senator, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited him repeatedly, dining with Assad and his wife at a restaurant in Old Damascus in 2009. Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy invited him to Bastille
www.dailyhelmsman.com moved out Aug. 13. “I have a selfish husband and I think George is all about George,” she said. George Zimmerman’s brother Robert Zimmerman Jr., tweeted after the news got out of the dispute at the home that “we’ve learned from GZ case not to ‘jump to conclusions,’ to wait for facts, & to avoid speculation. ‘News’ is a business — not your friend.” Last month, Shellie Zimmerman, 26, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying about the couple’s finances during a bail hearing following her husband’s arrest after Martin’s shooting. George Zimmerman, 29, said he acted in self-defense when he killed Martin and the polarizing case opened up national discussions on self-defense laws and race. Martin was black. Zimmerman has a white father and Hispanic mother. Shellie Zimmerman was sentenced to a year’s probation and 100 hours of community service. Her husband did not attend the sentencing hearing in the Sanford courtroom. Zimmerman has been involved with a domestic case at least once before. In 2005, Zimmerman’s former fiancee filed for a restraining order against Zimmerman, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman responded by requesting a restraining order against his then-fiancee. Since his acquittal, Zimmerman has gotten a speeding ticket in Florida and was pulled over on suspicion of speeding on a highway near Dallas but not ticketed. Forney police stopped Zimmerman as he drove west on U.S. 80, about 20 miles east of Dallas. A police dashcam video released July 31 shows an officer interacting with Zimmerman and letting him go with a warning. The officer can be heard saying, “Just take it easy. Go ahead and shut your glove compartment. Don’t play with your firearm.” Although the officer’s comments indicated Zimmerman had a gun, a weapon can’t be seen and it’s not clear that he had one. However, Zimmerman had a concealed weapons permit in Florida that would be also recognized under Texas law. The gun used in Martin’s shooting remains in the custody of the federal government, which is looking into a possible civil rights case.
George Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara drives down Sprucewood Road in Lake Mary, Fla., on Sept. 9, 2013. A man looks in George Zimmerman’s truck in Lake Mary, Fla., on Monday. Zimmerman, the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer acquitted of murder in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was detained as authorities investigate a domestic incident police confirmed. Police are investigating a “possible domestic battery” involving Zimmerman, Lake Mary police officer Zach Hudson said Monday afternoon. The police spokesman said it was his understanding that a gun was involved.
Day celebrations in 2008. Even after his forces fired on protesters at the beginning of the uprising against him in March 2011, Hillary Clinton suggested he was different from his father — a “reformer” who should be given a chance. So how did a purported reformer become a leader who Kerry now compares to Adolf Hitler? “It’s like a Greek tragedy,” says Jean-Marie Quemener, whose biography of Assad, “Docteur Bachar, Mister Assad,” was published in France in 2011. “At each step of his existence, he had every chance of choosing the right way. But each time, either the rug was pulled from under him, or he took the wrong decision,” he told The Associated Press in Paris. “Each time, his destiny was forced.”
Assad came to power by a twist of fate. The elder Assad was cultivating Bashar’s older brother Basil to succeed him. But in 1994 Basil was killed in a speeding car crash in Damascus. Bashar was summoned home from his ophthalmology practice in London, put through military training and elevated to the rank of colonel to establish his credentials so he could one day rule. When Hafez Assad died in 2000, parliament quickly lowered the presidential age requirement from 40 to 34. Bashar’s elevation was sealed by a nationwide referendum, in which he was the only candidate. “When his father called him, he wasn’t ready to take power. He tried to get his younger brother to take his place,” said Quemener, referring to Maher
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Assad, who now heads the powerful Presidential Guard. “His destiny was forced on him, he never wanted to be leader of Syria.” The Syria that Hafez left his son was molded by 30 years of hidebound rule, with a Sovietstyle centralized economy. The hand over dissent was so stifling that Syrians feared even joking about politics to their friends. The younger Assad seemed a breath of fresh air. Lanky with a slight lisp, he talked of his love of computers — in fact, his only official position before becoming president was head of the Syrian Computer Society. Assad enjoyed listening to Phil Collins and British rock group ELO, Lesch recalls. His wife, Asma al-Akhras, whom he married several months after taking office, was attrac-
tive, stylish and grew up in a west London suburb. The young couple, who eventually had three children, seemed to shun trappings of power. They lived in an apartment in the upscale Malki district of Damascus, as opposed to a palatial mansion like other Arab leaders, and made surprise appearances in public, to the delight of their supporters. The charming first lady provided a counterpoint to Bashar’s geeky demeanor. Together they gave the appearance of a power couple who could bring progressive values to Syria. One of the young female aides in his presidential office even referred to Assad as “the Dude,” a familiarity inconceivable with his father, according to a trove of emails purportedly leaked
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The University of Memphis men’s basketball team received a verbal commitment Sunday from an ESPN-rated four-star recruit for the 2014 signing class. Dominic Magee, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound point guard from Helen Cox High School located in Gretna, La., is listed No. 71 on ESPN’s list of top 100 recruits for 2014. The athletic and coaching staff cannot commit on the verbal commitment until the recruit officially signs a National Letter of Intent. The earliest this could occur is mid-November.
