Green Wave Hold Spirited Practice Ahead of Conference Opener
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In preparation for this Saturday's American Conference opener against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Tulane football coach Jon Sumrall and his coaches led their team through a fast-paced practice at Yulman Stadium and the football practice field on the Tulane campus.
The practice saw the a mix of 1st string and 2nd stringers take on the Tulane scout team. Lots of encouragement and calling out for plays well-executed were sprinkled through the sessions, as was the occasional correction.
Offense and Defense Divide Up
About the midway point of the Wednesday morning practice, the offensive line moved to the football practice field to work on drills. The defensive line stayed in Yulman and continued their drills.
Quarterbacks, running backs, receivers worked drills in the North end zone while the South end zone was filled with defensive work.
Kickoff drills were practiced as well, and Tulane runback specialists were continually finding holes and garnering long runs.
The team moves indoors tomorrow, possibly because of higher chances of storms on the horizon for Thursday.
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.