Here's what a Tulane fan said on the Sun Belt Board:
(Today 03:22 AM)OUGwave Wrote:
As a Tulane fan, I have, um, some experience in discussing these issues.
People who are saying "this is bigger than football how can you expect them to play football at a time like this?" are partially correct. It is hard. But Tulane played an ENTIRE SEASON on the road migrating from school to school in 2005, living in abandoned dorms, while their families were recovering from the storm. The players had their entire city under water. The school was closed for the *entire* semester, and they still found a way to play their entire schedule. Was it tough? Yeah. But most of the players (I think Matt Forte for instance) are glad they did it. Point is, you can't tell me that Miami can't play one road game three days before the storm arrives and tell me that its because some things are bigger than football. Literally everything is bigger than football, it doesn't mean we don't expect football players to play football when it's possible for them to do so. Houston is playing a road game this weekend, I'm sure their players have a lot on their minds too!
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[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Time[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Opponent[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Site[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]TV[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Result[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #EAECF0, align: center"]Attendance[/TH]
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[TD]September 17[/TD]
[TD]7:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Mississippi State*[/TD]
[TD]
Independence Stadium •
Shreveport, LA[/TD]
[TD]
CSTV[/TD]
[TD]
L 14–21 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]16,421[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]September 24[/TD]
[TD]7:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
SMU[/TD]
[TD]
Gerald J. Ford Stadium •
Dallas, TX[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
W 31–10 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]15,681[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]October 1[/TD]
[TD]2:30 PM[/TD]
[TD]
SE Louisiana*[/TD]
[TD]
Tiger Stadium •
Baton Rouge, LA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
W 28–21 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]16,826[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]October 8[/TD]
[TD]5:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Houston[/TD]
[TD]
Cajun Field •
Lafayette, LA[/TD]
[TD]
iTV[/TD]
[TD]
L 14–35 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]15,454[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]October 14[/TD]
[TD]7:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
UTEP[/TD]
[TD]
Joe Aillet Stadium •
Ruston, LA[/TD]
[TD]
ESPN[/TD]
[TD]
L 21–45 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13,153[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]October 21[/TD]
[TD]6:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
UCF[/TD]
[TD]
Citrus Bowl •
Orlando, FL[/TD]
[TD]CSTV[/TD]
[TD]
L 24–34 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]15,009[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]October 29[/TD]
[TD]6:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Marshall[/TD]
[TD]
Ladd Peebles Stadium •
Mobile, AL[/TD]
[TD]CSTV[/TD]
[TD]
L 26–27 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]13,290[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]November 5[/TD]
[TD]12:30 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Navy*[/TD]
[TD]
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium •
Annapolis, MD[/TD]
[TD]CSTV[/TD]
[TD]
L 21–49 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]33,608[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]November 12[/TD]
[TD]2:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Rice[/TD]
[TD]
Rice Stadium •
Houston, TX[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
L 34–42 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9,162[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]November 19[/TD]
[TD]1:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]
Tulsa[/TD]
[TD]
Malone Stadium •
Monroe, LA[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
L 14–38 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]10,306[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]November 26[/TD]
[TD]2:00 PM[/TD]
[TD]at
Southern Miss[/TD]
[TD]
M. M. Roberts Stadium •
Hattiesburg, MS[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]
L 7–26 [/TD]
[TD="align: center"]28,730[/TD]
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[TD="colspan: 10"]*Non-conference game. [SUP]
[/SUP]Homecoming. [SUP]#[/SUP]Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in
Central Time.[/TD]
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[SUP][2]
Yeah, that went well.[/SUP]
