OFFICIAL VISITORS for 12-1-23 weekend

Larry's game recap...

IRVING, Texas – Six Tulsa football student-athletes were named to the American Athletic Conference all-league teams as chosen by the league's 14 head coaches, it was announced today by the conference office.

Defensive end Ben Kopenski earned first team honors, safety Kendarin Ray second team, and third-team accolades went to offensive guard Chester Baah, placekicker Chase Meyer and running back Anthony Watkins. Offensive tackle Darrell Simpson was named honorable mention.

Kopenski was among the league leaders for sacks with 8.5 for -46 yards and tackles for loss with 13.5 or -59 yards. He completed the season with 52 tackles and had two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

The American's tackles leader, Ray totaled 131 stops, outdistancing the next highest player by 37 tackles. He ended the regular season ranked eighth nationally for total tackles and fourth for solo tackles with 73. Ray had eight double-figure tackle games this season and 15 for his career, while setting a career-high 16 stops against North Texas.

Watkins finished the season ranked fourth in the AAC for rushing with 889 yards for a 4.51 average and 74.1 yards per game. He had three 100+ rushing games, all coming within the last four games of the season. Baah and Simpson were key components of an offensive line that helped pave the way for the league's fourth-best rushing offense with 180.7 yards.

In his first season with the Golden Hurricane, Meyer converted 17-of-20 field goals and 30-of-31 PATs for 81 points. He ranked second in the league for field goal percentage at .850, while his 17 field goals was the third-most in The American.

Great job by the admin of making this bigger and better. There was a a great turnout and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I’m glad we’re seeing investment in this type of thing as it builds community and buys a lot of good will for the university.

In speaking with prospects, high school coaches and sources close to the program, below are the prospects expected on campus this weekend for official visits. Recruiting changes quickly, so there could be more that I'm not aware of.

CURRENT TULSA COMMITMENTS

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Tulsa recruited Elijah Green as a DB. The 3-star athlete finished his senior season with 45 tackles, 3 INTs, 2 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. On offense, he had 30 receptions for 670 yards and 10 TDs, along with 382 rushing yards and 3 rushing TDs.

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Aquavious Dunbar missed a few games toward the end of this season, but in 7 games as a senior, he totaled 47 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 5 forced fumbles, 2.5 sacks and a fumble recovery. As a running back, he rushed for 1,096 yards and 14 touchdowns on just 85 carries, averaging a whopping 12.9 yards per run.

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Daunte Scott excelled on both sides of the ball as a senior. As a DB, he collected 29 tackles, 3 interceptions, 3 pass deflections and one TFL. Offensively, he caught 13 passes for 123 yards and 1 TD. He also completed 4 of 4 passes for 54 yards.

OTHER VISITORS

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Dartmouth DL transfer Charles Looes -- 6-3, 275 -- In 10 games this season, Looes had 43 tackles, 9.5 TFLs, 7.5 sacks, 5 QB hurries, 3 batted passes, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery -- has 1 year of eligibility

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Mansfield Summit athlete Jo Williams was offered by Tulsa in October. Also has offers from Arkansas State, UTSA and others. On offense this season, he had 38 catches for 666 yards and 12 TDs, averaging 17.5 yards per catch. Defensively, he totaled 31 tackles, 4 TFLs, 1 INT, 1 fumble recover and 6 field goal blocks.

I think we played our best match beating USF 3 to 0.

Went up on millwood with 12 seconds left to advance to the state title game…. But not so fast! Millwood takes the kickoff return back with no time left to end the season for Kiefer

It is being reported that a pact has been made for them to play 6 teams from the Mountain West Conference, 5 Power 5 teams and 1 FCS team for its 2024 schedule.

Putting this on the correct board. SMH I’m a moron sometimes.

It is being reported that a pact has been made for them to play 6 teams from the Mountain West Conference, 5 Power 5 teams and 1 FCS team for its 2024 schedule.

ITS GAMEDAY!!!!!!!

Tulsa travels to Little rock to play their first game away from the Reynolds Center. Yooler has 264 KenPom and is 1-4 on the season so far. It is vital that TU gets this win as they are higher on the KenPom and have a better record, of course to lesser talent, but it is on the road. Road wins are needed to make teams great.

Todays Games

Nice little slate of games today. Jackson State travels to DC to take on Georgetown. Incarnate word and UTSA take on each other in the last meeting of the Cardinal/Roadrunner Classic.

East Carolina travels to Fairfax to take on George Mason. While Norfolk State travels to Wichita to take on the Shockers.

The game to watch today at least the first half is the South Carolina State vs Missouri State game. We have already played South Carolina State and Missouri State is coming up in our non-conference slate.

AND ONE

Tulsa starts the day with a 207 KenPom. Using this metric only 4 teams in the non-con have a better rating. Oklahoma St. (Dec 10), Missouri St. (Dec 16), Loyola Chicago (Dec 5) and ORU (Dec 2). These also happen to be our next 4 games after today as well. All of the American teams have a better KenPom than Tulsa except Rice and UTSA.

Bonus: Today is the end of Football season as Tulsa is currently in Greenville, NC to take on the Pirates. I would be there but I have family at the house and I don’t want to hear it from the wife.

GO TU!!!

