Iron Dragon's Tulane Green Wave: Let's try to be consistent
This dynasty started back in July of '09 and after some consideration, I'm moving it onto '11 as well, so keep in mind I have six seasons of stuff to transfer over here to TGT, so bare with me. Throughout the dynasty my reporting style has changed around a bit, and I hope to keep it more consistent in '11. So here we go..
INFORMATION
- PS3, NCAA '10 --> then to NCAA '11 in July '10
- 7 minute quarters
- All-American difficulty
- Starting Rosters: Buckeye02/GatorBait2006NC's Roster with some fixes and edits (HUGE props to them).. NCAA '11: none (no repeat players needed)
- Sliders: My own sliders redone prior to season four
- Offline Dynasty
- Playbook: Tulane, 3-4
TULANE HISTORY
Tulane - believe it or not - has had three undefeated (two before the Modern Era) seasons in school history, and was originally in the SEC until the early 60's. However, Tulane has been one of the most inconsistent programs in Division I. In 1900, Tulane went undefeated (5-0-0), however just two seasons later they only won one game, and then had back to back winless seasons two years after that. Tulane went undefeated in 1929, and over a span of '29-'31 they only lost two games. However from the 40's to the 90's (including a winless season in their final year in the SEC), Tulane was up and down, throwing in winless seasons, and their best season was 9-3 in 1979.
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 (the win made the series 22-51-7 all-time for Tulane), and they have only been within a touchdown of victory twice since (1987, 1990). However, Tulane and LSU did not play in 1997-2000 and then 2002-2005, but since the rivalry's renewal in '06, Tulane has only averaged 8-and-a-half points versus LSU, while LSU has averaged 40 points per game.
In 1992, Tulane hired Buddy Teevens, who won just a lowly 11 games in 5 seasons. Then came Tommy Bowden. Bowden brought the program to life from 2-9 in '96 to 7-4 in '97, but missing a bowl. The next season, Bowden led Tulane to a C-USA title and a 11-0 record before leaving before their bowl game. Tulane beat BYU under Chris Scelfo to finish off the 12-0 season, and Tulane finished #7 in the polls.
However, since then - Tulane has just reached one bowl game - in 2002 (8-5, beating Hawai'i in the Hawaii Bowl). After Scelfo left in 2006, Bob Toledo came in and went 6-18 in two years before 2009. In 2008, Tulane started off at .500, but finished the season with 8 straight losses sending them to a 2-10 record and winning just one conference game. Then in a sudden change, Iron Dragon came in and took the reigns.. and that is where the story begins of Tulane's (hopefully) new era.
Tulane all-time record (through 2008): 484-565-38 (0.462)
CONFERENCE RE-ALIGNMENTS
MAC: Eastern Kentucky for Northern Illinois
BIG EAST-ACC: Boston College / USF
WAC-SUN BELT: North Texas / Louisiana Tech
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