Septemeber 2003 NewsStand
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Oct. 1, 2003
Sept. 30, 2003
Wave hopes open date has calming effect
New Orleans Times Picayune
The good news for Tulane is that with an open date this week, the Green Wave finally will get a chance to catch its breath...
Sept. 29, 2003
Tulane down, but it's not out
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was Tulane's most physical game of the season. But despite being overwhelmed and outclassed in Saturday's 63-18 loss at 14th-ranked Texas, the Green Wave escaped without injury...
Ramsey overcomes pounding
ESPN.com
Sunlight hit Patrick Ramsey's face, as did the screams of the 200 or so fans that were waiting outside Fed Ex Field. The Redskins quarterback had just left the tunnel coming out of the stadium, moving pretty well for a guy who has been on the wrong end of 20 sacks in four games...
Sept. 28, 2003
Farris basking in glow of winning WNBA championship
New Orleans Times Picayune
Although it's been 12 days since Detroit won the WNBA title against the Los Angeles Sparks, the magnitude of that championship hasn't entirely sunk in for the Shock's Barbara Farris...
Texas overwhelms defenseless Wave
New Orleans Times Picayune
Entering Saturday night's game, there was little doubt that 14-ranked Texas was a better football team than Tulane. The only question was how much better?...
Texas 63, Tulane 18 tells the whole story
New Orleans Times Picayune
Was it as bad as the final score? Yes it was. Anyway you slice it, it was Texas 63, Tulane 18...
Longhorns corral Losman
New Orleans Times Picayune
Texas defensive players saw the film. They saw the precision of Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman when he had time in the pocket, especially against Army the previous game. They therefore made a point not to give him that precious time. They succeeded...
Moore provides a little relief as Wave falls
New Orleans Times Picayune
All evening, Tulane's Mewelde Moore was like a pinball, bouncing off Texas tacklers. And the Green Wave coaches had a stack of quarters. In the defeat, Moore battered his way to 114 ground yards on 21 carries, and with a two-yard gain in the third quarter, he became Conference USA's all-time leader in all-purpose yards...
Horns kick up their heels
Austin American-Statesman
On a night when former Longhorn Ricky Williams made an appearance at Royal-Memorial Stadium, Texas enjoyed its best rushing performance of the season...
Texas' defensive speed too much for Tulane quarterback
Austin AMerican-Statesman
JP-Losman.com took some hits Saturday night, but not the kind Tulane intended when it launched a promotional Web site for its star quarterback this week...
Longhorns wipe out Tulane, 63-18
Dallas Morning News
Texas is giving Kansas State's defense a lot to think about. For the second straight week, 14th-ranked Texas found itself against an outmanned gaggle of defenders with a reputation for giving up yards by the truckload...
Sept. 27, 2003
Everything's bigger
New Orleans Times Picayune
There are two things Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman has never lacked -- confidence in his ability and the time to talk about it...
New headache for Texas defense
Austin American-Statesman
Texas defensive meetings likely have been a little crazy these past four weeks. Coaches have spent late hours analyzing offensive tendencies of four teams that have about as much in common, philosophically, as our last two presidents...
Inside Tulane
New Orleans Times Picayune
Texas' secondary has numerous talented players, including free safety Dakari Pearson, who led the Longhorns with 11 tackles last week, and cornerback Nathan Vasher, nicknamed "ESPN3" for all the big plays he makes, such as his two interceptions this year...
Matchups that matter: Tulane vs. Texas
Austin American-Statesman
Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson vs. Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman...
Tulane goes against the BCS wave
Austin American-Statesman
Tulane plays Texas for the national championship today. Or, at least, the closest version of it that the Green Wave will ever see in college football's current climate...
Underdog Tulane says it's ready for Longhorns
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane says it's better prepared to compete with Texas this season than it was last season...
Longhorns hope their inside reports help them ride out the Green Wave today
San Antonio Express News
As the former running backs coach at LSU, Michael Haywood got to know the strengths and weakness of many of the Tulane Green Wave's offensive players. He recruited them. Or didn't. And he had a reason for both...
Tailgating
New Orleans Times Picayune
Those were moans of disappointment coming out of the Big East Conference headquarters last weekend...
Sept. 26, 2003
Revived Tulane plugs along smartly
USA Today
In late spring they did not know the future of their team, or even if a team would exist. In early autumn they are unsure which league they eventually will call home. None of that matters for the Green Wave of Tulane...
