Given an assist it needed when Navy upset South Florida earlier in the day, Tulane went out and helped itself for homecoming.

Jake Retzlaff passed for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Green Wave took care of Florida Atlantic 35-24 in front of a sellout crowd Saturday at Yulman Stadium. Just two weeks after a dismal defeat at Texas-San Antonio, Tulane (8-2, 5-1) suddenly appears to control its own destiny in the race for the American Conference championship game and maybe even the host role.

This much is certain: The Wave can guarantee at least a tie for the best conference record by winning at Temple and beating Charlotte at home to close the regular reason.

The rest is reasonable conjecture. North Texas, Navy and East Carolina also have one league loss, but South Florida — w

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