Iron Dragon's Tulane Green Wave Dynasty

[Iron Dragon]

AROUND THE NCAA PRE-BOWLS

Basically the top 10 entering the bowls, the all-americans, all-CUSA the award winners, the BCS bowl games (and C-USA).


BCS TOP 10

1. Penn State

2. West Virginia

3. Boise State

4. Utah

5. Texas

6. Virginia Tech

7. Kansas

8. LSU

9. Florida

10. Oklahoma

(11. Ole Miss, 20. Nebraska, Southern Miss 31st in Coaches')


ALL-AMERICANS


* denotes redshirt-Freshman


ALL-C-USA



AWARD WINNERS

Maxwell: Tim Hiller

Bednarik: R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane

O'Brien: Tim Hiller

Walker: Enrique Davis (Andre Anderson 2nd)

Best WR: Jordan Davis

Mackey: Jermaine Gresham

Best OL: Nick Claytor

Rimington: Dan Voss

Lombardi: O'Brien Schofield

Best LB: R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane

Thorpe: Rahim Moore

Groza: Hunter Lawrence

Best P: Brent Bowden

Best RET: Brandon James


C-USA, NOTABLE & BCS BOWL GAMES

St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF (6-6) vs Kent State (7-5)

New Orleans Bowl: ECU (6-6) vs Florida Atlantic (9-3)

Hawai'i Bowl (2003 rematch): Houston (8-5) AT Hawai'i (10-2)

Independence Bowl: Georgia (6-6) vs Kansas State (8-4)

Papajohns.com Bowl: Rutgers (8-4) vs Notre Dame (7-5)

TEXAS BOWL: Tulane (7-5) vs ???????? (Who could it be?)

Insight Bowl: #17 Oklahoma State (8-4) vs Ohio State (7-5)

Rose Bowl: #3 Boise State (10-2) vs #16 USC (10-2)

Sugar Bowl: #9 Florida (11-2) vs #7 Kansas (10-2)

Cotton Bowl: #14 Auburn (9-3) vs #20 Nebraska (9-4)

Liberty Bowl: Vanderbilt (7-5) vs Southern Miss (10-3)

Fiesta Bowl: #5 Texas (12-1) vs #12 TCU (10-2)

Orange Bowl: #6 Virginia Tech (12-1) vs #4 Utah (11-1)

GMAC Bowl: Central Michigan (9-3) vs UAB (6-6)

BCS National Championship: #2 West Virginia (11-1) vs #1 Penn State (12-0)


LSU gets snubbed by the BCS. SMU (6-6) did not make a bowl game, because they finished 12th in the C-USA.


UP NEXT: Who are we playing in the Texas Bowl? Find out in the game preview.

[Iron Dragon]

Tulane draws Blaine Dalton, .500 Missouri in 2009 Texas Bowl

HOUSTON, TEXAS --- Tulane (7-5) will meet Missouri (6-6, 7th Big XII) in the 2009 Texas Bowl on December 30th at 8:00pm, on the NFL Network. Will anyone be watching?


In 2008, Rice defeated Western Michigan 38-14. This year, Tulane and Missouri will meet up. Missouri has had a disappointing season without Chase Daniel and Jeremy Maclin who are long gone, and they lost Blaine Gabbert in a loss to Illinois for the whole season, putting their QB position to a true freshman, Blaine Dalton. Dalton has done fairly well, going 163-for-333 with 2026 yards, 19 TD's and 10 INT's. Dalton has also ran for 4 TD's and 353 yards.


Derrick Washington (left) has run for 773 yards on 171 carries for only 3 TD's. Washington also returns kicks, having a 25.7 avg on kick returns, and a 10.5 average on punt returns.


Jared Perry (#4) is Dalton's main target, Perry has caught 13 TD's this year and has 1064 recieving yards. His no. 2 man is La-Roderick Thomas who has 819 yards and 5 TD's. Derrick Washington has the third most receptions on the team, so Tulane will have to look out for those two and a duel-threat runningback in Washington.


Sean Weatherspoon (#12), linebacker leads the Missouri defense, he has 88 tackles, 11 TFL, 2 INT's, 9 deflections, FF, FR, and 2 Def TD's this year.


Missouri's 2009 results:




Tale of the Tape:



UP NEXT: Will Tulane win the Texas Bowl? Who wins the National title and all the other bowl games?

[Iron Dragon]

Alright, there we go for now..

[lilheavy]

In 1982, Tulane defeated LSU 31-28 in Baton Rouge, that is the Green Waves' last win over LSU in the Battle for Tiger Rag

My uncle caught the INT in that game that sealed the victory. Tyrone Smith #11, he played Free Safety for the Green Wave.

Roll the footage:

[souljahbill]

FINAL SCORE: 24-16 SOUTHERN MISS

I can dig it.

Who did Southern Miss play in the Liberty Bowl?

[Iron Dragon]

My uncle caught the INT in that game that sealed the victory. Tyrone Smith #11, he played Free Safety for the Green Wave.

Roll the footage:

That is sweet that you are related to who gave Tulane their last real life win over LSU.

I can dig it.

Who did Southern Miss play in the Liberty Bowl?

Vanderbilt.

[Iron Dragon]

Missouri (6-6) vs. Tulane (7-5)

HOUSTON, TX -- Reliant Stadium. It's a dome and stuff. Not much "preview" for this one, but we are in a bowl game. Missouri can have a good day passing against us but we need to watch out for Derrick Washington, he's a triple threat: running, recieving, returning. Or the three R's or the RRR. This is the final game for stars Jeremy Williams and Andre Anderson. Can we pull one out against a favored Missouri team? Let's find out..


1ST QUARTER


We won the toss and chose to receive. Anderson would be the main man on this drive, but we'd stall and punt to Missouri. Missouri goes three and out.


Anderson would run for 30 yards on four carries, then Moore would pass, he would be hit but it's caught by...




