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What to watch for on offense: Tulsa needs to establish a go-to running back. The Hurricane's rushing leader in 2009 was G.J. Kinne, who ended with 393 rushing yards.

Todd Graham said Friday's 33-30 win over Memphis allowed his University of Tulsa football team to enter the offseason in the best way possible.

With the Southern Miss football team likely headed to its eighth consecutive bowl, one postseason game scout was in attendance at Saturday's game.

The Southern Miss defense is coming off its best pass-rushing performance of the season with seven sacks against Marshall last week.

HATTIESBURG - Pardon Southern Miss radio play-by-play man John Cox if some of his calls are a little confused when the Golden Eagles are on offense on Saturday.

Keywords: SMU's Shawnbrey McNeil stretches for the endzone as Tulsa defender DeAundre Brown makes the late tackle.

Big play: With Saturday's SMU game in view, junior receiver Trae Johnson was reminded of the play he made against the Mustangs in Dallas last year, helping the Hurricane pull out a 37-31 win.

Tulsa at Texas-El Paso The Sports Network DATE & TIME: Wednesday, October 21st, 8:00 p.m. FACTS & STATS: Site: Sun Bowl Stadium -- El Paso, Texas.

College football coaches rarely look ahead at the schedule. Tulsa coach Todd Graham did admit that he understands the importance of the Conference USA contests remaining on the schedule, starting with Wednesday's nationally televised game at UTEP .

Tulsa's defense hasn't allowed a rushing touchdown through six games this season.

Series Record: Tulsa leads 10-7. Last meeting: 2008, Tulsa 77-35. What's at Stake Tulsa needs to rebound from a narrow loss to No.

Wednesday's game is the fifth time in the past nine games TU has been on ESPN. Tulsa's DeAundre Brown tries to bring down Boise State's Doug Martin during Wednesday's 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.

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.

Play of the day: It happened with 5:57 left in Saturday's first half, on a second-and-10 swing pass from Landry Jones to DeMarco Murray at the Tulsa 13-yard line.

The start would have been accepted by any college football team. What program wouldn't want an interception on the first play? Or having 25 of your first 27 snaps in enemy territory? "If you told me that before the game, I would have said we'd come out with a victory," TU sophomore Damaris Johnson said.

Oklahoma had a lot to prove Saturday. The two most fundamental questions on the table were: Could it beat a quality opponent without Sam Bradford? Could it keep a potent offense like Tulsa's in check? Saturday's 45-0 over the Golden Hurricane answered both with a yes.

TU starting offensive lineman Tyler Holmes is out against OU. NORMAN -- Oklahoma has a 10-0 lead after the first quarter against Tulsa in a college football game at Memorial Stadium.

Tulsa practiced under cloudy skies on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday's road contest at No.

Getting a read: First-year New Mexico defensive coordinator Doug Mallory said he could tell Tulsa is good offensively by how the Hurricane handled Tulane last weekend.