News and Notes from East Carolina, Conference USA and Beyond

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09.14.05: Dye headlines ECU's Hall of Fame Class of 2005 ... Ophelia shutters ECU; dormitories remain open

09.13.05: Conference USA Standings and Schedule ... Auburn player learns family escaped Katrina

09.12.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Conference USA Scoreboard and Schedule

09.11.05: SMU springs milestone upset of No. 22 TCU ... Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

09.10.05: Green Beret parachutist hurt in pre-game jump ... NCAA rebuffs appeal on Tulsa player's eligibility

09.09.05: Tulane-MSU game shifted out of harm's way ...
Ex-Marshall coach latest to pull out of BCS poll

09.08.05: CSTV, DISH satellite service finally strike deal

09.07.05: Pirates capture two of league's three awards ... Tulane teams to carry on at five host schools ... Two players jailed on murder charges

09.06.05: Conference USA Schedule and Scoreboard ... N.C. Central wins thriller in Aggie-Eagle Classic

09.05.05: College football headliners: stars & storylines ... Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

09.04.05: Dave Odom brings back lessons from Kuwait ... Scoreboard: C-USA teams & ECU opponents

09.03.05: ECU's "Total Access" expected to launch today ... Uprooted Green Wave to "carry the torch" ... Storm-trapped sister of UCF player found safe ... Sun Belt evacuates New Orleans headquarters

09.02.05: Green Wave football team in limbo about future ... Southern Miss sets up ad hoc camp in Memphis ... Thursday night's college football scoreboard

09.01.05: Pirate QB's second shoulder surgery a success ... East Carolina fans on the verge of Total Access

08.31.05: Katrina blows Tulane-USM game into November ... Frosh guards round out ECU hoops roster

08.30.05: Pirates set for reunions with Deacons, Seahawks

08.29.05: New home offers lavish new perks for Louisville

08.28.05: Wooden pulls out of Wooden Award ceremony

08.27.05: NCAA issues 'heads up' on new spearing rule ... Huggins ouster speeds up Cincy AD's departure

08.26.05: ECU's Moore sole Carolinas player on Butkus list ... New BCS voters panel already in for shakeup

08.25.05: Mayo's destination has well-worn path to ECU ... NCAA adds extra year to Gamecocks' probation

With East Carolina fans' anticipation for the Wake Forest game building after the Pirates' opening game win over Duke, the ECU Ticket Office is seeing a pick up in activity in regards to tickets for the Wake game and mini-season ticket plans.

According to Scott Wetherbee, ECU's Assistant Athletics Director for Ticket Operations, Pirate fans have bought up more than 2,800 of the 3,000 tickets allotted by Wake Forest to East Carolina. While encouraging, that leaves almost 200 tickets that need to find an eager ECU fan.

Tickets can be bought through the Wake Forest ticket office, but ECU officials hope fans adopt the sentiment that nothing speaks louder than selling out the traveling team’s allotment. That means Pirate fans still have a little work to do before Saturday.

The mini-season tickets campaign launched a few weeks ago is also gaining some steam. The ECU Ticket Office reported that it has sold about 50 of the mini plans, with 46 of those being sold since Friday.

Continued brisk orders of mini plan and individual game tickets combined with good showings against Wake and West Virginia — the Pirates' Sept. 17 opponent — could mean a capacity crowd on Oct. 1 when Southern Miss rolls into town to open the Conference USA season.

Tulane's students, faculty and staff may be displaced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but the university's top boss doesn't intend for them or the institution they represent to be forgotten.

Charged by Tulane president Dr. Scott Cowen to “carry the torch, be the face and represent the name” of the school for the upcoming sports seasons, Green Wave athletic teams across all sports will wear a commemorative patch illustrating the mandate from Cowen throughout the 2005-06 academic year.

The Green Wave football team will be the first to wear the patch when it takes on Mississippi State this weekend in a game moved from the Louisiana Superdome to a neutral site.

“This logo embodies our current focus,” said Rick Dickson, Tulane Athletic Director. “We said from the beginning that traditional scorecards are out the window as far as Tulane Athletics is concerned this year. This is our goal, to get back in the game, to persevere and to accomplish this mission of representing our university and our community.”

The Green Wave hosts hosts the Bulldogs at 7 p.m. on Saturday at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, LA. Tickets for the game, which will be aired by College Sports Television and the i Network (formerly PAX TV) are on sale through Ticketmaster outlets in Louisiana and Mississippi, at wwwTicketmaster.com and by calling 800-488-5252.

The Green Wave volleyball team will be in action this weekend for the first time since August 26 at its temporary home in College Station, TX, when it plays host to the NOKIA Sugar Bowl Classic on Friday and Sunday, featuring teams from Notre Dame, LSU and Arizona State.

The new logo and patch (pictured near the top of this article), designed by Judy Henry of jmac design in Tulsa, OK, is in the shape of Tulane University’s primary logo, the “Shield.” A thick green outline carries the words “The Torch, The Face, The Name” reminding fans and the national audience of Tulane athletics’ mission this year.

Inside the green outline is a torch above an image of the skyline of New Orleans, dominated by the Louisiana Superdome. The words “Tulane University, 2005” are featured prominently above that image.

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