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UM victory over SMU Saturday could give Tigersmuch-needed confidence boost

see page 8

Can the Tigers go 2 in a row?

Putting on your best suit, hopping on the metro, and working side-by-side with Congressmen and Senators could be the daily routine for enterprising interns during the 2012 fall semester.

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars offers students the opportunity to get an internship with thousands of organizations—governmental, nonprofit, corporate and inter-national—in the center of our nation’s capitol during the presi-dential election year of 2012.

“In fall 2008, one of our stu-dents was in Rock the Vote and she described it as a once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Dixie Crase, academic internship director for The University of Memphis who is serving as the campus liaison for The Washington Center Internship. “During a major election, it will be especially exciting to be in the middle of the action.”

A panel of University administrators and faculty will review applications for the pro-gram, with five students from The University being recommended for admission. Chosen

students will spend the 2012 fall semester working and studying in Washington D.C.

“The Washington Center has been in busi-ness for more than 36 years, working with students who come from all over the USA and internationally as well,” Crase said.

In the past, students have interned at orga-nizations including the US Environmental Protection Agency, USA Today and The

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Jonathan Bennett, senior political science major, had an internship at The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He described it as a government-subsidized think tank researching trade policy. Bennett worked as a research assistant during the 2010 midterm elections and the Wikileaks scandal in the fall of 2010.

“We were in the middle of the 2010 elec-tion and the Wikileaks stuff – you aren’t just seeing things happening in the newspaper but in emails and on your desk,” Bennett said.

Bennett had the opportunity to partici-pate in a discussion about public policy with Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker. He also met with U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn at civic engage-

ment project.“The civic engagement proj-

ect let us get involved with the political process or the com-munity in general; we went to Blackburn and lobbied over the Palestinian crisis,” Bennett said.

Pete Albrecht, political sci-ence graduate student at The U of M, worked at The Abraham Group, an international busi-ness development and energy

consulting firm less than a block away from the White House.

Albrecht said that students applying for an internship shouldn’t be anxious during the application process.

“Be extremely patient when being placed for an internship,” he said. “The whole town is run on internships. You’re at the bottom

BY MICHELLE CORBETNews Reporter

Students capitalize on summer internship programs in D.C.

see InternshIp, page 3

The clock is ticking as University of Memphis art and communications stu-dents wait to use their newly renovated building on Central Avenue, formerly the on-campus law school.

The new Art and Communication Building was slated to open Aug. 8. The opening was delayed because of slow construction, according to Ralph Faudree, provost of The University.

“Construction did not move as quickly as possible,” he said. “That’s the only reason. We’d hoped that the move would have occurred prior to the beginning of the semester.”

Faudree said there will now be two moves, one during fall break in October for the art department and one at the end of the semester between December and January for the communication department.

Alyssa Blaire, senior art major, said she doesn’t believe the move will happen on the new date because the move-in time has changed too many times before.

“We had five move dates this sum-mer,” she said. “I personally packed up our department chair’s entire office, most of which is still in boxes.”

Blaire said the art office was closed for a week this summer to give people time to pack, adding that many staffers are teach-ing out of the boxes because they don’t want to unpack until the big move.

When she visited the Art and Communication Building this summer, Blaire said she and some faculty knew by the look of the place that they would not be moving anytime soon.

“There were wires everywhere, myste-rious leaks and the construction workers didn’t seem to be doing much,” she said.

Richard Lou, chair of and professor in the department of art, said that though administrators in the art office are already packed, moving into the building will take patience.

“Any delay is always a bother, but a lot of people are working it out,” he said.

Lou said there are about 450 art stu-dents at The U of M and that the new space will help accommodate those stu-dents’ needs, but the building is still not big enough to house the entire art department.

“The only thing moving from Jones Hall will be printmaking founda-tions, administrative offices, art his-tory, galleries, graphic design and the

Communication and arts staff await move-in

BY ERICA HORTONNews Reporter

After delay, renovations at former law school building completed; departments ready to relocate for next semester

see BuIldIng, page 5

Painting the town

U of M sophomore David Lindsey, who is organizing a paintball club at The U of M, aims down the sight of his paintball gun before confronting an unfortunate opponent. See page 5.

