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Four games into the season, Tulane's defense has achieved a key offseason goal - take the ball away.

"It's something that we work on a bunch," said coach Willie Fritz, about his team's plus-5 turnover ratio. "I think the secret to teams that get a lot of takeaways is film study. Every time, you approach the ball carrier, it's an opportunity to get the ball out. We have certain techniques that use based on the location of the ball and your angle of arriving at the ball.