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Mike Bryan and Curt Puckett's careers as teammates began as 6-year-old wrestling buddies in Coweta.

TU seniors share memories from their time with the Hurricane as their final game nears.

George Clinkscale saw it coming. But the University of Tulsa linebacker admits it's a different feeling when Senior Day is right around the corner.

The past two months have been spent trying to figure out the problems surrounding Tulsa's football season.

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

Low turnout: What kept the fans away from the University of Tulsa campus and Chapman Stadium for Sunday's game? Was it the rainy weather, Tulsa's losing streak, the rare Sunday evening starting time or ESPN's telecast of the game? For whatever reason, the stands were only a fraction full for the 7:32 p.m. kickoff and nearly empty when the Hurricane ...

Tulsa hasn't put up points like it has in recent years, but it was still averaging 29.67 points a game headed into Sunday night's tilt against East Carolina.

Tulsa's football season continued its downward spiral on Sunday night. East Carolina captured a 44-17 win over the Golden Hurricane before a sparse Chapman Stadium announced crowd of 17,453 on a cold, chilly evening.

The postgame walk to the locker room won't be forgotten. Tulsa's players had to pass a celebrating East Carolina team last year after the Pirates defeated the Golden Hurricane in the 2008 Conference USA championship game.

Rocky start: Once again, pass protection wasn't the Hurricane's strong suit in the first half.

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.

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

G.J. Kinne spent much of Wednesday night's football game scrambling from an aggressive Boise State defense.

Tulsa's Bryan isn't satisfied with playing the No. 5 team close. Boise State's Kyle Wilson breaks up a long pass to TU's Slick Shelley in the second quarter.

S lowing down Boise: Boise State will bring one of the nation's most explosive offenses to Chapman Stadium for Wednesday's 7 p.m. game at Tulsa.

TO UNDERSTAND Todd Graham's influence on Tulsa football, all you need to know is that the Golden Hurricane won't be packing any slingshots for this week's trip to play Oklahoma.

Moral victories aren't allowed at Tulsa. When the Golden Hurricane plays No. 12 Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon, it expects to walk off the field celebrating a victory.

12 Oklahoma , Saturday, 3:30 p.m. Eastern= Line: Oklahoma by 151/2 Series Record: Oklahoma leads, 15-7-1 Last Meeting: 2007, Oklahoma 62-21< ^What's at Stake= Oklahoma can prove it has bounced back from a season-opening loss against BYU as it faces stiff competition from the Tulsa offense that led the nation in total yardage the past two seasons.

A confident Tulsa team will head into Saturday's football game at Oklahoma. "We have a tremendous amount of respect for coach Stoops and the University of Oklahoma and their program," TU coach Todd Graham said during his Monday press conference.

The 12th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners square off against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, a non-conference in-state rival, on Saturday afternoon in Norman.