November 2006 NewsStand Articles
Dec 22, 2006 | General
Nov. 30, 2006
Texas Tech comes on strong in second half vs. Tulane
ESPN.com
Jordan Murphree scored 14 points and Texas Tech (No. 23 ESPN/USA Today, No. 25 AP) beat Tulane 77-50 on Wednesday night. Alesha Robertson and LaVonda Henderson both scored 13 points for the Lady Raiders (6-1) and Erin Myrick had eight rebounds...
No. 25 Texas Tech subdues Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane was out-gunned by No. 25 Texas Tech 77-50 on Wednesday night at United Spirit Arena. The Green Wave (5-2) lost its second game to a ranked team this season. Senior guard Jami Montagnino led Tulane (5-2) with 10 points, and sophomore guard Ashley Langford scored nine...
Scelfo worked within Tulane's 'model'
New Orleans Times Picayune
Unless and until the "model" changes, unless and until the business carried on in the Tulane athletic department isn't as usual, then nothing major really was done Tuesday night other than preparation for the greeting of another captain to pilot a Titanic football program...
Nov. 29, 2006
Scelfo's time as coach of Wave comes to an end
New Orleans Times Picayune
In a hastily called, late-night press conference, Tulane Athletic Director Rick Dickson announced Tuesday that Green Wave football coach Chris Scelfo was fired. Dickson, who was meeting with the Tulane football team at 6:45 p.m., met the media at 8 p.m. to say the move to dismiss Scelfo was made because there weren't enough positives from the football program, and there was a need for a "fresh approach...
Scelfo unable to beat tough circumstances
New Orleans Times Picayune
I'm sure Chris Scelfo would not agree. But, if I were Scelfo, my understandable disappointment on being turned loose as Tulane football coach would be mixed with a genuine sense of relief. It's difficult to imagine Coach Scelfo not welcoming a change of scenery after coaching the Green Wave for eight seasons, tying Andy Pilney for sustained longevity at a school that began playing football in 1893 and has had only 10 winning seasons in the past 37 years, two of which belong to the newest ex-coach...
Tulane familiar with Texas Tech
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane faces No. 23 Texas Tech tonight in Lubbock, Texas, it will be more than just another non-conference game. It will be a unique "homecoming" for the Green Wave...
Gomez leads Wave with double-double
New Orleans Times Picayune
David Gomez posted a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds, and point guard Kevin Sims added 16 points and six assists as Tulane defeated Huston-Tillotson 80-54 on Tuesday at Fogelman Arena...
Nov. 28, 2006
Getting rid of Scelfo not correct solution
New Orleans Times Picayune
This is the time of year when many college football coaches find out they no longer have a job. At Miami, at Arizona State, at Alabama, it already has happened. There will be more. The big question at Tulane is whether it's time for Green Wave Athletic Director Rick Dickson to part ways with Coach Chris Scelfo...
The Chris Scelfo File
New Orleans Times Picayune
Biggest win -- The Green Wave's 32-29 victory at Mississippi State this season. It was Tulane's first road victory against an SEC opponent since 1989 (31-13 vs. Vanderbilt) and first victory following an eight-game losing streak to close out the 2005 season and a 45-7 loss to Houston to open the 2006 season...
Former Tulane teammate starts Spincer trust fund
New Orleans Times Picayune
Joe Traina wanted to be at Brandon Spincer's funeral Monday but couldn't. But not being in New Orleans to pay his respects to his former Tulane teammate didn't stop Traina from thinking about Spincer. In fact, since Spincer's death Nov. 20, Traina has not only been thinking about Spincer, but trying to do everything possible to help the two children Spincer left...
Nov. 26, 2006
Green Wave goes cold in loss to Sycamores
New Orleans Times Picayune
For 30 minutes, Tulane men's basketball coach Dave Dickerson was satisfied with how the Green Wave was handling its first road test of the season. Unfortunately for them, Tulane's fate at Indiana State was decided in the last 10 minutes. A stagnant Sycamores team missed 10 of its first 12 shots to start the second half, and the Wave was up by eight with about 10 minutes to go...
Tulane uses 26-9 run to bolt past FIU
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Tulane women used a 26-9 run to start the second half and held off a late charge by Florida International to gain a 69-64 victory in the championship game of the FIU Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday at Pharmed Arena in Miami...
