(03-27-2014 01:17 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 12:47 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 12:44 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 10:55 AM)OUGwave Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 12:36 AM)CougarRed Wrote:  Tulane ended Spring drills on Feb 26 with 3 practices remaining. Coach Johnson said they had a great Spring, but cited injury as one reason. Apparently, he believed Tulane was in such good shape that there's nothing to be gained by noncontact drills.

So look out for the Green Wave next year. They feel they don't need to practice.

You're kind of a troll aren't you?

Our coach also gave the team a week off in the middle of the season last year and then the team beat Tulsa the following week.

He runs the team like an NFL operation -- for better or worse. But that doesn't mean that he feels they don't need practice. He just felt on balance that the injury situation carried risk and that they had reached the point of diminishing returns on live sessions.

But troll on.

I want the best conference possible. I applaud fellow conference schools when they bring glory to our league. I make fun of fellow conference schools (and UH too) when they pull small-time stunts.

Building a 22K seat stadium and cutting Spring drills short by 3 practices is small-time, Tulane. Double face palm.

BTW, so is bringing back UH basketball coach James Dickey, which unfortunately is becoming more and more likely.

its actually a 30k stadium which is perfect for them (similar size to duke and wazzu)

It will SEAT just over 22,000 as per available iinformation and reliable sources. Our AD has a terrible reputation as a liar. Tulane has said it will seat 25,000 and has always thrown out the 30,000 number as a capacity number which based on the size it seems prepostarous that there would be SRO for 5,000. More like 500 if that many. Then there is the whole problem of parking,tailgating and on and on. Only a few people on an administration favored site clamored for a new stadium. The great majority of fans in nola want Tulane to go by NCAA standards and play to win. With all the local talent available that's possible and when Tulane has instituted a PE degree briefly during different presidents tenures Tulane has been able to succeed.

Your reliable resources are bull ****

(03-27-2014 08:06 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(03-27-2014 01:17 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 12:47 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 12:44 PM)CougarRed Wrote:  

(03-04-2014 10:55 AM)OUGwave Wrote:  You're kind of a troll aren't you?

Our coach also gave the team a week off in the middle of the season last year and then the team beat Tulsa the following week.

He runs the team like an NFL operation -- for better or worse. But that doesn't mean that he feels they don't need practice. He just felt on balance that the injury situation carried risk and that they had reached the point of diminishing returns on live sessions.

But troll on.

I want the best conference possible. I applaud fellow conference schools when they bring glory to our league. I make fun of fellow conference schools (and UH too) when they pull small-time stunts.

Building a 22K seat stadium and cutting Spring drills short by 3 practices is small-time, Tulane. Double face palm.

BTW, so is bringing back UH basketball coach James Dickey, which unfortunately is becoming more and more likely.

its actually a 30k stadium which is perfect for them (similar size to duke and wazzu)

It will SEAT just over 22,000 as per available iinformation and reliable sources. Our AD has a terrible reputation as a liar. Tulane has said it will seat 25,000 and has always thrown out the 30,000 number as a capacity number which based on the size it seems prepostarous that there would be SRO for 5,000. More like 500 if that many. Then there is the whole problem of parking,tailgating and on and on. Only a few people on an administration favored site clamored for a new stadium. The great majority of fans in nola want Tulane to go by NCAA standards and play to win. With all the local talent available that's possible and when Tulane has instituted a PE degree briefly during different presidents tenures Tulane has been able to succeed.

Your reliable resources are bull ****

Employees w/in the athletic department. Grow a pair and learn how to deal w/it.

Names or youre lying. 22k? Prove it

(03-27-2014 11:28 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Names or youre lying. 22k? Prove it

Sure I'll name them so they can be fired. Fact is multiple posters have said the same on multiple Tulane fan forums that employees have confirmed the 22,000 figure. One poster said employees in the athletic department had nicknamed the stadium The MOM for Monument Of Mediocrity. A poster about a year ago that works for a company involved in building it said the number was 22,000.

Then you have the numbers put out by the company involved in installing the seating that multiple people have posted that show the number at 22,058 seats.

So you can get your panties in a wad all you want but the stadium is a joke. Even for arguments sake if you wanted to use 27,000, which is the biggest number ever mentioned by Tulane it's still a joke for a D-1 stadium. And if you choose to accept them at that 27,000 number then you have to accept them when they say maximum expansion is 6,000 which leaves you at 33,000 which is a joke.

SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

(03-28-2014 09:40 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

(03-28-2014 10:23 AM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 09:40 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Love it. "My inside sources that I'm too afraid to name agree with my unfounded opinion of 22k seats". Freakin joke.

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 10:23 AM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 09:40 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Rice and Army appeal to hardly anyone in NOLA. You must be Rick Dickson's son w/that tied at the hip thinking. We want to play real football teams not Wake Forest. That's a joke.

There were over 50,000 for Tulane V. ULL in the dome in December.

The Tulane fan base is there if Tulane wants it. You have very limited knowledge of our fan base . Tulane footbal is clearly the problem not the Dome. High school football, college football as in the Sugar and NOLA Bowls and Bayou,Classic is successful. Tulane football was successful when we moved in and had PE degree and put out good teams w/many players who went on to long NFL carreers. Pro football is successful there. So again it is Tulane that is the problem not the dome.

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Love it. "My inside sources that I'm too afraid to name agree with my unfounded opinion of 22k seats". Freakin joke.

So where are your sources to refute that. Oh that's right you're too afraid to mention the well known liars Cowen and Dickson. You clearly have no life based on your number of post. You obviously read the Tulane forums and you know what I said above is true. So grow up and deal w/it.

(03-28-2014 01:03 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 10:23 AM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 09:40 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Rice and Army appeal to hardly anyone in NOLA. You must be Rick Dickson's son w/that tied at the hip thinking. We want to play real football teams not Wake Forest. That's a joke.

There were over 50,000 for Tulane V. ULL in the dome in December.

The Tulane fan base is there if Tulane wants it. You have very limited knowledge of our fan base . Tulane footbal is clearly the problem not the Dome. High school football, college football as in the Sugar and NOLA Bowls and Bayou,Classic is successful. Tulane football was successful when we moved in and had PE degree and put out good teams w/many players who went on to long NFL carreers. Pro football is successful there. So again it is Tulane that is the problem not the dome.

I can't stand Rick Dickson. He screws up personnel decisions so badly...

Adding dumb jock majors is exactly what we should avoid doing. I don't want to be like LSU. We HAVE loosened standards a bit - but there should be a limit to what we do in that regard.

I'm very aware of what NOLA thinks about us. We are actually liked in many parts, but we're the #2 or #3 dish on the menu. LSU will come first until they hit a rough spot in the SEC. The Saints are EVERYONE'S team - regardless of who they back in collegiate play.

Tulane and Wake Forest are just about peers when it comes to football. Whatever you call them is EXACTLY what you can say about us.

My ideal schedule would be:

Vanderbilt + Duke/Wake Forest + Auburn/Texas A&M + Southern Miss + AAC (8)

(03-28-2014 01:21 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:03 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 10:23 AM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 09:40 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  SMU and Tulane may become powerful programs, but if you think that either school is going to pull 50k+ to a football stadium then you are crazy.

Yulman was the right move for Tulane football, as the Superdome is a completely soulless facility. There was no "home-field advantage" to playing in the dome.

If you aren't an SEC public school then you shouldn't be building a massive stadium.

Attendance is actually going DOWN for the vast majority of college football programs in America.

It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Rice and Army appeal to hardly anyone in NOLA. You must be Rick Dickson's son w/that tied at the hip thinking. We want to play real football teams not Wake Forest. That's a joke.

There were over 50,000 for Tulane V. ULL in the dome in December.

The Tulane fan base is there if Tulane wants it. You have very limited knowledge of our fan base . Tulane footbal is clearly the problem not the Dome. High school football, college football as in the Sugar and NOLA Bowls and Bayou,Classic is successful. Tulane football was successful when we moved in and had PE degree and put out good teams w/many players who went on to long NFL carreers. Pro football is successful there. So again it is Tulane that is the problem not the dome.

I can't stand Rick Dickson. He screws up personnel decisions so badly...

Adding dumb jock majors is exactly what we should avoid doing. I don't want to be like LSU. We HAVE loosened standards a bit - but there should be a limit to what we do in that regard.

I'm very aware of what NOLA thinks about us. We are actually liked in many parts, but we're the #2 or #3 dish on the menu. LSU will come first until they hit a rough spot in the SEC. The Saints are EVERYONE'S team - regardless of who they back in collegiate play.

Tulane and Wake Forest are just about peers when it comes to football. Whatever you call them is EXACTLY what you can say about us.