uuSyria Continued from page 4 from Bashar and Asma Assad’s accounts and made public in late 2011 by London’s The Guardian newspaper and WikiLeaks. Hopes for a political opening dissipated quickly. Early on, Assad reversed a brief loosening of restrictions on political activity. Instead, he opened up the economy. Under freemarket reforms, Damascus and other cities saw a flourishing of malls, restaurants and consumer goods. Tourism swelled. Officials and Western diplomats who met with Assad speak of a vain man, convinced his was the only right way. Assad sees himself “as a sort of philosopher-king, the Pericles of Damascus,” Maura Connelly, then-U.S. charge d’affaires in Damascus, wrote in a June 2009 secret diplomatic cable, released
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splurging on expensive jewelry, bespoke furniture and a vase worth more than $4,000 from Harrods department store in London, even as violence engulfed the country. Assad turned to his family, but now that circle is dwindling. His younger brother, Maher, is still by his side but his elder sister, Bushra, a strong voice in his inner circle, is now said to be living in the United Arab Emirates. Her husband, Deputy Defense Minister Assef Shawkat, was killed in a Damascus bombing last year. One of his closest confidantes, former elite commander Manaf Tlas, defected. Quemener said only two people can reason with him at this point: His mother and his wife. “Like all dictators he’s very alone, so he’s forced to take decisions, and that tortures him.”
sports@dailyhelmsman.com T h e increased exposure into the lives of superstar athletes has created the fallacy that individuals who play sports live like Wesley celebrities, but a quick glimpse into the daily life of a collegiate athlete often contradicts these notions and highlights an obligation to school and sport, two full-time jobs. Alexis Wesley, a redshirt sophomore born in Silverdale, Wash. who now calls Alaska home, is a center blocker for the University of Memphis volleyball team. Wesley said the life of a student-athlete is one that leaves her with very little free time. Being that far away from home is difficult for anybody, but the communications major said she has found that volleyball keeps her very busy. “On weekdays, we practice probably four hours every day,” Wesley said. “On Mondays and Wednesdays, we have workouts at 8 a.m. as well as practice from 5 to 8 p.m. every day.” A typical weekday includes a lot of volleyball practice, but game day responsibility is even greater. The team spends all day with each other scouting their opponent, eating lunch as a team, going for any necessary pregame medical treatment and then playing the match.
If the game is part of a tournament, the team repeats the preparation again before their next match. Repeat that process 26 more times and that takes the team into December. For these students, there is a lot more to it than just playing a best-offive-sets match on weekends, there is a huge time commitment. Wesley said there is an obligation to personal fitness and maintenance of a sports-centered lifestyle while living the double-life as a full-time student. Wesley said she hates hearing people complain that athletes are allowed to miss classes and travel. She said she would gladly go to those classes if she were able and sit in class for two hours rather than have to take care of schoolwork on the road. Wesley said on a typical day, she tries to finish homework during the team’s study hall in the afternoon, since practice demands her time at night. When she does have time, Wesley said she loves to watch movies, go to Gibson’s Donuts and head to bed early when possible. Wesley said her mother was recently in Tennessee to watch her play in the Memphis Invitational Sept. 6 and 7. The Tigers won two of those three matches. The invite marked the first time Wesley’s mom had seen her daughter play since she was a junior in high school. The Memphis volleyball team is back on the road Friday when they take the five-hour drive to Evansville, Ind., to compete in a three-game tournament.
