When Hurricane Ida made landfall in New Orleans back in late August, Tulane’s football program was just one of several groups displaced by the natural disaster. Uprooted schedules and a hasty relocation to Birmingham, AL was a big part of what the Green Wave had to deal with as their tumultuous 2021 campaign got started. The football players, of course, were not the only ones affected by Ida. Not by a long shot. But it was their story of perseverance that got displayed in front of a national audience.
The Green Wave’s season opening contest against Oklahoma turned most college football consumers across the country.