Before the Whistle

With just over 24 hours until kickoff Maddy welcomes Dave Schultz, host of the Locked on Sun Belt podcast, to look at the matchup between the Tulane Green Wave and South Alabama Jaguars. From the coaches to the players and everything in between, here's your best pregame prep before the first whistle of the season is blown.

As Tulane approaches its first game of possibly the most-anticipated season in program history, Maddy gives her final breakdown and preview of the 2023 campaign.

With the start of football season closing in quickly, Maddy decides to tackle both the Saints and the Green Wave in this week's Before the Whistle. She's breaking down preseason game number two vs the LA Chargers and giving her thoughts on the Wave's last scrimmage.

The Tulane Green Wave are ranked in both the AP and Coaches Polls for the first time in program history. Anticipation is building with kickoff for the new season just weeks away. Maddy Hudak gives her observations from Tulane's Media Day and most recent scrimmage.

It isn't everyday that someone working for a major network affiliate and who is the reigning Louisiana Sportscaster of the Year decides to make the transition from traditional to independent media. But that's exactly what Brooke Kirchhofer has done, and now, she's helping lead NewOrleans.Football to new heights. Maddy and Brooke discuss family, football, and more.

On this edition of Before the Whistle, Maddy provides more updates and insights from Tulane training camp.

Maddy Hudak is joined by Tulane Play-by-Play announcer, "The Voice of the Green Wave." Corey Gloor. As the Green Wave get back into camp in preparation of defending their American Conference championship, and ahead of maybe the most important season in the program's history, these colleagues and friends discuss the team's path over the past two seasons and look ahead to 2023.

The Tulane Green Wave pulled off the greatest single-season turnaround in college football history one year ago. What do they do for an encore? As the Wave get ready to put on the pads, Maddy looks at the culture and constants at Tulane that can help the program sustain its newfound success.

As part of her series on coaching, Maddy talks with Larry Holder of The Athletic. Holder covered Sean Payton's career with the Saints from start to finish. They examine the common threads between Payton, Bill Parcells, and Dan Campbell in Maddy's ongoing climb up and down The Big Tuna's coaching tree.

Maddy continues her examination of the elements of a good NFL coach by looking at one of the most influential and successful coaches of all time, Bill Parcells. Parcells made the playoffs with 4 different teams without being viewed as a "genius" or "guru." What was it about the Big Tuna that made him the true modern blueprint of the NFL head coach.