Top Ten Article Countdown of 2025: The Beginnings of RMFW
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Through the end of this year, we're counting down your favorite articles. The metric used is the total number of page views by those visiting ON SI Tulane.
Today's story hit number three on our countdown of the most read articles of the year. It was a story first published ON SI Tulane back on February 7, 2025 by reporter Matt Postins.
Though Matt's story was mostly about finishing up the transfer portal class, trying to fill the holes left by Darian Mensah and others who had moved on, Matt did have something interesting to share with our ON SI Tulane audience. Here are excerpts from the story.
"On Thursday evening, Sumrall let this little nugget loose on social media.
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— Jon Sumrall (@CoachJonSumrall) February 6, 2025
"He could have posted that for many reasons, but it was most likely in response to news on the team’s indoor practice facility, which now appears closer to reality.
"The Tulane University Neighborhood News released information on the location of the team’s new practice facility, which will be on the Claiborne Avenue lot. Next Tuesday, the university will host an informational meeting in Freeman Auditorium.
"The planning of an indoor, or covered, practice facility has seen fits and starts over the past few years. But, based on this information, the information session means the project may be coming into focus.
"Sumrall’s post seems to suggest he’s excited about the movement."
If you're interested, you can read the entire story here.
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On Tuesday, December 30th, the second most popular article we posted ON SI Tulane, as voted by you, our readers.
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.