“Be extremely patient when being placed for an internship ... You’re at the bottom of the food chain and experiences differ.”

— Pete AlbrechtPolitical science graduate

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Entertainment

Netflix and its users have been going through a lot lately.

First, they split streaming and DVDs into separate services, almost doubling their prices. Then, the Starz channel announced that they wouldn’t renew their con-tract with Netflix. And this week, it turns out Netflix is splitting into two companies, with their DVD service being turned into a com-pany called Qwikster.

Qwikster will essentially be the same as Netflix’s current DVD delivery service, right down to the red envelopes. However, it will also rent out video games for an additional fee. The queue systems will be separated between ser-vices, meaning if users subscribe to both services they will have to look at each one separately to know whether or not a movie is available.

In an email, Reed Hastings, Netflix co-founder and CEO, said the company was “done” with price changes, so the prices of the new service will be the same as they are now. Hastings cited the different business models of online streaming and DVD delivery as a reason to split them and allow each to grow independently.

Unfortunately, this announce-ment was thrown in halfway through an email apologizing for

the recent price hike. Not the best way to get people excited for your new product.

Reactions to the Qwikster announcement have been largely negative.

“I don’t like it,” said Stephen Black, junior graphic design major. “It seems like a lot more to keep

up with, having two accounts, but I haven’t used it yet so I can’t say for sure.”

Investors aren’t happy with the change either, with a drop in Netflix’s stock after the announce-ment continuing its downward trend. At $128 a share, the com-pany is worth less than half of what it was six months ago.

With increased competition from Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime and the future plans of Redbox and Blockbuster, Netflix has a lot more to worry about in the streaming

game. While neither Redbox nor Blockbuster offer streaming right now, Blockbuster has a streaming announcement planned for today, and Redbox has hinted at stream-ing plans for months.

Another issue Qwikster will face is not having the name recog-nition of Netflix anymore. They’ll

have to get this new brand name out there through advertisements and marketing schemes. Existing customers will also be a problem. After losing some to the price hike, the inconvenience of moving to a new service will lead to more lost revenue.

It won’t be all bad though. With the split of the two services, Netflix will finally have a chance to over-haul their queue system, which, in its list-like layout, is complete-ly ill-suited for streaming. This will allow them to focus Netflix on acquiring more content deals, meaning higher selection and an overall improved experience.

On the Qwikster side, video

games will be a nice, new ser-vice, but existing companies like Redbox, Blockbuster and Gamefly, which exclusively rents video games by mail, will be an issue. If they can get the price right, it might be enough to entice people to use the service.

Zaveus Dabney, business administration junior, said that he might be interested in the video game portion of the new service.

“If it wasn’t too expensive, maybe another $8, I’d get it then,” he said.

While they have a lot of chal-lenges, I personally think Netflix can come out of this on top. They have a popular brand name and their service has a lot of content no one else has. Qwikster may be hard to adjust to, but the addition of video games will help expand the service into something more appealing.

This also gives Netflix an easier way to eventually kill off their DVD rentals. Physical rentals are on the way out; streaming is becoming easier and more convenient and is not viable in the long run. It may be a while, but eventually the market is going to shrink and shrink and maybe, eventually, disappear.

It probably won’t happen for a while, but this way they can get rid of it without it sounding like they lost a big part of their busi-ness, because Netflix will just be streaming.

While the change in service may be inconvenient for users, it’s a nec-essary step for Netflix.

Just a poorly handled one.

BY KYLE WAYNE LACROIXNews Reporter

Netflix split leaves scores of disaffected customers in wake

InternshIpfrom page 1

of the food chain and experiences differ. Some are more demanding, others more relaxed.”

Albrecht said involvement in the election would depend on whom you worked for.

“There is potential for involve-ment. If you work for a lobbying group, you could expect an elec-tion experience,” he said. “If you’re politically savvy and you want to get involved, go for it.”

Students are able to earn as much as 15 hours of academic cred-it while working in Washington, D.C. through internship credits and courses they can attend at George Washington University or John Hopkins University.

The internship should not cost any more than the cost of the fall 2012 semester at The U of M if a student is staying on campus and has a meal plan, according to Crase. Any financial aid the student is receiving at The U of M can be used to pay for The Washington Center Internship.