My ideal schedule would be:

Vanderbilt + Duke/Wake Forest + Auburn/Texas A&M + Southern Miss + AAC (8)

Tulane needs to play by NCAA rules. In the limited times we have we have had success. A PE dgree is not a dumb jock degree. It's exactly that attitude that has Tulane at the bottom. Coaches in NOLA are like fathers to many they coach and influential mentors to others. If Tulane wants to help NOLA it should provide said degree program.

Duke,Wake and Vandy do nothing for the local fan. That type of thinking is why were in the mess were in. Fans want to see Ole Miss,Miss. St., USM . If CJ is successful b/c of NOLA we could have brought in LSU,bama,Texas etc. But thanks to the OCS that won't happen.

You may hate RD but you think just like him.

(03-28-2014 01:36 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:21 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:03 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 10:23 AM)datwave Wrote:  It's a terrible move. CJ didn't want it nor any coach before him . What he wanted and the program needs is an IPF. We could have had that and a new basketball arena for what we are spending on the stadium. That would have put us up there w/anybody facility wise.

As to the dome being soulless that has everything to do w/the sorry state of Tulane football for the last 60 years and nothing to do w/the stadium. When we moved in and were in one of our periods where we had a PE degree in place we drew 45,000 on a regular basis and the Dome rocked. No one complained then. If the program continues to flounder 2,000 on an OCS will be soulless too. One would have to be very small minded not to think that a top 25 Tulane football program can't draw 45,000 or more. Especially now when NOLA is flourishing tourism wise and other teams would bring thousands of fans if we had a good team. Thus putting you over 50,000. If we played Ole Miss or the like we could get 60,000 as they bring 15-25,000 now. But we can't play Ole Miss on campus b/c they are not coming for 1,000 tickets. That's why Rick Dickson is about to sign contracts w/Rice and Army for home games. That's soulless.

Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Rice and Army appeal to hardly anyone in NOLA. You must be Rick Dickson's son w/that tied at the hip thinking. We want to play real football teams not Wake Forest. That's a joke.

There were over 50,000 for Tulane V. ULL in the dome in December.

The Tulane fan base is there if Tulane wants it. You have very limited knowledge of our fan base . Tulane footbal is clearly the problem not the Dome. High school football, college football as in the Sugar and NOLA Bowls and Bayou,Classic is successful. Tulane football was successful when we moved in and had PE degree and put out good teams w/many players who went on to long NFL carreers. Pro football is successful there. So again it is Tulane that is the problem not the dome.

I can't stand Rick Dickson. He screws up personnel decisions so badly...

Adding dumb jock majors is exactly what we should avoid doing. I don't want to be like LSU. We HAVE loosened standards a bit - but there should be a limit to what we do in that regard.

I'm very aware of what NOLA thinks about us. We are actually liked in many parts, but we're the #2 or #3 dish on the menu. LSU will come first until they hit a rough spot in the SEC. The Saints are EVERYONE'S team - regardless of who they back in collegiate play.

Tulane and Wake Forest are just about peers when it comes to football. Whatever you call them is EXACTLY what you can say about us.

My ideal schedule would be:

Vanderbilt + Duke/Wake Forest + Auburn/Texas A&M + Southern Miss + AAC (8)

Tulane needs to play by NCAA rules. In the limited times we have we have had success. A PE dgree is not a dumb jock degree. It's exactly that attitude that has Tulane at the bottom. Coaches in NOLA are like fathers to many they coach and influential mentors to others. If Tulane wants to help NOLA it should provide said degree program.

Duke,Wake and Vandy do nothing for the local fan. That type of thinking is why were in the mess were in. Fans want to see Ole Miss,Miss. St., USM . If CJ is successful b/c of NOLA we could have brought in LSU,bama,Texas etc. But thanks to the OCS that won't happen.

You may hate RD but you think just like him.

OT: Can you explain why we kept a basketball coach that lost SIX players to transfer last season?

I would like for Tulane to form it's own NATIONAL brand. I don't want to be just another Southeastern factory school. We are not structurally built like Texas/Ole Miss/LSU.

What we CAN do is become today's version of Miami (FL). Maybe in 15 years we can approach USC levels of success. The city CAN be walled off for recruits if Tulane wins enough - and LA has enough talent to field TWO contending teams.

Miami and USC play a national schedule in which they take their teams all over the nation to play various opponents. I think Tulane can grow into doing something like that.

