September 2008 NewsStand
Oct 23, 2008 | General
Sept. 29, 2008
Andre a giant for Tulane this season
NOLA.com
It'd be absurd to suggest Tulane doesn't miss Matt Forte. Regardless how good a team is or how well it plays, it's going to have a pretty significant hole when a 2,000-yard rusher leaves the program.
Sept. 26, 2008
Tulane Tramples SMU; Wave earns first C-USA win of the season
The Hullabaloo
In Tulane's first nationally televised game of the season, the Green Wave managed to hold off a late surge by Southern Methodist University to preserve a 34-27 victory. It was Tulane's second straight victory in the Superdome and improved their season and conference records to .500.
Tulane wins second straight, 34-27 over SMU
Associated Press/Brett Martel
What's next for Tulane running back Andre Anderson? A 300-yard game? Anderson ran for 219 yards, including a 1-yard touchdown, and Kevin Moore passed for three scores to lead Tulane to its second-straight victory, 34-27 over SMU on Thursday night.
Tulane holds off SMU for 34-27 victory
Baton Rouge Advocate
SMU coach June Jones is known for his high-scoring "run-and-shoot" offense, but Tulane unleashed its own run and shoot in a 34-27 Conference USA victory against the Mustangs on Thursday night in the Superdome.
Sept. 21, 2008
Tulane's football team gets a dominating win
New Orleans Times-Picayune
After inconsistent performances in its first two games, the three phases of football finally came together for Tulane on Saturday afternoon at the Superdome.
Tulane whips UL-Monroe for first victory
New Orleans Times-Picayune
You can have your moral victories. Tulane will take the real kind. After two weeks of valiant but losing efforts against ranked opponents, the Green Wave put everything together Saturday, beating Louisiana-Monroe, 24-10 in the Superdome.
Tulane takes down Louisiana-Monroe
The Advocate
After being competitive and losing its first two games of the season, Tulane was dominant in getting its first victory of the season.
Sept. 19, 2008
Tulane toes line; now, it's got to cross
NOLA.com
Tulane clearly has shown it appears to know where the line is between winning and losing. Still, though, the Green Wave doesn't know how to cross it.
Tulane's Dade cleared to play
NOLA.com
Tulane redshirt freshman cornerback Domininque Dade has recevied his eligibility clearance from the NCAA and will be able to play in Saturday's game against Louisiana-Monroe.
ULM-Tulane short on history but long on connections
Monroe News Star
It would be a gross overstatement to call ULM-Tulane a football rivalry. This weekend's game is only the second football meeting between the programs.
Sept. 18, 2008
ULM faces steep challenge from Tulane pass rush
Monroe News Star
ULM's ability to protect quarterback Kinsmon Lancaster could be the telltale statistic against Tulane this week. Tulane leads the nation in sacks after two games with nine.
Tulane cornerback and former Neville standout could see first action against ULM
Monroe News Star
Former Neville standout Dominique Dade, now at Tulane, could see his action of the season against ULM.
Sept. 17, 2008
Tulane's Bob Toledo still has some tricks up his sleeve
NOLA.com
To Tulane Coach Bob Toledo, there's a time and a place for gadget plays.
Sept. 16, 2008
Tulane's Jeremy Williams Louisiana offensive player of the week
NOLA.com
ulane wide receiver Jeremy Williams was named Louisiana Offensive Player of the Week Monday by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association after his eight-catch, 157 yard performance Saturday against No. 14 East Carolina.
Sept. 15, 2008
Tulane Men's basketball schedule features 15 home games
Tulane's athletic department will have a busy day on Nov. 15. Not only is it the final home football game, but the Green Wave men's basketball team will be playing host to McNeese State in its season opener about two hours after the football game against Alabama-Birmingham in the Superdome is over.
Sept. 7, 2008
Tulane Defense Holds Up vs Alabama
NOLA.com
An Alabama offense that looked big, mean and physical a week ago got outplayed by a small, quick and persistent Tulane defense.
Crimson Tide Leave Tulane Kicking Itself
NOLA.com
Alabama's fans gave Tulane's storm-chased Green Wave a warm welcome to Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday night. But the applause Tulane really deserved -- and received -- was at the end of the game after the 30-point underdog Wave gave the 13th -ranked Crimson Tide all it wanted in a 20-6 defeat in Tulane's season opener.
