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  1. As the Tulane football team heads into its homecoming game against North Texas, it travels the four miles down South Claiborne to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on a high note. The program already has more wins than it has in any season since 2010, it has the chance to open Conference USA play 2-0 for the first time since 1998, and it appears the team is strengthening each week, correcting mistakes, and seeing that progress in the won-lost column. But the program found itself having to take the high road, too, from last week's opponent, University of Louisiana at Monroe. Warhawks coach Todd Berry told the media after Tulane won 31-14 on Saturday that he thought the Green Wave wasn’t a “good team.” He took a shot at Tulane in trying to vent some anger about how poorly his team played. "I've been around some bad teams before, but this one is supposed to be a good team," Berry said of ULM. "Tulane is not very good, and we're worse, so there it is.” Tulane coach Curtis Johnson took the high road about the negativity from Monroe. Injury update “We’re pretty healthy and we got a big win this weekend -- all that does is make the next game more important,” Johnson said. Though there were rumors that quarterback Nick Montana played poorly against ULM because he was injured, Johnson refuted that. “I think he’s healthy – probably as healthy as he could be in the middle of the season. He’s taken a lot of hits but he played well,” Johnson said. There is an illness going around the team, however. “The only thing that happened today is Zach Morgan was a little bit sick and Royce LaFrance was out of practice today with the flu so there might be something going down around the locker room – I suggest you guys don’t go down there,” Johnson said. Read more: http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2013/10/tulane_football_heads_into_hom.html
  2. Tulane's football team left Monroe Saturday night with viable bowl aspirations. Yes, the 31-14 victory at University of Louisiana at Monroe was that significant. First off, the Green Wave corrected critical special teams errors from the previous week's 52-17 loss at Syracuse. It corrected a slow-starting defense that put the offense in such a hole that it was nearly unclimbable. It protected its quarterback Nick Montana and paved the way for the run game. With three wins before October, Tulane is on the path for a bowl game this season. OFFENSIVE LINE: A This is by far the highest grade the offensive line has gotten all season and it deserved it. The Green Wave rushed for a season-best 253 yards and allowed only one sack of quarterback Nick Montana. Time to stand up and congratulate the much-criticized front line that has looked awful at other times this season. Against the Warhawks, Tulane moved the ball and protected the quarterback. Read more: http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/2013/09/tulane_report_card_31-14_win_o.html#incart_river
  3. No other phrase could describe Tulane football's revitalization from last weeks drubbing at Syracuse or what happened against the Warhawks last year to a 31-14 non-conference victory at University of Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday. Just a week ago, Tulane lost 52-17 to Syracuse amid special teams embarrassments (three blocked kicks), a slow start on defense, a lack of running game and faulty protection of quarterback Nick Montana. Those snafus were firmly memories as the Green Wave atoned all four issues against the Warhawks (2-3 overall, 0-0 in the Sun Belt). Tulane (3-2, 1-0 in Conference USA) recovered two fumbles on ULM punt returns, returned another fumble for a touchdown, started fast on defense, gained 267 rushing yards and allowed only one sack of Montana. It resulted in the best season start since 2003 which is the last time the Green Wave started off 3-2. Read more: http://www.bayoubuzz.com/sports/louisiana-sports-news/item/530924-tulane-football-rebounds-with-resounding-31-14-victory-at-un
  4. Their field goal kicker hit a 56-yarded last night. So expecting to keep it close and pull out a win strategy won't cut it Saturday. We HAVE to come out aggressively and take it to these guys ie throwing the ball on first down. No more horizontal ball.
