Tulane to be ranked ahead of LSU?

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Tulane was a legit rival of LSU in the 70s & early 80s but not in the past 25 yrs for sure but that is a good football team.
 
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Probably. I have admired Tulane for realizing a long time ago that they didn’t have the finances/commitment to stay in the SEC and dropping out. Good for them to have this type of year. It won’t happen very often.
 
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OldandStillaVol said:
Probably. I have admired Tulane for realizing a long time ago that they didn’t have the finances/commitment to stay in the SEC and dropping out. Good for them to have this type of year. It won’t happen very often.
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It's strange to think about Tulane and Sewanee being founding members of the SEC
 
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wmcovol said:
An 8-5 team who had about 10 top players opt out along with their coach.
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Right. So, again, I don’t see any reason why (or any way how) LSU would jump higher than Tulane in the rankings for that.
 
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wmcovol said:
You think Mizzou, Ky, Ole Miss, Tam, Fla beats USC?
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No but 1 year good year by Tulane doesn’t make them a great program or even a decent one. Where’s Western Michigan? They went undefeated not that long ago. Maybe Tulane would beat Vandy and Mizzou this year but year in, year out they wouldn’t.
 
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hUTch2002 said:
No but 1 year good year by Tulane doesn’t make them a great program or even a decent one. Where’s Western Michigan? They went undefeated not that long ago. Maybe Tulane would beat Vandy and Mizzou this year but year in, year out they wouldn’t.
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And they shouldn’t. They have 1/10th, if that, the money. But they have a good coach and that gives them a chance.

One thing I learned the last 15 yrs. Money, attendance at games, snappy fight songs & big bands don’t beat good people, good coaches. Tulane has a damn good coach, perfect for their level. Vandy, NWesterns, etc should look at it.
 
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wmcovol said:
And they shouldn’t. They have 1/10th, if that, the money. But they have a good coach and that gives them a chance.

One thing I learned the last 15 yrs. Money, attendance at games, snappy fight songs & big bands don’t beat good people, good coaches. Tulane has a damn good coach, perfect for their level. Vandy, NWesterns, etc should look at it.
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Agreed, I just think it’s a little silly to say we should replace Vandy or Missouri with Tulane because they had one good season.
 
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MurphyVol said:
It's strange to think about Tulane and Sewanee being founding members of the SEC
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And Sewanee never rose above being a rink a dink little school atop Mont Eagle. But, if you want to binge drink your way through college and have serious job connections in Nashville after graduation, it's the place to go.
 
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peaygolf said:
Remembering the Iron Men of 1899

Cool read
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Tough birds back then. Try to get 11 players to play both ways 5 times in 6 days today, with no real body protection. Football was so different then, as all sports obviously were. My dad played HS at Jackson County in Gainesboro in the early 50's. Games were played during school hours, so not much of a crowd, if any. If the team was late getting back, the school buses didn't wait and they'd have to walk home. They walked more than once. For us, we are closer to cookeville than Gainesboro, so that was roughly a 12 mile hump back to the house after a football game. They would all take off together, and my dad and his brother were the farthest out.

Pretty neat, my granddad played baseball at Tech when it was Dixie College, pre-1917ish. Ag Major. My dad played football there in 53 as a 16 year old for two seasons as a punter and half-back, got an Ag degree and went on to UT, then UGA for his PhD. I got my MBA from Tech but no sports. My son is trasnferring to Tech spring semester (currently also an Ag Major but considering a change). He's done all he can on the free JUCO. So, he is 4th generation to attend (3 out of 4 Ag majors). My dad said it was such a different game to play. He was only 145 pounds at the time. He said most LB's today are bigger than the linemen of the time.

I think Sewanee gets overlooked alot cause of its location, but it's a heck of an academic school, and a campus rivaled by few.
 
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GVF said:
And Sewanee never rose above being a rink a dink little school atop Mont Eagle. But, if you want to binge drink your way through college and have serious job connections in Nashville after graduation, it's the place to go.
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That first sentence is blue font, right?
GVF said:
Tough birds back then. Try to get 11 players to play both ways 5 times in 6 days today, with no real body protection. Football was so different then, as all sports obviously were. My dad played HS at Jackson County in Gainesboro in the early 50's. Games were played during school hours, so not much of a crowd, if any. If the team was late getting back, the school buses didn't wait and they'd have to walk home. They walked more than once. For us, we are closer to cookeville than Gainesboro, so that was roughly a 12 mile hump back to the house after a football game. They would all take off together, and my dad and his brother were the farthest out.

Pretty neat, my granddad played baseball at Tech when it was Dixie College, pre-1917ish. Ag Major. My dad played football there in 53 as a 16 year old for two seasons as a punter and half-back, got an Ag degree and went on to UT, then UGA for his PhD. I got my MBA from Tech but no sports. My son is trasnferring to Tech spring semester (currently also an Ag Major but considering a change). He's done all he can on the free JUCO. So, he is 4th generation to attend (3 out of 4 Ag majors). My dad said it was such a different game to play. He was only 145 pounds at the time. He said most LB's today are bigger than the linemen of the time.

I think Sewanee gets overlooked alot cause of its location, but it's a heck of an academic school, and a campus rivaled by few.
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It might be the most overlooked or unknown good school in the entire country. It seems like the only people who know about it are alums or people who live in/around the area of the campus.

Also, the fact that they were really good at football at one point shows just how much the world has changed. In those days, kids who went to college (and therefore played college sports) were the elite, well-to-do kids who could afford to and didn't have to go work on the farm to feed the family or whatever. They had time to spend getting really good at a recreational activity that nobody else had the chance to. Today, and especially in some sports more than others, it's the exact opposite today.
 
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05_never_again said:
That first sentence is blue font, right?

It might be the most overlooked or unknown good school in the entire country. It seems like the only people who know about it are alums or people who live in/around the area of the campus.

Also, the fact that they were really good at football at one point shows just how much the world has changed. In those days, kids who went to college (and therefore played college sports) were the elite, well-to-do kids who could afford to and didn't have to go work on the farm to feed the family or whatever. They had time to spend getting really good at a recreational activity that nobody else had the chance to. Today, and especially in some sports more than others, it's the exact opposite today.
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No blue font. It still remains a relatively small school. With alot of undeveloped acreage that pretty much covers down to the bottom of the mountain.
 
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05_never_again said:
That first sentence is blue font, right?

It might be the most overlooked or unknown good school in the entire country. It seems like the only people who know about it are alums or people who live in/around the area of the campus.

Also, the fact that they were really good at football at one point shows just how much the world has changed. In those days, kids who went to college (and therefore played college sports) were the elite, well-to-do kids who could afford to and didn't have to go work on the farm to feed the family or whatever. They had time to spend getting really good at a recreational activity that nobody else had the chance to. Today, and especially in some sports more than others, it's the exact opposite today.
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Yes, very good school. But, if your child enrolls there as a non-drinker, they will graduate very accomplished at it. They have a reputation to uphold.

Prob right about the athletes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I seriously doubt there were schollys then and you already had to be able to attend. Came with the social status.
 
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05_never_again said:
lol it's small, but hardly "rinky dink."
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Play on words, but point noted. I wouldn't have minded my son trying to go there to be able to continue baseball or football, and the post-graduate opportunities of having them on your resume. He's definitely in the size and talent range for DIII (5'9"-185-all rock solid). But, he decided he was done playing and is transferring in to TnTech this spring. Besides, my wife works at Tech so we get half off and he's 4th gen and after schollys we may be paying $3000 a year range left over. Sewanee would have been out of range for us, and his academics borderline even though he's quite bright. THe campus and town are fantastic.
 
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