June 29, 2012

Tulsa, Oklahoma - Blue Ribbon magazine recently released its preseason football forecast for Conference USA. The Blue Ribbon rankings picked the Tulsa Golden Hurricane to finish in second place in the C-USA West Division behind defending West Division Champion Houston.

Blue Ribbon also chose three Tulsa offensive players and two defensive starters to the magazine's C-USA all-conference team. Offensively, senior H-Back Willie Carter, who led the Hurricane in receiving last year, is joined by two Tulsa linemen -- senior center Trent Dupy and junior guard Stetson Burnett -- on the preseason squad.

On defense, end Cory Dorris and the school's all-time leader for career interceptions, Dexter McCoil, are Tulsa's Blue Ribbon selections.

C-USA Blue Ribbon Forecast
WEST
1.  Houston
2.  Tulsa
3.  SMU
4.  UTEP
5.  Rice
6.  Tulane
EAST
1.  UCF
2.  Southern Miss
3.  East Carolina
4.  Marshall
5.  UAB
6.  Memphis