The SEC days are over. If we're going to go big time, why not pave our own way? Let's make TULANE the show in town - instead of having people show up because "so and so from the SEC is here".

(03-28-2014 02:10 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:36 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:21 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:03 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)oliveandblue Wrote:  Signing up Rice and Army are both very good decisions. We have a decent bit of history with Army (and Navy). Rice = Tulane in Houston, TX (when it comes to athletic scope/type of institution).

I like some of the opponents that Tulane are playing in the coming seasons. GT, Wake, and Duke are schools that we can actually relate to and SHOULD be able to compete with.

I REALLY want Vanderbilt on the schedule - and I'd be in heaven if it could be a long-term arrangement.

What I don't want to see are SBC and FCS schools on the schedule.

As for attendance, the days of 50k+ are over. The collegiate landscape has changed thanks in part to the actions of people completely unrelated to Tulane athletics. In the last 10 years, LSU has gone on a run that has included multiple national championships and SEC titles. As a result, LSU has cornered the market on Wal-Mart fans in Louisiana. Tulane needs to respond by putting out high-quality product and selling it to the market that they are ACTUALLY in. We are talking about the New Orleans population that likes the Saints but isn't 100% behind LSU.

The only reason Tulane should play another game in the Dome is if it's a bowl game.

If Tulane really wants to take a step forward, we'll need a new AD with fresh ideas and a new basketball HC. Those two moves will help the athletics program immediately.

As a recent alum, I remember spending time in the Dome for Tulane home games. That wasn't home. That was a neutral field that did not represent the University.

Rice and Army appeal to hardly anyone in NOLA. You must be Rick Dickson's son w/that tied at the hip thinking. We want to play real football teams not Wake Forest. That's a joke.

There were over 50,000 for Tulane V. ULL in the dome in December.

The Tulane fan base is there if Tulane wants it. You have very limited knowledge of our fan base . Tulane footbal is clearly the problem not the Dome. High school football, college football as in the Sugar and NOLA Bowls and Bayou,Classic is successful. Tulane football was successful when we moved in and had PE degree and put out good teams w/many players who went on to long NFL carreers. Pro football is successful there. So again it is Tulane that is the problem not the dome.

I can't stand Rick Dickson. He screws up personnel decisions so badly...

Adding dumb jock majors is exactly what we should avoid doing. I don't want to be like LSU. We HAVE loosened standards a bit - but there should be a limit to what we do in that regard.

I'm very aware of what NOLA thinks about us. We are actually liked in many parts, but we're the #2 or #3 dish on the menu. LSU will come first until they hit a rough spot in the SEC. The Saints are EVERYONE'S team - regardless of who they back in collegiate play.

Tulane and Wake Forest are just about peers when it comes to football. Whatever you call them is EXACTLY what you can say about us.

My ideal schedule would be:

Vanderbilt + Duke/Wake Forest + Auburn/Texas A&M + Southern Miss + AAC (8)

Tulane needs to play by NCAA rules. In the limited times we have we have had success. A PE dgree is not a dumb jock degree. It's exactly that attitude that has Tulane at the bottom. Coaches in NOLA are like fathers to many they coach and influential mentors to others. If Tulane wants to help NOLA it should provide said degree program.

Duke,Wake and Vandy do nothing for the local fan. That type of thinking is why were in the mess were in. Fans want to see Ole Miss,Miss. St., USM . If CJ is successful b/c of NOLA we could have brought in LSU,bama,Texas etc. But thanks to the OCS that won't happen.

You may hate RD but you think just like him.

OT: Can you explain why we kept a basketball coach that lost SIX players to transfer last season?

I would like for Tulane to form it's own NATIONAL brand. I don't want to be just another Southeastern factory school. We are not structurally built like Texas/Ole Miss/LSU.

What we CAN do is become today's version of Miami (FL). Maybe in 15 years we can approach USC levels of success. The city CAN be walled off for recruits if Tulane wins enough - and LA has enough talent to field TWO contending teams.

Miami and USC play a national schedule in which they take their teams all over the nation to play various opponents. I think Tulane can grow into doing something like that.

The SEC days are over. If we're going to go big time, why not pave our own way? Let's make TULANE the show in town - instead of having people show up because "so and so from the SEC is here".

He's still here b/c RD is totally incompetent.

You argued above that Tulane can't draw 50,000 ever again but now you argue we can become a national power. Make up your mind.

