September 2004 NewsStand
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Oct. 1, 2004
September 29, 2004
Week on, week off: Wave parked in neutral
New Orleans Times-Picayune
An inability to take care of the ball and eliminate errors has been Tulane's biggest problem this season, but getting into a rhythm isn't that far behind. For the second time in three weeks, the Green Wave will spend Saturday off the field, thinking of next weekend's game...
Cassity now a good gamble
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Louisville coach Bobby Petrino hit the jackpot before he got to Las Vegas. Last winter, he was boarding a flight to the desert city while on the phone with Mike Cassity, who recently had been fired as Illinois' defensive coordinator...
September 28, 2004
Tulane athletes to mentor N.O. children
New Orleans Times-Picayune
City and Tulane University officials announced on Friday a partnership that will bring together about 300 Tulane student athletes and children participating in New Orleans Recreation Department programs...
September 27, 2004
Green Wave must work out mistakes
New Orleans Times-Picayune
There are many dimensions of a good football team. One is not making costly mistakes. It's evident after three games that Tulane has a ways to go in not only reaching that "good team" status, but to win the games that it has a shot at winning...
September 26, 2004
Gracious Wave falls to USM
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane certainly won't have to worry about losing its image as a gracious host. Saturday night at the Superdome, the Green Wave did just about everything it could to make things easy for Southern Miss...
Wave takes a chance against USM
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo said hecould have had legendary kicker Lou Groza on the sideline, and he would have gone for it on fourth down. Down 17-7 with the clock nearing six minutes in the third quarter, the Green Wave faced a fourth-and-two on Southern Mississippi's 21...
USM runs over Tulane
Mobile (Ala.) Register
Southern Miss needed 15 minutes to crank up its offense Saturday night and once it did USM raced to a 32-14 victory over Tulane at the Louisiana Superdome...
Eagles run over Wave in C-USA
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Southern Miss had no major problems with the Superdome Saturday night, or with Tulane for that matter...
Golden Eagles return to winning formula
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Two games into the 2004 season, Southern Miss has re-concocted an age-old formula for football success: Bend but never break on defense. Force turnovers...
Wave busters
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
It started slowly, but as the game went on the University of Southern Mississippi got on a roll. The Golden Eagles barely moved the ball at all in the first quarter. The rest of the game, Tulane could hardly stop them...
Harris high-tails for 118 yards in win
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
It took a while for the train to get rolling. Once it did, it was almost unstoppable. University of Southern Mississippi running back Anthony Harris, nicknamed "Train," had 118 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 32-14 win over Tulane...
Eagles defense shows growth
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss turned to its defense, just like it did in a season-opening 21-17 win at Nebraska, for its first points against Tulane on Saturday at the Superdome...
Eagles turn up intensity in second-quarter drive
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss managed just 11 yards total offense in the first quarter of its game with Tulane on Saturday night, but that would not be a sign of things to come...
Southern Miss rolls by Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
Southern Mississippi wore down Tulane to take a 32-14 victory in the Conference USA opener for both teams Saturday night in the Superdome. Dustin Almond completed 15-of-22 passes for 152 yards and two touchdowns and Anthony Harris rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries to lead the Golden Eagles, 2-0...
September 25, 2004
Green Wave ready to earn Eagles' respect
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane senior linebacker Wesley Heath doesn't need to look at past scores to know what the Green Wave is lacking in its rivalry with Southern Miss...
Inside the Game: Tulane Edition
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane kicker Nick Beucher has been promoted to the No. 1 kicker's job, ahead of Barrett Pepper -- but don't be surprised if Pepper is back in there if Beucher misses a kick. The Wave has yet to attempt a field goal in two games...
USM back on field tonight
Mobile (Ala.) Register
Was the stunning victory two weeks ago at Nebraska a fluke or is this Southern Miss football team good enough to make another championship run? The Golden Eagles will provide some insight to both questions tonight at 7 when they open the Conference USA season against the Green Wave of Tulane in the Louisiana Superdome...
Eagles want no dome deja vu
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Southern Miss linebacker Michael Boley well can remember the feeling from the last time he stepped off the artificial surface of the Louisiana Superdome after playing Tulane...
Eagles face seasoned Tulane line
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Tulane may be replacing a pair of NFL draft picks in the offensive backfield, but the players paving the way up front are still the same. The Green Wave has four juniors and a senior on its offensive line, all of whom started last season when running back Mewelde Moore and quarterback J.P. Losman were putting the finishing touches on college careers before moving to the NFL...
