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Ah...Football. It doesn't get any better than this time of the year, does it? No disrespect to baseball fans, but I usually refer to the period between the last day of the NBA Finals and the first day of the football season as "the dry season." Don't get me wrong -- I love going to a baseball game every now and then, but watching it on television is brutal.

Football, on the other hand, was made for TV. College football, in particular, is a joy to behold on Saturday afternoons. Watching these kids play their hearts out with no thought of contracts, showboating, or other selfish ambitions (okay, maybe there's a little thought about those things, but not as much as in the pros) is refreshing and makes for great television. If you've never attended a college football game, well, to call it an experience is an understatement.

With that being said, we are just weeks away from the start of the college football season, and one team in particular is looking to build upon previous successes. The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane had a phenomenal season last year. Ending last season with a whopping 11 wins and only three losses, TU won the Conference USA championship and the Liberty Bowl, and the Hurricane defense was considered one of the best in the conference.

However, for the 2013 season, the Hurricane lost eight starters on defense and will have to depend on their younger players who may have the talent, but may not have a lot of experience.

"Every year, on offense and defense, one of the things that we think is important is that we adapt to the personnel that we have," said head coach Bill Blankenship. "The truth is we will have a much more inexperienced squad defensively. So we fully expect that there will be some mistakes along the way, but we think we've got a group that is going to compare favorably in their abilities. Their speed and athleticism are going to be as good if not better than what we had a year ago."

Read more: http://www.urbantulsa.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A62498

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