I will post the list of visitors for the UConn game shortly.
Darius Bradwell most likely will not play Saturday as he recovers from a leg injury he sustained in the fourth quarter at Army. Willie Fritz said they would see how he was today before making a final decision, but there's no reason on Earth to play him if he's not 100 percent, and he clearly is not 100 percent.
Fritz reiterated Jeffery Johnson would play. I'm not sure he will start because he received mostly second-team reps this week, but he may. Davon Wright and De'Andre Williams were the first-teamers this week, with Johnson getting limited reps alongside Jamiran James and Mike Hinton alternately.
Tulane practiced at the Saints indoor facility Thursday because they expected rain, but it did not show up until night-time.
"We thought it was going to rain, but It's going to be nice and cool on Saturday and we're always guaranteed a great practice out here. It was good to have."
Amare Jones is a stud. He made a catch in the corner of the end zone look easy during Wednesday's practice, grabbing the ball with his finger tips like they were glue. He did have a false start penalty yesterday, forcing them to redo a play, and he responded with a touchdown catch. Look for him to maybe have an even bigger role in the first half Saturday than he had against Army with Bradwell sidelined. It will be fun to see what he can do against UConn's D.
UConn's D is actually much improved from last year, when it was the worst in college football history, but the offense is not as good. Incredibly, the Huskies had a pair of 1000-yard runners in 2018 despite finishing 1-11. One of them is back but is averaging less than 4.0 yards per carry, and the Huskies have used three quarterbacks already, with none being effective.
Tulane has allowed only seven sacks this year, putting it on pace for about 16, down dramatically from 35 a year ago. The first was on an intentional grounding call against FIU that technically went down as a sack. Auburn and Missouri State did not register a sack. Houston had the first real sack of the year on the opening play and finished with four, but three of them were four four yards or less and Tulane scored touchdowns after two of them. Army had two, but one of them was on the butchered play I've still never seen when McMillan fumbled late in the fourth quarter. Will Hall says only three of the sacks can be traced to the offensive line.
Obviously, McMillan's alertness in the pocket compared to Jonathan Banks has been a huge difference, but the line is blocking better, too, both for the run and the pass. When is the last time you saw a quote like this one from a coach who faced Tulane?
"They blocked us and kept us blocked," Army coach Jeff Monken said. "They whipped blocks on defense and made tackles. That's is. That's what made the difference. They just out-physicaled us."
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Darius Bradwell most likely will not play Saturday as he recovers from a leg injury he sustained in the fourth quarter at Army. Willie Fritz said they would see how he was today before making a final decision, but there's no reason on Earth to play him if he's not 100 percent, and he clearly is not 100 percent.
Fritz reiterated Jeffery Johnson would play. I'm not sure he will start because he received mostly second-team reps this week, but he may. Davon Wright and De'Andre Williams were the first-teamers this week, with Johnson getting limited reps alongside Jamiran James and Mike Hinton alternately.
Tulane practiced at the Saints indoor facility Thursday because they expected rain, but it did not show up until night-time.
"We thought it was going to rain, but It's going to be nice and cool on Saturday and we're always guaranteed a great practice out here. It was good to have."
Amare Jones is a stud. He made a catch in the corner of the end zone look easy during Wednesday's practice, grabbing the ball with his finger tips like they were glue. He did have a false start penalty yesterday, forcing them to redo a play, and he responded with a touchdown catch. Look for him to maybe have an even bigger role in the first half Saturday than he had against Army with Bradwell sidelined. It will be fun to see what he can do against UConn's D.
UConn's D is actually much improved from last year, when it was the worst in college football history, but the offense is not as good. Incredibly, the Huskies had a pair of 1000-yard runners in 2018 despite finishing 1-11. One of them is back but is averaging less than 4.0 yards per carry, and the Huskies have used three quarterbacks already, with none being effective.
Tulane has allowed only seven sacks this year, putting it on pace for about 16, down dramatically from 35 a year ago. The first was on an intentional grounding call against FIU that technically went down as a sack. Auburn and Missouri State did not register a sack. Houston had the first real sack of the year on the opening play and finished with four, but three of them were four four yards or less and Tulane scored touchdowns after two of them. Army had two, but one of them was on the butchered play I've still never seen when McMillan fumbled late in the fourth quarter. Will Hall says only three of the sacks can be traced to the offensive line.
Obviously, McMillan's alertness in the pocket compared to Jonathan Banks has been a huge difference, but the line is blocking better, too, both for the run and the pass. When is the last time you saw a quote like this one from a coach who faced Tulane?
"They blocked us and kept us blocked," Army coach Jeff Monken said. "They whipped blocks on defense and made tackles. That's is. That's what made the difference. They just out-physicaled us."
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