The only injured player I saw was Sean Harper. WaveON wondered why he did not play against Wake Forest in a thread I can't find now, but he has been out a while. I had it somewhere buried in a preseason camp report.
Here's Fritz from today:
How much contact is the team going to have with the 1998 team this weekend?
"A little bit. When we're leaving, they are coming in at 6. I'm going to stay here for the event as well."
What do you tell your team about that team?
"I tell these guys all the time, I've always used it as an example here, they are the standard here at Tulane. I know they've had a couple of other undefeated teams (9-0-1 in 1925, 9-0 in 1929), but they were quite some time ago. There have been a lot of great teams here, but that's the only modern one that went undefeated, didn't lose a game and all those things."
Are you going to have someone from that team speak to your team Friday night?
"Unfortunately coach (Tommy) Bowden and coach (Rich) Rodriquez weren't able to make it. We might. I've got to see who's coming."
How has practice gone this week?
"We were able to go Monday. We usually don't practice on Monday, so we practiced Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately we weren't able to get in today like we wanted to. It was a little bit of a head start on Nicholls."
What is the No. 1 improvement you want to see from week 1 to week 2?
"The Wave can't beat the Wave. We have to do a good job eliminating pre-snap and post-play penalties, play smart, do our job and things that we control."
Chase Fourcade's numbers aren't special but he makes plays. What challenge does he present?
"The guy does a good job of knowing when to throw it and when to run it. He's one of those guys, you have to play 11 guys. He's not handing the ball off. He's running it as well. He's a very effective runner and knows where to go. They are a big RPO team, and when you get into RPOs, that quarterback has to make decisive, smart, quick decisions, and he does a good job of that."
A long time ago Kendall Bussey was a Tulane commitment. He had a huge debut for Nicholls after transferring from Texas A&M, making a strong FCS team even stronger. What does he do best?
"He has good size and speed. He has a lot of experience. As a matter of fact, one of the games I've watched quite a bit is the game last year against A&M. He really had a good game against them for A&M last year (a team-high 99 yards on 15 carries, including the go-ahead TD in the fourth quarter). He's a quality back."
Here's Fritz from today:
How much contact is the team going to have with the 1998 team this weekend?
"A little bit. When we're leaving, they are coming in at 6. I'm going to stay here for the event as well."
What do you tell your team about that team?
"I tell these guys all the time, I've always used it as an example here, they are the standard here at Tulane. I know they've had a couple of other undefeated teams (9-0-1 in 1925, 9-0 in 1929), but they were quite some time ago. There have been a lot of great teams here, but that's the only modern one that went undefeated, didn't lose a game and all those things."
Are you going to have someone from that team speak to your team Friday night?
"Unfortunately coach (Tommy) Bowden and coach (Rich) Rodriquez weren't able to make it. We might. I've got to see who's coming."
How has practice gone this week?
"We were able to go Monday. We usually don't practice on Monday, so we practiced Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately we weren't able to get in today like we wanted to. It was a little bit of a head start on Nicholls."
What is the No. 1 improvement you want to see from week 1 to week 2?
"The Wave can't beat the Wave. We have to do a good job eliminating pre-snap and post-play penalties, play smart, do our job and things that we control."
Chase Fourcade's numbers aren't special but he makes plays. What challenge does he present?
"The guy does a good job of knowing when to throw it and when to run it. He's one of those guys, you have to play 11 guys. He's not handing the ball off. He's running it as well. He's a very effective runner and knows where to go. They are a big RPO team, and when you get into RPOs, that quarterback has to make decisive, smart, quick decisions, and he does a good job of that."
A long time ago Kendall Bussey was a Tulane commitment. He had a huge debut for Nicholls after transferring from Texas A&M, making a strong FCS team even stronger. What does he do best?
"He has good size and speed. He has a lot of experience. As a matter of fact, one of the games I've watched quite a bit is the game last year against A&M. He really had a good game against them for A&M last year (a team-high 99 yards on 15 carries, including the go-ahead TD in the fourth quarter). He's a quality back."