Most of the time, bye weeks are seen as advantageous since it allows teams to get healthy and have an extra week of prep, but for the Tulane Green Wave, they likely would have preferred to keep playing considering they were red-hot in conference play and ...

Tulane's loss virtually eliminated the possibility that two Group of Five teams could make the final 12-team field and all. Tulane quietly climbed the rankings and, especially wit

Thanksgiving football brought some early clarity to the playoff race entering the final week of the regular season, and proved a damning moment for would-be Group of Five hopeful Tulane. All the Green Wave had to do was take out AAC challenger Memphis and put on a good show in the conference championship game to get the College Football Playoff selection committee’s attention.