September 24, 2004
USM linebacker a gladiator in waiting
New Orleans Times-Picayune
During the Hurricane Ivan scare last week, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo and a couple of players were forced to spend Wednesday night inside the school's Reily Recreation Center. To pass time, they watched the film "Gladiator"...
Golden Eagles are cashing in under Bower
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In college football, while those "David Beats Goliath" headlines have lost a bit of their shock, it's not every Saturday that a member of one of those "smaller" conferences goes into Lincoln and outscores Nebraska...
Southern Mississippi (1-0) at Tulane (1-1)
The Sports Network
A couple of teams coming off unexpected bye weeks collide at the Superdome in New Orleans this Saturday, as the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles take on the Tulane Green Wave in Conference-USA action. Both clubs come into the contest having had their September 18th games postponed due to Hurricane Ivan...
Green Wave trying to survive low tide
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Two years ago, Tulane University put the capper on an 8-5 football season by beating Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl...
Tulane game has recruiting angle
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
When Southern Miss heads down Interstate 59 this weekend, it will have a two-fold mission in mind. At the top of the list: Win its Conference USA football opener against Tulane at 7 p.m. on Saturday at the Superdome...
Eagles' Harris looks forward to 2nd chance
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
The last time Anthony Harris went to the Louisiana Superdome as a player, he wasn't able to play. The University of Southern Mississippi running back was a freshman two years ago when the Golden Eagles traveled to Tulane. Harris was the team's second-leading rusher that season, but a neck injury kept him out of action against the Green Wave...
Southern Miss to test Tulane QB
Mobile (Ala.) Register
When Southern Miss plays Saturday night in New Orleans, it will be the first time in nearly a decade the USM defense will be facing a Tulane offense without a quarterback projected to advance to the NFL...
September 23, 2004
Youth hinders Wave for 2nd straight season
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Only one team in Conference USA has started a freshman on the defensive line. And that team, Tulane, has started three...
What a difference one play can make
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
This time last year, Caleb Hendrix was learning how to find the holes in opposing pass defenses as a reserve receiver for Southern Miss...
Ruffin seeks redemption against Tulane
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
As time ticked off the clock in the Louisiana Superdome two years ago, Southern Miss defensive lineman Chad Ruffin was in disbelief. The New Orleans native was on the losing end of a 31-10 thumping at the hands of Tulane and could not believe his eyes...
September 22, 2004
Ivan hits home for Wave players
Alexandria (La.) Town Talk
Tulane defensive end Billy Harrison of Pensacola, Fla., anxiously watched the Weather Channel at his friend and teammate Chris Bordelon's house in Alexandria last week when Hurricane Ivan ravaged his hometown...
Receiver Bush stepping up for Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Chris Bush's final three receptions of the 2003 season -- all for touchdowns -- were convincing of the Tulane wide receiver's abilities. However, Bush wasn't convinced...
UAB has shot to prove itself
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Watson Brown is not trendy. Many people surrounding the coach's Alabama-Birmingham Blazers, from wide-eyed, optimistic fans to the scrutinizing media, have been pointing to one trend: In the past four years, the Blazers have defeated Memphis four times...
And here's the kicker
New Orleans Times-Picayune
How about some perspective before this simplest of football tasks is made out be the equivalent of calculus. "It's a freakin' extra point," Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Seth Marler said...
Routine returns to Green Wave's practice schedule
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
In what some might call the Ivan Bowl, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo is eager to see his young and upcoming squad tackle one of the heavyweights in Conference USA: the Southern Miss Golden Eagles...
Riding out hurricane can hardly be called 'slumber party'
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Tulane football coach Chris Scelfo rode out Hurricane Ivan last week in the school's student recreation center with two of his players...
September 21, 2004
Tulane's Scelfo: C-USA on the rise
Mobile (Ala.) Register
To hear Tulane University football coach Chris Scelfo tell it, the Green Wave's conference -- Conference USA -- is on the rise...
TU looking to get rhythm back vs. USM
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As Tulane coach Chris Scelfo stood in the middle of the practice field and watched his team go through a rare Sunday workout, it was almost as if he was surveying the damage his team suffered from Hurricane Ivan...
Inactivity makes Eagles stir-crazy
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Southern Miss football coach Jeff Bower walked into a downstairs meeting room in the athletic facility Monday morning and smiled...
Southern Miss eager to build game routine
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
The University of Southern Mississippi football team is going to play a game this week. At least until further notice. After opening the season with a bye week, beating Nebraska in Lincoln, Neb., and having a game against California postponed twice last week, the Golden Eagles are ready to get on the field Saturday against Tulane...
Rested Eagles prepare for Wave
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower stepped in front of the media Monday with a smile on his face to begin his weekly press conference...
