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RE: New football stadium
(12-08-2011 05:51 PM)Matrix Wrote:  You know what? I'd forgotten that Tulane was once in the SEC a long time ago. Could someone please tell me how you all got the stadium financed (other than the big check I heard that Malcolm Glazer wrote for y'all, I'm curious about the amount given by him - is he a Tulane Alumni?) and was there any interference similar to what we've been facing here at UAB with our board of so-called "trustees?"


His son and daughter-in-law are Tulane grads. Jill Glazer does a whole lot for the University.

Tulane was not only in the SEC, but holds more SEC football championships than 4 or 5 current members combined.

The Tulane Board of Trustees became a rubber-stamp machine for (thank God now former) President Scott Cowen. Cowen, who loved to see his name in the press, spent 11 of his 15 years as President doing his best to keep Tulane athletics small time. He misread the Tea Leaves badly, and actually bad mouthed the Big East regularly. It was shocking to see him and his clown of an AD, Rick Dickson, announcing that Tulane would be joining the Big East when just months earlier he had been putting it down. His "Tulane Model" was an utter failure. Had Cowen been more astute, he would have hired Rich Rodriquez (who made the spread offense popular when he was the O coordinator at Tulane in '97 and '98 and was told he was going to get the head job) kept Sandy Barbour as AD, and gotten Tulane into the Big 12 in the mid 2000's.

Many folks "in the know" claim that the Glazers actually pushed Cowen to improve Tulane's commitment to athletics. They do own one of the most popular sports franchises in the world, and I'm not talking about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!
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New football stadium - Observer - 02-11-2008, 04:37 PM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 09-13-2011, 06:30 PM
RE: New football stadium - rabidTU - 09-14-2011, 12:39 PM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 07-20-2012, 10:17 AM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 12-08-2011, 01:42 PM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 12-08-2011, 05:51 PM
RE: New football stadium - DfromCT - 07-12-2014 09:55 AM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 06-20-2012, 05:56 PM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 06-20-2012, 05:55 PM
RE: New football stadium - Matrix - 07-20-2012, 10:04 AM
RE: New football stadium - Green Wave - 12-15-2012, 04:34 PM
RE: New football stadium - Guardian - 09-07-2014, 10:24 PM



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