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News and notes from around college football for April 3, 2006
Tulane Reopens Athletics Center
The James W. Wilson Center, flooded with three feet of water and mud during last summer's Hurricane Katrina, reopened on the campus of Tulane University last week sporting refurbished facilities for numerous Green Wave teams.
Changes to the facility include a revamped football locker room, academic
services area, athletics training room and strength & conditioning center.
Following a season in which they played an entire schedule on the road in 11 different stadiums, the Tulane football team will hold their first true home game in two years on September 30 against SMU at the Louisiana Superdome.
Texas Tech Chapter Banquet to Feature Jerry LeVias
2003 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jerry LeVias will headline the
fifth annual NFF Texas Tech Chapter scholar-athlete banquet as the guest
speaker on April 17. LeVias made history in 1965, becoming the first
African-American to play football in the Southwest Conference. He led SMU to the conference championship in 1966, the school's first in 18 seasons.
As a senior, LeVias earned first team All-America honors as a receiver. In
addition to LeVias, the banquet will feature 17 local high school football
seniors as scholar-athlete award winners.
News and notes from around college football for April 3, 2006
Tulane Reopens Athletics Center
The James W. Wilson Center, flooded with three feet of water and mud during last summer's Hurricane Katrina, reopened on the campus of Tulane University last week sporting refurbished facilities for numerous Green Wave teams.
Changes to the facility include a revamped football locker room, academic
services area, athletics training room and strength & conditioning center.
Following a season in which they played an entire schedule on the road in 11 different stadiums, the Tulane football team will hold their first true home game in two years on September 30 against SMU at the Louisiana Superdome.
Texas Tech Chapter Banquet to Feature Jerry LeVias
2003 College Football Hall of Fame inductee Jerry LeVias will headline the
fifth annual NFF Texas Tech Chapter scholar-athlete banquet as the guest
speaker on April 17. LeVias made history in 1965, becoming the first
African-American to play football in the Southwest Conference. He led SMU to the conference championship in 1966, the school's first in 18 seasons.
As a senior, LeVias earned first team All-America honors as a receiver. In
addition to LeVias, the banquet will feature 17 local high school football
seniors as scholar-athlete award winners.