SZD presents Dead Letters, Episode 1: Tulane
Split Zone Duo: College Football Podcast
Richard Johnson and Alex Kirshner
4.9 • 916 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2022
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Tulane University built one of the most powerful football programs in the American South. The Green Wave had a spot in the SEC and a history of winning a lot of big games, including against their rivals from Baton Rouge. Then something changed. Alex Kirshner and Steven Godfrey tell the story of Tulane's journey from the upper echelons of the sport to a program scrapping for respectability in the Group of 5. Alex interviews Lenny Vangilder, a Tulane historian, to go deeper into the Wave's story. Production: Anthony Vito.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, let's go back to 1949. |
| 0:05.0 | To Lane and L.S. U. are about to play a game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. It's a big chance for the Green Wave because if they win, they are on a direct path to the Sugar Bowl. |
| 0:20.0 | In fact, they're going to be in the Sugar Bowl, something that could be a massive momentum |
| 0:24.6 | builder for them, not only because the game is in their city, but because in this era of |
| 0:29.4 | college football, if you're in the SEC, there's really nothing that is bigger than going and playing in the |
| 0:35.7 | Sugar Bowl. |
| 0:36.7 | It's a huge deal. |
| 0:37.7 | How does this game go, Alex? |
| 0:39.5 | Well Stephen, we are about to find out. Welcome to Dead Letters. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the pilot episode of a little mini series that we are trying out |
| 0:50.0 | about football programs that were once great or that could have been great, but wound |
| 0:55.1 | up not being anywhere near the top echeons of college football. |
| 1:00.1 | What happened to them? |
| 1:01.4 | Why did they not reach their potential? |
| 1:03.9 | Was it some external factor, some big change in the sport? |
| 1:08.4 | Or did they do it to themselves? |
| 1:11.1 | And Godfrey, I think that to start this story, we need to start about a mile and a half from the French quarter. |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:19.0 | Could you give me a little bit of background Stephen on how to Lane, to the best of your knowledge, |
| 1:27.7 | has always fit into the Louisiana college football scene, which has had a lot of teams including one biggie. |
| 1:35.2 | It's funny Alex because the way Tulane always fits into the way I've known college football is almost like a fable |
| 1:42.1 | or a piece of history and so what I mean |
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