Nov. 25, 2006
Golden Hurricane storm past Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
During the past couple of games, Tulane's defense was able to provide cover for a waning Green Wave offense. It even came up with the game-saving play last week against Central Florida. But on Friday, in Tulane's season finale against Tulsa, Tulane's offense remained dormant and its defense ran out of big stops and gave up big yards in momentum-changing situations...
Tulane's offense lost its footing after Forté left with knee injury
New Orleans Times Picayune
Could running back Matt Forté have meant that much to Tulane's offense? After the Green Wave's 38-3 Conference USA loss to Tulsa on Friday, Tulane offensive coordinator Frank Scelfo was ready to concede. "The offense hasn't clicked since Matt went down," Scelfo said. "Maybe he had a bigger effect on us than we had thought...
Nov. 24, 2006
Tulane rallies around memory of Spincer
New Orleans Times Picayune
When word circulated early last week that some outside the university were making a push to oust Tulane Coach Chris Scelfo, Green Wave players quickly rallied behind their coach and won their fourth game of the season. When the Green Wave ends the season today at Tulsa with 18 seniors playing their final game, Tulane's players will again be in a rally mode, this time because the death of former teammate Brandon Spincer...
Nov. 23, 2006
Death of former player Spincer a big, senseless loss
New Orleans Times Picayune
There's no explanation. Certainly, not one that's palatable and not one that would ease the devastation that has occurred within the Tulane and Brandon Spincer families. "When you put yourself 'out there,' it eventually catches up to you," Tulane football coach Chris Scelfo said. "Brandon never put himself out there...
Nov. 22, 2006
Ex-Tulane player among dead
MSNBC.com (AP)
A recent four-year starter for the Tulane University football team was among four people gunned down in separate shootings Monday night in New Orleans and suburban Jefferson Parish. Brandon Spincer, 24, played linebacker and safety for the Green Wave. He majored in sociology and graduated last May...
Family, community morn Tulane star
New Orleans Times Picayune
Even though he was focused on making a better life for himself, Brandon Spincer always made time for kids. The former Tulane University football star worked with the children of Boys and Girls Town. He doled out his tickets to home football games to youngsters from troubled neighborhoods...
Green Wave gets balanced effort
New Orleans Times Picayune
With six players scoring 10 or more points and with an early 18-2 run, the Tulane women's basketball team made easy work of Loyola, taking a 94-50 victory Tuesday night at Fogelman Arena. Tulane (3-1) jumped to an early lead against the Wolfpack (2-4), capitalizing on a number of turnovers, and took a 50-17 at halftime lead...
Wave of uncertainty surrounds Scelfo's future
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane football coach Chris Scelfo has one more game to add to the résumé he will take with him to his annual postseason meeting with Athletic Director Rick Dickson. The Green Wave is 4-7 and 2-5 in Conference going into its season finale at Tulsa on Friday afternoon. Tulane is 37-56 and 18-39 in Scelfo's eight seasons...
A team in mourning
Tulsa (Okla.) World
The Tulane football program was devastated with Tuesday's news that former linebacker Brandon Spincer was murdered Monday night. Spincer, 24, was a four-year starter for the Green Wave before exhausting his eligibility in 2005. In his final game, he recorded seven tackles and a sack against TU last season...
Nov. 21, 2006
Wave knows Tulsa has something to prove
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was only a few weeks ago Tulsa was on a roll. It had won six consecutive games and was in the hunt to repeat as Conference USA's West Division champion. But instead of taking on a Golden Hurricane team full of momentum, Tulane will end its season Friday against a Tulsa team that has lost three consecutive games...
Loyola set to clash with Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
With a 2-1 record and promising new players on the roster, Loyola is hoping for a long-awaited victory at Tulane tonight. A victory for the Wolfpack might erase a bad memory. The Wolfpack play the Green Wave (2-1) at 8:30 p.m. at Fogelman Arena. The last time Loyola stepped foot there, Tulane handed the Wolfpack an 87-41 loss, holding them to 15 points in the second half...
Nov. 20, 2006
Lady Tigers turn it on in second half
New Orleans Times Picayune
Sylvia Fowles scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds to lead No. 9 LSU to a 59-39 victory against Tulane at Fogelman Arena on Sunday. The Lady Tigers held the Green Wave to 15.2 percent shooting in the second half to break open a close game...
