A.J. Whitmore News

Low turnout: Cold, rainy weather in Hattiesburg, Miss., held down the crowd for Saturday's nationally televised game.

Justin Skillens was feeling the heat. He needed to make a play. Fans of the former Booker T. Washington football standout wondered when he was going to start contributing more as a University of Tulsa freshman.

Tulsa and Houston will head into the second quarter tied at 14 in Saturday nighta s Conference USA game.

Jacob Bower said he was just doing his job. Tulsa's offense needed a spark and the junior quarterback did his best to provide one.

I COULD break out the clever Halloween cliches. Would be easy to use words like scary or frightening to describe Tulsa's performance on a sun-drenched Saturday when boos were heard at Chapman Stadium.

Taking care of things: Tulsa quarterback G.J. Kinne has placed an emphasis on taking care of the football.

UTEP rallies to stun Tulsa Perhaps Boise State was still on their minds, or maybe not.

The Southeastern Conference officiating crew that worked last Saturday's Arkansas - Florida game has been suspended and will not be allowed to work together as a crew again until Nov.

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Donald Buckram ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 29 seconds left in the game, to help UTEP beat Conference USA rival Tulsa 28-24 on Wednesday night.

A.J. Whitmore relishes his role as a triple-threat athlete. The University of Tulsa junior says his ideal football performance would be to score rushing and receiving touchdowns and throw for a score in the same game.

Ratings debate: Boise State reaching the BCS championship game is the best thing that could happen to the controversial BCS formula, Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson said Wednesday.

Tulsa's Charles Clay is brought down after a short gain by Boise State's Billy Winn.

Through one period of Wednesday night's ESPN-televised showdown at H.A. Chapman Stadium, the University of Tulsa held a 14-8 advantage over fifth-ranked Boise State.

G.J. Kinne completed 21 of his 32 passes and threw a 39-yard touchdown to A.J. Whitmore in the fourth quarter to lead Tulsa to a 27-10 victory over the winless Rice Owls Saturday night.

G.J. Kinne passed for 264 yards and four touchdowns and also rushed for 58 yards as Tulsa took out its frustration from a previous week's loss on Sam Houston State, winning 56-to-3 Saturday in the home opener at H.A. Chapman Stadium.

Here's a geographical quiz for Tulsa football fans. Which college is located in Williamsburg, Va.? Do you wonder why that's pertinent to Golden Hurricane football? William & Mary is in the Virginia town and, earlier this season, the Tribe defeated heavily favored Virginia.

TU: How they scored. TU: Report Card. TU-Tulane Statistics. TU Schedule. Tulsa junior running back Jamad Williams surpassed the 1,000-yard career rushing barrier in a season opener at Tulane.

Tulsa and Tulane start the Conference USA football schedule Friday night with a 7 p.m. game at the Superdome with the Green Wave still left guessing who will be the Golden Hurricane's starting quarterback Tulsa coach Todd Graham has done his best to make sure the identity of whoever lines up behind center doesn't make its way to Tulane coach Bob ...

Tulane Green Wave defenders, in the lead-up to Friday night's nationally televised season opener at the Superdome against Tulsa, have been busy studying three possible Golden Hurricane starting quarterbacks.