Tulane goes for first homecoming win in seven years

[Harry]

The defining walls of Tulane’s new on-campus stadium are up, forming a strong geometric backdrop outside Green Wave athletic director Rick Dickson’s third-story office windows in the Wilson Center.

The walkway connecting the Hertz Center to under the new football stands is already there.

Around campus, preparations are underway for the Helluva Hullabaloo Auction, an annual athletic department fundraiser that raised $800,000 for the athletic fund last year, and homecoming.

Inside the Wilson Center, Tulane’s most talented football team in a decade readies for homecoming opponent North Texas (2-2, 0-0 in C-USA), a new Conference USA foe.

But this weekend couldn’t be less about who Tulane (3-2, 1-0 in C-USA) is playing. It’s about where the program is and whether football is finally turning a corner after more than 10 years of a bowl drought.

“This is probably the one weekend each year that with the nature with kids and alums from Tulane hailing from all 50 states, it’s the one weekend that we capture more of them literally back in New Orleans and at our game than any other weekend all year,” Dickson said. “So to be able to demonstrate that progress to people – that would be a real plus.”

Tulane football has another chance to prove to its fan base that hopes for a better season can be measured in something more substantial than words uttered at the coaching press conference podium.

Even transfer quarterback Nick Montana knows that. You'll have to forgive the passer who arrived in January for not knowing that Tulane hasn’t won a homecoming game since 2006 against Army until this week when the topic came up.

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[JesseMartin]

"Couldn't be less about who Tulane is playing." Um...so win or lose, they don't care which team it was? Whatevs.