Nov. 19, 2006
Green Wave turn back Knights
New Orleans Times Picayune
Izzy Route's career at Tulane already had generated enough for small talk. He had two career interceptions and a couple of dazzling punt returns, with the two suspensions topping the conversation list about him. On Saturday afternoon at the Superdome, Route added a highlight to his four years at Tulane...
Home victory special for Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard was handed a stat sheet, which he quickly crumpled up and threw away. "That was from the Southern Miss game," he explained. After last week's debacle at the Superdome in which the Green Wave could muster only 85 yards and Ricard was benched, it was the last thing he wanted to see...
Tulane holds off charge by Bucs
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane senior Chris Moore had 17 point and six assists and freshman Kevin Smith had 16 to lead the Green Wave to a 75-69 victory over the Charleston Southern on Saturday. "I told our team after the game that we have to enjoy this win," Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson said...
TU tennis star stretched diabetics' limits
New Orleans Times Picayune
Hamilton "Ham" F. Richardson, a former Tulane standout who twice was the top-ranked American tennis player in the world, died Nov. 5 in a Manhattan hospital of complications from type 1 diabetes, a disease that he battled most of his life but that never slowed him down on the court. He was 73...
Wave look to upset LSU
New Orleans Times Picayune
The last time the LSU Lady Tigers came to Fogelman Arena was New Year's Eve 1999. They were ranked No. 11 in the country and riding a 10-game winning streak. The Green Wave just happened to be on a 10-game winning streak itself and was ranked No. 24. It was the first time in the series that the teams met while ranked. Tulane won 76-72...
Defense lifts Tulane to win in home finale
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's defense came up with a big play each time it needed one and that made the difference in a 10-9 Conference USA victory against Central Florida on Saturday afternoon in the Superdome. The Green Wave stopped the Golden Knights on two of three fourth downs, 12 of 16 third downs and got a turnover when UCF was nearing field-goal position in the final two minutes...
Another tough defeat: Lack of offense hurts UCF
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
When you've had the kind of season UCF has had in 2006, you don't expect many gifts. And though the Golden Knights (3-8, 2-5 Conference USA) were given several late against Tulane, they couldn't quite unwrap them, falling 10-9 to the Green Wave (4-7, 2-5) on Saturday...
Both offenses ineffective without leading rushers
Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel
Identical 3-7 records weren't the only similarities between UCF and Tulane heading into Saturday's meeting. Both teams also were without their leading rushers Saturday. Golden Knights' sophomore Kevin Smith sat out after sustaining a shoulder injury in UCF's victory against Memphis last week and Green Wave junior Matt Forte is out with a torn ligament in his left knee...
Nov. 18, 2006
Tulane pulls away from Rams
New Orleans Times Picayune
Jami Montagnino scored 30 points and made 12 of 12 free-throw attempts in helping Tulane to a 76-70 victory over Rhode Island on Friday night at Fogelman Arena. Montagnino scored 19 in the second half and had seven rebounds. It was her second career 30-point performance, but her first in regulation...
Tulane seniors set for home finale
Baton Rouge Advocate
The Tulane seniors who will play their final home game against Central Florida at 1 p.m. today in the Superdome have had a college football experience unlike any other. The fifth-year seniors went to the Hawaii Bowl in their first season, and the entire class stared down the possible elimination of the football program in 2003, then went through the Hurricane Katrina-induced displacement last season...
Nov. 16, 2006
Fifth-year Tulane seniors ending wild ride
New Orleans Times Picayune
They've played in paradise. And gone through hell. For Tulane's 14 fifth-year seniors who play their final home game Saturday against Central Florida at the Superdome, the college football experience has taken turns few could have expected...
Nov. 15, 2006
Leading Tulane rusher out for season with knee injury
ESPN.com
Tulane running back Matt Forte will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury, coach Chris Scelfo said. Forte, a junior from Slidell, missed last week's Conference USA game against Southern Mississippi after injuring his knee in the Green Wave's 42-21 loss at Marshall. Team officials said the season-ending injury is a torn posterior cruciate ligament of the left knee...
Depth Perception: Dickerson's Green Wave has plenty in reserve to defeat Privateers
New Orleans Times Picayune
For one night, at least, Tulane brought back The Posse. The en masse substitutions that marked the Green Wave's glory days of the early 1990s reappeared Tuesday night, not as a tribute to the past but as a ploy by Coach Dave Dickerson to shake up things after his team's 40-point loss to Butler in its season opener. And it worked -- sparking Tulane to a 78-64 victory against UNO at Fogelman Arena...
