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The Will Hall era of Tulane football took a turn for the worst on Saturday, as UTSA manhandled the Green Wave, 42-19 . The loss drops the Wave to 3-4 on the year, 1-2 in American Conference play, severely damaging any chance the Greenies have of returning to the league championship for a fifth straight year.

We know what is being said , but we have no doubt in our minds that this was a let-down game. We have seen it with other teams this year: think Ole Miss after playing LSU and their former coach, Florida skunking that Ole Miss team then Florida getting crushed in the next week by Missou. There are countless others examples.

Some people who follow college sports forget, sometimes, that these are just kids. Mostly 18 and 19-year old kids are on that field and they are still growing up. This isn't meant as a cut on them. They are young and will have these types of ups and downs in their lives.…