Football Prognostications, D-Line for 2026, Another Beach Volleyball Honor, & The Greatest D-Lineman in TU History
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The Waaay Too Early 2026 Football Prognostications
It’s time to look into the 2026 crystal ball to see how well we think the 2026 Tulane football team will do this Fall.
We’ve already seen a number of sites making their predictions. We even asked the various AIs what they thought. ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini all have the Wave at 9-3.
On SI Tulane reporter Colin Cummings and I will take an extended look at the season and come up with our own prognostications. We look at each week and pick who we think will win out. Be on the lookout for the video on our YouTube channel and for an abbreviated version tomorrow at On SI Tulane.
Our story On SI Tulane on the 2026 football outcomes has the infographics from the AIs we asked for so you can look at them more intently.
Commitments and Signings for Football
The Green Wave football team continues to add to its 2027 roster from the high school ranks. On SI Tulane reporter Colin Cummings has been keeping up with it for us, giving complete information and analysis. The Wave is up to 21 as of this publication.
Beach Volleyballer Tops the C-USA Academic List
Conference-USA released its list of academic honors this week, and for the third year running, a Greenie took top honors. Tulane’s Skylar Ensign was honored as the CUSA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for beach volleyball. Ensign’s recognition marks the third-straight academic year in which a Green Wave beach volleyball player has claimed the award with Sam Green securing the prior two. Since joining CUSA entering the 2023 campaign, a Tulane student-athlete has won the award in beach volleyball in three of the four seasons the Wave has been in the conference.
Looking Ahead to Football 2026
Over the last month, we have taken a look at the Tulane quarterback situation, the Green Wave running back room,Wave receivers, and theoffensive frontgoing into 2026. This week, we glance at a defensive front that has a whole new look, but boasts a big step up in abilities and strengths.
Tulane Stadium's 100th Anniversary
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of old Tulane Stadium this year, we continue the On SI Tulane look back at the greatest players in Green Wave history. A month ago, we ranked our top quarterback. Then, our pick for the greatest running back, followed by the top wide receiver in the Wave’s 100-plus years on the gridiron.
Meanwhile, since we’re looking at the defensive front for 2026 in yesterday’s article on our website, we’ll be taking a stab at who we think was the greatest defensive lineman in Tulane history.
Goldring Opens for Everyone July 1
Tulane made the announcement this week that the Goldring Tennis Center will be open to the public for reservations beginning Wednesday, July 1st. There are a half-dozen outdoor tennis courts and another four pickleball courts available for hourly rentals. Everything can be booked online by going to tulanegreenwave.com and finding the Goldring Tennis Center story.
We hope you’ve enjoyed our regular edition of The Green Wave Report. Tomorrow, our 2026 predictions on Tulane Football. We’ll be back next Monday at 4:00 CDT with our regular edition of The Green Wave Report
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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.