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sports@dailyhelmsman.com The last four seasons of University of Memphis football have not reflected the age-old adage “continuity breeds success.” The Tigers opened all four seasons with a new first-time starter as quarterback and two first-time head coaches. Current University of Memphis head coach Justin Fuente posted a 4-8 record in his debut season totaling more wins than former head coach Larry Porter, who won three games in 24 tries over two seasons. In a post game interview on Saturday, redshirt freshman Paxton Lynch, the Tigers’ starting quarterback, said he wanted to emulate the improvements Fuente has made over his predecessors. “I know I can be better,” Lynch said after the 28-14 loss to Duke. “There is always room for improvement. I have to focus in better and not hurt my team.” Lynch is the most recent in a long line of first-time starters for the Tigers. In 2010, Cannon Smith made his first career start. In 2011, Taylor Reed started as a true freshman, and in 2012, Jacob Karam made his debut. Three seasons ago, Smith threw for 111 yards and one touchdown in his inaugural game. In 2011, Reed threw for 149 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Last year, Karam threw for 157
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yards and one touchdown. Against Duke, Lynch totaled 148 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. “I thought there was (sic) some contested drops,” Fuente said. “There were some plays where receivers had better position and got the ball poked out. I would have liked for us to have made some of those plays.” Smith, Reed and Karam combined for an average of 139 yards through the air for their firstcareer starts. Lynch exceeded that mark by nine yards and completed a higher percentage of passes than the previous three quarterbacks. He completed 58.3 percent of his passes compared to the average 57.7 percent made by the other three. Lynch said he was not nervous trotting out in front of the 44,247 people for the first time at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium but said he had the same butterflies from his days playing PopWarner football and explained butterflies come with the love of the game. The 6-foot-6-inch, 225-pound freshman showed his dual-threat capability Saturday. He rushed for 29 yards and created several extra opportunities for the Tigers by evading pressure to extend pass plays. Karam, who ran for 52 yards in last year’s opener, was the only other quarterback to post more rushing yards than Lynch. The Deltona, Fla. native show-
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There used to be a television program with the name Truth and Consequences. That name, in itself, contains God is gracious. He gives gracious invitations to sinful human beings to come and find rest and comfort two very important facts. There is such a thing as truth, and there are consequences for either acting according to in Him. However, God is not a beggar. Some have the idea that God is wringing His hands and frustrated this truth or not. This is easily seen in the realm of physical phenomena. If a skyscraper, for example, is not built at the many who refuse His invitations. This however is not true. It is very interesting to see to whom God according to the realities of proper principles of physics, it will collapse even before it is completed. No one can sends His invitations. He does not invite the self-sufficient and self-satisfied. Christ said in Mark 2:17 “ They just skyscraper according to his feelings or according theI way “just ought to be built.” thatconstruct are wholea have no need of the physician, but they that are to sick: camehenot to thinks call theitrighteous, but sinThis is equally true in thewho realm metaphysics. Weown liveestimation in what philosophers theGod. “Postmodern ners to repentance.” Those areofrighteous in their have no callcall from Jesus alsoAge.” said According this philosophy there is no thing as objective true foryou onerest.” may not be true in Matthewto11:28, “Come unto me, all such ye that labour and are truth. heavyWhat laden,might and Ibe will give If you are with a sense of your sinfulness you have invitation. Ifrealm you feel no when need of being for another. Thisburdened is utter foolishness. There are objective truths in thean metaphysical which, violated, saved from your sinful condition, you have no invitation. have catastrophic consequences. Just as the improperly built skyscraper comes crashing down, many lives have Even though God is infinitely holybeen He lived has good news forprinciples. those whoWhere realizeare their great need ofare Him. suffered catastrophe because they have by improper these truths that safe to There is good news for them in Isaiah 57:15, “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, live by found? They are found in the pages of what is commonly called the Holy Bible. The Lord Jesus Christ, in whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, speaking to the heavenly Father, said, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” College students, please don’t risk your lives by living a life based on false premises, just to reap horrendous consequences!
