The Tulane Green Wave football team had a week off and watched the American Athletic Conference race get tougher.
has reached the American Athletic Conference championship game each of the last two seasons. The Green Wave is hoping for a third straight berth under their first-year coach
The Green Wave was off this weekend, giving the team a chance to rest and recover from a difficult six-game stretch to start the season. Tulane has won three straight games and is undefeated in American Athletic Conference play.As Tulane prepares for Saturday's game against rice, it is one of the five undefeated teams in conference action entering mid-October. Due to some interesting scheduling, the race could come right down to the wire.
Tulane doesn’t play Army this season. But the Green Wave does go to Navy on Nov. 16. It’s part of what has evolved as a gauntlet in which Tulane will face three league opponents that are, currently, undefeated in league action. on Thanksgiving Day. The Tigers have a loss in league play against Navy. The Tigers aren’t out of the race but losing that tiebreaker doesn’t help them.
Finally, five of Tulane’s final six games are against teams that are currently on winning streaks. That includes this coming opponent,, 29-27, at home, for their first league win. The Owls have had no success on the road this season. They’re 0-2.If the Green Wave want that third straight trip to the league title game, it won’t be an easy path. In fact, it’s gotten more difficult by the week.
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