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Watching the Colorado/Washington game while the Cotton Bowl is at half. Washington has this dude in the middle that looks like the love child of Kurt Rambis and 70s Trailblazer Bill Walton (the one with the hippie beard). When I first saw him I instantly thought Rambis. Washington also has a PG who , if I were an opponent's fans, I'd start a Webster chant.

I have my reservations, mostly because of kickoff times, but im curious to hear everyone's thoughts knowing what we know now. If WSU and OSU Somehow acquired financials for the PAC to rebuild with the best thats left from the G5, would you be excited or concerned if Tulsa expressed interest?

Matt Reed has already done something that has rarely been done at TU. As a true freshman, he began the season as the starting center for the Golden Hurricane. And Reed was not just starting. He was showing he can be a pretty good player. The 6-foot-10, 245-pounder from I-School Academy in Lewisville, Texas, has started 6 off 11 games so far this season. He is sharing time with 7-foot sophomore St. John's transfer Mohamed Keita at the 5 position.


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ITS GAMEDAY!!!! Tulsa hosts New Mexico State this evening at the Reynolds Center. This is the Last non-conference game that goes on the NET. The last NonCon we have will be against SWOSU (Nevadanatural’s alma mater). Wichita State, Temple and UTSA took big hits in the NET yesterday. They are nothing compared to the shellacking that Little Rock took in the net dropping 46 spots. They are safely sitting as a Q4 loss for us until they can get back to a 240 or higher on the NET. The Big winner yesterday was Incarnate Word rising 30 Spots.

Today’s games

Charlotte is currently at half time against Division 3 school in Greensboro College. Charlotte is up 46-29 at half and the second half is starting.
George Mason Comes to Tulane. This should be a really good game.
SMU travels to Murray State who lost to Yooler
Temple faces Old Dominion in the consolation bracket of the Diamond Head Classic

AND ONE

Non-Conference wraps up a week from Saturday when we play SWOSU. We have New Mexico State tonight and they are a Q4 right now. Then we start 2024 with the conference slate. Currently this is the Quad type each Conference game is as of right now. Tulsa right now is a Q3 game for them on the road and a Q4 at home. So, we are considered a bad loss now.


GO TU!!!

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Is this game considered an exhibition game?

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Hey all, Sean Williams here, do a little bit of everything at Rivals.com

Was told Tulsa has offered Western Kentucky transfer quarterback Caden Veltkamp. This connection comes by way of Tulsa OC/QB Steve Spurrier, Jr., who held the same position at WKU during the 2017 season and helped coached Mike White, who is a backup QB for the Dolphins. Spurrier, Jr.'s son, Gavin, was the quarterback at South Warren (Ky.) HS that seasons, which is the same HS Veltkamp attended. So, he's got a good relationship and connection with South Warren's head coach.

Veltkamp is coming off one of the best bowl performances of the year so far, going 40-of-52 for 384 yards and five touchdowns. He came in the game when WKU was down 21-0 to Old Dominion and led them to a miraculous comeback.

He definitely made the most of his opportunity. Will be interesting to see if his situation changes with WKU and their staff based on his bowl performance, but for now, he remains in the transfer portal.

Have also heard TCU and Southern Miss have also expressed interest as well.

In his first season with Texas State, GJ Kinne guides them to an 8-5 record and a 45-21 win over Rice (who Tulsa lost to this year) on a team primarily comprised of transfers.

Should’ve been the hire for Tulsa but our administration screwed it up. Let’s hope next hiring cycle he even considers us but imagine he will be coaching in a power conference in two years.

Once again, a miss from our athletic department. Have heard this story too many times.

Let’s keep up the momentum for tonight’s home game against the Aggies!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season. Here's to a new year hopefully of thrilling victories for TU and of course plenty of spirited discussions on my favorite message board of about 25 years.

I am surprised that he hasn’t gone into the portal yet. He may have been told he still has a chance at the quarterback spot?

