PHILADELPHIA — Tulane coach Jon Sumrall brought up rat poison repeatedly in the past two weeks, doing everything in his power to make sure outside praise and attention was not getting into his players’ heads.

It certainly worked Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.

A few hours after original rat-poison practitioner Nick Saban dissed Tulane and every other Group of Five team on "College GameDay," the Green Wave handled business in a potentially tricky contest on Temple’s senior day, beating the Owls 37-13 in a game it dominated from start to finish.

Assuming no unexpected change of heart from the College Football Playoff selection committee in Tuesday night’s rankings release, No. 24 Tulane (9-2, 6-1) can assure itself the host role for the American Conference championship game by dispa

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