Option B works for Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Best guess is that most of what Dave Dickerson said to his team between last Friday, when it scored just 37 points in a 40-point, season-opening home loss to Butler, and Tuesday night, when Tulane hosted UNO at Fogelman Arena, couldn't be printed here. After Butler undressed, de-sneakered and embarrassed Tulane, Dickerson didn't even make his players available to talk about it. Really, there wasn't much to talk about...
Tulane's Forté to miss rest of season
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane running back Matt Forté will have to wait another year in his attempt to become the third Green Wave player to rush for 1,000 yards in a season. Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo said Tuesday that Forté, a junior from Slidell, will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury...
Tulane's Forte out for season; Ricard to start home finale
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo announced Tuesday that leading rusher Matt Forte will not play again this season because of a knee injury suffered two weeks ago in a loss to Marshall. Scelfo also announced at his weekly news conference that quarterback Lester Ricard, who was benched after four passes in the 31-3 loss to Southern Mississippi last Saturday, would start his final home game when the Green Wave meets Central Florida on Saturday in the Superdome...
PRC standout Lehmann signs with Tulane
Picayune (Miss.) Item
Pearl River Central High School standout Mike Lehmann signed a baseball scholarship with Tulane University recently. Lehmann transferred into Carriere in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from Archbishop Hannan High School in Chalmette, La., and quickly made his mark on the prep baseball scene in South Mississippi...
Nov. 14, 2006
Nowhere to go but up
New Orleans Times Picayune
It wasn't long ago that Tulane Coach Chris Scelfo was saying his team had proved it could bounce back from adversity and that it needed to take the next step and show it could follow a win with another. As the Green Wave begins preparation for Saturday's Conference USA game with Central Florida, its final home game this season, Scelfo is back to hoping his team can show its resilience...
Friends reunite tonight as foes
New Orleans Times Picayune
In September 2005 when Hurricane Katrina forced the Tulane basketball team to relocate at Texas A&M for the fall semester, then first-year Green Wave coach Dave Dickerson didn't know anyone in College Station except for Aggies assistant Buzz Williams, whom he'd met that summer on the recruiting circuit...
Nov. 12, 2006
Offensive play buries Tulane, ignites Scelfo
New Orleans Times Picayune
After a nearly flawless performance a few weeks ago against Army, Tulane's offense has hit rock bottom. On Saturday afternoon against Southern Miss, the Green Wave's biggest rival in Conference USA, Tulane's offense accounted for 85 yards in a 31-3 loss to the Golden Eagles at the Superdome...
Southern Miss routs Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
Virtually all of Tulane's offensive success this season has come from the rushing and receiving of Matt Forte and the passing of Lester Ricard. On Saturday, the Green Wave had neither and the result was an impotent offensive performance in a 31-3 Conference loss to Southern Mississippi in the Superdome...
USM defense saw mission accomplished
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo had a memorable post-game rant after his Green Wave fell 31-3 to Southern Miss on Saturday. He said he was embarrassed about his offense. He punted on third down with just over five minutes remaining of the game because he was "tired of watching" them move the ball...
Southern Miss defense owns this one
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Two instances encapsulated Southern Miss' defensive prowess and Tulane's offensive ineptitude on Saturday. The Golden Eagles left the Superdome with a 31-3 victory. The first was USM defensive back LeVance Richmond's 50-yard fumble return for a touchdown with 12:02 remaining in the game...
A big victory in the Big Easy
Hattiesburg (Miss.) American
Four quarterbacks. 125 penalty yards. Six punts. Two missed field goals. One huge offensive mess. In an arena that has seen some quality football played by the Saints as of late, there wasn't much of that Saturday - at least for the team with the ball. Who cares? Only two numbers held any significance inside the Superdome - Southern Miss 31, Tulane 3...
Healthy Fletcher has fifth 100-yarder
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
If there was a question about the state of Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher's health, it was answered emphatically Saturday afternoon at the Superdome. Fletcher rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries as the Golden Eagles claimed a 31-3 Conference USA victory over Tulane...
Nasty once again
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
After watching his football team take care of business Saturday afternoon, Southern Miss coach Jeff Bower will be pulling for a pair of fowl next weekend. Bower's Golden Eagles pulled away to a 31-3 Conference USA victory over Tulane before an announced 21,687 at the Superdome...
