On a weekend of upsets, the Tulane Green Wave were not. While league-leading Memphis was upset by UAB in Birmingham last night, the Wave were able to mount a comeback that went against everything the game had dictated since shortly after 11:00 Saturday morning. Down 17-10 with under six minutes to go in the game, the Tulane offense was faced with figuring out an Army defense that had befuddled them all game long. Then, in order to have a chance at victory, the Green Wave defense was going to have to do something it hadn’t done all game: force the Black Knights offense into a three-and-out. Then, the Wave would have to score again. That’s a lot of “then”s. But that’s exactly what this Tulane team did. After throwing his first interception of his Tulane career to end the last Green Wave drive, quarterback Jake Retzlaff led the Wave smartly down the field to even the score at 17-apiece, scoring with just under two minutes left in the game. Then (there’s another one of those “then”s), with 1:54 left on the 4th qRead More
Gritty, Tough Tulane Pulls out a 24-17 Win over Army
