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Aug. 1, 2003
July 31, 2003
Elpheage is doing all he can to make team
New Orleans Times Picayune
Lynaris Elpheage knows the numbers game isn't in his favor, so he chooses to ignore it...
July 30, 2003
Haslett impressed with Elpheage
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
The odds are against Lynaris Elpheage, but each day he makes life a little tougher on the New Orleans Saints' coaching staff. The free agent cornerback out of Tulane is a longshot to make the team, but had another solid practice Tuesday during the Saints' afternoon session...
July 30, 2003
Slive urges BCS, non-BCS talks
New Orleans Times Picayune
In his opening remarks at the Southeastern Conference football media days Tuesday, SEC commissioner Mike Slive said that conversation between the different parties is the next step in finding a solution to the growing conflict between BCS and non-BCS schools...
July 29, 2003
McKiver's tears washed away by shot in WNBA
New Orleans Times Picayune
Big girls, it seems, do cry...
July 29, 2003
It All Starts With Ramsey
Washington Post
Each time Patrick Ramsey dropped back to pass in his burgundy shorts and white jersey, many in the crowd of about 1,000 spectators at Redskins Park murmured in anticipation...
July 27, 2003
Best Battle in Colleges Will Center on Bowls
New York Times
Forget the Buckeyes versus the Wolverines or the Gators versus the Volunteers. The best matchup of the college football season will pit the presidents of universities belonging to the Bowl Championship Series conferences against their peers at institutions without major football programs. Last week, the two sides took their arguments to the news media with equal doses of indignation and name-calling...
July 27, 2003
Modern-day Quixote fights BCS
Salt Lake Tribune
For a guy who has almost no connection to the state of Utah, who grew up in middle class New Jersey, played football at UConn, joined the military for a stint before opening the throttle on a career in education, Scott Cowen is quickly and quite serendipitously and surprisingly becoming a folk hero around here...
July 27, 2003
ON CAMPUS
New Orleans Times Picayune
With all due respect to Scott Cowen, Sun Belt Conference commissioner Wright Waters wishes the Tulane president would do a little less tilting at windmills and aim instead for some realistic objectives...
July 23, 2003
G-Braves outshine Suns
Greenville (S.C.) News
Given the pattern James Jurries has followed this season, the Atlanta Braves might want to add him to their roster in September...
July 23, 2003
Tulane happy to have real deal in backfield
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
Tulane running back Mewelde Moore said neither fame nor fortune were big motivators when it came to playing sports...
July 23, 2003
C-USA's vague future is focus
New Orleans Times Picayune
With the start of college football season a little more than a month away, the only thing that seems certain about Conference USA is its uncertain future...
July 23, 2003
Horned Frogs ready to repeat
New Orleans Times Picayune
As Conference USA's defending champion, Texas Christian is following the footsteps of a previous league champ by being picked to repeat...
July 23, 2003
West hoping for balance
Memphis Commercial Appeal
For two seasons, University of Memphis football coach Tommy West's plans for the Tiger offense have been up in the air...
July 23, 2003
Realignment `out of our hands'
Birmingham News
University of Cincinnati coach Rick Minter said there are two possibilities regarding conference realignment...
July 23, 2003
Cowen leads anti-BCS charge
New Orleans Times Picayune
Led by Tulane President Scott Cowen, college football's Division I-A have-nots agreed Tuesday to continue their battle against the Bowl Championship Series, which they say steers too much money to the NCAA's football powerhouses...
July 23, 2003
University Presidents Rally Against B.C.S.
New York Times
The president of Tulane, Scott S. Cowen, said yesterday that a coalition of 44 university presidents who feel frozen out of the Bowl Championship Series was not ruling out any options in trying to get rid of it, including a lawsuit claiming antitrust violations...
