I guess we have to talk about Tulsa. Yes, the same Tulsa that ruined Thanksgiving weekends across the Cincinnati area by rallying for a 40-37 win in overtime against the Bearcats in the regular season finale of 2016.
To be fair to the Golden Hurricane, they were a much better team than the admittedly bad 2016 Bearcats, so they probably deserved to win that game, but damn was it disappointing to nearly pull off an upset only to lose once again.
As mentioned above, Tulsa was actually really good last season. An explosive offense and a glut of talented skill position players elevated it to a 10-3 overall record, which included a 55-10 blasting of Central Michigan in the Miami Beach Bowl.