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Keys to Success as Tulane Green Wave Opens Season Against SE Louisiana
The Tulane Green Wave are hoping to get the season going in the right direction when they host the Southeastern Lions on Thursday night at Yulman Stadium.
It is the first meeting between the two teams since 2014 when the Green Wave beat the Lions, 35-20. In fact, Tulane has won all six games in the series.
The game is also a reunion as Southeastern Louisiana head coach Frank Scelfo was once a Tulane offensive coordinator. Tulane coach Jon Sumrall is making his debut as the Green Wave’s new coach. He was Tulane’s defensive coordinator under former coach Curtis Johnson.
Here are Tulane’s three keys to success against Southeastern Louisiana.
It’s a season opener so naturally there will be things to work out, most notably for Tulane the potential for three quarterbacks during the game, as Sumrall hasn’t named a starter.
But the last thing Tulane should do against an opponent that went 3-8 a year ago is let them stay in the game. The longer that goes on, the more hope it gives the Lions.
Guidance can be found in last year’s victory over Nicholls. Tulane won that game, 36-7. This Green Wave team may not be quite as good as last year’s team, but it’s talented enough to take care of a team like the Lions.
If this is a one score game at halftime, expect it to stay that way. If it’s not, Tulane should win by double digits.
That’s logical given what the Green Wave has in the backfield with Makhi Hughes. The redshirt sophomore was the AAC Rookie of the Year and an All-AAC First-Team selection after he rushed for 1,378 yards and eight touchdowns in 14 games. He also caught 11 passes for 67 yards. He’s draft eligible and another big season might allow him to leave early for the NFL Draft.
Tulane may use three quarterbacks in this game, as Sumrall would not name a starter, but said all three could play. Unlike the past few years when the job belonged to Michael Pratt, the gig is up for grabs. Sumrall needs to figure out who the starter will be. For now, leaning on Hughes and his backups, especially early, gives the quarterbacks a chance to get comfortable.
Yes, that’s something coaches want in every game. But in an FBS-FCS matchup the easiest way to take control of the game is to get the opponent to make mistakes. Tulane can influence the game early by forcing Southeastern Louisiana into early mistakes, and making those mistakes pay off.
Last year this was an area were Tulane was among the Top 25 teams in the country. The Green Wave was plus-7 with an average of .50 per game, which was tied for 21st in the country with Liberty.
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The Baton Rouge Police Department confirmed two people are in critical condition and multiple others have been hurt following a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana.
The shooting is believed to have happened near the food court.
Paramedics have been called to the scene. They are setting up a triage near JC Penney.
Police are looking for one to two shooters.
Right now, they are clearing out the drive to get in and out of the mall for emergency responders only.
Gov. Jeff Landry released a statement:
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DESTIN, Fla. — A North Carolina man allegedly headed to do a mass shooting at a large Louisiana festival was arrested in Okaloosa County Wednesday evening.
Federal authorities contacted the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in regards to the man. The department was told the man would be in the area.
The man’s name has not been shared by authorities.
Deputies found the man at a Destin Hotel. They took him into custody as a “fugitive from justice.”
The man will be extradited to Louisiana to face state charges, deputies say.
Louisiana
Mom whose 3 children were killed in Louisiana mass shooting still has bullet lodged in face — and sometimes thinks kids are alive
The mother of three of the eight children massacred by deranged Army veteran dad Shamar Elkins in Louisiana still has a bullet lodged in her head and is struggling with her memory — sometimes believing her kids are still alive, according to a relative.
Christina Snow, the girlfriend of 31-year-old Shamar Elkins, was shot in the face early Sunday when the former National Guardsman went on a shooting rampage at two nearby homes in Shreveport.
Three of Snow’s children she shared with Elkins — Braylon Snow, 5, Khedarrion Snow, 6, and Sariahh Snow, 11 — were killed in their home.
Elkins fired a bullet through Snow’s nose which is lodged in her head, and doctors aren’t ready to risk surgery, according to her cousin Jamarckus Snow.
The mom is now dealing with heartbreaking memory loss about the fate of her kids.
“One day, she’ll remember they’re dead. I heard yesterday she woke up and was like, ‘I got to get my kids ready for school.’ She’ll lose memory of what happened,” he told NBC News.
“One day, she’ll know, and the next day, she’s thinking her kids is still there.”
Follow the latest updates on the Louisiana father who killed 8 children in Shreveport shooting:
Elkins fatally shot his seven children — the three he shared with Snow and his four daughters with his wife, Shaneiqua Pugh: Jayla Elkins, 3, Shayla Elkins, 5, Kayla Pugh, 6, and Layla Pugh, 7.
He also killed Mar’Kaydon Pugh, 10, the son of his wife’s sister, who was staying at their house.
The vet turned his gun on Pugh and Snow, too, severely wounding both women, who are still in the hospital.
Elkins shot himself in the driveway of his former military mentor as law enforcement closed in.
The motive for the shooting remains unclear, but Elkins was suffering from mental health issues and was scheduled to appear in court on Monday after Pugh asked him for a divorce.
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