Quick adapting to new role
New Orleans Times Picayune
Even Sister Juanita knew he should play linebacker. Maybe it was the way he attacked the defense as a ball carrier. Or maybe it was his grit. Or maybe it was his Brian Bosworth-esque snarl...
Drought seasons
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Green Wave hasn't scored a touchdown against Texas since 1962, when James Davis caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of a 35-8 drubbing to the then-No. 3 Longhorns...
Preview: No. 14 Texas vs. Tulane
Dallas Morning News
Key matchup: Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson against Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman...
UT-Tulane? Father, son can't talk about it
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
It is a week unlike any other week for the Greg Davis family. Only this week, it will be mostly silent...
Sept. 25, 2003
This Roy Williams is Tulane's go-to guy
Austin American-Statesman
It comes as no surprise that Roy Williams leads his team in receptions and touchdown catches. It also comes as no surprise that he's averaging six catches per game - and has four touchdowns - in the early season...
The new kids in town
ESPN.com
Venice to New Orleans, via Westwood and Miami. That is the journey taken by J.P. Losman, perhaps the best quarterback you have not seen play...
Small school, big talent
Austin American-Stateman
When Losman is done at Tulane, many expect NFL to come calling...
Dueling Davises
Austin American-Stateman
Texas offensive coordinator Greg Davis is quite familiar with the intricacies of Tulane's offense. His son, Greg Davis Jr., is the running backs coach for the Green Wave...
RECEIVING TOP MARKS
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's Roydell Williams and Texas' Roy Williams have more in common than just a name. The two receivers combine natural talent with a tireless work ethic and leadership to make themselves excel on the field...
Horns cram for passing exam
San Antonio Express News
When faced with defending an option attack, Dakarai Pearson knows which option he'd take every time. No option...
Tulane's Cowen joins NCAA board
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane president Scott Cowen, who has been at the front of the drive to reform the college football bowl system, has been selected as the Conference USA representative to the NCAA Board of Directors...
Nebraska biggest game USM 'has ever hosted'
New Orleans Times Picayune
The University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles always have been an unequal opportunity football team...
CHAT ROOM: Scott Cowen, Tulane president
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
After going undefeated in 1998, the Tulane football team figured it had a chance to play in a major bowl. But the newly minted Bowl Championship Series didn't see it that way. Because of its weak Conference USA schedule, Tulane rose only as high as 10th in the BCS rankings and was relegated to the Liberty Bowl...
Sept. 24, 2003
ESPN: Random Notes
ESPN.com
We're not predicting an upset here, but the game we think most NFL scouts may be tuned into this Saturday is Tulane against Texas. We've seen pretty much every big-time QB throw in person (short of Ben Roethlisberger and Andrew Walter) and none are more impressive than Green Wave QB J.P. Losman...
Tulane among nation's best in forcing turnovers
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's defense finds itself in the same place after four games this season as it was throughout last season -- among the national leaders in takeaways...
LSU, Tulane try to adapt to new status
New Orleans Times Picayune
What a difference a week makes, and at the moment, this applies especially to 3-1 Tulane and 4-0 LSU...
Nevil makes fast progress as lineman
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's Daniel Nevil didn't blink when he was told he was being moved to a new position. He just did it...
TU's Brown answers challenge
New Orleans Times Picayune
The week before Tulane's opener with Texas Christian, Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo couldn't resist talking about how much defensive tackle Taurean Brown could help the team if he came around...
USM, Nebraska match stout defenses
New Orleans Times Picayune
The Blackshirts are coming! The Blackshirts are coming! Invading Hattiesburg, Miss., on Thursday night will be Nebraska and its gritty defense, which practices in its famous black jerseys...
Benson stepping in the right direction
Austin American-Statesman
Cedric Benson conceded he was too anxious for the first two games. The Texas tailback wanted to make a great play, a statement on every carry...
Longhorn Notes: Longhorns respect Losman
Austin American-Statesman
Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman completed 13 of 29 passes for 127 yards and two interceptions in last season's 49-0 loss to Texas. Tulane rallied to win six of its last eight games, including a 36-28 win over Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl...
C-USA narrows want list
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
With the growing possibility that a handful of members will bolt for other leagues, Conference USA has received interest from several institutions in joining the league and could invite as many as four teams to join the conference in 2005...
UCF a hot property in realignment talk
Orlando Sentinel
UCF, for years unrequited in a search for an all-sports home, soon will have at least two suitors knocking on the door...
