Injury Update on Tulane Players Today
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Green Wave Hold Final Practice of Open Week
For the second day in a row, the Tulane football team held an hour-long practice in Yulman stadium. It was their final practice of this open week. Coach Jon Sumrall is giving his troops Thursday and Friday off before coming back on Saturday. The Green Wave has a prime time game Thursday of next week, October 9, against East Carolina in Uptown New Orleans.
The Wave Walking Wounded
# | Player | Position | Designation |
|---|---|---|---|
0 | Mo Westmoreland | DE | Not practicing |
2 | Dickson Agu | LB | Not practicing |
10 | Gerrod Henderson | DL | Not practicing |
13 | Ty Thompson | TE | Not practicing |
16 | Garrett Mmahat | WR | Practiced both Tues. & Wed |
72 | Mitch Hodnett | OL | Not practicing |
Coach Sumrall was not made available to the media after practice today. However, we were able to ascertain that Mitch Hodnett is probably not going to play the rest of this season. Linebacker Dickson Agu, who was hurt during the Tulsa game this past weekend, was not seen on the field during today's or yesterday's practice. Still no word as to how serious the redshirt sophomore's injury is, but after the game on Saturday, Sumrall said it, "looked pretty serious."
After practice today, Green Wave players got a chance to cool off, as Williams Plum Street Snoballs was on hand with various flavors. And yes, sweetened condensed milk was offered as a topping. Unfortunately, the ubiquitous squared take out containers that Williams Plum Street is known for was not available. Only the waxed cups.
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.