...Weatherspoon. Well, it's not like I'm going to say "he's not going to return it for a touchdown or anything" because Weatherspoon will.




Notice how all of Missouri's team is in front of ours, notice how hard we tried to go for him. 7-0 Missouri.


We'd come back out, Moore would be sacked and we'd punt.


Then Missouri drove right down on us and Derrick Washington scored a 1 yard TD run near the end of the quarter. 14-0 Missouri. First play out for Tulane..





Great.


2ND QUARTER


That INT would be returned into field goal range and Missouri would go three and out, but would kick a 32 yard field goal. 17-0 Missouri. Tulane would find life, as Anderson ran for eleven, then Robottom picked up 12 from Moore, then Williams got 42 from Moore, Anderson ran for 6, then caught a 6 yard pass... and...




.. that is one strange TD run. Just jumpin' straight up and putting he ball over the defender's head. 17-7 after the "leap" TD.


Missouri would take over and chew up half the remaining quarter only to miss a 54 yard field goal. Tulane would go three and out. Missouri would drive a bit, then punt. Tulane fumbled the ball to Missouri. Awesome.


And Missouri with the nineteen seconds they had, they scored a 13 yard TD pass from Dalton to Washington. And they get the ball first in the 2nd half. This isn't going well.


24-7 Missouri at the break.


3RD QUARTER


Missouri would get the ball first, Dalton and Washington basically ran it for the first part of the drive, with an 8 and a 17 yard pass sprinkled in, just until Darryl Farley INT'd Dalton.


Tulane needed to score now. Anderson gets one yard on two carries, third down and 9... Moore to Mitchell for 29. Moore then to Williams for 12. Then Anderson runs for 3, then defensive pass interference gives Tulane a first down. Anderson runs for 25 on two carries. Barnett gets 6. Then, in a double split set..





Antoine Duplessis powers his way in for a 2 yard TD. 24-14 Missouri. Hold the phone, this one ain't done yet. Missouri comes out and they want to score to put this one away, on their first play, Dalton steps back and is PICKED OFF by Cody Leford! Tulane is back in this one baby!


But we'd stall and kick a 44 yard field goal.. and it was good. 24-17 Missouri.


Now we have to stop Missouri.. however, let's have a lesson in tackling:


exhibit A: Here's an option by Missouri:





.. and look at that open field. Well here comes Charles Harris, surely he'll make the TD-saving tackle:





Touchdown Missouri. 51 yards. 31-17 Missouri.


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4TH QUARTER


To make things worse, we'd get the ball, get one first down, and not another. Punt. However, Dalton was picked off by Corey Sonnier! However, we went four and out.


And to make things even worse, let's try tackling again, let's take this random play, a third and nine...





... alright a short pass, plenty of defenders around him.. one guy misses.. and well someone has to get him right?





Hey look someone got him! Too bad it was 60 yards later than expected. A 61 yard gain on a critical 3rd & 9. Next play? Missouri scores from two yards out. 38-17 Missouri.


Now let's get some pity. Moore throws to Mitchell who BREAKS a tackle and picks up 43. Now we're at Missouri's 32. Moore throws.. to Anderson who beats his man..





and for the last time in his career, Andre Anderson scores. A 32 yard TD reception. 38-24 Missouri. We'd just kick it deep and hope to stop them. We'd get it back with under a minute to play.. first play out..







Interception. Damn it. Damn it. DAMN IT.


Missouri runs out the clock.


FINAL SCORE: MISSOURI 38-24


Ah well. Missouri clearly had us, but we can't be disappointed in this season. We were projected LAST in the C-USA and will finish at 7-6 after being projected at 3-9. Not bad. We should have a decent off-season and we'll definitely miss these seniors. Best of luck to them in the future. Hopefully no one goes pro. Andre Anderson claims another Player of the Game honor, in his last game.


PLAYER STATS


Kevin Moore: 98.5 QB Rating, 11-for-27, 218 yards, TD, 3 INT, Sacked 5 times


Andre Anderson: 28 rush att, 115 yards, TD, 2 rec, 38 yards, TD


Alan Mitchell: 4 rec, 93 yards / D.J. Banks: 1 rec, 11 yards / Tyler Helm: 1 rec, 10 yards

Jeremy Williams: 2 rec, 54 yards, 3 pancakes / Casey Robottom: 1 rec, 12 yards


Corey Sonnier: 9 tackles, INT

Darryl Farley: 7 tackles, INT

Cody Leford: 6 tackles, INT

Devin Williams: 5 tackles, 4 TFL, Sack

Chinoso Echebelum: 5 tackles

Adam Kwentua: 4 tackles, TFL, Sack


Ross Thevenot: 1/1 FG, 3/3 XP

Van Hooser: 106 KR yards, 27 PR yards


Missouri: Blaine Dalton: 21/30, 279 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT / Derrick Washington: 19 rush att, 51 yards, TD, 5 rec, 56 yards, TD / George White: 9 tackles, 5 TFL, 4 Sacks / Sean Weatherspoon: 6 tackles, INT, Def TD (3rd of the year)


UP NEXT: End of season wrap-up

[Iron Dragon]

AROUND THE NCAA BOWL EDITION

Find out the results of all the bowls, with some analysis here and there, who wins the national title and the other BCS games? Who is the final number one? Let's find out..


BOWL RESULTS

New Mexico Bowl: Arkansas 45, Nevada 27 ... Kaepernick had 3 TD's in a losing effort. Arky finishes at 8-5.

EagleBank Bowl: Pittsburgh 41, Baylor 34

magicjack St. Petersburg Bowl: UCF 23, Kent State 16 ... C-USA to 1-0 in bowls, UCF scored GW TD with :27 to play on a 50 yard TD pass.

New Orleans Bowl: Florida Atlantic 41, ECU 24 ... 1-1. Rusty Smith threw for 430 and 4 TD's.

Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon State 42, BYU 34

Poinsettia Bowl: UCLA 48, San Diego State 21

Hawaii Bowl: Hawai'i 32, Houston 29 OT .. Hawaii wins on a 3 yard green TD in OT. C-USA to 1-2.

Motor City Bowl: Western Michigan 34, #25 Purdue 21 .. Tim Hiller doesn't let down: 38/57, 541 yards, 2 TD, 37 rushing yards.

Emerald Bowl: Arizona State 24, Miami 7

Meineke Car Care Bowl: Indiana 17, Virginia 3

Champs Sports Bowl: USF 24, Iowa 17

Independence Bowl: Georgia 27, Kansas State 14

Papajohns.com Bowl: Rutgers 33, Notre Dame 16

Roady's Humanitarian Bowl: Georgia Tech 34, Fresno State 20

GMAC Bowl: UAB 50, #25 (BCS) Central Michigan 38 ... Webb throws for 5 TD's and 0 INT's, and has one more on the ground as UAB upsets CMU. 2-2 for C-USA.

TEXAS BOWL: Missouri 38, Tulane 24 .. 2-3 for the C-USA.

Holiday Bowl: #10 Oklahoma 30, #23 Oregon 23 OT ... Landry Jones leads OU to bowl win.

Armed Forces Bowl: Cal 48, New Mexico 17

Brut Sun Bowl: Washington 38, #15 Cincinnati 14 .. First major upset.

Music City Bowl: Clemson 35, #18 Tennessee 30 ... Not really an upset.

Chick-fil-a Bowl: #13 North Carolna 27, #19 Alabama 26

Insight Bowl: Ohio State 27, #17 Oklahoma State 24 OT .. Joe Bauserman scores on a 3 yard TD run with :06 left to get the game to OT, and Pettrey kicks a game winning FG in OT.

Outback Bowl: Illinois 27, #8 LSU 17 ... And that's why LSU didn't make a BCS game.

Gator Bowl: Colorado 17 (beat WVU), Maryland 12 ... Colorado finishes at 8-5, best win was over WVU.

Capital One Bowl: #11 Ole Miss 37, #24 Wisconsin 14

Cotton Bowl: #13 Auburn 47, #20 Nebraska 24

Liberty Bowl: Vandy 34, Southern Miss 22 .. C-USA goes 2-4 in bowls. Vandy held a 28-6 early 3rd qtr. lead.

Alamo Bowl: #21 Texas A&M 20, Minnesota 17

International Bowl: Boston College 24, Akron 17 OT

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BCS BOWLS

Rose Bowl: #3 Boise State 27, #16 USC 24 ... Wow. The boys from the blue turf knock off favored USC in a "home game". Boise won the game on a 36 yard TD pass from Kellen Moore to Young with 1:32 left.

Sugar Bowl: #9 Florida 20, #7 Kansas 10 ... UF/KU was tied entering the fourth at ten. Florida scored an early TD on a Reed TD (Florida's 3rd-string QB) run, and Phillips hit a FG to seal the game late in the 4th. Reed leads Florida to a Sugar Bowl win with a 120 yard, TD performance. (105 pass, 15 run).

Orange Bowl: #6 Virginia Tech 21, #4 Utah 7 ... VT wins another Orange Bowl as Utah doesn't win another BCS game. There was no scoring in the 2nd half as Tyrod throws 3 TD's.

Tostitos Fiesta Bowl: #5 Texas 17, #12 TCU 3 ... No scoring in the second half in this one either. Colt McCoy is the MVP with is one TD performance. Yawner.

BCS NATIONAL TITLE GAME:






JoePa, Penn State wins national title in yawner, 31-3 over West Virginia


PASADENA --- One year after losing the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Penn State returned for a national title. And thanks to a Darryl Clark 4 pass TD performance, Penn State are your 2009 national champions.


Penn State started with 2 passing TD's to Graham Zug, then one to Powell, as the Nittany Lions led 21-3 at the half. Clark passed for one more TD in the 3rd quarter to Carter, and the Nittany Lions added a field goal in the fourth to sail to a 31-3 victory.


Clark was named the MVP with the following numbers: 20-for-31 passing, 210 yards, 4 TD, INT. Coach Joe Paterno said after the game, "This is the best game I have ever coached, our kids played our hearts out. I thought about retiring, but I don't know now. Darryl is an amazing quarterback and he deserves the recognition all the way." It is currently unknown if Paterno will retire after this season however he'll probably be back.

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FINAL TOP 25

1. Penn State(61) (13-0)

2. Virginia Tech

3. Boise State

4. Texas

5. West Virginia

6. Florida

7. Utah

8. Oklahoma

9. North Carolina

10. Ole Miss

11. Auburn

12. Kansas

13. USC

14. TCU

15. Georgia Tech

16. Texas A&M

17. LSU

18. Cincinnati

(all of these following teams camed from being unranked)

19. Hawai'i

20. Ohio State

21. Washington

22. Clemson

23. USF

24. Western Michigan

25. Oregon State

OUTSIDE: Florida Atlantic (Wow!), Colorado, Wisconsin, Illinois, Alabama


Well, that's a wrap for season one.


UP NEXT: The off-season begins! (Part 1: Seniors leaving, Who's going pro, Transfer talk)

[Iron Dragon]

THE OFF-SEASON PART ONE


We will say goodbye to the seniors, hello to possible new transfers, find out who's going pro around the nation.. let's begin.

• Program Prestige: Up from one-star to two-star after a 7-6 season.
  
• Players transferring out/going pro: From Tulane, nobody.
  

PLAYERS LEAVING


'The Unknowns'

David Kirskey: LOLB, 56 OVR

Logan Kelly: LE, 61 OVR (Had 2 sacks)

Travis Burks: ROLB, 61 OVR (Had 3 tackles in bowl game)

James McMurphy: MLB, 64 OVR

Taylor Rice: RG, 76 OVR (3 pancakes in backup duty)


'The Knowns'

#38 Corey Sonnier

SS, 68 OVR

Stats: 65 tackles, 4 TFL, Sack, INT (Bowl game)

Analysis: Sonnier was a tackling fool. He made alot of quick tackles and hardly missed one. He also had a pick in the bowl game.


