GEAUX TIGERS GO

Larry Porter was named as the new head football coach at Memphis. Porter is a Memphis alumnus and former football player. He is top 10 in rushing yards in Memphis history and before sunday had served under Les Miles at LSU as the running backs coach and as assistant head coach and chief recruiter. While at LSU he was named national recruiter of the year twice. While coaching for Les Miles he has coached in the BCS national championship game and 4 other bowl games all of which LSU won. Being part of the coaching staff of an elite SEC school and being from the city of Memphis I think Porter will be able to bring Memphis back to bowl contention and maybe bring them to a new level of play like our schools basketball program. I want everyone to give him the same chance that Tommy West was given and let him make the necessary changes to the program and hopefully he will produce. Another thing I don't want to see is the boosters, namely Fred Smith, trying to force Porter to play certain players,namely Cannon Smith, just because they want them to start. With the support I know Memphis fans are capable of and the skill in recruiting and coaching that Porter brings to Memphis there is no doubt in my mind that we can become a better program. My only issue here is that Im also an LSU fan and dont want to see our best recruiter leave.