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Threat Level
Published: 9/24/2008 4:17 PM
Last Modified: 9/24/2008 4:17 PM

Can Tulsa run the table this football season?
It's a question that Golden Hurricane players and coaches shouldn't be thinking about (just worry about the next game), but it's certainly a question that has been making the rounds at water coolers and in coffee shops.
TU is 3-0 and has nine regular season hurdles remaining. Let's rank the threat level of remaining opponents:
1, Arkansas. Yes, Arkansas is less than vintage. But TU hasn't won in Fayetteville since the Bicentennial and hasn't beaten a school from a BCS league since a victory over OSU in 1998.
2, UCF. Tulsa was good enough to win 10 games last season -- and still lost two games to Central Florida.
3, Marshall. When will Marshall, the school that produced Randy Moss and Chad Pennington, be Marshall again? Maybe this year. The Thundering Herd is 3-1 and TU has to make a late-season trip to Huntington, W.V.
4, Rice. The Owls moved the ball everywhere except the end zone against Texas. Rice players probably would love to beat their former coach, Todd Graham.
5, Houston. Cougars will be mad after getting embarrassed in Tulsa last season.
6, Tulane. The Green Wave is the football equivalent of a "tough out" in baseball. Alabama gained only 178 yards in a win over Tulane.
7, SMU. TU has never won at SMU in the WAC/C-USA era. It's now or never. For some reason, the Golden Hurricane always has to fight for its life against the Mustangs, regardless of game location.
8, UTEP. Three teams beat TU last season. UTEP was one of them, squeezing out a 48-47 decision in El Paso.
9, Central Arkansas. The Bears are transitioning to the Division I-AA level, but they are already ranked in the I-AA top 25.




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Skeet (4 years ago)
To me the biggest threat is the Herd. Marshall scares me with their tall WR corps (and our comparably "short" secondary) and the fact that we have to play them there. I think TG will have us prepared tho, and if we've proved anything, we can win in a shootout.
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