Sept. 23, 2003
C-USA To Be Proactive In Replacing Defectors
Tampa Tribune
Facing the reality it could lose six members to other leagues, Conference USA is prepared to extend invitations to at least four teams from the Mid-American and Western Athletic conferences to form a 12-team, all-sports league in 2005...
Scelfo: Special teams are lagging behind
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane coach Chris Scelfo has known all along that preparing for Texas would be a tough week. But instead of immediately hitting the tapes of the 14th-ranked Longhorns, he is trying to find the solution to a major gap in his special teams play...
Still on agenda for UT: defeat distractions
Austin American-Statesman
Texas receiver Roy Williams didn't like what he saw or heard in the immediate hours after the Longhorns lost to Arkansas 10 days ago...
Horns take a history lesson
San Antonio Express News
Texas coach Mack Brown, it turns out, is a closet revisionist historian. He wants to erase any remembrance among his football team that it beat Rice 48-7 on Saturday...
Sept. 22, 2003
Heisman Watch
SI.com
In a nod to the recent success of BCS outsiders, we're making this an equal-opportunity list and giving Losman his due. Tabbed as a first-rounder by NFL scouts, the Green Wave signal-caller is ranked second in the nation in total offense -- and he's the only QB with more passing yards than Philip Rivers...
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK
New Orleans Times Picayune
How good a day was it Saturday for the Mid-American Conference? Well, even the new Miss America is from a MAC school -- Central Florida...
Deliberate Horns stuck to run
San Antonio Express-News
Texas' gaudy rushing stats against Rice are a sign, not a conclusion, that the Longhorns rushing game is coming together, coach Mack Brown said Sunday on his weekly teleconference...
Rice pudding tastes good to Longhorns
Austin American-Statesman
The Texas Longhorns may still have a bad taste in their mouths after that Arkansas loss, but breakfast probably tasted better Sunday morning after a successful weekend in Houston...
A Shot in the Arm
Washington Post
You would be hard-pressed to find a more sophisticated defense than that of the New York Giants. It's not always the hardest hitting or the stingiest, but it's a defense that's particularly clever and crafty and therefore rough on young quarterbacks, designed to get in the head of kids like the Redskins' Patrick Ramsey...
Sept. 21, 2003
Tulane capitalizes on miscues
Middletown Times Herald-Record
Penalties. Turnovers. Mental mistakes. Army football. You might as well lump them all together...
Army's season teetering on the brink of disaster
Middletown Times Herald-Record
Say this for ESPN's College GameDay crew: Their timing is impeccable. The Bristol boys travel to Michie Stadium this Saturday for their weekly broadcast and they get a bowl game...
Tulane's talent interests NFL
Middletown Times Herald-Record
Bob Kremer breaks out a laminated sheet of paper with the names of 11 Tulane players on it...
Wave outlasts Army
New Orleans Times Picayune
There's something about fourth-quarter pressure that is bringing out the best in Tulane's offense...
Late drives prevent Green Wave collapse
New Orleans Times Picayune
The two Tulane drives almost were spitting images of each other. Both were in the fourth quarter. Both times, Army had cut Tulane's lead to 10. Both times, the momentum was with the black and gold. Both times, Tulane said, "Not this time. Not four years in a row"...
Tulane capitalizes on miscues
New Orleans Times Picayune
For an institution that breeds discipline, there was an onslaught of disorder Saturday. Army committed an unprecedented eight turnovers -- five interceptions and three fumbles -- in Tulane's 50-33 victory...
Sept. 20, 2003
Tulane's sights trained on Army
New Orleans Times Picayune
Under normal circumstances, it's understandable how Tulane might not take Army as seriously as it took Mississippi State a week ago...
Tailgating
New Orleans Times Picayune
Watch out, JoePa. Ole Bobby's gainin' on you. Penn State coach Joe Paterno started the season four victories ahead of Florida State's Bobby Bowden for the most by a Division I coach...
Sept. 19, 2003
Less talk, Moore action
Middleton (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record
Twenty-three offensive school records. Big deal. Five Conference USA records. Yawn. Projected first-round NFL draft pick in April. Whatever...
Ramsey's Trial by Fire
Washington Post
Patrick Ramsey plays football as if he is totally detached from the reality of the situation. The reality is 10 sacks, and more coming. The reality is another helmet in his shoulder, or his kidney, or his diaphragm...
