(05-18-2015 03:39 PM)wave97 Wrote:  If Tulane could once again schedule LSU annually and prove that they belong to be on the field, it will do wonders for in-state recruiting credibility.

There are other ways to achieve that important goal. We don't have to play LSU in football (or frankly, anything) in order to do that.

(05-18-2015 04:17 PM)Olive and Blue Forever Wrote:  Jim Harbaugh used Tulane to get more $$$$ from Stanford. He is now paying Tulane back by playing us in Ann Arbor.

Heh. That would be so Tulane.

Tulane to the Big 10.

(05-18-2015 06:40 PM)Savacool Wrote:  Do not tell us what Tulane fans can post on this board. You seem to post everything that you like!

Dr Box is pretty highly respected here because of his good judgement in what to post and what NOT to post.

(05-18-2015 01:00 PM)Olive and Blue Forever Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 12:51 PM)pesik Wrote:  likely a bigger fish, willing to pay more or come to Tulane became available

Dickson is not smart enough to get a "big fish."

For us Miss State is a HUGE FISH.

Just another incompetent act by our incompetent AD.

He'll likely schedule U Mass instead. Fire Dickson now, he is a continuing disaster bent on destroying Tulane.

Not sure if you were being serious but the schools might be: http://mobile.gazettenet.com/home/168777...ch-in-2016

Bamford confirmed that Tulane is a potential opponent, but finalizing that game wasn’t imminent.

Looking like Rice at home 2016 and @Oklahoma 2017

(05-19-2015 09:34 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Looking like Rice at home 2016 and @Oklahoma 2017

Rice already has a full schedule in 2016 (at Stanford, at Army, Baylor, Prairie View), although I have worried that Baylor might buy out of what is the last game of a 2 and 2 agreement.

It would make sense for the Owls to play at Tulane in 2017, when we already have two home games (Stanford and Army) plus the Bayou Bucket. If the Wave returned to Houston in 2018, it would also complete that schedule (at Wake Forest, at Hawaii, and the Bayou Bucket already on the schedule).

(05-19-2015 09:34 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Looking like Rice at home 2016 and @Oklahoma 2017

That only makes sense if Mississippi State agreed to move the game back a year so we could get Rice in, but they wouldn't budge further. So we'd rather Oklahoma than them in 2017, thus the cancellation.

However, the suggestion was there is a series working itself out, so one and done with Rice and OU makes no sense. I feel like no matter what the final word is, it's not going to be easy for us to pick out how it all shook out...

(05-19-2015 09:29 PM)Sam Minuteman Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 01:00 PM)Olive and Blue Forever Wrote:  

(05-18-2015 12:51 PM)pesik Wrote:  likely a bigger fish, willing to pay more or come to Tulane became available

Dickson is not smart enough to get a "big fish."

For us Miss State is a HUGE FISH.

Just another incompetent act by our incompetent AD.

He'll likely schedule U Mass instead. Fire Dickson now, he is a continuing disaster bent on destroying Tulane.

Not sure if you were being serious but the schools might be: http://mobile.gazettenet.com/home/168777...ch-in-2016

Bamford confirmed that Tulane is a potential opponent, but finalizing that game wasn’t imminent.

You heard it first here.

Dickson must be excised NOW. A disaster that repeats itself. FIRE HIM NOW.

tulane's ad will prob resign
next year or 2 anyway

We all agree Dickson must go but President Fitts and Board will not retire him.

(05-20-2015 10:27 AM)Cardiff Wrote:  tulane's ad will prob resign
next year or 2 anyway

Tulane fans have been saying this for at least 5 years.

I'm more worried about the lack of change at OC than I am about the schedule. A good OC will steal a P5 game here and there.

I don't mind Rice on the schedule. It's a good opponent for us, and our last game was a tense 3-point affair.

I like State, and I want to see them back on the schedule soon.

(05-20-2015 01:38 PM)wavefan12 Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 10:27 AM)Cardiff Wrote:  tulane's ad will prob resign
next year or 2 anyway

Tulane fans have been saying this for at least 5 years.

I think RD wanted to supervise, specifically, the post-Katrina recovery, the construction of an OCS for football, and the transition to a new conference. Check, check, and check. Dickson is now 59 years old and has been our Athletic Director for more than 15 years. I question what else he thinks he could accomplish at Tulane that he hasn't accomplished already. And he must know that President Fitts would like to put his own stamp on the department.

So . . . our replacement for @ MSU in 2016 is @ UMass in 2016, with a home game with UMass in 2022. As is generally the case with our Athletic Department, there is no reasoning given to the average Tulane fan for this seemingly unequal swap. We are left on our own to conjure up a rationalization. Request from the AAC? Somebody at Tulane knows somebody at UMass? . . . .

A Southern Miss series would have made more sense.

Anyways, I think Dickson tried to replace a likely loss with a likely win now that Oklahoma is going to be on future schedules.

Tulane played a hard nonconference slate last season and went 1-3. That's not going to bring a bowl game nor is it going to save anyone's job.

Tulane, you dun goofed.

Here's the bright side:

Tulane won't lose by 28 to UMass - in fact, they might be favored to win. Blowout losses are worse than scrappy wins against other bad teams when it comes to the perception of the AAC.

They now have Tulane and UConn at Gillette in 2016. Could be an audition of sorts. Rumor on their board is that they are trying to get one of the FL AAC schools on the schedule for 2016 as well.

(06-05-2015 09:41 AM)TU77CAL82 Wrote:  So . . . our replacement for @ MSU in 2016 is @ UMass in 2016, with a home game with UMass in 2022. As is generally the case with our Athletic Department, there is no reasoning given to the average Tulane fan for this seemingly unequal swap. We are left on our own to conjure up a rationalization. Request from the AAC? Somebody at Tulane knows somebody at UMass? . . . .

When did playing miss state become such a big deal? I mean it's miss state not alabama. Lol. Why would tulane even gaf. A rural miss cow college

Tulane has even won more SEC championships than miss state including a more recent one. Lol

It's just miss state. Stop buying the propaganda sheeple

(06-05-2015 09:44 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  A Southern Miss series would have made more sense.

Anyways, I think Dickson tried to replace a likely loss with a likely win now that Oklahoma is going to be on future schedules.

Tulane played a hard nonconference slate last season and went 1-3. That's not going to bring a bowl game nor is it going to save anyone's job.

I am sure they thought duke and Georgia tech were winnable games when they scheduled them but they caught them at the wrong time. I agree about Southern Miss. The should go 2 G5's that they have history with and the 1 good P5 and 1 lower P5. That at least is what I would do to try and at least come out at 2-2 most seasons at a minimum.