With Ivan gone, Southern Miss focusing on Tulane
Picayune (Miss.) Item
This week, Southern Mississippi coach Jeff Bower isn't worried about the weather. Concerns about Hurricane Ivan last week led officials to postpone the Golden Eagles' home opener with No. 10 California until December...
USM focuses on C-USA slate
Mobile (Ala.) Register
With the chance to play 10th-ranked California on national television postponed by Hurricane Ivan last week, Southern Miss turned its attention to a more important game on Monday when it began preparations for its Conference USA opener against Tulane...
September 20, 2004
This week for Southern Miss
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
After seeing its Thursday night game with No. 10 Cal bumped to Dec. 4 by Hurricane Ivan, USM, 1-0, turned its sights on Tulane. Much of the week was spent correcting mistakes from its win at Nebraska...
September 16, 2004
Memphis moves into Top 25
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Memphis Tigers' rise to the top of Conference USA has gotten them to the last rung of the national rankings, a momentous achievement for a team last ranked when Lyndon Johnson was president...
September 15, 2004
Wave postpones Louisville game
New Orleans Times-Picayune
On Monday, Tulane's football players had their eyes trained on nationally ranked Louisville. Less than 24 hours later, the eye of Hurricane Ivan had the Green Wave running for higher ground...
USM tries to adjust
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
With its game against California officially bumped to the end of the football schedule, Southern Miss turned its attention to Tulane...
U of L-Tulane game postponed
Louisville Courier-Journal
With Hurricane Ivan bearing down on the Gulf Coast and most of New Orleans in evacuation mode, Tulane University yesterday pulled the plug on its football game against the University of Louisville scheduled for Saturday...
September 14, 2004
Owings leaves Georgia Tech for Tulane
Baseball America
Micah Owings transferred to Tulane in a move that will give the Green Wave the nation's best one-two punch of junior two-way players when the former Georgia Tech standout joins Brian Bogusevic...
Scelfo isn't resting on laurels
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo savored the Green Wave's victory over Florida A&M for a few hours. Then it was time to get back to work as the team prepares for Saturday's game with No. 24 Louisville...
September 13, 2004
Green Wave breakout or just an aberration?
New Orleans Times-Picayune
This ought to be feel-good week for Tulane. The Green Wave emerged from the Florida A&M game with a 20-point victory while doing a lot of good things in all three phases of the game and getting exactly what it was looking for -- a confidence-builder...
Cardinals enter two polls at No. 24
Louisville Courier-Journal
A prevalent theme of Bobby Petrino's young tenure as University of Louisville football coach has been, "Act like you've been there." He has said it to players wanting to celebrate after touchdowns or taunt opponents after big plays. It's a message he hopes has hit home as the Cardinals have entered the national rankings for the fifth straight season...
September 12, 2004
Balancing act
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo couldn't have ask for more good to come out of Saturday's 39-19 victory over Florida A&M in the Superdome...
Third downs getting easier
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In blowouts against Division I-AA teams, it's sometimes difficult to gauge success. In Tulane's 39-19 win against Florida A&M, the Wave can hang its hat on many accomplishments, but one that the Wave strategically improved on, and should be able to utilize in the future, is its approach to converting on third-down conversions...
Cannon shot stuns Rattlers
New Orleans Times-Picayune
In the course of a season, a team's defense makes one, perhaps two, tackles that are just so ferocious that they actually sends shivers down the backs of onlookers. On Saturday, Anthony Cannon had one...
Win against Rattlers not real test for Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
For the Tulane Green Wave, this was billed as "the calm before the storm." According to college football's weather bureau, while the Florida A&M Rattlers did not approach Category 1 status, there are a couple of Conference USA Category 4s on their way to the Superdome -- Louisville next week and Southern Miss the week after...
Tulane sacks Division I-AA Florida A&M
Baton Rouge Advocate
Jovon Jackson rushed for three touchdowns and Lester Ricard passed for two as Tulane wore down Florida A&M 39-19 on Saturday night in the Superdome...
More tough going for FAMU
Tallahassee Democrat
Florida A&M quarterback Ben Dougherty once again proved he could take a hit as his team took one on the chin from Division I-A opponent Tulane 39-19 at the Louisiana Superdome on Saturday night...
Errors abound for FAMU special teams
Tallahassee Democrat
After praising his special teams' effort against Illinois last week, Florida A&M head coach Billy Joe saw that unit make what he would probably describe as a plethora of errors Saturday against Tulane...
Red air force sails over Black Knights
Louisville Courier-Journal
The game ball, as usual, was delivered into Army's picturesque Michie Stadium by paratroopers landing at midfield. The pregame highlight was a fly-over by six Apache helicopters...