  5. MONROE, La. -- The University of Louisiana at Monroes 70-7 loss to Baylor University last week was supposed to be the low point of the football season. Somehow it got even worse Saturday night when the Warhawks dropped their final out-of-conference game of the season to Tulane University, 31-14. It wasnt a blowout, but it was a game they should have won against a 2-2 Conference USA school that the Warhawks put 63 points on last season. The same high-octane offense is supposed to be back with the exception of one receiver, a lineman and a tight end, but Louisiana-Monroe failed to show up for the fifth time in as many games this season. "This was just a pathetic performance wasn't it?" Louisiana-Monroe head coach Todd Berry said. "Just sickening." "Ive done this for 31 years. Thats about the worst performance that I think Ive ever been around. Ive been around some bad teams before, but this one is supposed to be a good team." Louisiana-Monroe quarterback Kolton Browning left the game in the third quarter with a lower body injury and was seen leaving the field on crutches without putting support on his left leg. As disheartening as it is to lose the four-year starting quarterback, it may not have made a difference. Read more: http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20130929/SPORTS/130929003/Tulane-beats-UL-Monroe-31-14
  6. Strengths: 1) WR's have ability, will make the spectacular catch 2)QB is tough...he's a gamer. Not special, but above average everything. 3) Backs are plus, run hard 4)Corners are plus, they can play 5)D-Line much improved 6)Kicker is great...game changer Weaknesses: 1) O-Line...Tackles are not very athletic. Prone to busts vs the blitz. 2) Special teams protection ('nuff said) 3) Small linebackers (4-2-5 alignment) 4) Scheme complexity...they tend to bust on defense if they try to get cute. 5) Struggle vs mobile qb Offensively the schemes are sound as far as play design and what they are trying to accomplish. We are let down by oline play obviously, and also the reason the Saints offense works soo well is that Drew Brees puts the offense in the best play and protection possible on most plays. The Saints call 2-3 plays in the huddle and Drew puts them in the best play for what the defense is showing. You saw this with Ryan Griffin last year in the second half of the season when the passing offense took off. You simply cannot run the football into a 7-8 man front with 6 blockers (especially with our oline). This scheme is VERY qb dependent, and right now I don't know if they don't trust Nick or he doesn't know the playbook well enough but he has to give us the best chance for success at the line. Defensively, it's hard to stop the run with 2 lb's, especially when one of them is 180 lbs. Todd Graham at ASU says 75% of big plays are alignment and Steve Spurrier says the same thing. We have to line up properly and then play hard. My D-line coach at Tulane (Thilen Smith) used to always say "I don't want you thinking when you put your hand on the ground". And in the back half we are thinking too much. We are much better than last year, but there are still mental errors. If I were playing Tulane... I would line up in double tight and run the ball in the 3,4,5,6 holes...forcing the lb's to scrape over the top and the ends to hold their edge. If I had a mobile qb I would read option and play action off of that, I would attack the 3rd and 4th cover guy (nickel and lb) as Doss & Baptiste are pretty good. Defensively I would put 7 in the box play cover 3 and dare them to run. I would assume if my d-line is any good that I could get pressure off the edge. If I blitzed I would send A gap pressure, and zone blitz. #68 would be attacked. And of course I would send 11 guys after every punt. read more: http://www.yogwf.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=41114
  7. Over the last few weeks, we have seen a shift in terms of what UNT is rolling out on Saturday afternoons defensively in its secondary at cornerback. Don’t expect that to change once UNT gets through its bye week. UNT head coach Dan McCarney said this week that he will continue to roll all four of his cornerbacks in during games. He also indicated that Kenny Buyers is playing better than anyone else right now. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2013/09/expect-to-see-a-lot-more-of-buyers-jones-at-cb.html/
  8. We are now a few days away from the beginning of the Conference USA season for UNT, which brings up an interesting question: Have expectations changed? I ask because so far this year we have seen an interesting swing of emotions when it comes the Mean Greens fan base, at least from where I sit observing it all go down. A quick recap: UNT beats Idaho 40-6, which led to the inevitable: Oh, man. UNTs going to win nine. UNT then falls to Ohio 27-21, which led to: UNT will never get over the hump. Read more: http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/2013/09/a-look-at-unts-slate-the-rest-of-the-way.html/
  9. North Texas juggled the lineup on its offensive front in a loss to Georgia on Saturday and could end up using the same mix of players in its Conference USA opener against Tulane. That wouldn’t be the optimal situation for UNT, but it’s not one head coach Dan McCarney would be completely uncomfortable with as the Mean Green waits for Antonio Johnson to return. UNT lost its starting left tackle to injury in a win over Ball State on Sept. 14. The junior did not play against the Bulldogs and could be out when the Mean Green visits the Green Wave on Oct. 5. McCarney’s policy is to not reveal the nature of injuries unless they are season-ending, but he did say that Johnson underwent a minor procedure. UNT filled the void left by Johnson’s absence by moving right guard Cyril Lemon to right tackle in place of LaChris Anyiam, who shifted to left tackle. Backup center Shawn McKinney took Lemon’s place at right guard. McCarney was happy for the most part with the way UNT’s line performed. “We are building some depth because of injuries,” McCarney said. “McKinney did a lot of really good things.” Read more: http://www.dentonrc.com/sports/colleges/north-texas-headlines/20130925-unt-notebook-unt-could-use-new-o-line-set-against-tulane.ece
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