The Tennessee Board of Regents has agreed to provide $6,000 in funds for the program, includ-ing housing costs of University of Memphis students selected to participate.

The housing complexes are locat-ed in northern Virginia or eastern D.C. near the city’s railway tran-sit system. The Washington Center housing is not a dorm but a shared apartment with Internet, cable, 24-hour front desk security and a fully equipped kitchen. Students will be responsible for food and transportation costs.

An informal work session to help students develop their application will take place today in Manning Hall at 3 p.m. The Washington Center staff will be on campus for an informational session on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 2 p.m. in Manning Hall.

The application requires a resu-mé, official transcript, two letters of recommendation and two writing samples, including an essay.

“The Issues Essay requires the student to discuss an issue that they are interested in that relates to their internship, career or field of study; they should present their own ideas but research academic theories as well,” Crase said.

Applications are due by Nov. 3. Students will be notified by Dec. 1 if they have been selected.

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Phi Alpha Theta, the History Honor Society presents

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A lecture by Dr. Suzanne Onstine

Assistant Professor - History

“The Life Cycle of a Theban Tomb in Ancient Egypt”

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Campus Activities

The University of Memphis will receive a third coffin to add to its current collection in the art museum on Monday, Sept. 26.

The coffin of Pa-di-Atum is scheduled to leave its Little Rock home on Friday, Sept. 23. It will be featured in the company of Irtw-Irw and Lady Ibwy in the Egyptian art sec-tion of the museum.

“It will be a nice compli-ment to the coffins that we already have,” said Dr. Patricia Podzorski, curator of Egyptian art. “This coffin is a gift that we are very happy to get.”

The coffin was donated to The University by the Arkansas Museum of Discovery in Little Rock.

Podzorski said the coffin was displayed in the Arkansas museum for 40 years, but the museum decided they no lon-ger needed the coffin after deciding to change their focus.

“They changed their mis-sion to a children’s discovery museum, and the mummy cof-fin was no longer needed,” she said.

Podzorski said that just hav-ing the museum consider giv-ing the coffin to The U of M was an honor.

“It means a lot to us to know that we were considered as a new home for the mummy coffin,” she said. “We plan on welcoming it with open arms.”

Dr. Laura Corcoran, direc-

tor of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, said that IEAA was responsible for the negotiating process.

“We made the arrangements for the packing and for the transfer of the mummy coffin from Little Rock to Memphis,” Corcoran said. “We are the ones responsible for The University receiving the coffin as a gift.”

Although the coffin is a gift to The University, the trans-portation of the mummy is expensive and requires careful handling. The IEAA initially were responsible for the fund-ing, but an anonymous donor is now covering the cost. The company handling the move of the coffin is USA Art Company, Inc.

“We are very grateful for the donor,” Podzorski said. “The company is very expensive. I am just glad to know that we have the assurance that the mummy coffin will be handled with the proper care.”

The mummy coffin will be displayed in a case supplied by the art museum at The University.

Museum media specialist Taylor Martin said the coffin will bring in a lot more viewers to the Egyptian department of the museum.

“I believe the new coffin will draw more attention to the Egyptian roots that our museum represents, especially with us transitioning into the fall season,” Martin said. “The new coffin is coming in right on time.”

Art history senior Katy Tait molds a miniature ceramic vase in The Art Building. Tait is one of many students enrolled in ceramics courses at The University of Memphis.

Campus Art

BY SHUNITRA INGRAMNews Reporter

Unraveling mysteries of mummies, one sarcophagus at a timeU of M’s art museum receives gift from Arkansas Museum of Discovery

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The University of Memphis Friday, September 23, 2011 • 5

Interested in going to Law School? Interested in government & politics?

Apply to participate as a delegate in The Tennessee Intercollegiate

State Legislature (TISL) or the Appellate Moot Court Challenge!

2.5 GPA required

Applications are now available at 214 University Center or online at: memphis.edu/sga

Completed applications must be turned in to UC 214 by Monday, Sept. 26 @ 4:30 p.m.

