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Holy Toledo! This often-used phrase will perhaps take on a new meaning this season in New Orleans as Bob Toledo begins his first season as the head coach of the Tulane Green Wave football program. Toledo's vision and energy have created a new wave of excitement not only in the New Orleans community, but with Tulane alumni throughout the country since his arrival to the Tulane campus on December 11, 2006.

Toledo brings more than 30 years of collegiate coaching experience to the Green Wave football team, including head coaching stints at UCLA, Pacific, Cal Riverside, and distinguished credentials from Texas A&M, USC, New Mexico and Oregon. He has coached in 13 bowl games, including seven of the traditional New Year's Day bowls, and has developed players into Heisman Trophy finalists, Outland Trophy winners, All-Americans, national champions and NFL Hall of Famers during his collegiate coaching career.

As Tulane begins its 113th season of football, the expectations for the 2007 squad are high and the Green Wave will feature an exciting team that will have an offense capable of a smash-mouth running game or the finesse of the West Coast passing attack. Regardless of its philosophy, Tulane should be a much improved unit on all three phases and will keep fans on the edge of their seats with plenty of gadget plays and trickery.

A total of 48 letterwinners (22 on the offensive side, 24 on defense and two specialists) return for the Green Wave, including 15 starters with five on offense, eight on defense and two specialists. On the roster this season are a total of 30 players who have seen time as regular starters or have been part time starters during their career.

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