Get over the SE complex. People here love football and just want Tulane to play by the rules. If your so against that stigma then how can you want to be like Thug U. Again it doesn't add up on your end.

We need to reach out to our fan base and play teams right now that they are interested in such as the one's I mentioned. We could do that in the Dome. We can't do that or more in the MOM. If we bring in the teams I mention and are successful then we start truing to go national. We are in a better situation w/all the talent around us than most to do that. We are in a great football town. Fans just want Tulane to do their part.

(03-28-2014 01:06 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Love it. "My inside sources that I'm too afraid to name agree with my unfounded opinion of 22k seats". Freakin joke.

So where are your sources to refute that. Oh that's right you're too afraid to mention the well known liars Cowen and Dickson. You clearly have no life based on your number of post. You obviously read the Tulane forums and you know what I said above is true. So grow up and deal w/it.

You attack me and say I have no life and then say to grow up in the same paragraph. L O FREAKIN L. 4 posts a day avg sure screams no life.

(03-28-2014 02:38 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:06 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Love it. "My inside sources that I'm too afraid to name agree with my unfounded opinion of 22k seats". Freakin joke.

So where are your sources to refute that. Oh that's right you're too afraid to mention the well known liars Cowen and Dickson. You clearly have no life based on your number of post. You obviously read the Tulane forums and you know what I said above is true. So grow up and deal w/it.

You attack me and say I have no life and then say to grow up in the same paragraph. L O FREAKIN L. 4 posts a day avg sure screams no life.

Looking at your post numbers on all Tulane sites. But of course your reply is made to deflect the fact that you have no info. to refute the above.

You've been fun to argue with, datwave.

The sad part is that if the new Tulane president doesn't run RD out of town, none of this will matter. Tulane can't become ANYTHING until a more progressive mind takes charge. The new facilities are a good plus, but the people aren't who we need to take the program forward.

What are your thoughts on hoops? I've always felt that Tulane could be a perennial tournament team since most of the SEC schools are rather indifferent to basketball.

I remember the year when Tulane beat Auburn, LSU, and Georgia in the same season....

...then Conroy took over and we don't play ANY of those schools. Basketball is a sport where we NEED to play SEC schools as they typically are at least decent in RPI.

In my lifetime I would like to see Tulane in men's basketball,baseball and ladies basketball in the NCAA tournament every year. Give the coaches the resources and if they do not deliver fire them. Tulane baseball should host a super regional every year and get to Omaha at least every other year. I want our basketball programs to at least get to the sweet 16 and elite eight every year. Football wise top 10 every year as Tommy Bowden did for us. Am I asking for to much?

Rick Dickson has serious problems. He should fire any coaches that do not bring us to the above levels and if he does not he should be fired by the Tulane president immediately!

(03-28-2014 03:28 PM)Savacool Wrote:  In my lifetime I would like to see Tulane in men's basketball,baseball and ladies basketball in the NCAA tournament every year. Give the coaches the resources and if they do not deliver fire them. Tulane baseball should host a super regional every year and get to Omaha at least every other year. I want our basketball programs to at least get to the sweet 16 and elite eight every year. Football wise top 10 every year as Tommy Bowden did for us. Am I asking for to much?

Rick Dickson has serious problems. He should fire any coaches that do not bring us to the above levels and if he does not he should be fired by the Tulane president immediately!

That's a little too much at the same time.

Football should be a consistent bowl team with a national appeal.

Basketball should be sub-100 in RPI.

Baseball should make a super regional regularly.

(03-28-2014 03:01 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 02:38 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 01:06 PM)datwave Wrote:  

(03-28-2014 11:37 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  Love it. "My inside sources that I'm too afraid to name agree with my unfounded opinion of 22k seats". Freakin joke.

So where are your sources to refute that. Oh that's right you're too afraid to mention the well known liars Cowen and Dickson. You clearly have no life based on your number of post. You obviously read the Tulane forums and you know what I said above is true. So grow up and deal w/it.

You attack me and say I have no life and then say to grow up in the same paragraph. L O FREAKIN L. 4 posts a day avg sure screams no

Looking at your post numbers on all Tulane sites. But of course your reply is made to deflect the fact that you have no info. to refute the above.

3 forums and I avg 10 posts a day total. Man I must be so lonely. No life. Im half your age. Lay off the personal attacks. Only warning. This isnt gotula