When it comes to both his team’s overall performance and its offense, one word comes to mind for Tulsa coach Tre Lamb — close.

It might not have looked that way at times against Tulane last Saturday, when the Hurricane allowed six sacks and 13 tackles for loss in a 31-14 defeat.

Lamb, however, senses a breakthrough is coming, both in the win-loss column and on the scoreboard.

“I think it’s close,” Lamb said. “I think it’s close to an explosion. I think we've had some tough opponents. Tulane, by far top to bottom, is the best defense we've played.

“It's not like we're abysmal as far as moving the football. We're still getting 400 yards a game. Even after watching tape again this morning with our OC (offensive coordinator Brad Robbins), we both feel like there's a 35-, 42-point game out

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