#24 Chinoso Echebelum

S, 68 OVR

Stats: 84 tackles, 2 TFL, INT, FR, TD

Analysis: Another tackling machine, had a defensive TD versus UCF in the late part of the game. Chinoso had a great name and was a great safety. CHINOSOOOOOOOOOO!


#90 Adam Kwentua

RE, 69 OVR

Stats: 39 tackles, 17 TFL, 4 Sacks, FF, FR

Analysis: If you were running towards Kwentua, he was going to stop you in your tracks. Had a nice amount of tackles for loss (almost a 2:1 ratio for his tackles). Kwentua also has an interesting (last) name.


#92 Reggie Scott

DT, 73 OVR

Stats: 3 tackles, TFL, Sack

Analysis: Not really an unknown. But he was. His lone start came versus UCF where he recorded those stats above you. That's why he's not an unknown, because has a sack. Just another one in a deep DT chart.


#47 Ross Thevenot

K, 82 OVR

Stats: 15/19 FGs, long of 45, 0 missed XP's, 1 FG blocked

Analysis: Thevenot missed two of his first three field goals on the year, and then turned it around and hit 14 of his last 17. His misses were from 40+ and was down the center on every XP.


#21 Charles Harris

CB, 83 OVR

IMPACT PLAYER

Stats: 46 tackles, 8 TFL, INT, 14 deflections, 2 FF

Analysis: Harris led the secondary 'by example', having the most deflections but only having one pick. With better hands, he could have had 5 at least. Oh well. He did pretty well despite missing a tackle on that 51 yard run in the Texas Bowl.


#32 Andre Anderson

HB, 83 OVR

IMPACT PLAYER

Stats: 340 rush attempts, 1994 yards (!!!!), 5.9 avg, 153.4 a game, 14 TD, 606 after 1st hit, 12 20+ runs, 42 broken tackles, 28 rec, 447 yards, 3 TD

Analysis: The no. 7 man in all-purpose yards somewhat in 2008 came through in 2009 with almost 2000 rushing yards, falling six short, but still having over 2300 total yards and 17 total TD's. Anderson was a workhorse. Third and one? Money runs. He could turn a broken play into a big play with some moves. Definitely underrated and definitely mentored Stephen Barnett. Will be hard to replace #32 probably early on next season, but hopefully Barnett has learned enough.


#76 John Landa

LG, 83 OVR

Stats: 14 pancakes, 2 SA

Analysis: Landa was a great o-lineman paving the way for our running attack. Only allowed two sacks which is very good. Landa was a stronghold on our line for pass and run blocking.


#20 Jeremy Williams

WR, 85 OVR

IMPACT PLAYER

Stats: 28 rec, 431 yards, 15.4 avg, 8 TD

Analysis: Not the year I'd expected but we threw the ball around alot more than I expected. Williams was money once we got into the red zone and that's why he led the team in receiving TD's. He somehow always found a way to get open, and his 'sure target' ability will be missed.


#78 Nick Landry

LT, 86 OVR

OFFENSIVE CAPTAIN

Stats: 20 pancakes, 9 SA (4 in Texas Bowl)

Analysis: Landry led our o-line despite being pushed over in the Texas Bowl by George White. White had a bit too much for Landry. Landry was an excellent pass and run blocker and definitely was a great pick for the captain. He'll be hard to replace, but luckily we have depth. Landry led the team in pancakes, too.


And there are Tulane's 15 seniors.

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NCAA NOTABLE TRANSFER WATCH

Ashton Galsser, QB, 82 OVR, Missouri to Akron

Jim Youngblood, QB, 82 OVR, Arkansas to Eastern Kentucky

Teric Jones, RB, 81 OVR, Michigan to Eastern Michigan

Zach Renner, RB, 86 OVR, Georgia to Northwestern

Bryce Brown (!!!), RB, 87 OVR, Tennessee to Iowa

WTF: Enrique Davis, RB, 87 OVR, Ole Miss to Indiana (Walker Winner)

Fozzy Whittaker, RB, 90 OVR, Texas to USF

Chris Rainey, RB, 91 OVR, Florida to UC

Dyrell Roberts, WR, 87 OVR, Virginia Tech to Western Michigan

Thearon Collier, WR, 90 OVR, Miami to UCF

Nic DiLillo, TE, 81 OVR, Ohio State to Northwestern

Devin Smith, CB, 85 OVR, Wisconsin to Eastern Kentucky

(there were others..), hey look at this:

JARMON FORSTON, WR, 87 OVR, Florida State to TULANE (87 SPD, 86 CTH, 83 RR, 88 CIT, 81 SPC, 92 JMP)


NCAA PLAYERS GOING PRO (NOTABLES)

Eric Berry, SS, 98 OVR, Tennessee

DeMarco Murray, RB, 95 OVR, Oklahoma

Evan Royster, RB, 94 OVR, Penn State

Derrick Morgan, DE, 94 OVR, Georgia Tech

Mike Pouncey, RG, 94 OVR, Florida

Jevan Snead, QB, 93 OVR, Ole Miss

Joe Haden, CB, 93 OVR, Florida

Deonte Thompson, WR, 92 OVR, Florida

Dezmon Briscoe, WR, 92 OVR, Kansas

Reshad Jones, SS, 92 OVR, Georgia

Harvey Unga, RB, 92 OVR, BYU

Tyrod Taylor, QB, 91 OVR, Virginia Tech

Ray Dominguez, LT, 91 OVR, Arkansas

Justin Jordan, WR, 90 OVR, Southern Miss

Ryan Kerrigan, LE, 90 OVR, Purdue

Greg Little, WR, 90 OVR, North Carolina

Ian Wolfe, DT, 90 OVR, Kansas

Antonio Brown, WR, 90 OVR, Central Michigan

Jordan White, WR, 85 OVR, Western Michigan (NO!!!!!)

