Coach Geezy in the Big Easy: Our City, Our Team | Part II - The Golden Age of Tulane

[TylerHL]

Wow Louisiana has some sick athletes. If that's a 'disappointing' class I can't even imagine what a good class looks like

[Deegeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by LopaKa

I'm so jealous of Jean, that bro would be beast in my Run N Shoot offense at UH lol

Yeah I have a feeling that we'll be opening things up a bit more now that we have him on board. I was actually worried about the receiver position heading into the season, not anymore. This guy is a bonafide star in the making.

Quote: Originally Posted by TylerHL

Wow Louisiana has some sick athletes. If that's a 'disappointing' class I can't even imagine what a good class looks like

Haha...I guess in hindsight, "disappointing" wasn't the best word to use there. The class is very top heavy for sure. I guess the disappointing thing was that we weren't able to fill all of our roster spots (we're short 7 players), and the class rank of 16 is a step backwards from where we've been. But you're right, we came out of this with some studs!

[Deegeezy]

2019 Tulane Green Wave Roster: B+ OVERALL

Offense: B+

# - POS - NAME               Class  HGT  WGT  Ovr   Key Attributes 

#8  QB   Jimmy Williams      FR-RS  6-3  227  86   89spd,90thp,86tha
#16 QB   Preston Fields      SR-RS  6-2  205  81
#7  QB   Antoine Atkinson    JR     6-2  236  74
#12 QB   Sam Weaver          FR-RS  6-5  223  72

#28 RB   Bernie Davis        JR     5-11 215  82   88spd,87btk,91spm
#23 RB   B.J. Johnson        SR-RS  6-0  182  77   93spd,81btk,80spm
#21 RB   Justin Holly        SR     5-10 201  73
#19 RB   Chris Maynard       JR     5-11 186  71
#39 RB   Mark Jackson        JR     6-2  178  71
  
#15 FB   Marcus Young        SR     6-2  232  80   82spd,90btk,84trk
#40 FB   Keith Cook          FR     6-2  258  61

#81 WR   Ryan Jean           FR     6-6  211  84   95spd,86cth,82rte
#17 WR   *Bobby McCall       SR     6-1  176  88   91spd,82cth,89rte
#80 WR   Larry Woods         SR-RS  6-2  205  84   91spd,86cth,80rte
#5  WR   Christopher Kane    SR-RS  6-4  213  76   98spd,70cth,72rte
#27 WR   Joel Ryan           SO     6-2  176  72   99spd,59cth,69rte
#87 WR   Derrick Lindsey     FR-RS  6-2  180  71
#14 WR   Brannon Coker       SO-RS  6-0  200  71   
#84 WR   Jared Reese         FR-RS  6-4  199  70

#82 TE   Roger Battle        JR     6-2  249  86   90spd,78cth,76rbk
#13 TE   Mario Levine        JR     6-6  248  73
#85 TE   Anthony Harris      SO     6-4  238  69

#70 LT   Tim Dailey          SR     6-3  342  98   93str,95pbk,91rbk
#78 RT   Shelton Gant        JR     6-4  284  89   84str,83pbk,92rbk
#75 LT   Jerry Willis        SR     6-7  272  80    
#74 RT   Shelton Wiggins     FR     6-2  278  79

#68 LG   Simon Martin        FR     6-1  298  83   88str,79pbk,74rbk
#57 RG   Glenn Powell        JR     6-4  300  89   82str,82pbk,94rbk
#63 LG   Kenny Shaw          JR     6-3  298  71
#69 RG   Ramon Mills         FR     6-4  285  67

#65 C    Reggie Maynard      FR     6-6  310  82   80str,83pbk,83rbk
#53 C    Jamil Hall          SR-RS  6-5  256  58

Defense: B+

# - POS - NAME               Class  HGT  WGT  Ovr   Key Attributes 

#47 LE   Paul Byrd           SO     6-5  233  88   80spd,87pmv,89fmv
#89 RE   Roy Williams        SO     6-2  243  86   85spd,88pmv,89fmv
#44 RE   Jammal Davis        JR     6-5  204  81
#90 LE   Chad McGuire        FR     6-2  223  84
#11 RE   Jonathan Schultz    FR     6-5  237  78

