On the latest Eye of the Hurricane Podcast, Senior Keaston Willis discusses his move to Tulsa, his career at Incarnate Word & Louisiana Tech, and his outlook on the new team and year

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

So, in 3 games back, I'm not sure I've seen Tyler miss a block or get beat. Last night he basically neutralized the big DT for the 49ers. Like the dude couldn't get any push on or penetration on runs or pass rushes. There was another play where Tyler ran a pseudo-pull to his left and took the DE and then absolutely stuffed Bosa and opened up a lane for the Cowboys RB who ended up going for 8 or 9 on one of the few plays that worked. Smith has been nothing short of stellar so far this season.

CBS/Palm - none

ESPN - Camelia Bowl (Montgomery) vs Georgia State
ESPN - Frisco Bowl vs New Mexico State

College Football News - Hawaii Bowl vs Boise State

247 Sports - none

Athlon Sports - none

USA Today - Fenway Bowl vs Syracuse

Action Sports (McMurphy) - 68 Ventures Bowl (Mobile) vs Arkansas State

College Sports Madness - Myrtle Beach Bowl vs Troy

College Football Network - Hawaii Bowl vs New Mexico

Chris informed me that 6-9 C/F Ian Smikle of Suncoast HS in Florida is visiting this weekend. He reminds me of Igbanu with his post moves. He has the nickname of The Big Wiggle for his footwork and inside moves. Not a leaper but a strong, big bodied player who does his damage down low. Put up big numbers this past summer.


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1. Florida Atlantic (11) 167
2. Memphis (3) 159
3. Tulane 142
4. UAB 128
5. East Carolina 105
6. North Texas 100
7. SMU 97
8. Wichita State 90
9. South Florida 62
10. Tulsa 59
11. Rice 56
12. Temple 49
13. Charlotte 46
14. UTSA 14

First-place votes in parenthesis


Preseason All-Conference First Team
Eric Gaines, UAB
Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Alijah Martin, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Jahvon Quinerly, Sr., G, Memphis
Jaylen Forbes, Jr., G, Tulane*



Preseason All-Conference Second Team
RJ Felton, Jr., G, East Carolina
Jordan Brown, R-Sr., F, Memphis
Max Fielder, Sr., F, Rice
Zhuric Phelps, Jr., G, SMU
Kevin Cross, Jr., F, Tulane


Preseason Player of the Year
Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
Alijah Martin, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic


Preseason Rookie of the Year
Carl Cherenfant, G, Memphis
JJ Taylor, F, Memphis

* denotes unanimous selection

We should have won this one. Braxton brought a lot of energy we had been lacking. Receivers need to catch balls and we should have fair caught that punt

Very great performance by the defense. They really stepped up when nothing was working for us.

Hard to pull it off in the weather. But Braxton needed to come in a lot earlier.

The latest Eye of the Hurricane Podcast brings you audio from the AAC Media Days in Dallas, with interviews with MBB Coach Eric Konkol, WBB Coach Angie Nelp and WBB player Tamira Pointdexter:

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

On the latest Eye of the Hurricane Podcast, audio from the AAC Basketball Media days with both MBB and WBB:

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

Doubt we will see Braxton today.

We need the Temple version of Cardell today.

I hear owl tastes like chicken.

My teenage daughter, who has never watched a whole football game and insisted before homecoming that her HS stadium didn't have the "little fork things" at the end of the field, is now following the Chiefs on Insta. I'm not sure what to think about this.

Since we're officially in the throws of a bye week as well as at the mid-point in the season, I thought it would be interesting to share some stats (and some comparisons) for shats and giggles:

• Penalties
  • #21 in fewest penalties called (4.67/game)
    • 5.8/game in 2022
    • 7.1/game in 2021
  • #21 in fewest penalty yards (39 yards/game)
  • #32 in fewest penalties total (28)
• Offense
  
