Chilly and Damp for Tulane vs North Texas Friday Night
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Tulane football plays in its fourth consecutive American Conference championship game Friday night, as the Green Wave entertains North Texas at 7:00 p.m. in Yulman Stadium in Uptown New Orleans.
The Wave come into the game at 10-2 on the year, 7-1 in the American Conference. The Mean Green is 11-1 for the season with an identical 7-1 record in league play.
After some heavy thunderstorms swept through New Orleans on Thursday, the city will get a slight respite from any deluges on Friday night, if you believe the forecasts. The Weather Channel is showing temperatures around game time to be hovering around the 51-degree mark with winds out of the North to North-Northeast around 4-to-5-MPH. There's a 50-50 chance of rain during the entirety of when the game will be held, so bring a poncho or slicker just in case. Umbrellas are not allowed in Yulman Stadium.
North Texas can run the ball, but relies mostly on an explosive passing game that could be affected by wet conditions, so Tulane coach Jon Sumrall is hoping for exactly that.
"I'm hoping for a monsoon," Sumrall teased. "Let it rain."
Kickoff in Yulman Stadium is set for 7:00 p.m. on Friday night. Tickets start at $17. You can purchase them here.
Doug has covered a gamut of sporting events in his fifty-plus years in the field. He started doing sideline reporting for Louisiana Tech football games for the student radio station. Doug was Sports Director for KNOE-AM/FM in Monroe in the mid-80s, winning numerous awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association for Best Sportscast and Best Play-by-Play. High school play-by-play for teams in Monroe, Natchitoches, New Orleans, and Thibodaux, LA dot his resume. He did college play-by-play for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches for nine years. Then, moving to the Crescent City, Doug did television PBP of Tulane games and even filled in for legendary Tulane broadcaster, Ken Berthelot in the only game Kenny ever missed while doing the Green Wave games. His father was an alumnus of Tulane in the 1940s, so Doug has attended Tulane football games in old Tulane Stadium, the Superdome, and Yulman. He was one of the 86,000 plus on December 1, 1973, sitting in the North End Zone to seeTulane shutout the LSU Tigers, 14-0. He was there when the Posse ruled Fogelman and in Turchin when the Wave made it to the World Series. He currently is the public address voice of the Tulane baseball team.