Iron Dragon's 1st Annual Idiot Player Going Pro Award: Jeremy Boone, Punter, Penn State, 87 OVR.


(by the way, I am saving draft classes)


UP NEXT: Off-season part two: Recruiting (Results).

[Iron Dragon]

2009-2010 Recruiting Report

The recruiting season is over as signing day is here and past. Tulane brought in 24 players in a suprisingly good class.. we hope.

OVERVIEW: 4 3-stars, 17 2-stars, 3 1-stars

And now let's look at our recruiting breakdown by position (along with ratings):

Bold = relatively good feature
underline = crappy feature

QUARTERBACK
:r2star: Mike Bell, QB #51, 6'2", 226lbs, 66 OVR, 78 SPD, 73 ACC, 40 AWR, 80 THP, 69 THA (Bell is the fastest QB on our 2010 roster but has a crappy arm and if he makes the team, he'll redshirt)

RUNNINGBACK
:r2star: Donny Richardson, RB #94, 6'4", 207lbs, 74 OVR, 86 SPD, 84 ACC, 41 AWR, 76 BTK, 79 CAR (Richardson should battle for the no. 2 spot along with Jason McDonald and Payton Jason)
:r2star: Dan Thomas, RB #112, 6'1", 186, 70 OVR, 85 SPD, 73 AGI, 81 ACC, 59 AWR, 86 JKM, 79 CAR (Good up the middle guy, Will redshirt)
:r2star: Chris Fox, RB #115, 6'0"< 210, 68 OVR, 83 SPD, 80 AGI, 81 ACC, 40 AWR (didn't expect a commit from him, will be lucky to make the team)

WIDE RECIEVER
The person we signed won't make the team.

TIGHT END
:r2star: George Harrison, TE #88, 6'8", 217, 72 OVR, 67 SPD, 71 ACC, 71 BTK, 84 CTH, 73 PBK, 81 RBK (Hello money in red zone, 3rd & short, good blocker too.)

LEFT TACKLE
:r3star: Anthony Patterson, T #23, 6'4", 303lbs, 78 OVR, 80 STR, 87 PBK, 80 RBK, 86 IBL (Patterson is a diamond in the rough. Abrams will probably start though and he'll probably move to RT in 2011)
Another LT probably won't make the team.

LEFT GUARD
:r2star: Jeff Keyes, G #123, 6'4, 288, 68 OVR, 45 AWR, 75 PBK, 78 RBK, 82 IMP (Will backup at G this year)
:r2star: Bryon Harrell, G #126, 6'5" 126, 66 OVR, 76 PBK, 78 RBK, 66 IBP (Will redshirt)
Another G will be lucky to make the team.

RIGHT TACKLE
:r2star: Chris White, T #100, 6'6", 314, 66 OVR, 60 SPD, 80 PBK, 77 RBK, 71 IBP

DEFENSIVE ENDS
:r3star: Harry CiGar, DE #37, 6'1", 255, 72 OVR, 78 SPD, 68 ACC, 76 TKL, 80 PM, 79 PUR (CiGar should start unless Williams improves greatly)
:r1star: Christian Martindale, DE #149, 6'3", 218, 67 OVR, 78 SPD, 72 ACC, 76 TKL, 78 PM (Diamond in the rough)

LINEBACKERS
:r2star: JUCO-JR Jeremy Minor, OLB #90, 6'6", 218lbs, 70 OVR, 71 SPD, 69 ACC, 82 TKL (Should help Farley and the other LB's)

CORNERBACKS
:r3star: JJ Black, CB #43, 6'2", 170, 78 OVR, 90 SPD, 90 ACC, 87 MCV, 62 AWR, 78 PUR (Major diamond in the rough should start at CB)
:r2star: Sammy Boudreaux, CB #101, 6'3", 200, 76 OVR, 87 SPD, 90 ACC, 86 MCV, 84 ZCV (Another diamond in the rough, could start?)
:r2star: Mike Jacobs, CB #174, 5'10", 180, 71 OVR, 86 SPD, 81 ACC, 83 MCV (I'm not sure if he'll make the team.)

SAFETY
:r2star: Gregory Hallinsworth, SS #82, 6'6", 230, 71 OVR, 86 SPD, 80 ACC, 64 AWR, 73 TKL, 77 STR (Can lay the hit on people, big fella from NY, will start at SS)
:r2star: Samuel Brooks, FS #77, 6'3", 196, 69 OVR, 79 SPD, 68 ACC, 90 MCV (His speed is crappy but his coverage abilities are great. This could be strange on how we deal with him.)

THE ATHLETES (Iron Dragon fail - missed them originally)
JUCO-JR Brad Allen will be playing FS
JUCO-JR Joe Howard will be playing CB
FR Marcus Huffman won't be making the team.

And that's our class for 2009-2010. That class put us at #46 in the nation.
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POSITION CHANGES
SR Justin Adams (DT, 68 OVR) to ROLB (64 OVR)
JR Ian Harson (FS, 61 OVR) to SS (61 OVR)
JR Emanuel Eluko (DT, 70 OVR) to MLB (63 OVR)

CUTS
Chris Fox
Cody Sparks
Brooks Cunningham
Andrew Podet
Alex Lauricella

UP NEXT: Holy crap! The off-season is over! That was fast! Who does Tulane play in 2010? How are they rated? What does Tulane's roster look like? What is the C-USA like? Who's number one? Why are there so many questions?! Find out..

[Iron Dragon]

Tulane will travel to Hawai'i for a night game on week three

TULANE 2010 SCHEDULE



red = rivalry | bold = conference game

Our schedule is harder than I thought. The C-USA improved nicely while we lost alot and improved well, but not as much as some others did.


