August 2006 NewStand
Oct 11, 2006 | General
Aug. 31, 2006
Able To Take A Big Hit
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane punter Chris Beckman admits his life has changed because of last year's big event. What once might have been trivial isn't now. He no longer takes life for granted. For Beckman, the big event had nothing to do with Hurricane Katrina...
Aug. 30, 2006
Resilient attitude spurs TU's Landry
New Orleans Times Picayune
After a 2-9 season, it's not surprising Tulane is doing its best to forget 2005. Double that for Jerome Landry. Landry, who started at tight end for the Green Wave during his sophomore season in 2003, was slowed last season as he continued to feel the lingering effects of a knee injury he suffered in spring practice in 2004...
Aug. 29, 2006
Rebuilding season at Tulane in wake of Hurricane Katrina
The Boston (Mass.) Globe
The view from above on a hot, hazy summer afternoon looks the same: nice skyline, oil tankers moving slowly down the Mississippi River, the signature Superdome as a point of reference. Another delta day in New Orleans. But for the Tulane Green Wave, so much has changed since that morning of Aug. 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated a city, stunned a country, and changed the face of a university...
Wave backup RB battles injuries
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the second consecutive year, Tulane running back Ray Boudreaux's progress has been interrupted by an injury. He entered camp three weeks ago as the Green Wave's No. 2 running back, but he has missed nearly a week of practice after suffering a right ankle sprain last week on a running play near the goal line...
Aug. 28, 2006
Thevenot saves Tulane from sprints
Baton Rouge Advocate
As Sunday practice was coming to an end, Tulane coach Chris Scelfo charged freshman kicker Ross Thevenot with the task of making two of three 52-yard field goal tries in exchange for not having the team run conditioning sprints...
Katrina no deterrent to Tulane, Bolles student
Jacksonville (Fla.) Daily Record
It's safe to say that Lauren Peek will have a lot of stories to tell her grandchildren about the things she did while she was in school. The 21-year-old left Jacksonville for Tulane University on a soccer scholarship following an exemplary career at The Bolles School...
Aug. 27, 2006
Tulane leads return of sports to city
The Associated Press
Tulane's weight room is filled with gleaming, state-of-the-art equipment, and athletes come and go throughout the day. The equipment room has shelves upon shelves of pads, uniforms, shoes and helmets, some still in plastic bags. The practice fields are covered in turf. It looks like the scene at any Division I-A school except Tulane has been anything but typical since Hurricane Katrina hit last Aug. 29...
Tulane players learn far more than football
MSNBC.com
Sports are numbers, and if I had gallon of gas for each time someone in my business has called one unbelievable, I could drive around the world in a Hummer. Towing Tiger Woods' yacht. Six or seven times. But every once in a while, the adjective is legit. Such a time is now and the number is 47. Remember it, because it tells a story about the human spirit that you don't often hear. In this case, it's a story you hope you never have to hear again...
A year after Katrina: Tulane
Denver (Colo.) Post
They walked through their Dallas hotel seeking answers, seeking hope, seeking each other. Tulane's football team had just arrived from Jackson, Miss., where they didn't think it could get worse than spending the first two days after Hurricane Katrina sleeping on a gym floor in temperatures topping 100 degrees...
Nothing will ever be the same again
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
The thing about it, Chris Scelfo wants you to know, is that this was going to be his best team. A gifted young quarterback. A budding all-conference receiver. A seasoned defense...
After the storm
Alexandria Town Talk
It all seemed too unreal to be happening. One day Chris Bordelon was in New Orleans, preparing with his Tulane teammates for another football season. The next, he was in Dallas, much of New Orleans was laid waste and he was wondering if there was even going to be a football season...
Green Wave gets confidence boot
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane freshman Ross Thevenot sailed his kickoff through the end zone to begin the Green Wave's first scrimmage of preseason drills, there were oohs and aahs from the assembled fans...
Aug. 26, 2006
Safety Jackson healthy, ready to help Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Long before Hurricane Katrina made Aug. 29 a date that will live in local infamy, it already wasn't exactly Carlis Jackson's favorite day of the year. Even if it is the Tulane junior safety's birthday...
Aug. 25, 2006
A new Wave of hope
SportsIllustrated.com
The white Cadillac Escalade eased through New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, passing by yards littered with abandoned cars and debris. Over the thumping base of a Lil' Wayne song, Lester Ricard, the driver turned tour guide on this late July afternoon, looked toward the backseat. "What do you think?" asked Ricard, the starting quarterback at Tulane...
Ellis will be learning on the job for Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane linebacker Jordan Ellis had some quick growing up to do last year. Not only was the then-freshman on the road with the rest of his Green Wave teammates all season after Hurricane Katrina forced them out of New Orleans, but he also had to deal with his family losing three houses in his hometown of Pass Christian, Miss...
