Tulane travels to American Athletic Conference foe East Carolina Saturday at 6 p.m. looking to change its recent fortunes.
The Wave (3-6, 1-4) has dropped its past four contests, and Tulane coach Willie Fritz shook up practice a bit this week hoping to spark his team.
"We changed it up a little bit as to when we do what as far as the schedule, and it's been good," he said. "We'll do that occasionally throughout the year. Today, we did team at the very end when we're getting all good on good reps."
Those "good on good reps" are first-team offense and defense against each other, and both units will need to improve if the Wave's slim bowl hopes will survive past Saturday.