As Tulane enjoyed its open date, the ghost of last year's season-ending loss at Southern Methodist was still clearly on the horizon.
Now, the Green Wave (2-4, 1-1) will get a chance to exercise those demons as the Mustangs head to Yulman Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. Saturday kickoff.
"We've had this on our minds all season," said Tulane junior receiver Darnell Mooney, who was added to the Biletnikoff Watch List during the bye week. "We're going to go out there and play our game. We don't want the same result to happen. We want to win every week.