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2008 Tulane Green Wave football team

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2008 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
East Carolina x$   6 2     9 5  
Memphis   4 4     6 7  
Southern Miss   4 4     7 6  
UAB   3 5     4 8  
UCF   3 5     4 8  
Marshall   3 5     4 8  
West Division
Tulsa xy   7 1     11 3  
Rice x   7 1     10 3  
Houston   6 2     8 5  
UTEP   4 4     5 7  
Tulane   1 7     2 10  
SMU   0 8     1 11  
Championship: East Carolina 27, Tulsa 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football during the 2008 season. Tulane competed as a member of the Conference USA.

The team was led by second-year head coach Bob Toledo. Tulane finished the season with a 2–10 record. Despite this, sports columnist King Kaufman declared the Green Wave the national champions. In a Salon article, meant more to point out the flaws in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) than make a real argument in Tulane's favor, he wrote:[1]

"Tulane beat Louisiana-Monroe, who beat Troy, who beat Middle Tennessee, who beat Maryland, who beat Wake Forest, who beat Mississippi ... [who beat BCS champions] Florida ... [and] also beat Texas Tech, who beat Texas, who beat [BCS runners-up] Oklahoma."

Schedule

September 66:00 PMat No. 13 Alabama*

ESPN360L 6-20 92,138 September 132:00 PMNo. 14 East Carolina

WITNL 24-28 27,189 September 202:00 PMLouisiana-Monroe*

  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA

CSTW 24–10 23,419 September 257:00 PMSMU

  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA

CBSCSW 34–27 25,643 October 42:00 PMArmy*dagger

CSTL 13-44 23,794 October 118:05 PMat UTEP

L 21-24 33,121 October 252:00 PMRice

  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA

L 17-42 17,841 November 17:00 PMat No. 19 LSU*

GamePlanL 10-35 92,136 November 87:00 PMat Houston

CBSCSL 14-42 23,522 November 152:00 PMUAB

  • Superdome
  • New Orleans, LA

L 24-41 18,614 November 222:00 PMat Tulsa

L 7-56 20,391 November 291:00 PMat Memphis

L 6-45 15,012

Template:CFB Schedule End[2]

References

  1. ^ "The real national champion -- and it isn't Utah". Salon.com. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved May 13, 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ 2008 Green Wave Football Schedule, ESPN