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re: Tulane could be an amazing program if they gave a frick
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:56 pm to Jacobowitz
Posted on 12/8/25 at 6:56 pm to Jacobowitz
Tulane should do whatever it takes to get back in the SEC. And dammit LSU and Tulane should play during rivalry week.
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Posted on 12/8/25 at 7:09 pm to Tiger2tiga
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I think Tulane is worried more about what makes them great, academics.
Which is why Tulane de-emphasized athletics in the 1950s.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 9:56 pm to Jacobowitz
How is a high school stadium going to look for an amazing program?
Willie left because he knew that the practice bubble was a lie.
Need a lot of that yankee $$$ or Tulane will slip behind LSUNO.
Willie left because he knew that the practice bubble was a lie.
Need a lot of that yankee $$$ or Tulane will slip behind LSUNO.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:08 pm to Jacobowitz
If Tulane were willing to invest in their athletic programs, they could be in the ACC.
Taking four years and two coaches to build an 80 yard bubble is just a microcosm of how little they care about even the smallest things that can help a program. I know they’re limited with space, but they need someone to get creative.
Taking four years and two coaches to build an 80 yard bubble is just a microcosm of how little they care about even the smallest things that can help a program. I know they’re limited with space, but they need someone to get creative.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:19 pm to The Hurricane
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Taking four years and two coaches
Blame their neighborhood NIMBYs
Posted on 12/8/25 at 10:48 pm to nicholastiger
quote:Invite them back in so the Tigers will have an In-state rival to close the season with!
Probably should have stayed in the SEC to begin with
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:05 pm to moneyg
Just being honest here, but I don't understand how LSU fans rooting for us half heartedly from their couch against Ole Miss helps or hurts us. What you said is also kind of arrogant, we better be nice to LSU fans on a message board or they won't root for us. It's a ridiculous post that has nothing to do with anything. The truth of the matter is we had a bad process by a bad AD who failed to secure the top Candidate so for that we should be mad at Tulane and the AD. Being pissed off that an Alum passed on us to stay at LSU is a natural emotion and there are many tulane fans still alive who do remember the rivalry and probably still do hate LSU. Who gives a shite. Tulane botched the process, LSU outmaneuvered us to keep the guy we wanted. End of Story. Life of a Tulane fan goes on. Maybe God will smile on us one more time and let us knock off Ole Miss and go to the Sugar Bowl. Maybe we lose by 50. Either way I'll be in Oxford to find out.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:13 pm to MetrySaint24
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Just being honest here, but I don't understand how LSU fans rooting for us half heartedly from their couch against Ole Miss helps or hurts us
On its own it doesn’t. But negative press matters. What Tulane did was invite a ton of negative talk about its program for no benefit.
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The truth of the matter is we had a bad process by a bad AD who failed to secure the top Candidate so for that we should be mad at Tulane and the AD.
It’s a reflection of the problems at Tulane. A week ago most thought that was behind you. It’s not. Tulane will return to irrelevancy.
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Being pissed off that an Alum passed on us to stay at LSU is a natural emotion and there are many tulane fans still alive who do remember the rivalry and probably still do hate LSU
Losing out in Baker isn’t a huge issue even if on paper it looked like a good fit. Losing out on everyone is the problem. I’m guessing Baker saw the same things the others did.
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Maybe God will smile on us one more time and let us knock off Ole Miss and go to the Sugar Bowl. Maybe we lose by 50. Either way I'll be in Oxford to find out.
Tulane and its fans are free rolling because there’s nothing really to lose. It is in the playoffs not as a deserving team but as a checkbox.
Posted on 12/8/25 at 11:29 pm to moneyg
By the rules of the playoffs designed by the Big Conferences we 100% deserve to be in the Playoffs.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 4:15 am to Jacobowitz
quote:Can you turn current / recent students into actual alumni supporters?
