How comprehensive was Tulane’s 23-3 throttling of Northwestern ?

Consider that ESPN.com writer Bill Connelly’s data-driven analysis gave the Green Wave a post-game win expectancy of 99.6% after it outgained the Wildcats 420-237 while winning the turnover battle 5-0. Tulane was far from perfect, but its effectiveness in multiple key areas already had coach Jon Sumrall trying to guard against overconfidence one game into the season.

“The challenge is we’ve got young guys in our locker room and everybody is going to pat them on the back and tell them how good they are right now,” he said. “We’ve got to make sure we understand that every seven days in our world you can either be promoted or exposed, and the only way you get promoted is by working your tail off. We’ll be fine. I have a

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