Tulane Football returns to the field tomorrow for an AAC showdown with the University of Central Florida.
The more things change, the more they stay the same. UCF, of course, is a former Conference USA foe, but this will be the first meeting between the two teams in the American Conference.
Let's preview the action in Orlando.
1. Records: Tulane (2-4 /1-1 in AAC) at UCF (3-2/1-0 in AAC)
2. Last Game: Tulane defeated UConn at home in a 12-3 victory. UCF delivered a home victory in overtime against BYU, albeit a BYU team without injured big-time QB Taysom Hill.
3. Broadcast: National on ESPNU and Streaming on Watch ESPN
4. Game Time: 11 AM CST. Wake up for this one.
5. All-Time Record: UCF leads 4-1 in the all-time series
6. Green Wave Storyline: The return of Montana.
Redshirt freshman and resident gunslinger Tanner Lee missed his first full game of the season last week when he nursed a "bruised" shoulder (with speculation that it may be separated). Due to second-string QB Powell struggling to command the offense in the prior week against Rutgers, the stage was set for former starter Nick Montana to lead the offense once again.
Nick Montana came out with another victory as a starting quarterback with one passing TD to boot. That said, the offense largely fell back to the "dink and dunk" method of 2013. While this may have been in part due to Montana's lack of recent experience, the UConn defense is also structured to prevent long plays.
The feeling is that Montana will be starting this week unless CJ is working on some Payton-esque Jedi mind tricks here. The report is that Montana worked on some longer passes this week in his first team reps, so our offense will be a big question mark.
7. UCF Storyline: Pretender or contender?
UCF has not established a clear identity in wake of the departure of first-round draft pick Blake Bortles. They started the season with disappointing losses to Missouri and Penn State, but they have been solid, as of late.
They will enter their home field riding a three game winning streak and a history of taking care of business when on the same turf as the Tulane Green Wave.
That said, with an emotional overtime victory behind them, they will need to reclaim their focus this week to take care of a Green Wave squad that just captured its first American Conference victory ever.
8. Bulletin Board Material of the Week:
It's gonna be fun spanking Tulane and their "Greenies" 😏
— #BeatTulane (@ChargeOn_UCF) October 16, 2014
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