We did the same thing a couple of years ago to Central Arkansas. It's embarrassing. I remember what it was like when Houston did the same thing to us 100-6 many years back. Bill Yeoman was a class act?

Toss Howard Twilley and Jerry Rhome out the window and Tulsa has no tradition; this isn't a slam on them (I'm a native Tulsan), it's just an honest observation. Being in the same state as the Sooners and to a far, far, lesser degree--to Oklahoma State--they simply don't have much of a fan base. In fact, the Tulsa Roughnecks used to fill the stadium to capacity in the early eighties when the Golden Hurricane could not. So, when you take a starving man to a bounteous buffet, you should not expect decorum; he is going to stuff himself, stuff his pockets, and be very sloppy doing it; same thing has happened to TU this year. Give 'em a little success (10-3, a win in South Bend, and the bowl game victory), you shouldn't expect them to behave like they've "been there before", because they haven't.

I feel it's almost sportswriting malpractice not to mention what Kinne had to say about the pass after the game: "Maybe they shouldn't have booed our highlight film at the banquet." TU was also booed taking the field, forgive me if I don't care.

In other news... Auburn vs Oregon: Is the spread still dead there, Pick?

Hawaii booed Tulsa's highlight film at the bowl banquet. Hawaii showed no class off the field so TU decided not to quit playing football prematurely.

What if TU were to run it? It would be forth down with more time. Should TU have kicked a field goal then?

The only people who were really upset about that last score are Hawaii players and coaches and anyone trying to find any only negative about one of the greatest bowl victories for the Tulsa football program which capped off one of the best years.

Also, twenty points is not much of a margin when you have two of the highest scoring teams in the nation.

I didn't see it as that big of a deal. It wasn't like it was 55-3. Congrats to TU, I honestly thought it would be a better game than that.

I don't like poor sportsmanship. Doesn't matter what the age of the players.

Hawaii was wrong for booing. 2 wrongs don't make a right.

Normally, Pick, I would agree with you. However, the boorish behavior of the “Rainbow Warriors” merited nothing less than a good old fashion whoopin'. Booing our team at the bowl banquet and using of only six of the allotted fifteen practice sessions to prepare against the Hurricane showed outright contempt for the Tulsa program. Actually, by running up the score a bit, we did these clowns a favor. They will not soon again think their lousy team should be playing in a bigger bowl against the big boys. The whole WAC is delusional... but no more so, I guess, than those responsible for putting OU, OSU and Boise on TU’s non-conference schedule!

The game was played well on the field, let'er go The Pecker...

Look, Todd Graham is just a football coach, and far from the most obnoxious and boorish. Of course he acts like a high schooler, as do
most coaches and players when they are on the field. Football is a game, not reality. I don't tell my kids to learn life's lessons and develop a philosophy of living by watching football. This whole thread is much ado about nothing. TU is no more guilty of running up the score than any other college football program. The other two programs in the state do much more of that than TU. In most games, if TU doesn't score 50, they don't win. So everybody should just relax.

BOO HOO did we hurt Hawaii's feelings ? Lets turn the cheek...what would Jesus do ? SNIFF...SNIFF. Its OK for Hawaii players to boo TU's banquet highlight film, then call TU a bunch of nobodies, do their warrior HUKA stomp dance on the field before the game. If you believe Hawaii wouldn't have run up the score on TU if given the chance ur nuts. I'd bet my hula skirt on it. I wish we could have beat them by 50 points. The rest of you whinners need to take your antibiotics and wash it down with ur perrier bottled water...the world is just too cruel.

I agree the picker needs to be picking on someone else, he does normally speak negative about TU. let it go, The sun still comes up the next day, So what... I think they deserved it.

Tulsan in Exile,
TU only allowed more than 28 points 4 times this season and those 4 were all top-15 offenses (OSU #1, Hawaii #8, Southern Miss #15 & ECU #12).

OSU has already allowed more than 28 points 4 times in 12 games.