For more information, go to: www.tislonline.org

Applications for this committee are now available

in the Office of Student Leadership & Involvement,

UC 211

Dance education major Brittney Taylor practices for the New Voices Student Dance Concert in room 124 of the Communications and Fine Arts building. Brittany is part of dance education senior Ebone Amos’s dance team for the concert, which will be held in December.

If University of Memphis sophomore David Lindsey has his way, there will be guns, gear and a whole lot of paint.

Lindsey is organizing a paint-ball club at The U of M.

“It’s really an adrenaline rush and a stress reliever,” Lindsey said. “You get to meet inter-esting people and make great friends. I don’t see why you wouldn’t want to join.”

Paintball is a sport where players shoot one another with paintball markers or guns. Players can play any type of game they desire, including tour-nament style, capture the flag, one-on-one or just shooting some cans.

Lindsey, an earth science major, said paintball is an intense, fast-paced game that also requires tactical and strate-gic thinking.

Dime-sized capsules filled with dye are used as ammuni-tion, which is shot out of the marker by CO2 or compressed air.

Players are required to wear facemasks. There is special, pad-ded clothing available to help ease the pain of getting shot.

“I’ve been shot in the throat and put three or four holes in my house,” Lindsey said. “I’ve eaten paintballs for money before, but nothing too crazy happens.”

Lindsey is trying to get the club together so they can join the National Collegiate Paintball Association and com-pete in matches against other colleges around the nation.

The NCPA has 204 clubs in 44 states around the nation, and more than 5,000 mem-bers, according to the NCPA website. Tennessee is home to the University of Tennessee Volunteers, Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders and the East Tennessee State Buccaneers NCPA clubs.

Chris Raehl, president of the NCPA, said paintball is typi-cally a younger demographic sport, commonly found on col-lege campuses.

“Paintball is a bit of a differ-

ent type of sport to play,” Raehl said.

If a university has a strong paintball club that is active in the NCPA and winning compe-titions, Raehl said it could lead to attracting more students.

“You don’t need a lot of expe-rience the first time you go play. Anybody can have fun shooting at their friends,” he said. “And you have people who have experience, and being there makes it easy for people to get involved.”

Raehl has been playing paint-ball for 17 years and said he’s competed against more than 1,500 others in the Chicago’s Living Legends competition. Living Legends is an open event and any campus club is able to join.

Lindsey has been playing for about the past four years. Once the club starts, he hopes to play at either EZ Memphis Paintball Park or Cedar Hill Farms in

Hernando.Zeke Gurien, a manager of

EZ Memphis Paintball Park, said the park has seven playing fields.

“The more you move around, the better,” Gurien said. “We also have bunkers and barrels you can use for cover.”

A player’s interest in the sport affects how much they will spend, Gurien said.

“It can be expensive, kind of like a golf kind of thing,” he said. “You can spend $1,500 on a gun. It depends on the type

of playing you want to do.”

The paint-ball club cur-rently consists of three mem-bers. Once the club reaches its tenth member, The University will official-ly recognize

them as a Registered Student Organization.

David Dye, faculty advi-sor for the paintball club, said Lindsey came to him with the idea and Dye was glad to help out.

“My sons enjoyed it when they were 13 and 14,” Dye said. “I know how much fun it is for people, and it’s a real good rec-reational activity.”

Dye said paintball is a fun way to get aggression out in a harmless way.

Abby Gardner, sophomore communications major and club member, said she wanted to pick up an extracurricular activity that wasn’t a major sport and, of course, wanted to shoot people.

“I’m very excited,” she said. “It’s like a real live Call of Duty almost. That sounds kind of crazy. I’m not really worried about safe-ty. I’ve cheered, so I’ve had people dropped on top of me.”

Student Activities

There will be paintBY CHRIS DANIELSNews Reporter

Institute for Egyptian Art and Archaeology.”

Richard Ranta, dean of com-munication and fine arts, said that he has been given at least four move dates.

“We were told we would be moving in the middle of May and then July 1 because of money reasons. Then we were told absolutely Aug. 8,” he said. “There’s not a whole lot of faith of when we are moving now.”

Christine Ruby, senior

ceramics major, said the move doesn’t affect her because she does most of her work in the Art Building, but for people in Jones Hall, the delay is frustrating.