Army is now an air force
New Orleans Times Picayune
At West Point, the epicenter of American military tradition, two things always were certain. One, the mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character. Two, on Saturdays, the football team will run the darn ball...
Dome looks at tray system for better turf
New Orleans Times Picayune
After four years of work, Superdome officials say they are one step closer to installing a new artificial playing surface for the Saints' 2004 season...
Sept. 18, 2003
Tulane makes non-BCS teams' presence felt
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Tulane President Scott Cowen could be an eloquent speaker. He could argue admirably for the Bowl Championship Series schools to rework their agreement and improve postseason access for non-BCS schools like Tulane...
Foes have Wave on run
New Orleans Times Picayune
The detective was engrossed in his work, trying to find the answer. He's got clues. He's got leads. But this isn't a case for just any gumshoe, for the stakes are high...
TU hasn't put its best foot forward
New Orleans Times Picayune
The most impressive thing is not necessarily that Tulane is 2-1, it's that the Green Wave is off to a fast start and hasn't come close to playing its best game...
Sept. 17, 2003
Non-BCS programs continue to fight the power
CBSSportsline.com
The marketing firm that represents the Bowl Championship Series is getting personal...
Tulane wide receiver Bush has caught fire since serving suspension for '03 opener
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane junior wide receiver Chris Bush has had an eventful first three weeks of the season...
Quick takes fast track to becoming leader
New Orleans Times Picayune
When fall practice ended in August, it was difficult to determine who was going to become Tulane's leader on defense...
League isn't being bullied by BCS teams
New Orleans Times Picayune
Before the season started, several Conference USA coaches defended their league, saying it was talented and competitive, regardless of what the powers-that-be in the BCS say...
Home is where losses are
Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald-Record
Curt Daniels paused for a second before trying to answer the question. He paused again. At that point, you could tell Daniels was struggling. You would figure he knows the last time Army won a home game...
Sept. 16, 2003
Clinton: How to fund troops must be focus
Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) News Journal
In brief remarks to the cadets, Clinton said she was honored to be there. ''I want to thank you for your service and commitment,'' she said. ''And all I have to say is, 'Go Army, beat Tulane!' ''...
Tulane reaps the rewards of not giving up
New Orleans Times Picayune
No matter how much Tulane coach Chris Scelfo tried to downplay the importance of the Green Wave's 31-28 victory over Mississippi State, there was no way of hiding it...
Sept. 14, 2003
Banging down the doors
SI.com
More and more BCS outsiders making their point on the field...
Unbelievable, it was just unbelievable
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
You had to see it to believe it. I saw it and I'm not sure I believe it...
Pepper, Tulane boot Miss. State, 31-28
Baton Rouge Advocate
Freshman Barrett Pepper kicked a 32-yard field goal with six seconds remaining to give Tulane a dramatic 31-28 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night in the Superdome...
Tulane erases 14-point deficit, overtakes State 31-28
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
The first quarter proved to be Mississippi State's undoing in the season opener against Oregon two weeks ago...
Pepper's kick leaves 'Dawgs stunned
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Mississippi State had a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter, but Tulane's J.P. Losman kept firing...
Disaster strikes Bulldogs
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Tulane has made a habit of turning double-digit deficits into near comebacks...
Offensive numbers really pile up
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
In a game expected to have its share of offensive fireworks, there were few until the final five minutes...
Pepper coolly kicks Tulane past Bulldogs
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane freshman Barrett Pepper kicked a 32-yard field goal with six seconds to play to cap the Green Wave's 31-28 come-from-behind victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night in the Superdome...
Playmakers snap Wave's slump against SEC
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the evening, for the only time this season, Tulane was back in the Southeastern Conference, the fraternity it left after the 1965 football season...
Moore runs past Conference USA rushing mark
New Orleans Times Picayune
After slipping through the Mississippi State line, Tulane's Mewelde Moore suddenly found the Bulldogs' last line of defense. And in a matter of moments, that last line found himself hanging on to Moore for dear life...
Lowly Rutgers shows Army the door (mat)
Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald Record
Army quarterback Zac Dahman stood on the sidelines, white towel in hand and a blank look on his face...
Sept. 13, 2003
Tulane has firepower to deliver early KO
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
Mississippi State outscored Oregon by three touchdowns during the last three quarters of their season opener two weeks ago at Scott Field...
Bulldogs look for first victory tonight in Dome
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Mississippi State outscored Oregon by three touchdowns during the last three quarters of their season opener two weeks ago at Scott Field...
