How Tulsa went from sleeper team to conference favorite

Brett Rojo-USA TODAY Sports Hot seat and Philip Montgomery went hand in hand coming into this season. After winning 15 games in his first two seasons at Tulsa, Montgomery followed that up with just seven wins over the next three. Still, there was a part of me that believed this team could surprise the AAC, but I never saw this coming. How they got to this point, however, is something few saw coming.

Two things have held Tulsa back over the past few years: quarterback play and a struggling defense. Montgomery’s struggled through a rotation of quarterbacks including Luke Skipper, Chad President, and Seth Boomer. None of them provided much consistency to the offense, and the Golden Hurricane…