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Predicting the outcome of the Tulane-UAB game

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
20 hrs ago

Will the Green Wave live up to its status as a three-touchdown favorite?

Keys to victory: four things Tulane needs to do to beat UAB

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
20 hrs ago

They start with getting the running game on track, a repeat from last week and something that has not happened yet.?

China experience a huge boost for Tulane men's hoops heading into season

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 28, 2023

Coach Ron Hunter and guards Jaylen Forbes and Sion James exuded optimism before the Green Wave's first preseason practice.?

Who will challenge Tulane? AAC enters full league slate after miserable nonconference results

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 28, 2023

The league has zero wins against ranked teams, one win against a Power Five conference opponent and only nine wins against anyone in the FBS.?

Tulane's Willie Fritz, UAB's Trent Dilfer have strikingly different career paths

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 27, 2023

Fritz has been a boss at every conceivable level of football except for the only one Dilfer had before being named Blazers coach this year.?

Drew Brees, Seimone Augustus headline Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame's 2024 class

BY SHELDON MICKLES | Staff writer
Updated Sep 27, 2023

Saints record-setting quarterback Drew Brees, LSU basketball great Seimone Augustus and wrestler/mixed martial arts icon Daniel Cormier highlight the nine-person "competitors" ballot selection…

The price of success means Tulane's comfortable win vs. Nicholls produces questions

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 26, 2023

Issues with the running game and pass protection are drawing some grumbling as the Green Wave prepares for its AAC opener against UAB.

See lines, odds, TV info and past history for Saturday’s Tulane vs. Alabama-Birmingham game

BY JIM DERRY | Sports betting writer
Sep 25, 2023

The linesmakers obviously have a lot of faith in the Green Wave, but is this spread a little too high for game at Yulman Stadium?

Tulane 'fired up for conference play' as they seek to defend AAC champions title

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 24, 2023

The Green Wave has plenty to work on after an erratic 36-7 win against Nicholls but it dealing from a position of strength in a weak league.?

Tulane takes advantage of numerous mistakes, beats Nicholls 36-7

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 23, 2023

Both teams were sloppy, but the Wave scored four touchdowns off a botched punt snap and three interception returns into Colonels' territory.?

Final thoughts: Guerry Smith assesses Tulane's sloppy 36-7 win against Nicholls

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 23, 2023

The Green Wave made far too many mistakes to make a coach happy but never was in any danger against the Colonels as Michael Pratt returned to the lineup.?

Notebook: Tulane's Michael Pratt breaks career touchdown pass record vs. Nicholls

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 23, 2023

Michael Pratt did not need much time to reach the top of the Tulane record book on Saturday night against Nicholls State at Yulman Stadium.

Tulane men's hoops has Sunday-heavy schedule in American Athletic Conference

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 22, 2023

The league released the dates on Friday for every league game, and a third of the Green Wave's 18 games will be on Sundays.?

Predicting the outcome of the Tulane-Nicholls State game

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 22, 2023

Will the Green Wave surpass its average margin of victory of 42 points against FCS opponents?

Keys to victory: Four things Tulane needs to do against Nicholls State

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 22, 2023

Keeping Michael Pratt healthy while giving him an opportunity to get back the flow tops the list.

All in the family: Tulane CB Jarius Monroe, Nicholls DB coach Darion Monroe to face each other

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 22, 2023

Jarius Monroe is following in the footsteps of his older brother, who started for four years at Tulane and could have coached him at Nicholls if he had not transferred in 2022.?

Jeff Duncan: Buddy Teevens 'changed thousands of lives,' and Archie Manning was among them

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
Updated Sep 21, 2023

The call came at 6:48 a.m., sunrise in New Orleans but early afternoon in the French Riviera.

Michael Pratt to return as Tulane's starting quarterback vs. Nicholls on Saturday

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 21, 2023

Pratt missed the Green Wave's previous two games with a left knee injury, but coach Willie Fritz liked what he saw in practice this week.?

It's like Noah's Ark: Dominant Tulane D-line has two of everything

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 20, 2023

The Green Wave ranks among the top 10 nationally in tackles for loss and sacks through three games.?

Former Tulane coach Buddy Teevens dies of complications from March bicycle crash

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 19, 2023

Teevens coached the Green Wave from 1992-96 and recruited most of the stars on the undefeated 1998 team.?

Tulane's stout play on defense makes quarterback uncertainty easier to stomach

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 19, 2023

Coach Willie Fritz will have to decide whether it is beneficial to play injured quarterback Michael Pratt against Nicholls State or stick with Kai Horton for the third straight week.?

Jeff Duncan: Saints' historic road win augurs hope. A special football season is upon us.

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Sports columnist
Updated Sep 19, 2023

Something extraordinary happened this weekend, an achievement you likely were unaware occurred.

Tulane-UAB football game to have 11 a.m. kickoff at Yulman Stadium

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 18, 2023

The Green Wave's Sept. 30 conference opener will be televised by ESPN2.?

See where sports columnist Scott Rabalais ranked LSU, rest of top 25 in this week's ballot

BY SCOTT RABALAIS | Sports columnist
Sep 17, 2023

Sports columnist Scott Rabalais is a voter on this year's Associated Press Top 25 poll board. Here is his ballot for Week 2 (Sept. 17):

Hot conditions in Hattiesburg hardly cramped Tulane's style

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 17, 2023

Coach Willie Fritz credited strength and conditioning coordinator Kurt Hester for the way his players avoided cramps entirely while numerous Golden Eagles players felt their effect.?

Unsung stars: Trio of Tulane receivers come up big against Southern Miss

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 16, 2023

While the defense dominating the headlines, wideouts Lawrence Keys, Jha'Quan Jackson and Chris Brazzell give the offense its dynamism.?

Tulane defense dominates Southern Miss to avenge one of Wave's 2 losses from 2022

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Updated Sep 16, 2023

The Green Wave held the Golden Eagles to 3 points, their lowest total ever in the Battle for the Bell.?

Notebook: Tulane beats Southern Miss minus Michael Pratt for second straight week

BY GUERRY SMITH | Contributing writer
Sep 16, 2023

Coach Willie Fritz has not ruled out having Pratt back next Saturday against Nicholls State.