Green Wave offense has been offensive
New Orleans Times Picayune
In the reception area of Tulane's football offices, a picture of running back Mewelde Moore, the school's all-time leading rusher, hangs in the center of the glass-enclosed display case...
LSU, Tulane play to tie in 2 OTs
New Orleans Times Picayune
After 110 minutes, two goals, 48 fouls, five yellow cards, two red cards -- including the ejection of an assistant coach -- and two overtimes, no team was able to win the LSU-Tulane soccer match Friday night...
TAILGATING
New Orleans Times Picayune
These days, life is good for Bubby Brister. Retired after a 15-year career as an NFL quarterback, Brister lives in the Beau Chene area of Mandeville, along with wife Bonnie, daughter Madeline and son Walter IV...
Sept. 12, 2003
No matter the sport, emotions high when LSU-TU renew rivalry
New Orleans Times Picayune
It could be an LSU-Tulane backgammon game for all that matters, and as long as it's purple vs. green, there should be brooding intensity...
Green Wave likes chances
New Orleans Times Picayune
It's been 15 years since Tulane has beaten Mississippi State, but don't get caught up in all the hype, the Green Wave aren't intimated by the Bulldogs...
Sherrill chills to coaches' hot seat
New Orleans Times Picayune
He's sat on the hot seat so many times that it's no longer much of a pain in his backside. Jackie Sherrill, Mississippi State's weathered coach, has been coaching longer than any of his players have been alive...
Nelson finds way to get on field
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
Aries Nelson is waiting his turn to throw passes for Mississippi State, but he's found another way to help the Bulldogs...
Sept. 11, 2003
Green Wave finally catches second wind
New Orleans Times Picayune
Inside the cramped locker room at Tad Gormley Stadium, Anthony Cannon sat motionless on the bench, as dozens of Tulane's largest undergrads swapped handshakes and sighs of relief after eluding embarrassment...
MSU receivers step up to handle passing game
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
There were several bright spots for Mississippi State's offense in the season opener against Oregon...
Sherrill says Tulane QB J.P. Losman talented
Starkville (Miss.) Daily News
For the second game of the new season, Mississippi State will more than likely see the air filled with passes when the Bulldogs take on Tulane and quarterback J.P. Losman, All-American candidate, Saturday in the Louisiana Superdome...
Sept. 10, 2003
Tackle Kosienski elder statesman of OL at Tulane
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane offensive tackle Jimmy Kosienski recalled after practice Tuesday when Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo came to his Baton Rouge home to recruit him four years ago...
Bush proves his value with career-best game
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane's Chris Bush, who missed the opener after he was suspended for breaking team rules, showed last weekend how valuable he can be to the Green Wave's offense...
Losman taking a beating already
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Although Tulane is just two games into the season, no one could blame quarterback J.P. Losman if his body is beginning to feel like it is already in midseason...
Bulldogs keeping it simple for Tulane
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald
Mississippi State unveiled a new defensive package for its opening game against the Oregon Ducks, but mental mistakes all but doomed the Bulldogs in their 42-34 victory...
Young backs draw praise
New Orleans Times Picayune
Last season, Conference USA introduced a number of young, talented quarterbacks -- Cincinnati's Gino Guidugli, UAB's Darrell Hackney and Memphis' Danny Wimprine...
BCS hunt about big cash
New Orleans Times Picayune
When it comes to the BCS, hunting season began early this year. Ordinarily, the first shots would not be fired until Oct. 20...
Sept. 9, 2003
Losman taking big hits
New Orleans Times Picayune
Although Tulane is just two games into the season, no one could blame quarterback J.P. Losman if his body is beginning to feel like it is already in midseason...
Turf-tested Turner views dome as ally
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi State tailback Nick Turner was born and raised in Atlanta, but he should feel right at home inside the Louisiana Superdome this weekend...
Tulane's Losman latest QB phenom
Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger
Tulane has been something of a quarterback factory in recent years, sending Shaun King to the NFL in 1999 and Patrick Ramsey to the league in 2002...
Pick up your feet, men
Biloxi (Miss.) Sun Herald
Mississippi State coach Jackie Sherrill has had plenty of time to dissect the Bulldogs' 42-34 loss to Oregon...
