Bowl eligibility for the Hurricane

Tulsa 45 East Carolina 13

The first half of Tulsa-ECU looked very similar to last three TU home games, all of which were one-score games that went down to the wire or into overtime. With ECU up 13-10 at the break and all of my other college predictions (other than OU beating A&M) going horribly wrong, the nerves were more on-edge than usual. As it turns out, it was just the paranoia at work. Tulsa regained control with a 38-yard touchdown catch by Garrett Mills, the NCAA leader among tight ends in both receptions per game and yards per game.

--- A brief aside---

(He's not a member of the Mackey award watchlist. The official reason is that is flexed out as a wide receiver or and H-back too much to fit the comittee's definition of a "natural" tight end. Memo to the committee, I guess Tony Gonzalez or Antonio Gates are "natural" tight ends either. I'm not saying Garrett's anywhere in the league of the guys I just mentioned. I'm just suggesting that the position has evolved. /rant)

--- We now rejoin our regularly scheduled post ---

Following an ECU turnover, freshman running back Tarrion Adams scored on a 14-yard run to extend the lead to 24-13. Two plays into the fourth Paul Smith hit Ashlan Davis from 29 yards to extend to 31-13. Uril Parrish and Cauvey Jackson added late rushing touchdowns to complete the scoring.

Congratulations to the Hurricane for becoming eligible for the second bowl in three years. Hopefully this one's in a better climate than Boise. Next post I intend to look at the bowl possibilities within Conference USA.

Song Lyric of the Day

Gold, blue and red,

Go right ahead

Down the field to victory"

excerpt from the TU fight song