September 11, 2004
Picking up the 'W' paramount to Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane junior cornerback Sean Lucas was clear when making his point early in the week. "Nobody likes to start the season 0-2." In this case, the "nobody" Lucas was referring to is Tulane...
Inside Tulane
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard showed some potential in an otherwise lackluster opener at Mississippi State last Saturday...
Mirror images
Tallassee Democrat
Tulane and FAMU both feature wide-open offenses and solid running games. After one week, however, they're both looking to get in gear...
September 10, 2004
Crisis for Tulane football turns out to be beneficial
Associated Press
Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson may not be ready to breathe a sigh of relief, but he at least has room to breathe now...
Rattlers hope for better times
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Florida A&M's quarterbacks and receivers practiced in a church gymnasium Tuesday, but after an offseason marred with 196 NCAA violations, the resignation of an athletic director and a failed attempt to move up to Division I-A, perhaps they should have assembled in the pews instead...
Scelfos together about love of game of football
New Orleans Times-Picayune
It's late at night. Dinner has been eaten, and the dishes put away. The son is doing homework, or he has the video machine humming with last week's game on it...
Foreman answers the call for FAMU
Tallassee Democrat
On one of his initial trips to the FloridaA&M field house, junior college transfer Darius Fountain got a glimpse of what it takes to earn a starting position on the football team. He stuck his head into the Rattlers' weight room...
September 9, 2004
Williams eager to catch on
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard was a junior at Amite High School the last time Roydell Williams played a game without a reception. Williams, a fifth-year senior, had caught a pass in 27 consecutive games dating to 2000 (he missed 10 games in 2002 with an injury)...
Scelfo stays the course
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Coach Chris Scelfo thought about making a change, if only for a series or two. Backup quarterback Richard Irvin even warmed up on the Tulane sideline...
Storm gone, FAMU must play catch-up
Tallahassee Democrat
The FloridaA&M Rattlers were able to beat Hurricane Frances to Tallahassee after the Illinois game by flying in from Champaign, Ill., Saturday evening after the game...
September 8, 2004
Tulane offense to take its time
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Tulane will continue to use four wide receivers to spread defenses, and the hurry-up offense could be a thing of the past...
Tulane coach wants better QB production
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's season-opening, 28-7 loss at Mississippi State last Saturday confirmed what was widely suspected. With J.P. Losman and Mewelde Moore having graduated to the NFL and new quarterback Lester Ricard just beginning his college career after two seasons in mothballs, the Green Wave's offense isn't going to match last season's production, at least not in the early going...
FAMU's line digs in for the next I-A opponent
Tallahassee Democrat
The Florida A&M offensive line might have been overpowered by Illinois last weekend, but each of the five starters vowed to continue meeting every challenge head on - especially their remaining three DivisionI-A opponents...
September 7, 2004
Back to the basics
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Lester Ricard's debut as Tulane's starting quarterback didn't go as well as he would have liked, but he said there isn't that much about his performance in a 28-7 loss to Mississippi State that he'd like to change...
Driscoll impressed, but it's still Dougherty
Tallahassee Democrat
Florida A&M head football coach Billy Joe said he may decide to make some personnel changes on offense this week following the team's 52-13 season-opening loss to DivisionI-A Illinois Saturday...
September 6, 2004
Green Wave falters in all phases of game
New Orleans Times-Picayune
When Tulane's coaching staff has completed dissecting the film from the Green Waves' 28-7 setback against Mississippi State on Saturday night, it probably will have its list of positives and negatives...
September 5, 2004
Rattlers-Illini: Simply out of their league
Tallahassee Democrat
The Florida A&M Rattlers didn't do much to write home about during their 52-13 beating at the hands of host DivisionI-A Illinois Saturday in front of 46,106 at Memorial Stadium. In fact, one of the only positive FAMU storylines to come out of Saturday's loss was the return of senior quarterback Josh Driscoll, who finally got to see action for the Rattlers after having to sit out the 2003 season...
Miss. State wears down Green Wave
New Orleans Times-Picayune
With Tulane starting two freshman on the defensive line, the theory was that Mississippi State would try to wear down the Green Wave early and then operate its offense at will...
Wave squanders opportunities
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Lester Ricard, bewildered, stood still with his eyes staring down, as clanging cowbells suddenly were drowned out by 52,114 simultaneous sighs of relief. Tulane was pressing, and with the game scoreless late in the second half, the Wave had the ball on Mississippi State's 7-yard line...