July 23, 2003
Non-BCS schools assail championship alliance
USA Today
The Bowl Championship Series is a cartel that should be eliminated, said a group of 44 presidents of non-BCS schools who formed the Presidential Coalition for Athletics Reform. The group, as well as NCAA President Myles Brand, discussed access to football postseason play during a conference call Tuesday...
July 23, 2003
Non-BCS schools clamor for better deal
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
While Pitt basked in the glow of landing a big recruit and gaining assurance that the Big East Conference will retain its automatic Bowl Championship Series bid through the 2005 season, it was easy to overlook the cries of exclusion from Tulane and other non-BCS schools...
July 23, 2003
Not About To Punt
Hartford Courant
Sentiment against college football's Bowl Championship Series is growing bigger and louder. The major schools left out of the BCS system made it clear Tuesday they aren't going to tolerate being pushed anymore...
July 22, 2003
Moore top C-USA selection
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the past three seasons, Tulane running back Mewelde Moore has played a huge part in the Green Wave's offensive success. And he's been a major problem for opposing teams...
July 22, 2003
BCS won't consider football playoffs
USA Today
With a group of presidents from Bowl Championship Series conferences eliminating the idea of a football playoff Monday, controversy will continue, as the have-nots call for more access to the BCS bowls and its big bucks...
July 22, 2003
Cowen's quest collects interest
New Orleans Times Picayune
To Tulane president Scott Cowen, the first step in his quest to reform the BCS has been accomplished -- he's gotten people's attention...
July 22, 2003
King ready to prove he's worthy again
Orlando Sentinel
It doesn't seem that long ago that Tampa Bay's Shaun King was starting at quarterback in the NFC Championship Game against the St. Louis Rams...
July 21, 2003
Programs Not in B.C.S. Want Piece of the Action
New York Times
The Bowl Championship Series contract among the 62 universities in the six major conferences and Notre Dame does not expire for three years, but those universities are already having to square off for a fight with the 54 non-B.C.S. universities...
July 18, 2003
BCS is a mess, one we'll have to live with
CBS.Sportsline.com
J.P. Losman is hard on himself. He believes in himself, but he's his own biggest critic...
July 18, 2003
Tulane's Losman one of 2004's top QB prospects
ProFootballWeekly.com
J.P. Losman is hard on himself. He believes in himself, but he's his own biggest critic...
July 18, 2003
Moore mulls over pro future
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Mewelde Moore returns to Tulane for his senior year, he is expected to continue rewriting the Green Wave's record book...
July 18, 2003
Scelfo sees sunshine ahead
New Orleans Times Picayune
Weather report: It rained during the first week of a two-week Florida fishing vacation taken by Chris Scelfo and family...
July 17, 2003
Tulane stirring wave of protest against BCS
Orlando Sentinel
Finally, there is someone who has had enough and is willing to do something about it...
July 8, 2003
2003 PREVIEW: Tulane Green Wave
FoxSports.com
Tulane was having a typical Tulane offensive season rolling over everyone with with a high octane attack and lots of points and yards. The surprise came on the other side of the ball as the defense was better by leaps and bounds. That improvement was the difference between a 3-9 season and a wasted season of offensive explosion, and an 8-5 year with a bowl win. The key will be if a defense that lost almost all of its stars can continue to make plays and keep the team in games...
July 5, 2003
Big Football's Bully Tactics
Washington Post
A civil war is taking shape in college athletics. On one side is Big Football, and on the other side is what might be called Little Football. A major collision between the factions is coming, with a couple of possible outcomes: Either a genuine reform effort will finally take shape, or the NCAA as we know it will end...
July 4, 2003
Retooled conference could benefit Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane and Southern Methodist belong in the same conference...
July 3, 2003
Musical conferences
New Orleans Times Picayune
Sooner or later, Tulane president Scott Cowen sees changes coming to Conference USA...
July 2, 2003
Miami's move to ACC will likely spark major changes across NCAA
Austin American Statesman
The move of Miami and Virginia Tech from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference could set in motion a chain of events that will affect schools and conferences across the country...
