Amidst all the discussion about how the University of Memphis should have dealt with its postponed football game at Arkansas State Saturday, the mention of cancelling the game altogether never received much backing.

Memphis and Arkansas State need to keep their schedules at 12 games each.

There will be headaches involved squeezing the madeup game between a Saturday Sept. 22 game at Central Florida and a Tuesday Oct. 2 game at home against Marshall, but Tiger coach Tommy West insisted it be played for postseason purposes. In other words, it doesn’t make sense to reduce one’s chances for getting a sixth win.

While to many it made sense to turn around and reschedule the game for the following day, West didn’t feel comfortable with rushing his team home only to have it rush back to Jonesboro, without the proper pregame routine of a hotel stay and team dinner.

Hotel rooms were scarce for such a large group because of the Southern Heritage Classic and arranging a team meal on such short notice was not feasible.

Three difficult games in 11 days will be challenging, but West seems up to the daunting task. How the Tigers fare may determine their postseason outlook.