If Tulane beats Charlotte (1-10) next week, the Green Wave will clinch a spot in the American championship. That scenario would mean Jon Sumrall will have led every team he has ever been the head coach of to the conference title game (the past four seasons). A true winner.

God almighty! Gate got changed at Philadelphia airport and I just completed my longest walk at any airport ever. If I was going in right direction, flight time to New Orleans will be shorter now.

#Tulane moved up two spots to 23th in the coaches poll. North Texas is 22nd and James Madison is 21nd, but the polls don't affect the playoff rankings that will come out Tuesday night.

#Tulane moves up two spots to No. 22 in AP poll. James Madison is 20th after rallying in fourth quarter to beat Washington State at home. North Texas, which beat Washington State 59-10, is 21st.

The #Tulane-Charlotte game will be at 6:30 p.m. this Saturday and will be televised by ESPNU. Senior night for the Green Wave, which almost certainly can assure itself another home game by beating the 1-10 49ers.

Former #Tulane receiver Darnell Mooney having a big day vs. #Saints. Targeted 3 times and has 3 catches for 74 yards, including that 49-yard TD, which is tied for the longest gain in his 2 years with the Falcons.

#Tulane guard Curtis Williams is the American Conference men's hoops player of the week. He exploded for 32 points and 9 rebounds in OT win against Boston College on Sunday.

North Texas coach Eric Morris has been hired by Oklahoma State. He will be allowed to coach North Texas if the Mean Green make the American championship game. They will play #Tulane at Yulman Stadium if both win this weekend.

The college football playoff rankings confirming #Tulane as the host school for the American Conference title game if it beats Charlott will be delayed for a considerable amount of time. ESPN still has 12 minute left in a basketball game that was supposed to end at 6 p.m.

That was interminable.

#Tulane stays at No. 24 in college football playoff rankings, but that is good enough to host the championship game if Wave beats Charlotte. No other G5 team is in there.

For those who think the CFP committee is always biased against the G5, last year at this time three G5 teams were in the top 25 and the following week four were in the G5. Schedule strength of North Texas and James Madison is killing them in the committee's eyes this year.

Asked CFP committee chair Hunter Yurachek if Tulane will stay in the CFP bracket if the Green Wave wins out. "Tulane is in a really good position. Highest-ranked G6 team. As long as Tulane takes care of business, they'd be in good shape but we don't look too far ahead."

One thing made clear in these CFP rankings is the ACC will not be left out of the playoff unless 6-5 Duke get into the title game and wins it, which is a long shot to say the least. SMU and Pittsburgh are safe.

If you think Miami should be ranked ahead of Notre Dame simply because it won on a late 47-yard tie-breaking field goal on its home field in August, we live in a different universe. It's unbelievably idiotic to act like that trumps anything else, but I keep hearing people say it.

I'll say this about North Texas. That OT win at Western Michigan was not as weak as I thought. Western Michigan has proven to be by far the best team in the MAC, which isn't saying much but isn't nothing, either.