Surrender! Wave waves white flag
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Tulane football coach Chris Scelfo finally had enough. Trailing Southern Miss 24-3 and with his offense stuck in reverse with 5 minutes to play, Scelfo called timeout, called his offense to the sidelines - and punted. On third down...
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald
Southern Miss' 31-3 win at the Superdome on Saturday was best summed up on one play late in the fourth quarter, with the game clearly out of reach. With the Golden Eagles leading 24-3 with 5:03 left on the clock, Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo called a timeout with his team facing a third-and-15 from their 20. Scelfo, showing a lot of emotion, met his troops out on the middle of the field and started to fuss, and fuss and fuss...
Nov. 11, 2006
Wave defense bracing for USM dual threat Young
New Orleans Times Picayune
Their numbers keep changing, but for Tulane defensive coordinator Eric Schumann, the situation seems to remain the same. Week after week, Schumann has found himself digging deep into his defensive bag of tricks to find a way to keep the Green Wave's opposing quarterbacks from running wild. Time and again, Tulane's defense has lost containment...
Henry leads Tulane in opener
New Orleans Times Picayune
D'Aundra Henry had a successful return to the Green Wave. The senior guard led Tulane with 16 points and four steals in a season-opening 75-52 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Friday night at Fogelman Arena. Henry, who also had six assists and tied for the team lead in rebounds with six, was playing in her first game since the 2004-05 season after sitting out last season on a medical redshirt...
Butler sinks Wave to a low in futility
New Orleans Times Picayune
For Butler Coach Todd Lickliter, it was a dream watching his Bulldogs open the season. For Tulane's Dave Dickerson, it was his worst nightmare. The Green Wave began its 2006-07 season Friday night at Fogelman Arena with a 77-37 loss to Butler, its second 40-point loss at home in seven games...
Scelfo poised to lead Tulane in games coached
Baton Rouge Advocate
When Tulane plays Southern Miss in a Conference USA game at 1 p.m. today in the Superdome, Chris Scelfo will become the Green Wave's all-time leader in games coached. Scelfo, who is in his eighth season, will be coaching his 92nd game today, breaking a tie with Clark Shaughnessy...
Tulane announces baseball signees
Baton Rouge Advocate
The Tulane baseball team added some local flavor for the 2008 season as coach Rick Jones announced the signing of high school seniors Blake Bennett, Robby Broach, Kirk Cunningham, Mike Lehman and Robert Segedin, along with junior college sophomores Drew Allain, Mason Griffin, Sam Honeck and Cody Railsback on Friday...
Southern Miss wary of Tulane's offense
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald
Southern Miss' hopes of winning a Conference USA championship continue with the final road game of the season at Tulane. The Golden Eagles (5-4 overall, 3-2 in C-USA play) and the Green Wave (3-6, 1-4) tangle for the 27th consecutive time with kickoff set for 1 p.m. in the Louisiana Superdome...
Nov. 10, 2006
Wave's focus switches more to scoring
New Orleans Times Picayune
By the time the 2005-06 season ended, Tulane's first-year coach, Dave Dickerson, finally was beginning to see the progress he hoped would have arrived months earlier. The Green Wave had become what Dickerson felt was a solid defensive team...
Tulane women to tip off season of promise
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane's women's basketball team suits up for the season opener against Stephen F. Austin tonight at Fogelman Arena, it will be a Green Wave team unlike that of seasons past. "We started three years ago young, and we lost four of that group to injury," Coach Lisa Stockton said. "So this is the first team we've had in four years with maturity, experience and depth to the roster...
Nov. 9, 2006
Scelfo has found Southern Miss unkind
New Orleans Times Picayune
Chris Scelfo will set a school record when he coaches his 91st game for Tulane on Saturday as the Green Wave hosts Southern Miss. But when Scelfo gets to waxing nostalgic about his tenure, it's unlikely that he will have many fond memories about facing the Golden Eagles...
Nov. 8, 2006
Scelfo eases practice for hobbled Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
The effects of nine games in nine weeks are finally beginning to wear on Tulane's football team. And with games the next three weeks, Green Wave Coach Chris Scelfo has made a decision to cut back the amount of contact the team has in practice. "We're not going to bang a whole lot," Scelfo said Tuesday...
Limping Tulane cuts back on physical drills
Baton Rouge Advocate
Practice got a little shorter and a little less physical for Tulane beginning Tuesday afternoon. An ever-expanding injury list finally prompted coach Chris Scelfo to scale back to try to keep his 3-6 team as healthy and fresh as possible for its game against Southern Miss on Saturday in the Superdome...