Presidents meet, discuss BCS
New Orleans Times Picayune
For the first time since Tulane president Scott Cowen began his crusade to restructure the Bowl Championship Series this summer, presidents from the six BCS conferences and Notre Dame met with presidents from the five non-BCS conferences in what Cowen called "an unbelievably constructive and positive meeting."...
Sept. 8, 2003
This week for Mississippi State
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi State had an open date last weekend. The Bulldogs, 0-1, kicked off the season Aug. 30 with a 42-34 loss to Oregon at Scott Field...
Sept. 7, 2003
Tulane escapes Northwestern State in OT
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's marquee duo of quarterback J.P. Losman and running back Mewelde Moore rescued the Green Wave against Northwestern State on Saturday night at Tad Gormley Stadium...
NSU falls short in OT upset bid of Tulane
Alexandria Town Talk
Northwestern State coach Scott Stoker headed into Saturday's game against Tulane knowing that, for good or ill, he would soon know what his team was made of...
NSU-Tulane notebook
Alexandria Town Talk
Northwestern State has likely seen all it wants to of Tulane all-purpose whiz Mewelde Moore...
Moore saves Wave from upset
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was abysmal, but it was a classic. In its first overtime since 1999, Tulane eked out a 27-24 victory against Division I-AA Northwestern State on Saturday night...
TU's Moore serves notice with 216 total yards
New Orleans Times Picayune
After a sub-par performance against Texas Christian in the season opener, Tulane running back Mewelde Moore bounced back strongly Saturday against Northwestern State at Tad Gormley Stadium...
Tulane games a Tad better outdoors
New Orleans Times Picayune
Standing amid Tulane tailgaters, with his back to Tad Gormley Stadium and a great day ahead, Rick Dickson couldn't help but get excited...
Sept. 6, 2003
Tulane's Losman never satisfied
Alexandria Town Talk
J.P. Losman doesn't ever have a good game. Ask the Tulane senior quarterback about last season, when he passed for nearly 2,500 yards and accounted for 25 touchdowns and he answers, "Terrible. I thought I had a terrible season last year."...
NSU defense to be tested against Tulane
Alexandria Town Talk
He never would have wanted it at the time, but days after his team had smothered Jackson State 23-7 in its season opener, a part of Northwestern State coach Scott Stoker couldn't help but wish the game had been a little bit, well, harder...
Demons expect test from Tulane
Shreveport Times
He never would have wanted it at the time, but days after his team had smothered Jackson State 23-7 in its season opener, a part of Northwestern State coach Scott Stoker couldn't help but wish the game had been a little bit, well, harder...
TU gets past LSU in Volleyball Classic
New Orleans Times Picayune
Following an array of blitzing spikes, Tulane's Deva Fowler changed the course of the Tulane-LSU volleyball game with an almost accidental tap...
John DeShazier
New Orleans Times Picayune
If Tulane president Scott Cowen's uphill battle results in a playoff for college football, the struggle will have been worth it...
Wave remains buoyant
New Orleans Times Picayune
There will be no exoneration, J.P. Losman declared, until victory. Tulane's comeback against TCU was valiant; down 31-7 in the fourth quarter, Tulane's comeback fell short, and the Green Wave lost 38-35...
Sept. 5, 2003
NSU working transfers into mix
Shreveport Times
You won't find Tory Collins' name or Ricky Maricle's name on Northwestern State University's two-deep depth chart for Saturday's game at Tulane...
Demons continue to defy the odds
New Orleans Times Picayune
When most Division I-AA football programs step up and play a I-A school, they know the chances of winning are slim. For some reason, Northwestern State has been able to beat the odds more than most I-AA schools...
College football coaches always on the hot seat
New Orleans Times Picayune
On college football's home front, it's safe to say Nick Saban knows less about his LSU football team and Chris Scelfo knows more about his Tulane team than they did after one game last year...
Once-bitten Dogs enjoy open date
Jackson Clarion Ledger
While Tulane hosts Northwestern State in New Orleans on Saturday, Mississippi State has an open date before playing the Green Wave on Sept. 13 at the Superdome...
Sept. 4, 2003
Injured Wave braces for next opponent
New Orleans Times Picayune
Two defensive starters were on the sideline with injuries. A hobbled one was in the game. And freshmen were everywhere...
Underdog Demons plan to make Green Wave work
Alexandria Town Talk
Northwestern State coach Scott Stoker doesn't mind if his team loses Saturday. Stoker knows Division I-AA Northwestern State will have all it can handle and more in Division I-A Tulane. He knows the Demons will be decided underdogs. He knows NSU will have to play at a high level to keep the game competitive...