Today’s games


Rankings

I went to Union's season tipoff last week. Still have the 7 footer. His little brother who's in 9th grade is on the team too...he's around 6'4" and looks tiny. Union also has a 6'7" PF they run out there who is a nice HS player with a lot of different facets to his game. That said, the player TU should be watching from this group is Dalen Fulller. 6'4", they list him as a SG but he's probably running more of the PG role. Really good ball handler, good passer, good shooter. This kid can jump out of the gym and probably has the same ability to elevate as Eric Coley and I'm not exaggerating. In warm ups he had a 360 windmill dunk that was NBA Dunk Contest Dominique Wilkins quality. He's super athletic and can get up and down the court and is a really good perimeter defender. I know he took an unofficial to TU last year along with Eric Madrid and one other player.

I believe Union also has 2 players from the football team who will join the basketball team once the season is over. Isaiah Covington and Jino Boyd have been part of the basketball team. Since Jino is a D1 football recruit he may elect to sit out, it was hard to tell since they were at the event but not allowed to participate per OSSAA rules which don't allow participation in multiple sports at the same time.

I've not seen any other teams so I can't give a full context to how the season will play out. BTW is now 5A and I believe Bishop Kelley is bumped to 6A for this season. While BK is a decent team, I don't think they will threaten the top 6A teams. I expect BA to be really good again this season along with Edmond Memorial.

As a two-time transfer who started his career at Memphis before spending two seasons at Oklahoma State, Cisse needed a waiver from the NCAA to play immediately. Was granted today. Portaled twice and gets to play immediately... for Chris Beard.........

So I do not watch much 6a football at all , but was curious, what makes Bixby so dominant? Are they getting that much better of a player then Jenks , Union , BA ect ? Is it coaching ?

Rough times

Tulsa has major problems.............. Their Head Coaches stink.

Yell all you want, but Konkol stinks (his half court offense is atrociously bad) and Wilson should be eating pudding somewhere.

It’s time to equal last year’s win total!

Watching TU's too-often outmatched defense this past season got me thinking about some of the defensive greats we've had over the years. So I decided to compile an all-time TU defensive team by position, going back to 1963, the year I started following TU football. These selections are all guys I've seen play, and who I remember as being awfully good.

DT: Willie Townes, Kevin Lilly
DE: Dennis Byrd, Tracy Scroggins
OLB: Zaven Collins, Barry Minter
MLB: Chris Chamberlain, Mike Bryan
Corner: Cornell Webster, Nate Harris
Safety: (tie) Jeff Jordan, Ralph McGill

I'd like to hear folks' thoughts. Disagreements?

Now that the season is over, and we are going to be seeing a lot of activity in the portal, this is the time to make a commitment to help this program.

You want a higher level of player? Then step up. Give to the Hurricane Impact fund. Either designate a football donation, or let them decide where it is best to give. No, I am not affiliated with them, but I am as passionate about my team as the rest of you. It's time to make a tangible impact on our football program.

Go here: Hurricane Impact NIL fund

Went to practice today and Willis practicing full speed

Now a coordinator at the D-1 level. Good luck.

IRVING, Texas – Six Tulsa football student-athletes were named to the American Athletic Conference all-league teams as chosen by the league's 14 head coaches, it was announced today by the conference office.

Defensive end Ben Kopenski earned first team honors, safety Kendarin Ray second team, and third-team accolades went to offensive guard Chester Baah, placekicker Chase Meyer and running back Anthony Watkins. Offensive tackle Darrell Simpson was named honorable mention.

Kopenski was among the league leaders for sacks with 8.5 for -46 yards and tackles for loss with 13.5 or -59 yards. He completed the season with 52 tackles and had two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.

The American's tackles leader, Ray totaled 131 stops, outdistancing the next highest player by 37 tackles. He ended the regular season ranked eighth nationally for total tackles and fourth for solo tackles with 73. Ray had eight double-figure tackle games this season and 15 for his career, while setting a career-high 16 stops against North Texas.

Watkins finished the season ranked fourth in the AAC for rushing with 889 yards for a 4.51 average and 74.1 yards per game. He had three 100+ rushing games, all coming within the last four games of the season. Baah and Simpson were key components of an offensive line that helped pave the way for the league's fourth-best rushing offense with 180.7 yards.

In his first season with the Golden Hurricane, Meyer converted 17-of-20 field goals and 30-of-31 PATs for 81 points. He ranked second in the league for field goal percentage at .850, while his 17 field goals was the third-most in The American.

I went to Webster so I will follow Prichard. Competition at Central Michigan has been a little stiffer that what Tulsa has seen so far and he is statistically the best player at this point.

according to College Football Network, Marrion and Kinne are on the short list for houston head coach.

we really screwed this one up!!!!!!! f'n houston......geeeeezzzzzzz!!!!!!!

nuke us!!!!!!!

Kid did okay, there is talent there... who knows what next year holds but it was good to see him compete down the stretch.

For those of us out of town or unable to listen to the shows any interesting comments?
- Did Wilson discuss anything about the recruiting plans/needs or what they learned as a staff from this year?
- Did Konkle comment on Archie not playing at the end of UALR?
- Did Nelp talk about the teams comeback wins vs. UAPB and Clemson, the challenges of playing MSU?
Thanks for any feedback.

I got our seats online tonight
Not many available near center although anything in the lower bowl is a great seat.

I expect a very close and exciting game and hope our fans show up. Years ago TU bought tickets for around 50 students behind the basket.

Last year at Reynolds with Abmas, ORU bought an entire endzone section for their students. I thought their cheering made a difference in what started as a close game .

A satiric cheer would be Go Horns Go.