I happened to stumble across a Tulane site called "Fear the Wave" that I have never, ever heard of before. The link below is to a Soundcloud Pod Cast that features a conversation with Tulane A.D. Troy Dannen.
If you want to listen and get a laugh, at about the 27 minute mark, he admits that UL (he uses Lafayette) has been in contact with Tulane in an attempt to get a multi-year agreement in place between the schools to play Football (Maggard is obviously working hard). However, Mr. Dannen said he instead preferred a multi-year contract with Southern Miss because Tulane recruits against UL (Lafayette) and not against Southern Miss!!!! He is obviously not a student of geography, since Hattiesburg, MS is only 111 miles from NOLA and Lafayette is 135 miles away! He admits that Tulane cannot afford to loose to Louisiana.
I guess the winning and loosing part really doesn't have anything to do with it, because Billy Napier is kicking Tulane's butt in recruiting even without playing!
https://twitter.com/fearthewaveblog/...490167809?s=21
As far as I am concerned, Tulane can get in line to just "kiss our a_s_s" also!