ComeBANKS Win!

My made up headline for the Times Picayune front page. You like?

Except the actual front page headline is probably about how the Corndogs almost lost to Syracuse lol, and not giving us our due about our very exciting victory this weekend in Uptown New Orleans USA.

But seriously tho. Yahweh, Yussell and Miriam, that game!!! If we haven't been in THIS circle of purgatory before. Leading Army only to let it slip through our grasp, giving it one final flicker of hope, biting our nails.

Except THIS time: we win! WOOT.

Also drawing my approval: Tulane didn't cede the territory on the discussion of whose alumni and fans have the more patriotic service to our country and therefore allowing of the lenient reffing by referees. Well noted by Mrs Hullabaloo. Because call the games fair already.

We had the Anthem presented by Tulane ROTC (hello ROTC students where were you tho?! Do we really need a marketing giveaway for ROTC students to encourage your attendance?).

There was also a nice video about AD Dannen's daughter who serves. And a helmet presentation to Marine Captain Joe Kemp, he of the Wild Pelican fame.

The F15s flyover at the end of the anthem before the start of the game made me want to cry and then THE. BEST. INTRO. VIDEO (!) in the NCAA made my heart complete.

Tulane totally pulled out all the stops for this game. Bucktown Allstars at tailgating (at 7am lol and they didn't do that Corndog fight song they always do). There was even veal grillades and grits from Ralph's On The Park in Glazer Club. and Brandy Milk Punch, and a spectacular brunch spread at all the food stations. (I still miss Plum Street though. sad face.)

Did I mention we got invited to Glazer Club?

We so fancy. Me with the lovely First Lady of TU Athletics.

We happened to share the same suite as Governor John Bel Edwards. SWEET.

This is me taunting Governor with my Beat Army button from Campus Connection. It was killing him, but I told him I vote for him and support him so he graciously acquiesced to a photo op. And afterwards he dutifully reminded me that he runs again in 2019. Noted Governor, thank you for balancing the mess Bobby Jindal left behind.

Speaking of cleaning up a mess left behind.... The Wave of Yore that made a little bit of a cameo at Navy with the death by a thousand papercuts, has been hibernated. For the time being. We'll see for sure after our next most difficult games: USF, Memphis, Houston. We need to win at least two of those if we have any chance of Mrs Hullabaloo packing her cute travel bags for an exciting Bowl Game trip this Christmas. Yes please!

Take it to The Banks, Dontrell Give 'Em Hell, Badie To the Bone, and Parry Uptown Ruler played lights out this game. So proud of the players.

Especially Banks who is still not recovered from landing on the ball a few weeks back.

But y'all how awesome is it to have Excited Graff back. Much more fun than Despondent Graff. His legs in this video lol

We have the best radio announcer in the NCAA. It will be hard to beat his last call when we beat Army when they shanked it wide right, but this one is a keeper for posperity as well.

After the game we met up with friends at Bruno's for postgame where we sang the fight song, chatted with other alumni lettermen, toasted to the victory, and debated which wins would put us in the Bowl column. It was glorious. Like we are a for real college town.

Anyways, during his press conference Coach Fritz said he called the Fourth Down play because he didn't want to deal with Overtime. OMG ha! Love it.

Coach Fritz also wasn't sure of our last exciting win. A decade or so he thought. I need to set that straight. Since I've been chronicling on this here blog for almost a decade.

Well, aside from our Bowl Wave season of 2013, my estimation that our win against Rutgers in 2011 was quite the nail biter with Alex Wacha catching that interception to end the game, Brock Sanders coming up with the monster first down we needed, and Joe Kemp doing that Wild Pelican play with DJ Banks. And then our win vs Houston in 2014 when Parry Nickerson also caught the game ending interception to seal the game. That game was like OMG. Houston even fired their Coach after losing to us.

Coach Hullabaloo and I joined a group of fans that went to welcome the team arriving home from Houston that night at like midnight.

See, look at us!

The wins against UTEP during the Toledo era were also very thrilling games too.