LSU - loss. No way we win this game. LSU is loaded this year. Rutgers is another tough one, I don't think we'll get this one either. Kordell is dangerous and their defense is no laughing matter. Hawai'i is a tossup, but since it's on the road, I'll say it's a loss. We have to stop their passing game. SMU is a win, they improved but they didn't at the same time. Louisiana Tech looks better than they really are - they have two great WR's and then they fall off by almost 20 points for example. Shut down the stars and we win. Houston's probably a loss, Keenum and his wide open offense all return. UTEP is a winnable game, should be another crappy C-USA year for them. UCF is a loss, UCF is absolutely loaded this year, and they have Chris Rainey and Thearon Collier transfering in for 2011. They are going to be loaded in 2011 as well. Marshall is better, and it's a tossup since it's on the road, I'll probably predict a win though. Rice has a few good offensive players, and not much else. Win. If we slow down Tulsa's offense, we win this game as well. Southern Miss is probably a loss since they only really lost Damion Fletcher.


PROJECTED RECORD: 6-6 (5-3 C-USA)


Also future scheduling talk: Hawai'i won't return in 2011, Louisiana Tech is one-game only too. LSU renewed through 2013 at least, We'll make a return trip to BYU in 2012, Rutgers will come to the Superdome in 2011. There's talk of a game at Michigan in 2013, along with TCU visiting the Superdome. Possible talks of a home and home with Mississippi State and Georgia Tech, along with Navy visiting the Superdome in 2011.

[Iron Dragon]

2010 Season Preview

Garrett Gilbert has big shoes to fill at QB for Texas.


ESPNEWS PRESEASON HEADLINES

Devastating D!: LSU has all the pieces on defense to make a run for the title.

Greatness!: Toliver's big-play ability could land the (LSU) Tigers a national title.

Oklahoma's Year?: Sam Bradford is emracing the opportunity to lead his team to a title.

On the Ground: The Senior Vondrell McGree looks to run wild in 2010. (Texas)

No Easy Games: There are no cupcakes here as the Broncos open against Oregon State.

Blood and Guts: McClain leads a good Alabama defense into 2010.

Man Among Boys: Alabama's Ingram has fans in Tuscaloosa excited about the upcoming season.

House of Pain: Happy Valley can intimidate even the mightiest of opponents.


TOP 25 POLL & OTHERS





Kellen Moore & Jeremy Avery

HEISMAN WATCH

1. Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State, r-JR (Last year: 40 TD, 11 INT)

2. Corbin Louks, QB, Utah, SR (Last year: 28 TD, 11 INT)

3. Titus Young, WR, Boise State (Last year: 75 rec, 1189 yards, 13 TD)

4. Jeremy Avery, HB, Boise State (Last year: 245 rush att, 1091 yards, 12 TD)

5. David Gilreath, WR, Wisconsin (Last year: 95 rec, 1120 yards, 12 TD)

(Iron Dragon's other players to watch: Sam Bradford (back from injury), Garrett Gilbert (r-FR, Texas), T.Y. Hilton (WR, FIU), Jake Locker (QB, Washington), Terrelle Pryor (back from injury), Darren Evans


C-USA PROJECTIONS

1. Southern Miss (East & Overall Champion, 2009 Champions)

2. UCF (East)

3. Houston (West)

4. UAB (East)

5. TULANE (West)

6. Tulsa (West)

7. ECU (East)

8. SMU (West)

9. UTEP (West)

10. Memphis (East)

11. Marshall (East)

12. Rice (West)


Tulane All-C-USA picks: 1st team: Andrew Neirman (C), Darryl Farley (MLB) | 2nd team: Harris Howard (LG)


TOP 5 TOUGHEST PLACES TO PLAY

1. Happy Valley, Penn State

2. DKR-Texas Memorial, Texas

3. The Swamp, Florida

4. Gaylord-Oklahoma Memorial, Oklahoma

5. Death Valley, LSU

(Ohio State's The Horseshoe down to 6th, USC's Coliseum down to 7th)



UP NEXT: The 2010 Tulane Roster/Preview

[Iron Dragon]

2010 ROSTER/DEPTH CHART/PREVIEW


QUARTERBACKS


Kevin Moore is back for a senior season after throwing for 2453 yards, 25 TD's and 11 INT's last year. Hopefully we cut down on the 22 sacks that he took last year, anywhere under 15 would be good. Joe Kemp is a good backup, having a TD pass last year. Ryan Griffin's lone stat is an 18 yard TD run. Mike Bell is redshirting.. and at 78 SPD, he's our fastest QB.


RUNNING/FULL BACKS



The freshman "phenom" is now a sophomore, Stephen Barnett. The major question is, can he carry the load that Anderson did? Barnett improved not as well as J.T. McDonald. McDonald should see quite a bit of playing time playing the role Barnett did. Donny Richardson should see some time as well as a true freshman. Nathan Austin is just there. Payton and Dan are both redshirting.

Antoine is back at FB, with a little more speed and some better blocking. Stelly is his backup and he improved just the same amount as Duplessis.


WIDE RECIEVERS


Casey Robottom is our #1 WR this year after he and Williams were the recievers last year. Alan Mitchell and D.J. Banks are fighting over the #2 spot. Banks will probably be a #2 next year, though. Mitchell didn't find the endzone last year, so we'll have to fix that. Figaro has no receptions (just did returns last year), Hooser is the same way. Echols caught two passes. Sullen and Davis did nothing. D.J. Ponder returned kicks, and might be headed back to QB after the end of the season (his original position), depending on what happens this year. His awareness is about the only thing that's improving which helps as a QB.


THE TRANSFER

We'll get Jarmon as a redshirt-junior somewhere in the 90's overall-wise and probably with 90ish catching stats (Catch-in-traffic already is.)

TIGHT ENDS


Incoming freshman George Harrison is the new starting TE, taking over Tyler Helm's job, even though all three of these guys will see the field quite a bit. Sanders is pressing hard for Helm's #2 spot.

