I'm trying to verify, but Feist has the game being played in Astrodome. Game was supposed to be at Robertson Stadium. Trying to see if they moved it. Weather here is awful due to tropical depression, and supposed to be windy which will favor Houston if it is at Robertson. Please post if you find any news.
Houston/Tulane Location
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Tulane (1-0) at Houston (1-0)
? When/where: 7 p.m. today; Robertson Stadium.
? TV/radio: No TV; KBME (790 AM).
? Series record: UH leads 4-3.
? Last meeting: Tulane won 41-23 in 2000 at New Orleans.
? What's at stake: Winner begins its Conference USA schedule 1-0.
? Houston at a glance: In his first start, redshirt freshman quarterback Barrick Nealy ran and passed for 260 yards and two TDs, and Joffrey Reynolds rushed for 155 yards in the win against Rice.
? Cougars to watch: It will be interesting to see if Barrick Nealy can produce an encore. Against Tulane's potent passing attack, UH's front four will try to mount a pass rush without blitzing. Look for starters Joe Clay, Kade Lane, Bryan Hill and Adrian Lee to get relief from backups Ryan Huffman, Darren Carr, Kendrick Goss and Matthew Bentley.
? Tulane at a glance: The Green Wave ranked 12th, third and fifth nationally in passing offense the last three years. In last week's win over Southern, junior RB Mewelde Moore had 147 yards rushing, his 13th game over 100 yards.
? Green Wave to watch: Junior QB J.P. Losman is in his first full year as a starter. Starting TE Bobby Hoover of Katy Taylor is one of nine Houston-area players on the roster. Roydell Williams led C-USA WRs with 11 TDs last year.
? Key injuries: UH, RB Chris Robertson (knee) is out. Tulane, MLB Blake Baker (knee) is questionable.
? Bet you didn't know: Tulane's Mewelde Moore was a fourth-round pick of the San Diego Padres and has played the last two summers in their system. ... Seth Marler won the 2001 Lou Groza Award as the nation's top kicker
? When/where: 7 p.m. today; Robertson Stadium.
? TV/radio: No TV; KBME (790 AM).
? Series record: UH leads 4-3.
? Last meeting: Tulane won 41-23 in 2000 at New Orleans.
? What's at stake: Winner begins its Conference USA schedule 1-0.
? Houston at a glance: In his first start, redshirt freshman quarterback Barrick Nealy ran and passed for 260 yards and two TDs, and Joffrey Reynolds rushed for 155 yards in the win against Rice.
? Cougars to watch: It will be interesting to see if Barrick Nealy can produce an encore. Against Tulane's potent passing attack, UH's front four will try to mount a pass rush without blitzing. Look for starters Joe Clay, Kade Lane, Bryan Hill and Adrian Lee to get relief from backups Ryan Huffman, Darren Carr, Kendrick Goss and Matthew Bentley.
? Tulane at a glance: The Green Wave ranked 12th, third and fifth nationally in passing offense the last three years. In last week's win over Southern, junior RB Mewelde Moore had 147 yards rushing, his 13th game over 100 yards.
? Green Wave to watch: Junior QB J.P. Losman is in his first full year as a starter. Starting TE Bobby Hoover of Katy Taylor is one of nine Houston-area players on the roster. Roydell Williams led C-USA WRs with 11 TDs last year.
? Key injuries: UH, RB Chris Robertson (knee) is out. Tulane, MLB Blake Baker (knee) is questionable.
? Bet you didn't know: Tulane's Mewelde Moore was a fourth-round pick of the San Diego Padres and has played the last two summers in their system. ... Seth Marler won the 2001 Lou Groza Award as the nation's top kicker
UH, Dimel hope to clip second string
By JERRY WIZIG
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
With one losing streak finally behind his team, coach Dana Dimel wants his players to concentrate on their first home game of the season, their Conference USA opener, and an 11-game C-USA losing streak.
"We have a great opportunity, playing a conference game at home this early in the season after coming off a nice win like the Rice game that should help this team's confidence level," Dimel said.
Before the 24-10 win over Rice in the opener, the Cougars learned two defenses to combat the Owls' potential dual offense, a no-huddle spread that they sprung on the Cougars a year ago and Rice's usual triple option attack.
