I sent my annual position-by-position grades to the Advocate today, although it has not gone live because it may not run in the paper for several days. One time when I posted a story on the Advocate web site and they ran it five days later, critics accused them of recycling old material, so I'll wait at least a couple of days to make it live.
I start by giving Tulane an A+ for its handling of coronavirus, but here are my position grades.
QB: B (first two games rough)
RB: B+ (productive all year, even without the best player for last nine games)
WR: D (dropped passes, couldn't get open, only two viable options in the promising Duece Watts and Jha'Quan Jackson)
OL: B (biggest holes RBs have seen in a long time, biggest issues came vs. Houston and Nevada due to injury)
DL: A- (De'Andre Williams was not as productive as last season, otherwise very good)
LB: A (excellent group)
DB: F (everything that could go wrong, did)
Special Teams: B- (I might change this one to B, but Glover missed too many field goals, Houston had the key TD return on kickoff and Wright was not always consistent despite high average)
Coaching: C (6-6 against watered-down non-conference schedule and 3-5 in conference was not what was expected with Cam Sample, Patrick Johnson in senior years).
---Feel free to agree, quibble or outright disagree. I'd love to read your takes on the positions and the season.
I start by giving Tulane an A+ for its handling of coronavirus, but here are my position grades.
QB: B (first two games rough)
RB: B+ (productive all year, even without the best player for last nine games)
WR: D (dropped passes, couldn't get open, only two viable options in the promising Duece Watts and Jha'Quan Jackson)
OL: B (biggest holes RBs have seen in a long time, biggest issues came vs. Houston and Nevada due to injury)
DL: A- (De'Andre Williams was not as productive as last season, otherwise very good)
LB: A (excellent group)
DB: F (everything that could go wrong, did)
Special Teams: B- (I might change this one to B, but Glover missed too many field goals, Houston had the key TD return on kickoff and Wright was not always consistent despite high average)
Coaching: C (6-6 against watered-down non-conference schedule and 3-5 in conference was not what was expected with Cam Sample, Patrick Johnson in senior years).
---Feel free to agree, quibble or outright disagree. I'd love to read your takes on the positions and the season.