Topic: Daily Mail: Conference USA football: Tulsa won’t act like underdog at Arkansas

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by Derek Redd
Sports writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tulsa's football team is the class of Conference USA but, for the first time this season, the Golden Hurricane will enter a game as the underdog.

Tulsa (7-1, 5-0) visits Arkansas this Saturday. The Razorbacks have tumbled from the lofty perch of its preseason expectations, struggling to a 3-5 record under Coach John L. Smith, a last-minute replacement for disgraced and fired former Coach Bobby Petrino. The Hurricane's only 2012 loss came in its season opener against Iowa State.

After rattling off seven straight wins, the Golden Hurricane may be and underdog, but Tulsa Coach Bill Blankenship said the team won't act like an underdog.

"I think we're playing as a confident team right now. You can look at the film from the Rice game and go, 'Man, we've got to get a lot better if we're going to go to Arkansas and win.' All of that is a good thing for us. Whether Arkansas was coming off a win or a loss to Ole Miss, I don't think it was going to matter to us one bit."

Link: http://dailymail.com/Sports/201211010147