"At first, they had us on our heels," safety Jermain Woodard said of last year's 21-14 loss to the Owls.
This week, with the high-powered offense Tulane will bring Saturday night to Robertson Stadium, Dimel warned his defensive backs: "The ball will be whistling through the air -- a lot faster than it was in the first game."
Tulane's newest quarterback, J.P. Losman, is the successor to Patrick Ramsey, the last pick of the first round by Washington in the 2002 draft, and Shawn King before Ramsey.
Losman, who had started two games before this year, transferred to Tulane his freshman year after signing with UCLA. He is considered a much more mobile threat as a runner than Ramsey, with time to develop the leadership qualities that helped King take the Green Wave to a 12-0 season in 1998.
Junior running back Mewelde Moore was third nationally a year ago in all-purpose yardage, rushing for 1,421 yards and catching 65 passes for 756 yards while scoring 15 TDs.
"Mewelde Moore is so multifaceted in what he does in their offense," Dimel said. "He's one of the best running backs in the country, and there's not a team alive that is going to control him for an entire game."
One fact bears that out: Moore is the first player in NCAA Division I-A history to rush for more than 1,250 yards and catch more than 60 passes in a season.
Moore's coach, Chris Scelfo, sounds at a loss to summarize Moore's style.
"I don't know how to do that," Scelfo said. "When you look up, he's gained four or five or seven yards. He's so versatile; he can run inside or outside and go the distance."
Around the campus
New kicker in town
-- Dustin Bell, a redshirt sophomore and former walk-on from Jersey Village, showed his cool while aiming for the goal posts in his first collegiate game.
Limited to kickoff duty last year, Bell sailed four of five kickoffs into the end zone against Rice and added three extra points and a 41-yard field goal after a five-yard penalty nullified a 36-yarder.
By JERRY WIZIG
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
With one losing streak finally behind his team, coach Dana Dimel wants his players to concentrate on their first home game of the season, their Conference USA opener, and an 11-game C-USA losing streak.
"We have a great opportunity, playing a conference game at home this early in the season after coming off a nice win like the Rice game that should help this team's confidence level," Dimel said.
Before the 24-10 win over Rice in the opener, the Cougars learned two defenses to combat the Owls' potential dual offense, a no-huddle spread that they sprung on the Cougars a year ago and Rice's usual triple option attack.
"At first, they had us on our heels," safety Jermain Woodard said of last year's 21-14 loss to the Owls.
This week, with the high-powered offense Tulane will bring Saturday night to Robertson Stadium, Dimel warned his defensive backs: "The ball will be whistling through the air -- a lot faster than it was in the first game."
Tulane's newest quarterback, J.P. Losman, is the successor to Patrick Ramsey, the last pick of the first round by Washington in the 2002 draft, and Shawn King before Ramsey.
Losman, who had started two games before this year, transferred to Tulane his freshman year after signing with UCLA. He is considered a much more mobile threat as a runner than Ramsey, with time to develop the leadership qualities that helped King take the Green Wave to a 12-0 season in 1998.
Junior running back Mewelde Moore was third nationally a year ago in all-purpose yardage, rushing for 1,421 yards and catching 65 passes for 756 yards while scoring 15 TDs.
"Mewelde Moore is so multifaceted in what he does in their offense," Dimel said. "He's one of the best running backs in the country, and there's not a team alive that is going to control him for an entire game."
One fact bears that out: Moore is the first player in NCAA Division I-A history to rush for more than 1,250 yards and catch more than 60 passes in a season.
Moore's coach, Chris Scelfo, sounds at a loss to summarize Moore's style.
"I don't know how to do that," Scelfo said. "When you look up, he's gained four or five or seven yards. He's so versatile; he can run inside or outside and go the distance."
Around the campus
New kicker in town
-- Dustin Bell, a redshirt sophomore and former walk-on from Jersey Village, showed his cool while aiming for the goal posts in his first collegiate game.
Limited to kickoff duty last year, Bell sailed four of five kickoffs into the end zone against Rice and added three extra points and a 41-yard field goal after a five-yard penalty nullified a 36-yarder.