  • #77 in total yards per game (385.5)
    • 392/game in 2022
    • 443/game in 2021
  • #85 in points scored per game (26)
    • 28.5 in 2022
    • 27.2 in 2021
  • #107 in passing yards per game (192)
    • 256/game in 2022
    • 255/game in 2021
  • #86 in pass completion percentage (59.7%)
    • 56% in 2022
    • 59.8% in 2021
  • #27 in rushing yards per game (193.5)
    • 136.4/game in 2022
    • 187.5/game in 2021
  • #24 in red zone offense (91.7% scoring rate)
    • 88.64% in 2022
    • 77.27% in 2021
  • #82 in QB being sacked per game (2.33/game)
    • 3.9/game in 2022
    • 1.8/game in 2021
• Defense
  
  • #97 in total yards allowed per game (399.3/game)
    • 424.7/game in 2022
    • 367.8/game in 2021
  • #118 in passing yards allowed per game (270.2/game)
    • 217.2/game in 2022
    • 221.3/game in 2021
  • #54 in rush yards allowed per game (129.2/game)
    • 207.5/game in 2022
    • 146.6/game in 2021
  • #85 in tackles for loss per game (5.3/game)
    • 5.08/game in 2022
    • 5.62/game in 2021
  • #19 in passes intercepted per game (1.2/game)
    • 0.5/game in 2022
    • 0.9/game in 2021

Stats came from the NCAA website and Team Rankings website.

There are plenty more stats, but those seemed important to me. It's pretty easy to see that 2022 wasn't a good year in most categories.

Last season’s records of TU non-conference opponents

Central Arkansas 9-22
Incarnate Word 12-19
Jackson State 14-19
South Carolina State 5-26
Little Rock 10-21
ORU 30-5
Loyola 10-21
Oklahoma State 20-16
Missouri State 17-15
Mississippi Valley State 5-27
New Mexico State 9-15
SW Oklahoma State 12-16

Look at the stats. We throw for 38 more yards and they rushed for 40 more than us. Their punter was better and had one more inside the 20 than we did. The thing that stands out was our extra turnover which they marched down the field for a TD. We were driving and deep in their territory so it was somewhere between a 7, 10 or 14 point turn around.

Yall think he's better then the last clown 🤡
Or
Will it take him a bit
Or
Terrible Quaterback Decisions

I'll leave it up to yall

Geno Artison
Josh Earley
Curtis Haywood 4 star
KES 4-star
Bradley Alcime
Christian Shumate
Emmanuel Ugboh
Austin Richie
George Christopolus
Isaiah Hill
Peter Hewitt
Simon Falokun
Zeke Moore
Chris Barnes
Geno Artison

The recruiting seemed to be on a downhill slope in the recent years. Seasons partially saved by players like Horne, Jackson, Rachal, and Joiner. Several of this list did better at other schools after they got little or no playing time at TU under Haith. We have been dying a slow death in recruiting for years. Wojcik actually had some really good recruits but never had that 5th starter that the defense needed to guard so our top players (Jerome Jordan) was doubled all the time and Wojcik could never make in-game adjustments.

First conference road game...

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How many wins do you see the Tulsa Men's Basketball Team having this coming season? I realize early season predictions are silly, but humor me.

well, i was shocked at the loss but it was eventually gonna happen. the tram is 3-3 at this point and thats good. go 3-3 or better and the team is bowling. the glass is still half full guys. if you believe you can, you will.

Quick AP recap, plus some game notes and the AAC video highlights...

I Hope 49ers and Chiefs Win Easy

Prediction

49ers 38-17
Chiefs 45-14

I'm Packers Fan That's why I did this thread plus they huge games

Wow. Gabriel TD with 23 seconds left to give OU a 34-30 win over Texas.

LSU with a pick six with 41 seconds left to beat Mizzou 49-39.

Let’s hope we don’t go to the last few seconds to win or lose tonight. My heart won’t take it. How about a 3 TD win? Heck yeah!

Done getting my groceries for a nice dinner and football evening:

GOLDEN!!

I was channel switching and ran across this trick play by Temple. Many times they don’t work but this was a gem.

I can’t get the video to load or can I delete the thread. BS.

While several Tulsa football commitments had bye weeks last weekend, others put up big numbers for their teams.