So what happened?

Tulane survived a very slow start and a really sloppy finish before holding off South Alabama 33-31 on Saturday night in a game it dominated for the two-and-a-half quarters in between those troublesome stretches, forcing coach Jon Sumrall and players to focus on why this win was far different from the 23-3 opening-game rout of Northwestern.

The Jaguars outscored the Green Wave 14-0 in the first eight minutes and again in the final 10.

“Maybe guys didn’t get going until after they scored those two times,” said nickelback Javion White, whose interception on a last-minute 2-point try preserved the lead. “We needed to realize, OK, this is going to be a game. We probably did have a big head with everybody telling us what we did last week. It definitely wasn’t up to our st

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