“One of my friends packed up her whole studio and she doesn’t want to unpack,” she said.

Kristen Bacon, senior graph-ic design major, said people were told to save all of their files to flash drives to prepare for the move last semester.

“Now, we have to do it again at the end of this semester,” she said. “Hopefully, the move will happen this time.”

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“You don’t need a lot of expe-rience the first time you go play.

Anybody can have fun shooting at their friends.”

— Chris RaehlPresident, National Collegiate

Paintball Association

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www.dailyhelmsman.com6 • Friday, September 23, 2011

Walk&Talk What is your all-time favorite book and why?

“Animal Farm by George Orwell. It’s a huge cautionary

tale about the effects of believing stereotypes.”

— Caroline Melton, Biology/foreign language senior

“White Noise by Don Delillo. It’s about a large toxic cloud

covering a college setting and the paranoia that ensues — it’s essentially about people being

afraid of nothing.”— Chris Moyer,

MFA fiction graduate

“Stolen Legacy by George James. Very little of African culture is actually accredited

to Africa, and it helps to bring those things out.”

— Eric Thomas, English literature senior

“Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson. It’s a collection of

short stories centering around a small town with a lot of psychological depth.”

— Matt Hellams, MFA poetry graduate

“Edie: An American Girl by Jean Stein. It’s an incredible biography that I keep coming

back to.”

— Maggie Bausch, MFA creative nonfiction graduate

by Brian Wilson

AssaultTuesday, Sept. 13 at 10:10

p.m., officers responded to a stu-dent in the Carpenter Complex apartments who said she got into an argument with her boyfriend and he struck her. She received a very minor injury, police reported. The case is under investigation.Thursday, Sept. 15 at 1:12

p.m., officers handled a com-plaint of a faculty member receiving a letter he considered threatening. The case is under investigation.Monday, Sept.19 at 5:42

p.m., officers handled a com-

plaint from Richardson Towers involving a student who said she had received threatening text messages from another student. The case is under investigation.

BurglaryMonday, Sept. 19 at 7:19

a.m., officers responded to the campus elementary school where a faculty member said that when she arrived for work, the office desk drawers had been forced open. Forced entry had also been made into the school building, police reported. The case is under investigation.Thursday, Sept. 1 at 2:19

p.m., officers responded to Richardson Towers where a stu-dent said her electronic equip-ment was stolen from her room. The case is under investigation.

TheftThursday, Sept. 15 at 8:35

a.m., officers responded to a theft call in front of Ellington Hall. The student said she was walking on the sidewalk when a vehicle pulled up beside her and asked to use her cell phone, police reported. The victim let them use her phone and they drove away with her phone. The case is under investigation.

Police Beat— by Chris Daniels

Police BeatPolice Beat— by Chris Daniels

The University of Memphis Friday, September 23, 2011 • 7

With the start of basket-ball just around the corner,

beginning with Midnight Madness on October 14th, The University of Memphis men’s basketball team released its 2011-2012 television schedule

on Thursday.Out of the 31 games the

Tigers play, 27 will be broad-cast on television. Memphis’ 17 national televised games will be carried by CBS, CBS Sports Network, FOX Sports Net, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU. Comcast Sports South will televise the other 10 contests.

The Tigers first regular sea-son game against Belmont is scheduled for an 11 a.m. tipoff as a part of ESPN’s College Hoops Marathon. This is the fourth straight year the Tigers are a part of ESPN’s college hoops tip-off.

Notable games to be tele-vised in November include The EA Sports Maui Invitational in Hawaii, with games against Michigan and the winner of a matchup between Duke and Tennessee. The tournament will be broadcast on ESPN.

In December, the Tigers have tough road contests against Miami, which will be televised on ESPN2, and Louisville, which will be broadcast on CBS.

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The University of Memphis men’s tennis team will take to the courts this weekend in the MTSU Dale Short Shootout in Murfreesboro, Tenn. U of M players, with the exception of freshman David O’Leary, will compete against players from Belmont and C-USA rival UAB.

The Tigers posted a 16-10 record in the 2011 spring ten-nis season, a record that tied the squad for fifth all-time in wins. The team also went 4-3 in Conference USA and appeared in the C-USA tour-nament semifinals, where they fell to top-seeded Tulsa.