Former Tulane tennis star Richardson dies
Baton Rouge Advocate
Hamilton F. "Ham" Richardson, a Tulane University tennis star and a top-ranked player for over a decade, has died at the age of 73. Richardson died Sunday night at New York Presbyterian Hospital from diabetic complications, Tulane announced Tuesday...
'Ham' Richardson, former Tulane tennis star, dies
Alexandria Town Talk
Former Tulane University tennis star Hamilton F. "Ham" Richardson, who overcame juvenile diabetes to be twice ranked No. 1 in the United States, died Sunday night at New York Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 73 in New York...
Nov. 7, 2006
Tulane makes habit of wasting chances
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane wide receiver Damarcus Davis looks back on the 2006 season, he knows he probably will be revisiting the past. On Saturday, when the Green Wave suffered a 42-21 loss at Marshall, Davis already was looking at a repeat of the team's failures. It was another loss Davis believes should have been a victory...
Nov. 5, 2006
Tough fourth quarter dooms Green Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane scored on its first possession of the second half Saturday night, the Green Wave appeared to have Marshall on the run. After tying the score at 21 early in the third quarter, the Green Wave's turnovers and inconsistent offense gave Marshall all the chances it needed to score the game's final 21 points in the fourth quarter on the way to a 42-21 Conference USA victory at Joan C. Edwards Stadium...
Henry leads Wave in exhibition
New Orleans Times Picayune
D'Aundra Henry led Tulane with 14 points and nine steals in the Green Wave's 90-63 victory over the Houston Jaguars in an exhibition game Saturday at Fogelman Arena. It was Henry's first time on the court since the 2004-05 season. She sat out last season with a medical redshirt...
Tulane turns back Albany State
New Orleans Times Picayune
David Gomez had 23 points and 11 rebounds off the bench, as Tulane defeated Albany State 67-55 in an exhibition game Saturday night at Fogelman Arena. Gomez scored 20 in the second half. In one stretch, he scored 14 of the Green Wave's 17 points, including 12 straight. The final basket of his run was an alley-oop thrown by Daniel Puckett...
Gomez leads Tulane men in exhibition win
Baton Rouge Advocate
David Gomez and Daniel Puckett came off the bench to score a combined 34 points and the Tulane men's basketball team overcame a lackluster first half to beat Albany State, 67-55, in an exhibition basketball game Saturday at Fogelman Arena...
Three in a row: Big fourth quarter lifts Herd
Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
In a cold, strange game of traded turnovers and interminable delays for video replay, it was perhaps appropriate that the relatively obscure Jon Moravec turned the game. Moravec's blocked punt early in the fourth quarter led to Jimmy Skinner's 14-yard touchdown pass to Cody Slate, giving Marshall the lead en route to a 42-21 victory Saturday night over Tulane before 25,128 fans, chilled further by a contest that dragged beyond 31/2 hours...
Herd beats Tulane 42-21
Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
Backup Jimmy Skinner threw three fourth-quarter touchdown passes, lifting Marshall to a 42-21 win over Tulane on Saturday night. Skinner came on after starter Bernard Morris hurt his leg late in the third quarter to lead the Thundering Herd (4-5, 3-2 Conference USA) to their third straight win...
MU defense ahead of Tulane's Ricard
Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
Stealing signs is one of those unwritten taboos in baseball. As for football, no such antiquated rules apply. Take Marshall's defensive line for example. Saturday night, they had Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard wired pretty well, particularly on audibles...
Marshall thumps Tulane
Bluefield (W.Va.) Daily Telegraph
Governor Joe Manchin led cheers of "We are Marshall!" at midfield immediately before Marshall's game Saturday night against the Tulane Green Wave. The Thundering Herd did not need his help to legislate a victory...
Thundering Herd holds on to beat Tulane 42-21
Beckley (W.Va.) Register-Herald
A three-touchdown first quarter was just enough for Marshall Saturday night against Tulane. The Thundering Herd led 21-0, then successfully held off Tulane's potent offense long enough for a 42-21 win at Joan C. Edwards Stadium...
Nov. 4, 2006
Green Wave works to build on success
New Orleans Times Picayune
Progress from one week to the next is all Tulane Coach Chris Scelfo had been asking of his team. "Get better every week" had been his line to the team since August. But following last week's strong performance against Army, the Green Wave's best game of the season, Scelfo is now calling on his players to keep up the improvement in the form of a repeat performance...