Thinking ahead to the new year and scouring this board topics and comments I began to ponder key questions. Perhaps there are more but any thoughts are appreciated:
- Has Kiefer become America’s team?
- Are the Royals really winning more Championships?
- What really is the best BBQ in Tulsa?
- What really is the best CFS in Tulsa?
- Has anyone ever had their opinion changed reading the Crossfire page?
- Will TU build an IPF?
- Will TU build a parking deck or improve parking?
- Will TU bring back baseball?
- Will TU move to the fill in the blank conference?
- Will the back up QB always be the favorite of most TU fans
- Can TU fans go the entire year without mentioning a former coach whom they disliked and blame for all current problems?
- Can TU fans go an entire year without mentioning a former administrator or President whom they disliked and blame for all current problems?
- Will most fans support a new coach beyond their first game?
- Will our new mascot last more than five years?
- Bonus question to ponder: how does the fly land on the ceiling? Does it fly upside down and then land or does it fly normal and flip at the last minute?

From 119. Still some weirdness in the NET, like Jackson State at 2-5 ahead of us. Our losses are TCU at 22, Mississippi at 35 and God Gals at 158. Our best wins are Florida at 49 and Texas Tech at 55.

Best AAC team is East Carolina at 68. 9 of the AAC teams are between 96 and 146.

TU announces that we will be an R1 level research institution within the next 10 years:

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Nice win. Didn’t think we could come back.

Haggerty and Garcia are something. Good defense and that team kind of got cold.

I want more Barnes.

I liked how Reed played.

Even the Dallas Morning News highlighted Tulsa’s success.

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I am wondering what to expect out of the first crop of players mostly assembled by KW and his staff? Any players who you specifically are expecting big things from?

How many of you feel we will end this season with the 3rd best record in the AAC?

#14 Florida Atlantic is beating #4 Arizona 64 to 60.

It was a fitting throwback to the Nolan Richardson days for Tulsa to have an exciting, gut-wrenching game against former Missouri Valley Conference rival New Mexico State. As in the old days in the early 1980's, Tulsa found a way to prevail in a game that could easily have gone south. P.J. Haggerty scored a game-high 23 points to lead Tulsa to a 65-59 victory over New Mexico State Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,871 at the Reynolds Center.

It was a fitting throwback to the Nolan Richardson days for Tulsa to have an exciting, gut-wrenching game against former Missouri Valley Conference rival New Mexico State. As in the old days in the early 1980's, Tulsa found a way to prevail in a game that could easily have gone south. P.J. Haggerty scored a game-high 23 points to lead Tulsa to a 65-59 victory over New Mexico State Friday night in front of a crowd of 2,871 at the Reynolds Center.

On the latest Eye of the Hurricane Podcast, a Post Game Radio Remix with interviews with Coach Konkol and Jared Garcia after TU rallied to beat NM St. at the Reynolds Center

https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/2019/8/26/eye-of-the-hurricane-podcast

On the Eye of the Hurricane Podcast, radio crew goes over TU's win over NM St., including interviews with Coach Konkol and Jared Garcia

https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/2019/8/26/eye-of-the-hurricane-podcast

Did it get deleted? Just wanted to praise the defense for a great job and the rebounding the last 10 minutes by Reed and Garcia was tremendous. I can see why Cobe was one of the defensive players of the year at La Tech. He was great. Haggerty continues to be the go to guy when we need points on the board with drives and free throws. I thought he was going to get 30.

NMSU is better than their record. They were a tough physical team and happy to enjoy some atrocious calls tonight that went for NMSU. We may escape OOC play with a 9-3 record. Few thought that possible.

Included in Tulsa’s early signing day haul were six of the top football prospects in Oklahoma. Kevin Wilson and his coaching staff beat out Power Five programs Michigan State, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, Indiana, Washington State, Iowa State and Oregon State to secure in-state talent.


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