The Tulane Green Wave, coming off its first win of the season last week in a battle with the Southeastern Louisiana Lions, will hit the road today to play the Duke Blue Devils.
While this is the first leg of a two game road trip, this Duke team is clearly one of the most formidable teams on Tulane's 2014 schedule. Let's put it this way. Duke not only is coming off of a 41-3 smackdown of the Kansas Jayhawks last week, but they have not turned the ball over once in their first three wins of the season. They are the only team in college football to do that.
Today will be a tremendous test. Here is the Preview.
1. Venue and Time: Wallace Wade Stadium, NC at 11:30 am CST
2. Where to Watch: Cox Channel 79 or Watch ESPN for online streaming
3. Records: Tulane (1-2) and Duke (3-0)
4. Tulane's Kicking Question Mark: For anyone who has been following Tulane this year, the kicking game has been bad. Tammy Nunez is reporting that Trevor Simms, the touchback-producing machine, will likely not be kicking today due to injury. The Green Wave will need to keep pace with the Blue Devils today, and thus special teams will be a gap that Curtis Johnson needs to fill.
5. A Tale of Two Tanners: Freshman Tanner Lee will make his fourth start at quarterback today. The tale of 2014 has been very high upside but also inconsistency for the young QB. A strong first half with some amazing throws against SLU gave way to some struggles to close out the Lions last week. While a few big plays kept the game out of reach for SLU, Tanner Lee will be need to find his game in both halves to give Tulane a chance today.
6. The Spread: Tulane is an 18.5 point underdog to the folks in Vegas. That's no shock. Duke is currently on the edge of the Top 25, so this will be some of the stiffest competition Tulane will see beyond East Carolina and Cinci.
7. FearTheWave.com Prediction: Duke 42, Tulane 17
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