So I guess the story isn't really how few times we've won, but how our "little school that could" has managed to win when it has with so many obstacles we have to contend with that other NCAA contenders do not. And how many of you sit around waiting for something exciting to happen and then miss the excitement.

These cute students did me proud. Look how cute their meanie greenie face tattoo and their cute gameday attire.

But, to the students who missed out or were seen wearing other opponents shirts on Tulane Gamedays, and to the alumni who find excuses before jumping into the deep end of the pool:

See you for USF. Why? Because they're ranked, and their amazing QB is being coached by a Tulane Hall of Famer. And I'm bringing Cuban sandwiches to tailgate.

Happy Bye Week, my chamudis! Catch you on the flip side!

My Moral Victory Gameday Dress

My cute gameday dress has witnessed such very exciting moments in Tulane Football Lore.

The opening of Yulfogelmevlin. Our much anticipated away game at Georgia Tech where we decided 9 men plays was the way to go. When we snatched defeat from the jaws of Victory at Wake Forest.

And our Moralest of Moral Victories Ever which took place this weekend in Norman, Oklahoma:

My poor cute dress has never seen a win. I love it so though. I just don't want to quit on it like the Johnson Era Charcoal Unis.

We had such a great time nonetheless. We had some friends visiting from Argentina who knew nothing about American style football, didn't speak English, but who still had themselves a ball and enjoyed the game.

The morning after our loss Coach Hullabaloo was still in such a great mood that he sassed back at this old lady on a walker (!) who gave him the stink eye in the hotel elevator over his cute Hullabaloo Huddle t-shirt.

Curmudgeon Old Lady: What's that, Roll What?

Coach Hullabaloo: Roll, Wave

Curmudgeon Old Lady: Roll Whatever! (and literally rolled her eyes at Coach Hullabaloo!)

Coach Hullabaloo: Whatever, that's totally how I felt about OU when we were up 14-7. "Whatever" sooners!

Mic Drop!

Except that the elevator doors opened and Coach Hullabaloo made a quick escape. We laughed our heads off. Her poor sweet old husband was visibly mortified the entire elevator ride.

Admittedly, this moral victory wasn't quite as sweet as when we actually beat Mississippi State in Starkville 11 years ago. That was seaux aaaawesome. (ha ha Corndogs! can't win in Starkville lol). So I say, to all the major CHICKENS who skipped this road trip: Whatchu fraid of??

That we'll lose on pay per view instead of on ESPN756 or whatever we normally lose on? That some toothless Oklahoman will look at you sideways?

That's me with my dad. He drives me crazy, but he is completely harmless. OU Class of 1964. He took me to the French Quarter and Bourbon street as a senior in high school when I was college visiting Newcomb. Cause he's a cool dad. And he cheered for the Greenies the whole time and was distraught when the game started getting away from us.

Our Greenies weren't afraid and they made me so proud!

During that glorious first quarter Gaylord Memorial Stadium was silent and stunned. We belted out the Greenwave fight song to our heart's content, We chanted Hullabaloo, our dance team shimmied, TUMB was on fire, and much jubilation in the stands.

This was really happening! and I was watching it happen!

Then of course we came back down to Earth.

But it was SO worth it while it lasted! All the alumni and students who miss out on being super fans for whatever not good enough reason: that's on you.

Years from now you won't have that story of being brave enough as an undergrad to face the firing squad and road trip to Tuscaloosa when you then got to witness Jerald Sowell break free for a 98 yard touchdown and the ensuing Greenwave happiness that followed (me). Or in the case of this weekend: watch Sherman "Bad To The Bone" Badie and Dontrell "Giving 'Em Hell" Hilliard busting through on the #2 College Football Team in the country.

And not to mention, mixing and mingling with other college football fans across our great nation in the time honored tradition that is Saturdays in football season.

Our wonderful Greenwave representation hung tight till the final.

Look how cute Shockwave was.

We even postgamed at the alumni tent afterwards. So fun!! It was what every Saturday should be in the fall.

Onwards....

Next week is our chop block appointments with the cheating cheaters of West Point. Can't wait. But it's a brunch tailgate, and who doesn't love brunch?

Stay salty my chamudis!