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Tigers show potential but drop ninth straight season opener 8 • Tuesday, September 10, 2013
By Hunter Field
sports@dailyhelmsman.com The University of Memphis football team (0-1) fell to the Blue Devils of Duke (2-0) for the second straight year 28-14 Saturday afternoon at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. It is the ninth consecutive year Memphis has started their season with a loss. “We are not happy,” said Memphis football head coach Justin Fuente. “We played them tough and better than we did last year, but we have to take the next step.” Redshirt freshman Paxton Lynch got his first start of his Tiger career at the quarterback position Saturday. Fuente said Lynch showed a good understanding of what the team wanted to do offensively but thought the young player could have done some things better. Lynch threw the ball downfield fearlessly and may have put more points on the board, were it not for several key drops from Memphis receivers. Lynch said he wants to perform better next time the Tigers take the field. “I want to play perfect,” he said. “But I didn’t, so I don’t think I played very well.” Lynch showed his potential as a passer and a runner during the season opener. The Memphis quarterback rushed for 29 yards and threw for 148 yards, going 14 for 24. “If it breaks down, I’m not scared to tuck the ball and run it,” he added. Lynch said he had butterflies before the game but explained they did not affect his performance. He said it was fun to play in front of the 44,247 fans who attended. Memphis’ biggest struggles came on the third and fourth down. They struggled to convert, going 0-4 on fourth down and 2-13 on third down. Fuente passionately added after the game that he wants the offense to do a better job in short yardage situations. “It drives me crazy when we can’t get one yard,” Fuente said. “You have to get it. It’s not an option to not get it. If you want to win the game, you have to get those.” Duke executed better on key downs. The Blue Devils converted 10-18 third downs and 1-2 fourth downs. The Blue Devils won the battle for overall yards outgaining the Tigers 470 yards to 237 total yards of offense. Duke’s senior standout wide receiver, Jamison Crowder, was a big reason for the disparity in yardage between the two teams. He netted 140 yards receiving to lead all receivers. Sophomore Tevin Jones led Memphis with 49 yards receiving. The Tiger’s offense started slow in the first quarter going three and out on their opening two drives. However, Lynch got into a rhythm on Memphis’ third drive of the game. Lynch hit sophomore Mose Frazier on the first play of the drive for a 32-yard gain. Two plays later, Lynch found senior Brandon Hayes for 20 yards to move the Tigers inside the Blue Devil’s 20-yard line. The Tigers went for it on fourth down on Duke’s 10 but were
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stuffed. The Memphis offense stumbled through the remainder of the half, failing to gain another first down. Duke jumped out on the Tiger defense during their first drive of the game, but the Tigers settled in nicely after allowing an opening-drive touchdown. Tiger defensive back Bobby McCain, a junior, intercepted junior Anthony Boone’s pass and took it 75 yards for a touchdown to put Memphis on the scoreboard. Boone sustained an upper-body injury early in the second quarter and never returned. Duke’s backup quarterback Brandon Connette, a junior, struggled in the first half thanks to some timely sacks by senior Anthony Brown and junior Martin Ifedi. Memphis and Duke entered halftime knotted up 7-7. The Memphis offense had a better second half. The Tigers put together some solid third quarter drives but fell short each time. They finally put a touchdown on the board on their first drive of the final quarter. Lynch found Jones deep down the field on the first play of the drive for a gain of 45 yards. The next play, freshman Sam Craft moved Memphis inside the Duke 15-yard line on a double reverse, and senior Jai Steib capped the drive off with an 11-yard touchdown run. Unfortunately for the Tigers, Duke was busy improving their own offense. Connette helped move the Duke offense with his arm and legs on the Blue Devils’ second drive of the final half. He hit Braxton Deaver, a junior, down the side-
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Junior defensive back Bobby McCain caught his second career interception and returned for a touchdown against Duke on Saturday. McCain will face a tough task this week against MTSU’s dynamic quarterback Logan Kilgore. line for 35 yards then ran for a pair of first downs himself. Finally, senior Juwan Thompson ran in to score from eight yards out. Junior Issac Blakeney gave Duke the lead in the fourth quarter on a 22-yard touchdown catch from Connette. Connette threw one more touchdown for insurance to Braxton from 12 yards out. Connette finished the day 14 of 21 for 198 yards. Fuente said he wished the Tiger offense could have helped out the defense more.
Brown led the Memphis defense with 11 tackles and a sack. Ifedi added two sacks and three tackles for loss and McCain notched an interception and fumble recovery. “We need to play a little more disciplined and smarter on defense,” Ifedi said. “It was really exciting to get the first sack of the year, but I got to give credit to the other defensive linemen. We knew one of us would have a one-on-one matchup to win.” One bright spot for the Tigers was
senior punter Tom Hornsey, who booted the second-longest punt in Memphis history in the first quarter. The punt was 79 yards. Fuente started his post-game press conference thanking the fans for coming to the game. He urged them to continue to come out, support the team and said the team will only get better. The Tigers are slated to play Middle Tennessee State next Saturday in Murfreesboro, and return home Sept. 21 to take on Arkansas State.
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