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

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

Nice work @TheHullabaloo. You can download the poster with the 2014 Tulane Football schedule right here.

The border at the bottom is a nice touch. As you can remember from the pictures of Yulman Stadium once the turf was put down a couple weeks ago, we'll be using our own checkered end zone (think: University of Tennessee).

Great work. Download it today at the link above.