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Tulane athletic director Rick Dickson said the home opener Saturday against Georgia Tech (1-0) — the first game in newly completed Yulman Stadium — is a sellout. A standing room crowd of around 30,000 is expected, and Dickson added that the rest of the home schedule is on the verge of being sold out as well.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After four decades in the Superdome, Tulane football is back on campus.
"What we have to do now is distinguish the event from the game,Cheap Jerseys From China," Johnson added. "This game will hardly mean anything to us if we don't win. We have to win this game and not just open up a new stadium."
After Tulane home games moved off campus, crowds diminished. A crowd of 25,Wholesale Jerseys,000,Wholesale Jerseys 2018, which would make Yulman Stadium look full, still left around 45,000 seats unoccupied in the cavernous Superdome.
The last time the Green Wave (0-1) played on its tree-lined campus in New Orleans' historic Uptown neighborhood was Nov. 30, 1974, when Tulane lost its regular-season finale to Mississippi, 26-10. That game was played in 80,Cheap NFL Jerseys,000-seat, oval-shaped Tulane Stadium, the same stadium that hosted Sugar Bowls and even Super Bowls before the Superdome opened.
Yet, after that novelty wore off, he felt the dome lacked the atmosphere one expects at a college game.
"Being on campus and having more fans — it will look more full — so that will be big," said Griffin, who had a chance recently to tour the stadium and sit in the second deck running along one sideline. "It's beautiful. I can't wait to go there and see a game."
"When I got offered by Tulane ... I was like 'Oh my gosh, this is my chance to play in a legendary stadium where they hold Super Bowls,'" Griffin recalled.
Former Tulane quarterback Ryan Griffin, now with the New Orleans Saints' practice squad,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, said the Superdome was an attraction for recruits, but that playing on campus should be better for the program in the long run.
"I love the intimacy of the stadium," coach Curtis Johnson said. "The crowd is right on top of you. That's what this whole thing is all about, just getting as many people to see our kids play.
Whether a new environment brings more winning remains to be seen,China Jerseys Wholesale, but the fan support will be there. |
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