Wave hosts Albany State tonight in exhibition
New Orleans Times Picayune
On paper, it's just an exhibition. But for second-year Tulane Coach Dave Dickerson, the Green Wave's game tonight with Albany State is an opportunity to find out a few things about his team. "It's important for our guys to play a team like Albany State," Dickerson said. "A game atmosphere will be beneficial to us as we get closer to the season opener...
Tulane seeks elusive winning streak
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane will try to follow a victory with another victory for the first time this season when it plays Marshall at 6:30 p.m. today in Huntington, W. Va. The Green Wave (3-5, 1-3 in Conference ) followed each of its first two victories with a disappointing performance...
Nov. 3, 2006
Tulane's Forté hits his stride
New Orleans Times Picayune
At LSU, Lester Ricard was a teammate of Domanick Davis and LaBrandon Toefield, both now in the NFL. At Tulane, Ricard played with Mewelde Moore, also now making a living playing on Sundays. And just whom does the Green Wave quarterback consider the best running back he has ever been around...
Tulane still rebuilding in wake of Katrina
Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
The farther Tulane's football team can put 2005 in the rear-view mirror, the better. "It was very frustrating," said quarterback Lester Ricard. "We don't even like talking about it." The Green Wave players don't care much for rehashing the tragedy and devastation wrought in New Orleans, or their season of essentially being barnstormers...
Nov. 2, 2006
Tulane seeking to gain momentum
New Orleans Times Picayune
After finishing the 2005 regular season with a 3-14 record, expectations weren't high for the Tulane Green Wave volleyball team. The team featured seven freshmen and, as Coach Liz Kritza put it, faced "an unprecedented season filled with uncertainty...
Tulane's Ricard will keep Herd defense busy
Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
Another week, another playmaking quarterback to defend. West Virginia's Patrick White, Tennessee's Erik Ainge and top Conference USA passers Martin Hankins (Memphis) and Chris Williams (UAB) have tested Marshall University's defense with varying degrees of success. This week, strong-armed Tulane quarterback Lester Ricard steps to the plate...
Herd sizing up Green Wave
Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
It's going to be an interesting week for Larry Kueck and Eric Schumann. Kueck, Marshall University's veteran offensive coordinator, is pitting game plans against Schumann, Tulane's top defensive mind. Both Marshall (3-5, 2-2 Conference USA) and the Green Wave (3-5, 1-3) offer multiple looks, making for overtime hours in the film room...
Nov. 1, 2006
Scelfo preparing Tulane for cold weather
New Orleans Times Picayune
The nearly eight seasons Chris Scelfo has spent as Tulane's coach hasn't allowed him to forget about the six years he spent at Marshall. For Scelfo, those were some pretty good years, five of which ended with the Thundering Herd as the NCAA I-AA champion, runner-up or semifinalist. Those also were some cold years...
RB Forté gives Tulane multi-purpose threat
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane running back Matt Forté's recent performances are conjuring up memories of former Green Wave standout Mewelde Moore. Forté has a long way to go to have the kind of impact that Moore, the school's career leader in rushing yards (4,364) and all-purpose yards (6,505), had, but in his own way he is providing a similar kind of dependability, productivity and versatility...
Tulane's Forté is making plays
Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette
Last year, Marshall held Tulane to 40 rushing yards in the teams' first meeting. The odds seem long against a repeat this Saturday. While the Green Wave's passing effectiveness has grabbed the headlines recently in New Orleans, Matt Forté has come into his own in the backfield...
Herd coach wouldn't mind an early snowfall for Tulane
Charleston (W.Va.) Daily Mail
For his Halloween press conference, Marshall Coach Mark Snyder came disguised as a ... ahem, meteorologist. "It is going to be cold Saturday," Snyder said. Although nobody asked about the weather, Snyder continued to discuss the subject as it relates to Marshall's game against Tulane at 7:30 p.m. Saturday here at Edwards Stadium. The game will be nationally televised by CSTV...
Weather could help Herd
Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch
Weather is developing into a win-win scenario for Marshall University football in Conference USA. When the Thundering Herd travels south in October and November, players are enjoying sunny skies and temperatures on the right side of 70 degrees. Road conditions have been mild and pleasant through six C-USA road games in two seasons, offering no advantage to either sideline...
