Four weeks after a 54-3 shellacking at the hands of BYU, there is a pulse for Tulane football.
The Green Wave can win its third straight game by defeating Marshall Saturday at the Superdome for homecoming. That hasn't happened since the Wave defeated Navy, Army, and TCU, all in November of 2004.
A Wave win Saturday in the Dome is imperative. After Marshall, Tulane hosts Houston, then travels to Southern Miss and LSU.
Houston suddenly looks human after a 58-41 loss to UTEP. And, Southern Miss has lost its starting quarterback, Austin Davis, for the season with a torn ligament in his left foot.
Tulane's best chance to win in those trio of games after Marshall may be against the Golden Eagles.
If Tulane beats Marshall, and can win one of the next three, the Wave would sit with a record of 4 wins, 4 losses.
The final four games are: UTEP (Sagarin rating 102) , then road games at Rice (143), Central Florida (99), and SMU (108).
Six wins makes the Wave bowl eligible.
At his Tuesday press conference, head coach Bob Toledo said Tulane finally got some luck. A field goal attempt by Army that would have won the game in the final seconds pushed wide right. Said Toledo, "All I can say it is about time we got something."
Now, the Wave has to follow up. At home.