Roderick Teamer Jr. understood the circumstances as well as anyone on the Tulane football team.
After three losses in four non-conference games, all that preseason talk about getting the six wins needed to reach a bowl game would be for nothing if the Green Wave didn't do what they felt was needed Friday.
"Every week is a new season for us," he said. "That's how we got to look at it."
By that measure, the Green Wave kept alive their season by beating Memphis 40-24 in their American Athletic Conference opener at Yulman Stadium.