Sept. 3, 2003
Stoker impressed with Green Wave offense
Alexandria Town Talk
Seeing is believing and now that Northwestern State coach Scott Stoker has seen Tulane in action, he's convinced that the rave reviews about the Green Wave's prospects this season are well deserved...
Tulane looking ahead to Northwestern State
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane didn't have long to dwell on its 38-35 loss to TCU in its season opener Monday night in the Superdome...
Tulane wary of NSU
Shreveport Times
Monday night's nationally televised game against No. 25 Texas Christian was a double-edged sword for Tulane coach Chris Scelfo in more ways than one...
TU doesn't have time on its side
New Orleans Times Picayune
Barely 12 hours had gone by, but Tulane coach Chris Scelfo was trying to push aside Monday night's season-opening 38-35 loss to Texas Christian...
TU's Williams returning to form
New Orleans Times Picayune
It took 353 painstakingly long days for Tulane's Roydell Williams to get back on the field. Texas Christian coach Gary Patterson wished it had taken 354...
Wave football graduation rate favorable
New Orleans Times Picayune
Tulane football players remained in the top 10 nationally in graduation rate, while LSU was ranked 79th, according to figures released by the NCAA on Tuesday...
Sept. 2, 2003
OH, SO CLOSE
New Orleans Times Picayune
It took some time for Tulane's offense to find its rhythm Monday night against Texas Christian, and that slow start proved costly for the Green Wave...
Freshman shines, despite Wave's loss
New Orleans Times Picayune
As assistant coach Trooper Taylor lifted Fred Smith like a newborn, the Tulane players mobbed the duo on the sideline. And for at least a moment Monday night, all was well for Tulane...
High, low points
New Orleans Times Picayune
It was like a day at the altar for Tulane quarterback J.P. Losman. There was something old -- the inconsistency from last season seen during dormant second and third quarters...
SEA OF GREEN
New Orleans Times Picayune
Who would have thought it, lines for the portable restrooms before a Tulane game?...
TCU loses focus but holds on
New Orleans Times Picayune
A 24-point fourth-quarter lead should have made the final 14:50 pass rapidly for TCU coach Gary Patterson and the Horned Frogs...
Great escape
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Big Easy anything but as Frogs nearly blow 24-point advantage...
Patterson learns Horned Frogs have plenty of work ahead
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Hours before TCU would open the 2003 season Monday night in the Superdome, coach Gary Patterson nervously stalked the lobby of the team's hotel headquarters...
TCU hangs on to beat Tulane, 38-35
Dallas Morning News
Their past beckoned the TCU Horned Frogs like echoes off the cavernous Superdome walls...
Demons eager to face Green Wave on Saturday
Shreveport Times
After one of the more remarkable performances in several seasons by Northwestern State's Purple Swarm defense, the Demons will get perhaps their most severe defensive challenge ever Saturday night at Tulane...
Sept. 1, 2003
TIME$ TO DELIVER
New Orleans Times Picayune
When Tulane's football schedule was announced this past spring, Green Wave coach Chris Scelfo and Athletic Director Rick Dickson had no idea of the importance of tonight's season opener with Texas Christian...
Congress Will Get Involved in BCS Debate This Week
Washington Post
In the Bowl Championship Series' five-year history, no team from a so-called "mid-major" conference has been invited to one of the four elite bowl games -- the Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar -- and, as a result, has had no chance to contend for the national championship...
Losman looks to pass just like predecessors
New Orleans Times Picayune
Here's one way to look at it: Based on last season's report card, J.P. Losman is being asked to take a final exam the first week of the school year...
Wave awaits fans
New Orleans Times Picayune
The arduous efforts of the Tulane athletic program have come to fruition, this spring's athletic review turned out in its favor, and, with a resounding sigh of relief on Willow Street, there will be a 2003 football season, starting tonight at the Superdome...
Reverse play
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
When TCU football coach Gary Patterson woke up in his Memphis hotel room Jan. 1, he finally reflected on his second season as a head coach...
Hard-luck Tulane risky opponent for Frogs' opener
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
At the wise and hardened age of, oh, 10, I vowed to family and friends that I would never, ever, under any circumstances, cheer or root again for a Tulane Green Wave football team...
Tulane set for clash with TCU
Baton Rouge Advocate
Tulane's first football game of 2003 is reminiscent of its last game of the 2002 season...