#97 DT   Quinton Foster      SR     6-1  305  86   86str,85pmv,78fmv
#64 DT   Thomas Freeman      JR     6-6  311  83   82str,91pmv,79fmv
#54 DT   Aaron Jacobs        SO     6-0  279  84   77str,90pmv,80fmv
#95 DT   Jesse Sanders       SR-RS  6-5  261  76

#34 LOLB Stephen Young       JR-RS  6-2  222  86   86spd,88tak,80bsh
#3  ROLB *Bret Johnson       SO     6-1  231  87   84spd,92acc,89tak
#94 LOLB Nathan Williams     SR     6-4  224  74   95spd,88acc,78tak
#4  LOLB Ishmael Allen       FR     6-4  226  66  
#24 ROLB Jeremy Hogan        JR     6-2  211  64

#52 MLB  David Reid          SR     6-2  200  85   83spd,93acc,86tak
#43 MLB  Mario Gilliam       JR-RS  6-5  200  85   76spd,89tak,82pmv
#58 MLB  David Jackson       SO-RS  6-3  243  68
#26 MLB  Adam Mayhew         JR     5-10 231  62
#33 MLB  Brent Browning      FR     6-1  216  67

#9  CB   Marcus Jackson      SO     6-0  186  89   99spd,99mcv,87zcv
#37 CB   George Wilson       SO     6-0  177  88   99spd,91mcv,95zcv
#2  CB   Nate Hall           FR     6-0  181  85   98spd,98mcv,83zcv
#22 CB   Tim Wright          SO     6-0  178  81   94spd,91mcv,88zcv
#18 CB   Jay Holloway        SO     5-9  176  81
#31 CB   Yusef Osborne       SR-RS  5-9  178  75

#1  FS   Lee Palmer          SO     5-11 177  79   96spd,80tak,84zcv
#35 FS   Curtis McKnight     JR-RS  6-0  199  75

#42 SS   Troy Cowan          SO     6-0  190  85   94spd,91tak,84zcv
#20 SS   Nick McCoy          SO     5-11 207  81

Specialists: B+

# - POS - NAME               Class  HGT  WGT  Ovr   Key Attributes 

#6  PK1  Alex White          SR     5-11 176  88     99kpw,79kac
#48 PK2  Danny Allen         FR-RS  6-0  187  81     82kpw,81kac

#48 P1   Danny Allen         FR-RS  6-0  187  81     82kpw,81kac
#6  P2   Alex White          SR     5-11 176  88     99kpw,79kac

#27 KR1  Joel Ryan           SO     6-2  176  85   99spd,74agi,85acc
#21 KR2  Justin Holly        SR     5-10 201  86   93spd,88agi,80acc

#27 KR1  Joel Ryan           SO     6-2  176  85   99spd,74agi,85acc
#21 KR2  Justin Holly        SR     5-10 201  86   93spd,88agi,80acc

* - IMPACT player
c - Team Captain
Starters in BLACK
RED - Redshirted player

[Deegeezy]

2019 Tulane Green Wave Schedule

TULANE TO OPEN SEASON WITH COLOSSAL MATCHUP VERSUS ARCH-RIVAL LSU
Wave to play in-state foe in a rare season-opening SEC matchup | Team will get its chance to avenge 2017 national title game loss in week 6 date at USC | Late October matchup versus Alabama looms large

Date

BYE

08/31 #7 LSU
09/07 Northwestern
09/14 at Auburn
09/21 at Vanderbilt
09/26 #17 Notre Dame
10/05 at #6 USC
10/12 #15 Florida
10/19 at Kentucky
10/26 #2 Alabama

BYE

11/09 at Arkansas
11/14 Ole Miss
11/23 at Southern Miss


- Southeastern Conference Game

Home games in BOLD

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2019 ESPN the Magazine College Football Preview



2019 Preseason Top 25 Coaches' Poll

1. Tulane (39)
2. Alabama (21)
3. Ohio State (1)
4. Oregon
5. Michigan
6. USC
7. LSU
8. Missouri
9. Texas
10. Virginia Tech
11. Miami
12. Florida State
13. Oklahoma
14. Fresno State
15. Florida
16. West Virginia
17. Notre Dame
18. California
19. Utah
20. Boise State
21. Cincinnati
22. TCU
23. UCF
24. Georgia Tech
25. South Carolina


