Tulane University of Tulsa University of Cincinnati


In 2013, Men’s Golf won its sixth Conference USA Championship team title and its first since 2001



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In 2013, Men’s Golf won its sixth Conference USA Championship team title and its first since 2001.

Baseball won their first conference tournament title since 2008 this past season. They were ranked No. 12 in the nation.

Football has won 10 conference championships and has several players as members of the College Football Hall of Fame, including a Heisman Trophy winner, Andre Ware.



Traditions


Before a big game, Cougar fans “rub the paws” of the cougar statues in Cullen Family Plaza. It is believed that the more people rub the paw, the more good luck the Cougars will have on game day
The BLAZE is operated by the FRONTIERSMEN and is an oil field warning siren that was chosen to represent the university's ties to the petroleum industry. In the late 80's, Coach Jack Pardee, Andre Ware and David Daucus felt that the university lacked a symbol for the football team. An oil field warning siren was and by 1991, through a number of refinements by the efforts of the "H" Association, the Taxi Squad, Pleas Doyle and the Hruska Family, the purchase of the siren was complete. In the fall of 1991 a group of students manned a crank siren while waiting for the new siren to arrive. The siren did not arrive until late that football season, the day before Homecoming. That summer David Carl Blazek passed away. David was a staunch supporter of the University and his death was a blow to the original men who ran the siren. The Sigma Chi Fraternity had been in charge of the siren up to this point and gave it the name "The BLAZE" in honor of their fallen brother. To this day, every time that the BLAZE is sounded off, the University hears the voice of David Carl Blazek.

Notable Alumni


  • Carl Lewis- 9 Olympic gold medals Track and Field

  • Leroy Burrell- Olympic medalist

  • Yulia Pakhalina- Olympic medalist

  • Andre Ware- Heisman Trophy Winner

  • Clyde Drexler- NBA

  • Hakeem Olajuwon- NBA

  • Jim Nantz- CBS

  • Robert Flores- ESPN

  • James Franco- actor

  • Lil Wayne- rapper

  • Chamillionaire- rapper

  • Dennis Quaid- actor

  • Randy Quaid- actor

  • Fred Couples- golfer

  • Steve Elkington- golfer

  • Fuzzy Zoeller- golfer

  • Doug Drabek- MLB pitcher



  • Ryan Wagner- MLB pitcher

  • Woody Williams- MLB pitcher

  • Star Jones


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