Alabama avoids letdown vs. Tulane, escapes with a win
The Birmingham News
Alabama left Bryant-Denny Stadium frustrated, vowing to turn around its efforts. But yes, the Crimson Tide will take it. No. 13 Alabama escaped with a 20-6 victory over Tulane in front of an announced crowd of 92,138 Saturday, despite an uneven offensive performance
Woeful outing reveals Bama has work to do
The Huntsville Times
Coach Nick Saban challenged his Alabama players in the past week with the pointed phrase, "Are you for real?" He wasn't thrilled with the answer Saturday night. His team earned no style points with a lackluster 20-6 victory over Tulane before a packed house at Bryant-Denny Stadium. The 13th-ranked Crimson Tide had to sweat against a 30-point underdog, getting bailed out by two touchdowns from its punt-return unit.
Tide surrenders yards, but damage minimal
The Huntsville Times
After shutting down Clemson's high-powered offense in week one, Alabama's defense had a bit of a hangover against Tulane on Saturday. The Crimson Tide allowed 318 total yards on Saturday, nearly double what they allowed last week.
Jumbled Alabama offensive line keeps Tide off balance in Week 2 win
Mobile Press-Register
Alabama's offensive line looked like a game of musical chairs Saturday night against Tulane, and the result was an offense that sputtered most of the game. Playing mostly with two new linemen in the lineup and three in different positions, the Crimson Tide gained just 172 total yards and scored just one offensive touchdown in a 20-6 victory.
Too much too soon for Alabama?
Montgomery Advertiser
If coach Nick Saban had any con cerns about the Alabama fans -- or his team, for that matter -- getting a little too caught up in the afterglow of the Crimson Tide's season-opening win over Clemson, the home opener with Tulane temporarily put an end to all of that.
Sept. 5, 2008
Meeting of night and day
AP
Alabama's relishing in own glory; Tulane's been in hotel practicing on unknown field
Displaced Green Wave shift focus to football
The Huntsville Times
Finally, Tulane gets to become a football team again. First, they were evacuees as the Green Wave fled their New Orleans campus on Saturday, heading to Birmingham to escape Hurricane Gustav. Then, they became storm watchers and a source of curiosity as though they were football gypsies. Now the storm has passed, New Orleans was spared and Tulane gets to open its season Saturday at No. 13 Alabama.
Former Davidson High standout David Kirksey will lead Tulane against Alabama on Saturday
Mobile Press-Register
When David Kirksey was a student at Davidson High, he always wore a tie to school. The odd choice of schoolhouse apparel made him a distinctive figure in Davidson's halls, and that was the point. Even then, Kirksey was doing what he could to be a role model.
Cal Poly volleyball: Mustangs hosting one tough tourney
SanLuisObispo.com
Take one glance at the Cal Poly volleyball team's schedule, and it's tough to look away from two home dates. Perennial title contender Stanford comes to Mott Gym on Sept. 20, and No. 2-ranked Nebraska rolls through San Luis Obispo today. But before Cal Poly can get its shot at Nebraska, the Mustangs must face Tulane at 10 a. m. at Mott Gym. The Green Wave appear to be a team on the rise. Sept. 4, 2008
Tulane at Alabama
Pensacola News Journal
The arrival of Hurricane Gustav caused the Green Wave to scramble practice plans. The team hurriedly left New Orleans on Sunday for Birmingham and is working out all week at Samford University. The team is practicing in the mornings, allowing Samford's team to keep its normal afternoon practice schedule.
Tulane Volleyball weathers Hurricane Gustav in SLO, preps for tourney
SanLuisObispo.com
The Green Wave women didn't return home after a tournament in Utah last week when news of a new hurricane, Gustav, hit. Instead, they came straight to San Luis Obispo, where they'll play the Mustangs in the opener of the Paso Robles Marriott Invitational at Mott Gym on Friday.
MOVABLE PARTS: Tulane defensive coordinator O'Neill Gilbert tinkers with players' positions to get the fastest defenders on the field
NOLA.com
The price of gas may be falling, but hybrids still are the hot ticket items for Tulane's defense. Ends becoming linebackers and then moving back to ends again. Safeties becoming linebackers. Cornerbacks becoming safeties.
When weather turns foul...
The Huntsville Times
Tulane coach Bob Toledo focused all offseason for a game at Alabama he knew his team wouldn't be favored to win.
"I was jokingly saying that maybe we'd get a hurricane and cancel the game," Toledo said, "and it didn't happen."
Green Wave hope to wash away 13th-ranked Crimson Tide
The Sports Network / Kansas City Star
The 13th-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide are fresh off a statement victory to open the campaign, and they will attempt to move to 2-0 as they host Tulane this weekend. This game marks the season opener for the Green Wave, and preparations have been a bit more complicated because of an evacuation to Birmingham, Alabama, to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Gustav.