OFFENSIVE LINE


Abrams, Howard, Neirman, Ray and Hendrickson lead the O-line this year, with Leary basically being a backup for every position. We have some young talent growing on at tackle, and guard. We need to find a center in the offseason, this line will be very young but talented next year.

DEFENSIVE LINE


Devin Williams, Dezmen Moses, Ponce De Leon and Tony Bryant are the four on the D-line this year, who will be starting. The DT chart lost half of it's depth with a couple players switching positions. Harry Cigar, Christian Martindale at DE should both see quite a bit of time on the D-line this year, most likely in the 5-2.

LINEBACKERS


The LB starting crew are now all sophomores and they all improved. Farley leads this improving and young group. Eluko, Adams, Osagiede, and Mooreale all are new the LB position (from the D-line or safety), however, they all add some skill and depth to the LBs. Minor is the incoming junior college player, who can play outside and middle linebacker.


(Sammy Boudreaux)
CORNERBACKS


With our impact corner gone, freshman JJ Black takes the #1 CB spot, while Wacha keeps his #2 spot, and Boudreaux will see alot of time with our #3 spot. Phillips slides to the #4 spot (where Shakiel had 20 tackles last year), and Shakiel is now the #5 man. Strozier comes off his redshirt, while Jacobs and Howard redshirt this year.


(Left: Gregory Hallinsworth and JJ Black (CB) Right: Samuel Brooks)
SAFETIES


With both starting safeties from last year graduating, their starting jobs are taken over by two freshman: Samuel Brooks at FS and Gregory Hallinsworth at SS. Brooks has great coverage ability but needs to gain some acceleration. Hallinsworth has nice speed and decent coverage. Basically what we had last year at safety, just younger.


SPECIAL TEAMS

Kicker: #12 Tinzen Ubeksita, K, FR, 82 OVR, 61 SPD, 56 AWR, 84 KPW, 87 KAC
Punter: #40 Darren deRochemont, P, SR, 81 OVR, 62 SPD, 63 AWR, 91 KPW, 76 KAC (also KOS)
Returners: D.J. Banks, Devin Figaro, Wilson Van Hooser, D.J. Ponder, Jordan Sullen, Jordan Garrett will all rotate time at KR and PR.

Tinzen Ubeksita is our new kicker, a walk-on with a huge leg and he's a true freshman. Ubekista comes from Scotland before residing in Florida and now New Orleans. deRochemont returns to punt where he did so well last year, and will also be taking long field goals (50+) and kickoffs this year.

We will rotate returners varying by game between a few WRs, CB's and possible RB's. We'll start with D.J. Banks and Figaro at KR and Van Hooser at PR.

TEAM'S RATINGS: C across the board

UP NEXT: The 2010 season is here with an opening game for the Rag, against #10 LSU at home.. oh boy. LSU is A across the board.

[Iron Dragon]

Just thought I'd point out here that I am now caught up to where I was 11 months ago! August 3rd was when I made that 2010 roster post..

The first half of season two to come later today!

[JBHuskers]

Sweet....holy cow you're putting a lot of work into this baby. Very nice!

[Iron Dragon]

Sweet....holy cow you're putting a lot of work into this baby. Very nice!

Yeah, I'd have to say this has been my favorite dynasty and I put alot of work into it here and there.. I've kinda slimmed it down in the later years though.

[morsdraconis]

Yeah, I'd have to say this has been my favorite dynasty and I put alot of work into it here and there.. I've kinda slimmed it down in the later years though.

I'd hope so. Good lord that's almost too much to even read. I can only imagine how long it takes you to make one of those for each game...

[Iron Dragon]

I'd hope so. Good lord that's almost too much to even read. I can only imagine how long it takes you to make one of those for each game...

Around 45 minutes early on, down to under 20 minutes per report now.

[Iron Dragon]

THE BATTLE FOR THE RAG: #10 LSU @ TULANE

NEW ORLEANS -- College football is back for the 2010 season. An improved Tulane team will take on an improved LSU team. Terrance Tolliver is LSU's best player at a dangerous 99 OVR - the first Tulane has ever faced. Charles Scott is gone but Jordan Jefferson and others are back. Andre Anderson is gone for Tulane but Stephen Barnett is now a year older and a year better(?) as a sophomore, how will this all play out? Let's find out.


1ST HALF


Notice, "first half". The first half of this game was a snooze-fest. Freshman Safety Gregory Hallinsworth recovers a fumble on defense and Freshman K Tinzen Ubekista kicks two field goals from 24 yards and 38. Besides those three things, nothing happened, both offenses struggled, and well, Kevin Moore did throw a pick. No worries there. LSU would get it first in the second half. Little did we know that the 2nd half would be action packed..


HALFTIME: TULANE 6-0


3RD QUARTER


Remember Terrence Tolliver? The 99 OVR WR, well he returns kicks. His first fielded kick of the day is returned 91 yards for a score thanks to some nice moves and broken tackles. And just like that, 7-6 LSU.


Tulane's first drive of the half didn't go well, after two catches by Mitchell for 23 yards, we stalled and punted. Remember Terrence Tolliver, well we covered him, but what about Chris Tolliver? LSU drives down the field, and with 3:56 left in the third:




..that was easy. 19 yard TD pass from Jordan Jefferson to the "other" Tolliver. 14-6 LSU thanks to Tolliver(s).


On the second play of our drive, Barnett runs downfield for 19, then Moore to Mitchell for 11, then Robottom makes an excellent catch for a 26 yard gain. A play later:




.. LSU commits to the middle, we toss it left. 9 yard TD run for Barnett. And we'd go for two:




.. and ol' reliable Duplessis gets it. 14-14 tie ballgame. LSU would start driving and they would take down the rest of the 3rd quarter, when they started in the fourth they would be at our 10 yard line with a third down and short.


4TH QUARTER


LSU would give it to Murphy who is gobbled up by our lineman for no gain. 3rd & 1 stopped short. LSU's Helton nails a 27 yard field goal. Tulane would thrive early in our drive with a 21 yard pass to Robottom, then 5 yards by Barnett, then 8 to Banks. However, on fourth down just out of field goal range and punting range, we'd throw..




