“Too many times in college football when you’re not ready to play, anybody can beat you,” Applewhite said after the Cougars were swept up by the Golden Hurricane in a 45-17 loss Saturday at H.A. Chapman Stadium. “Their record doesn’t say it, but I know they are a better football team than their record.”
“We didn’t play well at all,” head coach Major Applewhite said. “We didn’t play well enough to win the game, but give credit to Tulsa and to Coach Montgomery. They came ready to play; we didn’t. We didn’t come ready to play and that’s on me. We talk about it all the time, but week in and week out, you’ve got be ready to play your A-game every Saturday.”