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Wait, wasn't Memphis bad? How the Tigers went from 3-9 to top 25 in 2 years

In 2013, Memphis won just three games and had the 111th ranked offense in FBS; heading into Saturday's ranked showdown with Ole Miss, they're 5-0 with the fourth best offense in the country. What happened?

That old saw about Ole Miss football burning up the 80-some-odd-mile drive from Oxford to Memphis in under 45 minutes is instructive for the Rebs' trip to the Liberty Bowl this year: get in fast, get the hell out even quicker, and always under heavy state-trooper escort.

Much has changed in the six years since Ole Miss' last blast in the paleolithic Liberty Bowl.