TLDR: You can lead a horse to water but can’t force him to drink
They’re just like GT - they can have temporal success, but there are no baws in the student body anymore. It’s all nerds who aren’t going to prioritize spending money on athletics when they’re wealthy
This is their ceiling
Posted on 12/9/25 at 4:43 am to Jacobowitz
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They had to know with the money LSU has been spending and momentum from the Kiffin hire that Baker would be a fight and there was a chance he was leveraging them
Baker wasn't leveraging them. And Tulane could still pivot and hire another good coach like Penn state did
Posted on 12/9/25 at 6:21 am to Jacobowitz
Yall have done a good job in recent hires. Not sure what happened this time. Crazy to settle for a guy like Hall. Internal candidate, bad record history, no other interest. There was no backup plan in case Baker said no ?
I figured if y’all were gonna go the assistant route go after one of the Indiana coordinators or someone like that
I figured if y’all were gonna go the assistant route go after one of the Indiana coordinators or someone like that
Posted on 12/9/25 at 6:22 am to chalmetteowl
This. Partially. When I first came to the US as a kid in 1974, my Dad took me to a Saints game at old Tulane Stadium. I remember having to park at my grandfather's friend's house blocks away. The locals hated that stadium and game days. Thousands of cars and traffic and noise. They would talk about it for years.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:09 am to MetrySaint24
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By the rules
We are saying the same thing.
It’s not merit based.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:45 am to moneyg
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We are saying the same thing.
It’s not merit based.
But Tulane and JMU do 'deserve' to be in the playoffs based on the rules set in place and voted on my the Power teams and Notre Dame.
They have nobody to blame but themselves. Perhaps ND should have won their conference....oh wait.....
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:50 am to dupergreenie
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But Tulane and JMU do 'deserve'
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'deserve'
We...are...saying...the...same...thng
It's a farce. It's laughable. It's not competitive. It's meant to check a box. It's DEI.
The issue is that this season is basically the best Tulane could hope for. And, when you take a look at how these middle tier up and comer coaches treated Tulane, you see that the ability to maintain this minimal level of success probably doesn't exist.
On paper, this was a terrible hire. We will have to see how it works out on the field. But, the hiring process failed. Anyone honest knows that.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:53 am to Jacobowitz
Tulane could’ve had a similar trajectory as Miami. Both private schools in very talented rich areas. But Tulane would’ve needed to do this before LSU became what it is.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 7:58 am to moneyg
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On paper, this was a terrible hire. We will have to see how it works out on the field. But, the hiring process failed. Anyone honest knows that.
Who said that it was a good hire?
If...when Hall fails I will expect the A.D. to be let go. Things that happened with the coaching search made zero sense especially from what I am hearing.
Posted on 12/9/25 at 9:28 am to dupergreenie
Tulane should fire their AD immediately 
Posted on 12/9/25 at 9:44 am to Jacobowitz
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I really think with their finances, recruiting blueprint etc. they could be elite on a consistent basis with proper vision and investment
Proud Tulane alum here (undergrad). It's been fun seeing them progress over the last 5-6 years into a strong G5 team. But the idea that they will ever be elite on the national stage is a stretch.
First, the academic standards alone make it extremely difficult to build a national brand with elite status. The closest we've seen an academic school come to pulling that off was Stanford back in the early 2000s/2010s. And their endowment is like 10x that of Tulane's.
Second, they are constrained geographically and that makes it extremely difficult to invest in facilities to compete with elite programs. Sure, they can upgrade, but there's very little room for expansion Uptown. It would be at the expense of student housing and/or student life investments for a school that consists of 80%+ out of state students.
To wrap this all up, as an alumni, I love seeing Tulane be successful. But they'll never be an elite program on the national stage. The best they can hope for is exactly what they're getting now. A strong showing in the G5 ranks and the occasional playoff bid where they more than likely get bounced in the first round.
This post was edited on 12/9/25 at 9:45 am
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