“We are all excited to get the fall season started,” said head coach Paul Goebel. “Our guys worked very hard and played a lot of tournaments over the summer. It will be fun to see how the hard work pays off in tournament matches. We hope that our experience will be a strength for us this season.”

The team returns eight play-ers from last year ’s squad, including seniors David Henry, Daniel Schidler, and Leon Nasemann, and ophomore Johnny Grimal, who posted a team-best 15-6 record in sin-gles play during the spring, also returned.

The Tigers also return All-Conference USA second team selection David O’Hare, who

became just the 11th player in program history to receive postseason honors, and the first to do so since Jorge Vazquez in 2009. O’Hare defeated then No. 49 and All-Conference USA first team selection Artem Baradach of SMU 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, for one of the most notable wins of the season.

Two Memphis players made program history over the summer. Sophomore Cedric de Zutter and fresh-man David O’Leary became

the first active Tiger players to receive Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings. De Zutter gained six points in doubles play, placing him at No. 1,376 in world doubles rankings. O’Leary earned his first point by defeating three ATP ranked players, earning him a No. 1597 ranking in world singles.

“Having two players earn world rankings just shows how competitive we will be this year,” said assistant coach

Mark Finnegan in a press release. “Our guys are hungri-er than ever to make sure they earn their spot in the lineup and it shows in how much preparation they are putting in before they get here.”

Goebel added three former Tigers to his coaching staff this summer in Jordan Smith, John Taylor and Ben Stapp. Smith and Taylor will serve as student assistants, while Stapp will be a volunteer assistant.

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David O’Hare, sophomore 2011 All-Conference USA performer, looks to lead a talented men’s team that has two netters ranked in the Association of Tennis Professionals this season.

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BY ADAM DOUGLASSports Editor

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On Saturday at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, The University of Memphis Tigers football team will seek its first back-to-back wins since 2008, when the Tigers won three in a row under former head coach Tommy West.

But for that to happen, the Tigers must first sustain longer scoring drives on offense and not allow the potent Southern Methodist University offense to gain more than 400 yards against the new-look Tigers defense. SMU comes into the contest ranked 19th overall in the foot-ball bowl subdivision in passing yards per game (390.3), 96th in rushing yards per game and 69th in points per game (27.3).

“A lot of people like to talk about their offense, but I want to start with the defense because I think that the defense is very solid and sound and very capa-ble of confusing you and caus-ing some problems,” head coach Larry Porter said. “They like to blitz a lot, which always con-cerns you when you’ve got a young quarterback.”

Though Porter emphasized SMU’s defense, its offense – which is reminiscent of SMU head coach June Jones’ high-octane offense at the University of Hawaii – makes SMU the team that it is.

“Coach Jones has done a tre-mendous job in reviving that program,” Porter said. “He went away from one of the best quarterbacks in the league in Kyle Padron and went to J.J. McDermott, who’s just as good. He has a very strong arm and is a good decision-maker. We’re going to have to make sure, from a secondary standpoint, that we close those windows down and force him to make tight throws because they’re very active in the passing game.”

Though the Tigers defense last played a team from the lower football championship subdivision, Austin Peay, the team looked much improved on that side of the ball. Led by new co-defensive coordina-tors Mike Dubose and Galen Scott, the Tigers defense held the Governors to 368 yards of total offense while forcing two interceptions and recovering a fumble.

“I want to compliment Coach DuBose and Coach Scott for the way they stepped in and grabbed this defense and took it forward,” Porter said. “The knowledge, the energy and the way they took control and got these players to buy into them made a difference. I have to compliment our players as well. They embraced change, and we moved forward.”

Kickoff at the Liberty Bowl is scheduled for 11 a.m. The game will be televised by FOX Sports South/FOX Sports Tennessee.

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Senior wide receiver and running back Billy Foster escapes for a 93-yard touchdown against Austin Peay. The Tigers will need similar big plays to keep up with Southern Methodist University’s high-powered offense on Saturday.

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Tigers looking to win two in a rowTommy West was coach the last time the Tigers won back-to-back games. It’s early enough to turn the season around, but what will it take to top SMU?