5identity shift
Tulane's fanbase shift signals AAC shift.
Sumrall's second season opens with a 11-3 record — the question is whether Tulane's new identity can sustain its historic-southern-football legacy beyond the Fritz era.
Tulane
1-1Latest
American Athletic · Will Hall, year 1 (1-1) · Yulman Stadium · 30,000 · 24,323 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#71 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #95 (-7.4) · FPI #71
The marketKansas State by 20.5at Kansas State · our model 15% Tulane · a number, not a pick
LastW 28–24 vs South Alabama · Sat Sep 12 · Jaylin Lucas 214 rush yds, 1 TD
Nextat Kansas State · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Bill Snyder Family Stadium · Kansas State by 20.5 · series 2-1, last win 2022 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
The read on Tulane depends entirely on who you ask.
Media point to the fan culture; Bettors point to the trajectory.
Tulane fans are angry.
THERE IS A KING OF MARDI GRAS, AND HE LIVES IN UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS
7 OL penalties this quarter what the fuck did Will Hall do all summer
belief warmed ↑ 5.2vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
52/100 · 67 mentions · top 32% of FBS
~ our readThe model
#71
CFB Zeitgeist · -0.2
✓ measured5The Pulse on Tulane
52
Δ +5.2 vs last wk
67
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
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Awaiting next signal window
"Green Wave"
— Tulane fanbase · recurring line
57 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
ggoTULA.NEt
BBluesky
YYouTube
The split, staged
Warmest corner+0.00
Media
least sour cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
Bettors
most skeptical cohort our read
Believers keep circling back to fan energy; skeptics keep coming back to where the program is headed. our read
How Tulane fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
Rr/CFBthe room
I don’t want to say what person, what panelist, what guy told them to do this. You know I can’t say that. It was Pat McAfee.
▲ 1.3k ▼open ↗
The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement
All 12 corners of the fanbase
skeptical
buying in
Media−0.04
Bettors−0.17
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
451 mentions · 7 sources · week 2026-01. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack
~ our readTulane fans are leaning negative, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 67 posts from Tulane fans this week.
Forum Pulse
via goTULA.NEt
- THE HUDDLE • Re: Line Opens Kansas State 19.5 pts. > Tulane, O/U 50,5 pts.
- THE HUDDLE • Re: Line Opens Kansas State 19.5 pts. > Tulane, O/U 50,5 pts.
- THE HUDDLE • Re: Tulane Beats USA 28-24
- THE HUDDLE • Re: Tulane Beats USA 28-24
- THE HUDDLE • Re: PETITION: Tulane Athletics needs structural change now
Press Pulse
9 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
How you walk into a place says a lot about you, and how you leave says even more
Well, I’d say no two decisions are alike. You know, like Lane and I are friends, and Lane and I talked several times through the process of October, November about what it was looking like for both of our schedules of how things were going to unfold
We felt the team was really set in so many areas. When Darian hit the portal, we felt this is a guy we would love to pursue. ... His levels of leadership, care factor, time invested in his craft, football IQ, just natural human IQ, just an elite person.
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Radio, beat writers & editorial14 posts
Diehard fan boards16 posts
The broader fanbase4 posts
News & campus coverage6 posts
CFB analyst takes3 posts
Bluesky · @sickoscommittee.org
2d ago
Fanbase health · Tulane
Fanbase health · TulaneTulane's fanbase is growing — 72 of 100.
Audible (56 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (11-3 last season, 1-1 so far).
72
On the field — 11-3 last season, 1-1 so far79
How loud — 56 weighted voices in the latest week65
2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Arguments
What fans are saying
Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim
program directionLimited signal that season
fans think the team's recent performance justifies playoff hopes
RMFW we're playoff bound!!!
Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Nov 8, 2025–Dec 6, 2025 · via CFB
program directionOne fan's take that season
One fan believes Sumrall preserved Tulane's winning culture
He took over a powerhouse at Tulane. He maintained it but didn’t build it.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 4, 2026 · via Josh Pate's College Football Show
schedule expectationOne fan's take that season
One fan argues their schedule difficulty will impress the committee
If Tulane wins out and has wins over Duke, Northwestern, Memphis, ECU and UNT they should get in with JMU with a signature win over ODU.
Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 16, 2025 · via CFB
injury availabilityOne fan's take that season
One fan thinks his leadership was key to the team's success
We have all said that without Jake last year we would have had a very difficult year.
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 23, 2026 · via THE HUDDLE
player performanceOne fan's take
One fan thinks Hall can make a quarterback perform much better
If Hall could work his magic with Chris, he has a strong arm and speed that would make Jake look slow.
Based on 2 comments across 1 thread · Aug 4, 2026 · via WAVE AFTER WAVE
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program directionOne fan's take that season
One fan believes the team's success depends on maintaining strong recruiting and coaching standards
Let’s hope that the talent evaluation is the separator and we can keep winning football games. Yep we are ALL hoping to keep winning championships and hopefully playoff games.
We have talent from over recruiting the conference for several years but an (hopefully) average portal class and (hopefully) average coaching puts us with a couple of conference losses and out of conference losses.
Based on 2 comments across 2 threads · Aug 2, 2026–Aug 7, 2026 · via THE HUDDLE
program directionOne fan's take
One fan thinks the administration's performance is lagging behind the team's achievements
And while our coaches and players were racking up those accomplishments, what were our two UNI-certified ADs doing--raising big funds? building high-end facilities for our revenue sports? retaining successful coaches? unloading unsuccessful coaches? getting us into a real conference?
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 3, 2026 · via AMERICAN CONFERENCE SCHOOLS
coaching decisionOne fan's take that season
One fan questions Will Hall's qualifications for coaching
With uncertainty at that pivotal position and some skepticism about Hall’s hiring after his rough stint at Southern Mississippi
Based on 1 comment across 1 thread · Aug 2, 2026 · via THE HUDDLE
Podcasts
From the booth
Who they talk about
Who they talk about
374 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season
The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.
Will Hall
×62.5 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Will Hall×62.5n=135
Zeon Chriss×1497.9n=44
Willie Fritz×35.1n=16
Semonza×590.1n=13
Characteristic — 3–10× as often
Jon Sumrall×9.1n=20
“THE HUDDLE • Re: USA Game Week Thread How did the injury to the WR that got hurt in the 2nd half come out? That was Zycarl “CJ” Lewis. . Hall said he’ll be out a few weeks.”
board · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Will Hall (8 examples)
challenged. I look for a game with plenty of penalties again and working behind the chains.
Tennessee/Marshall Let's also give a shout out to Air Force. They came back vs North Dakota St. making
Don’t like hearing from hall or other media personalities that defense played good last week. Sure, the total
Hall a chance beyond one game while passing on Infor from his failure at Southern Miss.
Hall versus South Alabama as head coach. 2021 Loss 31-7 (When Will Hall admitted to being
Hall is not enough to keep our resident Tulane malcontents happy but they are still made
Hall said he’ll be out a few weeks.
Hall's, it just might not be feasible. Especially since Coach Hall's hiring is on AD
Voice profile
Fanbase Voice
983 fan mentions
Doomers
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by era
Season Vocabulary
2026HUDDLE
huddlehalldukecoacheslsuhope
THE huddle • Re: AP Football Preseason Poll
2025DEFENSE
defenseuntoffensepleasetrashreport
I’m loving our defense for the most part
Defining terms
Words of the season
how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
huddle×38.7hall×49.4duke×2.8coaches×6.2lsu×3.5
2025
defense×7.1unt×34.6offense×4.9please×10.5trash×15.8
Fanbase cluster
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0with 63 other fanbases
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