.. despite the incompletion, that's still a pretty cool shot. 17-14 still. 5 minutes to play. Just gotta stop LSU. That didn't work. Three plays later..




... and we'd be overaggressive, miss the INT (or a swat/tipped pass) and allow an easy 14 yard TD pass. 24-14 LSU. Ten points and four and a half minutes. Plenty of time.


And then we'd do this, Moore would pass, he'd find Figaro..




.. and he would STIFF ARM THE DEFENDER and cut into the open field and that's A SIXTY YARD TD PASS!! 24-21 LSU.. hold on here folks, we got us a game brewing!


Two runs by LSU and it's third and short..



.. and on third and short they'd run it again FOR A TWO YARD LOSS. Our defense prevails. Hold on folks!!


With 2:04, we get the ball back with two timeouts. Barnett gets nine, then he gets this:




... look at the open field! 30 yard gain for Barnett, and we're in LSU territory. McDonald gets two.. Barnett comes back in, he has some blockers.. and in a perfect world, he'd score, right? Maybe THE perfect world comes true?!?











[glare]


31-21 LSU. Ballgame. That's a 57 yard return for a TD. And that would do it. We'd get the ball back, drive a bit but the clock would expire on a hail mary toss to the endzone. Damnit. So close but yet so far. We'll get you next year, Tigers..


FINAL SCORE: #10 LSU 31-21


(no greatest game score.. thought it could be in the low 200-300's, guess not)


Despite his fumble, Stephen Barnett proved he could replace Andre Anderson by running for 158 yards and having 40 receiving, an Anderson-like day against a great team. This close loss gives us a lot of confidence despite the disappointment, because on paper, we really don't match up well with LSU, but like I said, we're underrated and we're out to prove we can play with the very best and we took LSU down to the wire. We can say "what if we didn't fumble" but we didn't have a guaranteed score coming. Yes, it's a tough loss but a "good" loss, I suppose..


PLAYER STATS

Kevin Moore: 110.5 QB Rating, 21/41 passing, 274 yards, TD, INT


Stephen Barnett: 29 rush att, 158 yards, TD, 4 rec, 40 yards

Antoine Duplessis: 1 rush att, 7 yards, 3 yard 2pt conversion run, 1 rec, 9 yards


Alan Mitchell: 6 rec, 58 yards / D.J. Banks: 4 rec, 44 yards / Casey Robottom: 2 rec, 47 yards / Harrison: 5 yards rec

Devin Figaro: 3 rec, 71 yards, TD, 93 KR yards


Lawrence Abrams, Andrew Neirman: 3 cakes each


Gregory Hallinsworth: 11 tackles, 2 TFL, FR

Devin Williams: 7 tackles, TFL

Tony Bryant: 6 tackles, 2 TFL

Dezmen Moses: 6 tackles, 3 TFL, FF

Darryl Farley: 6 tackles, TFL

Samuel Brooks: 5 tackles, TFL

Alex Wacha: 3 tackles, 3 deflections

JJ Black: 2 tackles, deflection

Sammy Boudreaux: Tackle


Tinzen Ubekista: 2/2 FG, 1/1 XP

Darren deRochemont: 4 punts, 192 yards, 48.0 avg, long of 56


LSU: Those "Tollivers" (Are they related?): 5 rec, 91 yards, 2 TD, KR TD


UP NEXT: Week 1 Around the NCAA

[Iron Dragon]

AROUND THE NCAA WEEK ONE

Not much should happen in week one. The key word? Should. Only one top 25 versus top 25 matchup this week, too. This is basically just blah week. Also, the bullet lists are gone.

C-USA SCORES

>> Florida Atlantic 50, UAB 21 ... Closer than the score indicates, FAU had 27 fourth quarter points including a passing, a return, a fumble return and two FG's.
>> Memphis 20, Mississippi State 16 ... Dejavu for Memphis, beat an SEC team on the road in week one, and guess who they play next week? Middle Tennessee State! I'd be headed for Vegas now..
>> #11 Ohio State 42, Marshall 28 ... Not as close as the score seems, Bucks had a 42-13 lead on the Herd with 14:48 left to play. Marshall outgained tOSU 382-379, but went 9/21 on 3rd downs and 0-2 on 4th.
>> Texas Tech 41, SMU 17 .. TTU used two QB's to throw for 5 TD's while SMU only passed for two.
>> #2 Texas 40, Rice 28 ... MUCH closer than the score shows, Rice, yes, Rice held a 28-24 lead headed into the fourth before Texas had an early TD and FG in the quarter, and then threw a lame TD pass with four seconds left. Final is really 33-28 in my book. Gilbert had 4 TD's for the Horns.

NCAA SCORES

>> NC State 27, #16 Cincinnati 14 ... No scoring in the second half as Russell Wilson has 3 TD's.
>> #14 Auburn 21, Arkansas State 17 ... This is a red flag for Auburn. They got pushed to the limit by the Red Wolves as Ark State took a 17-14 lead with 2:29 left and Auburn won the game on a even later TD pass by Burns.
>> #13 Boise State 41, #22 Oregon State 28 ... Moore: 3 TD, INT / Avery: 25 car, 116 yards, 2 TD, TD rec leads Boise over the Beavers.
>> #6 USC 42, Hawai'i 9 ... UH had a 9-7 halftime lead before McKnight had 3 TD runs (including a late crap one) and Corp had two TD passes in the fourth.

TOP 25
Nothing really changed, not even with Boise State. Cincinnati dropped to #25, Oregon State dropped out and Kansas is now at #24.

HEISMAN: Nothing happened and not everyone played so blah.

UP NEXT: We take on Rutgers (0-0), A- OVR, B+ OFF, A DEF.. and if they are worse than LSU, we might have shot. Or we might not. It's a road game and it's on TV, and we've never won on TV, yet.