Back when Mack Brown coached at Tulane, his football team had two 50-yard practice fields on which to do workouts. One field was grass. The other was turf. When the Green Wave practiced deep passes, the wideout would go from grass to turf.
The Green Wave now plays in the on-campus Yulman Stadium located just about where those turf fields were located. Thursday, Tulane opened the season against Wake Forest with Brown back on campus for the first time since he left after the 1987 season.
Brown coached the Wave for three seasons, lifting them from 1-10 in his first season to a bowl game in his third, just before his decision to leave for North Carolina.