Local volleyball teams ready to go
New Orleans Times Picayune
In August 2005, Liz Kritza and Dana Launey were right where they wanted to be. After long years as assistant coaches in local volleyball programs, both finally had moved up to their first head coaching jobs -- Kritza at Tulane, her alma mater, and Launey at UNO. And both had just gotten their inaugural seasons under way with high hopes...
Aug. 24, 2006
It's shape up or don't play for Wave linemen
New Orleans Times Picayune
If there was one thing Tulane coach Chris Scelfo believed he could count on about his team this season it was that the defensive front would be solid. After all, a group that ran two-deep with a combined 107 starts was returning. Like the rest of the Green Wave, they took their licks last season, but gained a wealth of experience...
Dickerson, Tulane a happy match
ESPN.com
It's late August and Tulane coach Dave Dickerson is back in South Carolina -- but this time, he's there by choice. He had none a year ago this month, when he fled there because of Hurricane Katrina. The past year changed Dickerson maybe more than any other in his professional life...
Owings' pitches help drive 'Winders' success
Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen
Tucson Sidewinders pitcher Micah Owings has never put up numbers like this before. He's 8-0 since joining Tucson following his promotion from Double-A Tennessee on June 12. Owings' perfect record is one of the reasons why Tucson jumped to a double-digit lead at one point in the Pacific Coast League South Division this season...
Tulane getting over Katrina
Huntington (W. Va.) Herald-Dispatch
Throughout the saga that has been Tulane football during the past year, coach Chris Scelfo remained consistent. Hurricane Katrina forced the Green Wave from their New Orleans campus last season, forcing the veteran coach to set up three temporary homes away from home...
Aug. 23, 2006
Offensive line's inexperience concern for TU
New Orleans Times Picayune
Rarely has Tulane offensive line coach Don Mahoney gotten a chance to sit back in his office chair, fold his hands behind his head and let out a long sigh of relief. There isn't time...
Aug. 22, 2006
Davis, Brown ease Wave's comfort level
New Orleans Times Picayune
Going into last year's fall practice, Tulane offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo knew replacing wide receivers Roydell Williams and Chris Bush was going to be a monumental task...
Parker welcomed back
Toronto (Canada) Sun
Byron Parker's career has taken more twists than Chubby Checker on the dance floor. The Madisonville, Ky. native began his collegiate career at Tulane University, not as a football star but as highly-touted basketball player. Parker actually won the NCAA Slam Dunk contest, with a dunk he called The X-Factor, in 2003...
Aug. 21, 2006
Wave hopes to see bit more backbone
New Orleans Times Picayune
During last Wednesday's morning practice, Tulane sophomore linebacker Evan Lee got the best of junior running back Matt Forté at the start of the squad's one-on-one drills...
Aug. 20, 2006
Scelfo brings perspective and stability
New Orleans Times Picayune
From his second-floor office at the Wilson Center, Chris Scelfo was looking down on the McWilliams Athletic Complex and the Tulane football team's proving ground, which, at that particular moment last week, was just as it was throughout the 2005 football season: Empty. Later in the day, it came to life...
Ricard prepared for success
New Orleans Times Picayune
After enjoying a strong run of quarterbacks for seven seasons, Tulane has struggled through back-to-back seasons of inconsistency at the position that determines just how smoothly the offense runs. Senior quarterback Lester Ricard, coming off a disappointing, roller-coaster junior season, will again be the center of attention...
Aug. 19, 2006
Walk-On Miller getting noticed for hard work
New Orleans Times Picayune
Hot weather, hard work and a position Tulane rarely uses -- those three issues should scare off a walk-on player trying to become Tulane's starting fullback. But none of those have kep Ian Miller from his quest...
Aug. 18, 2006
Heated Battle
New Orleans Times Picayune
No one has to tell Tulane senior kicker Barrett Pepper what's on the line this season. Three years ago, Pepper arrived at Tulane as the heir-apparent to the job vacated by Seth Marler, who won the Lou Groza Award as a junior and was one of the most prolific kickers in recent Green Wave history...
Aug. 17, 2006
TU's Ricard seeks old form in new year
New Orleans Times Picayune
The guy looked familiar. Wearing that No. 8 Tulane jersey, he seemed to be a spot-on match: from the face, to the voice, to the big right arm, to the sturdy frame (6 feet 5, 222 pounds). But no way was that Lester Ricard playing quarterback last season for the Green Wave...
Aug. 16, 2006
Riding The Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Despite Hurricane Katrina devastating its practice and playing field, the Green Wave -- which finished the 2005 season with a 2-9 record -- still is receiving national attention for its ability to overcome adversity...
Scelfo disappointed with Tulane's conditioning
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's regular season starts later than that of most colleges as the Green Wave doesn't tee the football up until Sept. 9 at Houston. Judging by coach Chris Scelfo's impression of his team's conditioning, that's probably a good thing...
Year after Katrina, Wave ready to play
Memphis Commerical Appeal
On campus, everything is deceivingly normal. But drive away from the Tulane campus in the Garden District, and it doesn't take long to be surrounded by reminders of the devastation that struck New Orleans almost a year ago...
