Wide receiver Shazz Preston won’t forget how miserable his experience was before and during Tulane’s 35-14 American Conference championship game loss to Army in December.

On Saturday, he made sure the Green Wave did not feel the blues against the Black Knights a second time, scoring a tie-breaking touchdown on a wild 26-yard reception with 27 seconds left after Bryce Bohanon’s scoring grab tied it at the 1:49 mark.

“Me and Bryce were in that cold weather in New York last year,” Preston said after Tulane’s 24-17 come-from-behind victory. “We were like we’re not losing to this team twice. We remember getting off that plane with the wind cutting 100 miles per hour and going to the (New York) Giants (stadium) with just short sleeves on (for a practice right after the plane landed) and losing

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