Early returns project Croom an SEC winner
New Orleans Times-Picayune
As Saturday aged, the shadows began to creep across Scott Field until, finally, the covering formed a layer over the entire surface. But there was no blanketing the historical significance of the day or tapering the adrenaline that fueled it...
The right way: 28-7
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Jerious Norwood cut left, hopped right, and trotted into the end zone for the game's first score. With the crowd ringing inside his head, and his teammates trying to pound the helmet that encased it, Norwood launched into his celebration...
Croom's Bulldogs didn't beat themselves
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Sylvester Croom knew his first Mississippi State team would play hard. He knew they were eager. He knew they were aggressive and would hit...
Bulldogs make Croom proud
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Mississippi State's football program wrote the book on adversity the last three seasons. Tolstoy would have been proud of the tome they'd written on how not to handle it well, too...
September 4, 2004
Tigers top TU in overtime
New Orleans Times-Picayune
LSU senior forward Artie Brown's goal gave the Tigers a 2-1 overtime victory over Tulane in the 93rd minute Friday at the LSU Soccer Complex...
Inside the Game: Tulane Edition
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The agonizing preseason wait is over -- Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard will finally play in his first game and Jovon Jackson will take over as the team's featured running back...
Can Wave's Ricard stand and deliver?
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The wait is just about over and no one is happier than Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard. The question now is can Ricard deliver?...
Croom looks forward to stepping out of spotlight
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
ESPN cameras have taped nearly every move Sylvester Croom has made the past four days...
Croom to make history today
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Wading through scattered papers in his Green Bay office and scattered game plans in his head, Mike Sherman sat down and shoved a tape in his VCR...
Dogs launch 'Croom Era' against Tulane
Starkville (Miss.) Daily News
It's gameday! Mississippi State launches its 2004 season today against the Tulane Green Wave in what has become a history-making event. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field...
Aura of mystery figures in MSU game
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
When Mississippi State and Tulane take the field today in Starkville, neither will have devoted as much time to game-planning an opponent as usual...
September 3, 2004
Tulane (0-0) at Mississippi State (0-0)
The Sports Network
A couple of teams trying to rebound from disappointing 2003 campaigns meet at Scott Field in Starkville this Saturday, as the Tulane Green Wave take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs in non-conference action...
Teams have score to settle
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The penalty statistics from last year's Tulane-LSU women's soccer match indicate that a rivalry is indeed brewing: 24-24 in total fouls, 3-2 in favor of LSU in yellow cards and 2-0 LSU in ejections. That the match ended in a 1-1 tie adds to the emotion of tonight's rematch in Baton Rouge...
Change of Direction
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Sylvester Croom lounged in the driver's seat of the Cadillac of golf carts, casually sipping his blue Gatorade as if it was a martini. The coach peered at the two adjacent football fields in front of him, where his players dripped of sweat just 20 minutes into practice...
First game day finally on horizon for Croom
McComb (Miss.) Enterprise-Journal
Sylvester Croom spent his summer answering the same pesky questions and downplaying his place in history...
Conner's 1st start concern for Croom
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
When coach Sylvester Croom is worried, he doesn't sleep. It's one of his "tells." You can gauge how much he's stressed about an issue by how much he links it to his sleep cycles...
MSU looks to wash stadium in maroon
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Sylvester Croom lounged in the driver's seat of the Cadillac of golf carts, casually sipping his blue Gatorade as if it was a martini. The coach peered at the two adjacent football fields in front of him, where his players dripped of sweat just 20 minutes into practice...
September 2, 2004
Tulane hopes foes don't keep on truckin'
New Orleans Times-Picayune
At times last season, it was just downright ugly. The holes in Tulane's defensive line were so big a Mack truck could run through...
Tulane men to play twice at New Orleans Arena
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Tulane men's basketball team is heading back to New Orleans Arena for two games this season. The Green Wave's 2004-05 season will include games against DePaul on Jan. 15 and Louisville on Jan. 29 at the Arena. Both are Saturday night games...
New quarterback has to learn fast
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
New Mississippi State coach Sylvester Croom admits he's had to get on Omarr Conner's case from time to time...
Bulldogs' Bennett finds work pays off
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Almost as important as how you play, is the impression you make while doing it. It doesn't matter whether Rico Bennett is having fun on the football field. Just that it looks like he is...
September 1, 2004
Scelfo still looking for a few good men
New Orleans Times-Picayune
If you thought Tulane coach Chris Scelfo had enough to worry about with an unproven quarterback and an inexperienced defensive line, leadership can be added to his list of question marks...
League, ESPN dickering over contract
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Conference USA has laid out its plans for its bold new look come 2005 when the league reinvents itself...
