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Eric Morris Plans to Take 76-77 Players to Tulsa, Use Week 1 to Evaluate Oklahoma State’s Depth - Yahoo Sportsour readTre Lamb took over as Tulsa's head coach, replacing Kevin Wilson.our read

American Athletic · Tre Lamb, year 2 (6-8) · Chapman Stadium · 30,000 · 28,520 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#111 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #75 (-2.3) · FPI #79
The marketno line yetvs East Texas A&M · our model 87% Tulsa · a number, not a pick

LastW 23–17 at Sam Houston · Sat Sep 12 · Thomas Davis 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles

Nextvs East Texas A&M · Sat Sep 19 · 8 pm ET · Chapman Stadium · first meeting on record · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Cautious optimism is building around Tulsa.

Tre Lamb's year 2 (2026): 2-0, behind Kevin Wilson's 3-9 in the same spot.

belief warmed ↑ 8.7vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Leaning up
60/100 · 90 mentions · top 7% of FBS
~ our read
Grounding
about average
7% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 35 pts
~ our read
The model
#111
CFB Zeitgeist · -4.3
✓ measured
Explore all 5 corners of the fanbase ↓
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identity shift

Tulsa's fanbase shift signals AAC shift.

Tre Lamb inherits a 4-8 losing record at Tulsa, a program defined by its historic Oklahoma-G5 identity but now navigating a fanbase in transition.

The jury's still out.

The Pulse on Tulsa

Archive · Wk 2 · 90 mentions · medium confidence
60
Δ +8.7 vs last wk
90 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Golden Hurricane" — Tulsa fanbase · recurring line
45 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 5 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Die-hards+0.24
Millennials+0.23
Analytics crowd+0.23
National take+0.23
Gen Z+0.23

How Tulsa fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Banning the hometown newspaper is pretty wild.

▲ 863 ▼open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
42%
recent results
17%
where the program is headed
17%
the schedule
8%
offense
5%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

182 mentions · 6 sources · week 2026-02. 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 readTulsa fans are cautiously optimistic, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
7% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
32% optimistic22% down

✓ counted We read 90 posts from Tulsa fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial12 posts
Underdog Dynasty
“One week ago, Louisiana Tech joined the rare 80-point club, becoming the 14th team in the 21st century to score fourscore. And given the infrequency of 80, who…”
1d ago
The broader fanbase12 posts
r/CFB
“2-0 Tulsa. I’ll do no such thing”
2d ago
CFB analyst takes3 posts
Bluesky · @jasonkirk.fyi
“AP voters you better rank Tulsa”
2d ago

Fanbase health · Tulsa

Tulsa's fanbase is growing — 60 of 100.

Audible (45 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (4-8 last season, 2-0 so far).

On the field — 4-8 last season, 2-0 so far57
How loud — 45 weighted voices in the latest week63

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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Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 672 fan mentions
Believers
Optimism
95th
Joy
91st
Anger
19th
Doom
66th
Sarcasm
2nd
vs the 81 highest-volume fanbases - 2025 season
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