2019 ESPN Heisman Favorites


1. QB Damian Brown (rs-jr), Alabama
2. WR James Winston (rs-sr), Southern Miss
3. TE Alex Tyson (so), Oregon
4. TE Ben Johnson (jr), Alabama
5. RB Daniel McDowell (jr), Ohio State


2019 Toughest Places to Play


1. Michigan Stadium (106,201 capacity/11 game home winning streak)
2. Mercedes-Benz Superdome (66,217 capacity/32 game home winning streak)
3. USC Stadium (93,607 capacity/2 game home winning streak)
4. Ohio Stadium (102,329 capacity/-1 game home winning streak)
5. Bryant-Denny Stadium (92,138 capacity/2 game home winning streak)




2019 Southeastern Conference Projected Finish



East

1. #15 Florida
2. #25 South Carolina
3. Georgia
4. Tennessee
5. Kentucky
6. Vanderbilt


West

1. #1 Tulane*
2. #2 Alabama
3. #7 LSU
4. Arkansas
5. Auburn
6. Ole Miss




* - Projected overall winner

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Green Wave News Clips

Williams

Tulane | Geezy officially names freshman southpaw Williams starting quarterback
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 8:01:49 -0700
Erin Andrews of FoxSports.com reports that Tulane head coach D. Geezy on Thursday indicated to her during a reportedly inappropriate-looking private breakfast between the two of them at New Orleans hotel that redshirt freshman Jimmy Williams, a 4-star quarterback recruit last season from Campbell, California, will be the team's starting quarterback heading into the 2019 season.

Williams, who reportedly ran a 4.46 40 yard dash coming out of high school, is a left-handed quarterback that possesses a cannon for an arm (90thp, 86tha) to go along with his blazing speed (89spd). The 6-3 227 pound QB will be the heir apparent to departed two-time national champion QB Jamie Manning, who left school as a junior months ago to enter the NFL Draft. Geezy indicated that there would be some adjustments to the offense to better fit Williams' style.

"I think certainly anytime you have a quarterback with the type of foot speed J-Dub possesses, you're going to want to try to give him some opportunities to run," said Geezy.

"Whereas Manning was more of your traditional, drop back passer, J-Dub is a guy that can make things happen with his feet while also being a very good passer. I think you'll see us incorporate a few more zone-read concepts into the offense along with more looks in the option game, while at the same time, we still plan to attack vertically as we always have. Another adjustment may be how we ask the quarterback to react to certain defensive pressures and zone dogs and such. With Manning, the 2nd or 3rd hot read may have been a pass to the back in the flat, however with 'J', the 3rd hot read may be to find an open running lane and take off.

"He reminds us a lot of (former Oregon quarterback) Marcus Mariota in regards to his ability to both pass and run. In fact, we spent a lot of time this off-season as a staff studying tape of some of the things Marcus did in his time with the Ducks as well as some Russell Wilson Seahawks tape and Johnny Manziel Texas A&M tape. While we aren't going to change what we do philosophically as far as the pace of the offense, certainly you'll see us do more things than we've done historically to put him in position to make plays running the ball."


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Tulane | Team to wear its alternate, all-green uniforms versus LSU
Thu, 22 Aug 2019 8:31:49 -0700
Tammy Nunez of the New Orleans Times Picayune reports that Tulane will wear its all-green uniforms in next week's season-opening rivalry game versus #7 LSU at the Superdome. The team will sport its alternate green helmets, green jerseys, and green pants, and has asked all Green Wave fans in attendance to wear green as well, as the team hopes to "green-out" the Dome for the pivotal, early season SEC matchup.




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[LopaKa]

damn what a schedule! Good luck with J-Dub at the helm bro, i'm digging the idea of the all-greens in the season opener!

[kswgrad2012]

Thank god you signed that stud receiver Jean & not me. He wouldn't catch many passes in my offense. Now if he were 6 inches shorter & a running back...

Nice to see you're pulling out the all-green unis for LSU. I usually save the "Greenbacks" for Homecoming.