Alabama football notes for Saturday's game against Tulane
Mobile Register
N.O. still contending for 2012 Final Four
NOLA.com
New Orleans moved closer to landing its first Final Four since 2003 on Wednesday. But that doesn't mean the other cities in contention moved further away. In an unprecedented move, the NCAA Men's Basketball Committee named all 10 bidding cities finalists for Final Fours between 2012 and 2016.
Superdome Looks Good After Gustav
Associated Press
The Louisiana Superdome, for now still scheduled to host an NFL regular-season opener Sunday between the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, appeared to be in good condition after the worst of Hurricane Gustav had passed, the stadium's operator said.
Sept. 3, 2008
Tulane players prepare for Alabama game away from home
Mobile Press Register
Helplessly, they eyed hotel television screens Monday, each aware that their season hung in the balance of something totally out of their control. Tulane's players had been told that if Hurricane Gustav caused widespread flooding and havoc like Hurricane Katrina did three years ago, there would be no commitment to an entire season of road games and thus no football for the Green Wave in 2008.
Tulane players ready to focus on Alabama
NOLA.com
Bears must turn around run game
Chicago Tribune Any pie-in-the-sky discussion suggesting the Bears can win starts with Matt Forte, the rookie three-down back who already is among the team leaders in savvy. "He gets it," center Olin Kreutz said. "He gets that protecting the quarterback is very important and maybe his No. 1 job. A lot of rookie running backs don't get that. He gets a lot of little things in the game."
Sept. 2, 2008
Writing Out The Storm: Tulane football players blog on road out of New Orleans
USA Today
Even as they and their teammates dealt with Hurricane Gustav, Tulane football players Michael Parenton and Reggie Scott found time to blog as their team traveled to Birmingham, Ala. Tulane is among several Louisiana teams dealing with the hurricane. Parenton was also on the 2005 Green Wave team that played all its games away home because of Hurricane Katrina.
NOTE: This article references the Down & Dirty blog on TulaneGreenWave.com
Tulane's evacuation smoother second time around
ESPN.com
Bob Toledo didn't appreciate the devastation Hurricane Katrina caused to New Orleans until he became the head coach at Tulane and saw a first-hand account of the destruction.
Tulane's evacuation smoother second time around
ESPN.com
Tulane-Alabama Preview
ESPN.com
Players, teams brace for Hurricane Gustav
ESPN.com
Louisiana schools weather aftermath of another hurricane
CBS Sportsline
Cecil Hurt: Green Wave breathes sign of relief
CBS Sportsline
Tulane Players Uprooted by Hurricane Again
ABC News
Louisiana College, Pro Teams Flee Gustav
ABC News
This time, Tulane weathers the storm
FoxSports.com
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans three years ago, Tulane coach Dave Dickerson had been on the job a matter of months and didn't know what to expect. He took his wife and young son and rushed out of the city for what he didn't realize at the time would be a matter of months.
Tulane heads north with 'orderly' deja vu
The Huntsville Times
Google Earth. That's how Jordan Ellis found out he had no home three years ago. Stuck in Dallas with his Tulane teammates - hundreds of miles away from family and friends in Pass Christian, Miss. - the linebacker expected the worst after speaking to his mother in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Tulane's football practicing in Birmingham for Alabama game after evacuating from New Orleans
Birmingham News
The Tulane football team is trying to prepare for its season opener against 24th-ranked Alabama on Saturday as if everything is business as usual. Never mind that Samford's Seibert Stadium is serving as its home turf this week. Never mind that the Birmingham Marriott is subbing for the players' dorm rooms or apartments. Because of concern from Hurricane Gustav, the Green Wave players are having to spend a week practicing away from home after New Orleans was evacuated.
Alabama notebook: Tulane trying to focus on Crimson Tide, not Hurricane Gustav
Mobile Press Register
While Hurricane Gustav was roaring ashore not far from its campus, Tulane's football team practiced Monday morning at Samford University in Birmingham.
Hurrican Gustav uproots Tulane players
Pensacola News Journal
The Tulane football players have hotel rooms with power, comfortable beds and running water. They have their computers and DVDs and a nice place to practice every day. The Green Wave still are having to spend a week practicing away from home after New Orleans was evacuated because of Hurricane Gustav, but it's nothing like the last time when Katrina uprooted their lives and sent them to Jackson, Miss.
Sept. 1, 2008
Tulane players uprooted again
CNNSI.com
AP - The Tulane football players have hotel rooms with power, comfortable beds and running water. They have their computers and DVDs and a nice place to practice every day.
Tulane stays focused, gets helping hand
NOLA.com
Tulane still working on task at hand
NOLA.com
Taking Reins Comes Natural
NOLA.com