Tulane hopes a return to campus, Superdome prove a winning combo
NCAAFootball.com (AP)
The Tulane football team is about as back to normal as any group in New Orleans one year after Hurricane Katrina. The Green Wave is back on campus, practicing on its customary field, preparing to return to the Superdome on Sept. 30...
Aug. 15, 2006
Message Received
New Orleans Times Picayune
Opportunity apparently didn't knock hard enough for Terrence Peterson. Peterson, who played sparingly during the past three seasons on Tulane's special teams, suddenly was thrown into the spotlight when he finished spring drills as one of the Green Wave's No. 1 outside linebackers...
Ricard, QBs shine at Tulane practice
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane practiced in helmets, shorts and shoulder pads with the quarterbacks highlighting the day by showing good touch and arm strength in 7-on-7 skeleton drills...
Aug. 13, 2006
After The Storm
New York Daily News
The Tulane practice field off Ben Weiner Drive was covered by 3-1/2 feet of standing floodwater for more than three weeks last September, and the first floor of the James Wilson Jr. athletic complex was submerged...
Aug. 12, 2006
Tulane cornerback takes vocal Route
New Orleans Times Picayune
Whenever Tulane's practice goes from skeleton drills to the offense working against the defense, you can almost bet cornerback Izzy Route's voice will quickly follow...
Aug. 11, 2006
Tulane's Harris uses old-school work ethic
New Orleans Times Picayune
Antonio Harris knows he can count on things being a bit tougher this season. And he can take all the credit for it. Last week at Conference USA's media day in Dallas, Harris was the only Tulane player to be selected for the league's all-conference preseason team...
Aug. 10, 2006
Football heralds Tulane revival as Katrina anniversary nears
USA Today
Every man has his limits. On patience. On fortitude. On faith. And by Halloween night a year ago, cramped in a room in a borrowed dorm in Ruston, La., his football team and career foundering, Lester Ricard feared he had reached his...
Smith eager to make up for lost time
New Orleans Times Picayune
No one doubts last year was a painful season for Tulane's football team. The 2-9 record was the worse in nine seasons. But for wide receiver/kick returner Fred Smith, the pain began weeks before the season. Even before Hurricane Katrina struck...
Tulane ready for preseason camp after tumultuous '05
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's freshman football players report for preseason camp today, the veteran players follow suit Thursday, and everyone hopes to stick around a lot longer than last year's team did...
Aug. 9, 2006
Scelfo to put freshmen to work early
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo has made an addendum to the adage that death and taxes are the only things you can count on. Freshmen getting playing time...
Aug. 8, 2006
Five questions on the upcoming Tulane football season
New Orleans Times Picayune
Who's the No. 1 quarterback? The coaches repeatedly have said that the Green Wave's offense is quarterback-driven. If the quarterback doesn't succeed, the failure of the offense likely will be a half-step behind...
Aug. 6, 2006
Like the city around it, Tulane still trying to heal
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
The first sign that things weren't quite back to normal at Tulane University could be seen even before Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo and his players entered the room this past week at the annual Conference USA football media day...
Aug. 4, 2006
Fans make Owings feel right at home
New Orleans Times Picayune
The pre-game announcement Thursday that Micah Owings would be pitching for Tucson brought applause from fans at Zephyr Field. As Owings ran to the mound before warming up before facing the Zephyrs in the bottom of the first inning, he received an ovation that lasted at least a minute...
Veteran quarterback King excited to be back with Dungy
Colts.com
The decision was an easy one for Shaun King. Why the Indianapolis Colts? Why now? To King, the better question is, "Why not?" Marvin Harrison. Reggie Wayne. Dallas Clark. Brandon Stokley. An offensive line that sent two players - Jeff Saturday and Tarik Glenn - to the Pro Bowl last season...
Aug. 3, 2006
Former TU pitcher throws a perfect 7
New Orleans Times Picayune
Micah Owings, whose pitching arm and powerful bat helped carry Tulane to the College World Series last year, is racing up the ladder in the Arizona Diamondbacks' system. A year after signing with the Diamondbacks as their third-round draft pick, Owings is pitching for the Tucson Sidewinders in Triple-A and will start tonight against the Zephyrs at Zephyr Field...
Tulane Domecoming
Biloxi Sun Herald
The front of the Tulane media guide says it all as the 2006 season gets closer. Along with photos of senior quarterback Lester Ricard, senior punter Chris Beckman and coach Chris Scelfo, the simple but powerful five words of "Back home in the Dome" sum up what the Green Wave football team has been through the last 11 months...
Aug. 2, 2006
Pitcher a hit at all his baseball stops
Arizona Daily Star
Only 14 months have passed since Micah Owings last pitched in New Orleans. Yet when the right-hander starts for the Sidewinders on Thursday at Zephyr Stadium, the reunion is already bound to seem a bit blurry...
