Tulane has been good in football over the last 4-5 years, but before that they were occasionally mediocre, and often terrible. Tulane's basketball team has not been to the NIT since 2000, although this year they went to the Crown tournament, which I guess is on par with the NIT(?). Not sure how ...

#8. Just ahead of TCwho's Hoover (#9) and two spots ahead on that Manning kid (#10) at the University of Texas at Auston.

SMUFan wrote:HUGE get. There's our R.J. Maryland replacement.
This class is unreal.

Or Courtland Sutton... This guy is a BEAST the way he abuses DBs!! Going to be fun watching Mr. Turner.

With that offer list, how is he not a 4 or even 5-star?

ClassOf81 wrote:Maryland should be on the first team

That's probably a stretch since RJ didn't play most of last year. We are also assuming (praying!) that he comes back 100%, which isn't a guaranteed thing.

Many years I have difficulty predicting how the Ponies will perform due to changes in key personnel. NIL and the crazy transfer portal exacerbates this because in many cases the players I expect might step-up and fill-in are coming from programs I haven't followed. At least with underclassmen ...

Who?

Was he even here long enough to unpack??

Thanks for the report! I'm stoked for FB to start now that BB is done. Will be a very interesting spring and fall, I bet.

That was too close.

Terry Webster wrote:No one would have thought back last summer that we would be within 3 points of beating them in both sports.

Truth!

Well that's pretty darn cool! Congrats Zach!!

Is Hartzell bringing in Del Conte?

I know it's uber-early, but thus far the 2026 class is likely (once they get fully rated) AVERAGING 4-stars. Amazing!

That's too bad. Loved Onyeagoro's film. By all accounts, he was pretty raw, and I think Coach Thibs could have really helped him develop all that raw talent.

I imagine a lot of kids will be attracted to the bug zapper light that is Belichick coaching collage ball. Based on Belichick's personality ...

Yeah... Wow... There's a lot for Coach King and the Pony Faithful to be excited about!!

Give me two more bone-crunching OLs and a possession receiver ... and get ready to bring the popcorn.

No sliver lining here, we got our butts handed to us, they were bigger, stronger, more disciplined, better coached.

Play that game twenty times, and we would lose every one.

Keep the check books open, we need better players to compete at that level.

Was a reality check.
That's a little harsh ...