Early Odds Show Tulane the Odds On Favorite over FAU
This Saturday, the Tulane Green Wave entertain American Conference rival the Florida Atlantic Owls at Yulman Stadium. It's Homecoming for the Wave and tickets are at a high premium for the 3:00 p.m. kickoff.
The early odds from DraftKings puts the Green Wave at 16.5-point favorites. The game is set to be televised on ESPN+, while the Tulane Radio Network will carry the game on its usual frequency, 106.7 The Ticket - KKND FM.
Tulane is coming off an impressive victory over then-22nd ranked Memphis, 38-32, at Liberty Bowl Stadium. The Green Wave was able to pile up enough points in the first half to hold off the Tigers and gain the upset. The Wave stands at 7-2 overall, 4-1 in conference play, tied atop the American Conference standings with North Texas, South Florida, and East Carolina who all have the same 4-1 league record. Navy is at 5-1, having played one more conference game than the rest of the American Conference pack.
Florida Atlantic took care of Tulsa down in Boca Raton, FL last weekend, 40-21. The Owls are 4-5 overall, 3-3 in American Conference play and have all but been eliminated from any chance of being a part of the conference championship game on December 5th.
Tulane and Florida Atlantic will kickoff at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 15th in Yulman Stadium.
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.