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Set to announce soon where he is going. Do we have a realistic shot?


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Yes we have a good shot to get him.
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greenie78 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 4:50 pm Yes we have a good shot to get him.
Hope you are right. Heard the same about Amos and the WR that committed to Florida. Something to consider is we just offered the RB from Leesville (Xavier Ford).
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greenie78 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 4:50 pm Yes we have a good shot to get him.
Check your pm.
Small time facilities for a small time program.
6-4-23:Now all of the mistakes Tulane has made finally catches up with them as they descend to CUSAAC.
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Announcing Friday. I think it will be Duke.
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arkhou02 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:36 pm Announcing Friday. I think it will be Duke.
I would agree. The P4 label is too hard to overcome. He can take Duke NIL money for a year or two then come back home if it doesn’t work out.
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Jaxwave wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 11:04 pm
arkhou02 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:36 pm Announcing Friday. I think it will be Duke.
I would agree. The P4 label is too hard to overcome. He can take Duke NIL money for a year or two then come back home if it doesn’t work out.
Bigger stage to play on. Probably bigger NIL bucks. Top 10 school in academics.

Duke has been middle of the ACC for the last couple of years. Manny Diaz is the new coach, not WOW but not terrible. If you can start at Duke, you're gonna get some looks for the NFL.

If it was your son, and you weren't Tulane affiliated, would you really advise them to pass on Duke? `
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Yes, I could definitely tell him to pass on Duke or any of the other schools. Tulane football, New Orleans, great education, great coaching staff. Enough NIL available. And he would be staying home. Just have a feeling this is Duke and I hope I am dead wrong.
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arkhou02 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:18 am Yes, I could definitely tell him to pass on Duke or any of the other schools. Tulane football, New Orleans, great education, great coaching staff. Enough NIL available. And he would be staying home. Just have a feeling this is Duke and I hope I am dead wrong.
After months of nothing but negativity about the immediate future of Tulane Athletics, I find your response above extremely difficult to believe.
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DfromCT wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:36 pm
arkhou02 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2024 10:18 am Yes, I could definitely tell him to pass on Duke or any of the other schools. Tulane football, New Orleans, great education, great coaching staff. Enough NIL available. And he would be staying home. Just have a feeling this is Duke and I hope I am dead wrong.
After months of nothing but negativity about the immediate future of Tulane Athletics, I find your response above extremely difficult to believe.
I don’t care what you believe. I am a Tulane fan period.
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I don’t doubt you’re a Tulane fan. I’ll keep it positive and hope Nate Sheppard sees all the good things happening with Tulane Football that you mention.
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Who did he commit to? Presuming not us since the announcement was at 12:30 today.
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Committed to Duke. Such a shame we are not a P4.
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Why he chose Duke:

https://www.nola.com/sports/high_school ... f7fa1.html
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I can’t read the article. What was his reason? P4 Bullshit?
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arkhou02 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 8:38 pm I can’t read the article. What was his reason? P4 Bullshit?
Coach (Willie) Simmons was really the deciding factor. ACC and leave Louisiana second and 3rd.
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We continue to lose good players that we would get if we were P4. What the hell is the Tulane admin doing? I never see us seriously mentioned for P4 consideration. This really sucks.
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arkhou02 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:15 pm We continue to lose good players that we would get if we were P4. What the hell is the Tulane admin doing? I never see us seriously mentioned for P4 consideration. This really sucks.
Tulane offered Nate Sheppard the opportunity to stay close to home, but he’s embracing the opportunity to move to North Carolina.

“Coach (Brock) Hays is a phenomenal running backs coach (at Tulane),” Sheppard said. “Coach J.J. (McCleskey), I’ve known him since I was real young. They were big aspects in my recruiting process.

“Louisiana’s great, but there’s a lot to experience in this country, so being able to go somewhere else and play in the ACC, it’s real nice.”
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Possibly back in two years.
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Jaxwave wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2024 11:30 pm Possibly back in two years.
Agreed. There's nothing wrong or unusual about a young person wanting to experience someplace new. Some like it, some don't.
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Reminds me of when we lost LB Trent Mackey to Duke in 2008. Mackey eventually "circled back" to the Wave after he got in disciplinary trouble with then Duke head coach David Cutcliffe.
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I cannot blame Sheppard at all. He wanted to get out of his backyard and experience a new place. He found one that has both superior academics and athletics and if it works out for him at Duke he’s in a great place. Sure, he could come home in a year or two, but if he doesn’t climb the depth chart at Duke who knows if he does so here?
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Dominates Jesuit


Nate Sheppard leads Mandeville in strong scrimmage effort vs. Jesuit
https://crescentcitysports.com/nate-she ... vs-jesuit/

Mandeville outscored Jesuit 21-7 in the live half of the scrimmage. During this portion, senior running back Nate Sheppard rushed for 122 yards on just five carries. Sheppard scored touchdowns on two of his carries, with runs of 67 and 37 yards.
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