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August 18, 2009
If There's A Watch List For QB Awards, UH's Case Keenum's On It
Photo courtesy UHIf the honor is in being nominated, then UH quarterback Case Keenum can just go ahead and shut it down before the season gets started. The junior QB, last season's Conference USA offensive player of the year, has had his name added to two more postseason watch lists, putting him ... More >>
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October 13, 2009
Texas Bowl Takes A Step Up
Houston's taste for college-football bowl games was soured pretty ferociously by the inanity of Mattress Mac's galleryfurniture.com Bowl. But its successor, the Texas Bowl, has proven to be a well-run, entertaining event that has drawn decent, energetic crowds without frantically papering the hou ... More >>
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October 14, 2009
Coogs Try To Actually Win One In Conference USA
Way back in August, way back when the Houston Cougars were just starting to practice, way back when the temperature was in the 100s instead of the 90s, way back then, at Media Day, head coach Kevin Sumlin and the players met with the media.They didn't care about the rankings, they said. They di ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Coogs Hope To Keep Grabbing Those Turnovers
Photo courtesy UH"As a team, I still don't think we've played our best game," Houston Cougars head coach Kevin Sumlin stated at yesterday's media luncheon. "It's still out there for us. I think we can be better."The Cougars are 6-1 on the season, and if the team's best game is still out there wai ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Coogs Take On Tulsa, Where The Hurricanes Are Golden
Photo courtesy UHBefore this football season began, it was thought that the Tulsa Golden Hurricane would be the toughest competition to the Houston Cougars for the C-USA West championship. But as both teams head into game number nine this weekend, it's beginning to look like those fears might ha ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Cardiac Coogs Test The Hearts Of Their Faithful
Photo courtesy UHIt was just last month that Matt Hogan was the third-string kicker and back-up punter for the Houston Cougars. But after his 51-yard field goal soared through the goal posts as the clock reached 00:00 on Saturday night, it's very doubtful that Hogan will have to worry about winn ... More >>
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November 16, 2009
The Cougars Run Into Upset City, Again
Photo courtesy UHIt's easy to blame the Houston Cougar defense for Saturday's 37-32 loss to the University of Central Florida Knights. After all, the Knights scored 37 points, gained 393 yards, and controlled the ball for almost 40 minutes of of the game.If the defense makes some plays, th ... More >>
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November 20, 2009
Title Dreams Are Likely Gone, But Coogs Try To Regroup
Photo courtesy UHNobody needs to tell the Houston Cougars that they messed up last Saturday. They're well aware of that fact on their own.But they're now trying to forget about what happened last week while they attempt to do the most important thing in the world: concentrate on Saturday's gam ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
UH Football And Basketball Have Big Weekends On Tap
One season is ending. One season is just beginning. But for the Houston Cougars, it's a big Thanksgiving weekend either way with the football team playing for the C-USA West title, and the basketball team up in Alaska playing against Big 12 power Oklahoma in the Great Alaska Shootout on Thurs ... More >>
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November 30, 2009
Coogs Roll Over Rice And Get Ready For The C-USA Title Game
Photo courtesy UHThe Cougars had only one option on Saturday night. To advance to the C-USA title game, the Cougars had to defeat Rice. In 2008, the Cougars also had only option to take in order to advance to advance to the title game: beat Rice. The Cougars went on to suffer an embar ... More >>
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December 4, 2009
Coogs' Shot At A C-USA Title On The Line In Front Of A National Audience, Hostile Crowd
Photo courtesy UHTomorrow is the day the Cougars have pointed toward since they won the Armed Forces Bowl back on New Year's Eve 2008. Tomorrow is the Conference USA Title Game, and all this season, the Cougar coaches and players have talked of playing in this game and winning the conference.And ... More >>
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January 7, 2010
Game Time: The Five Most Dominant Performances In A College Football Title Game
The time for talking is almost over, and tonight we'll find out if the shrinking spread on this season's BCS Title game and the last minute rush by some to the Texas Longhorn bandwagon is a harbinger of things to come. Me personally, I think Nick Saban dials up some exotic blitz packages that give ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
Big 12 Conference Madness: The Winners & Losers
"UT's Bitch" is such a nice conference nameSo Texas has decided to stay put, and the Big 12, oops, Big 10, lives another day.Good for it, I guess.Let's just say that it's been an interesting couple of weeks that, despite what others think, is far from over. But let's take a look at the Winners ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Tryon Carrier: Coogs' Ace Returner Looks For More
Tryon Carrier toting the rock, or whatever ESPN is calling it these daysThe Cougars return more than just stud QB Case Keenum to this year's squad. Also returning are Tryon Carrier, Patrick Edwards, and James Cleveland, the first wide receiving trio in school history to each surpass 1,000 receivi ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Rice-Longhorns Preview: Owls Lose Key Player, But Still Have Upset Hopes
Fear the Owl....FEAR ITThe Rice Owls have played six football games at Reliant Stadium. They've won three of those games, including the Texas Bowl two years ago. But of the three games the Owls have lost, two of them have been to this week's opponent, the Texas Longhorns. And those losses to the ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Houston Cougars -- An Early Lock of the Century
That's a very big lockI realize that my Best Bets for the weekend are usually a Friday thing, and rest assured after my fast start last week, no one is chomping harder at the bit to get back to the business of picking winners than me. (By the way, did ya see? 4-2, bitches! I know 6-0 and 5-1 are ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
UH Tries To Avoid Its History
Deja vu all over againA long time ago, in a football universe far, far away, the Houston Cougars were a dominant offensive force. Their run-and-shoot offense was putting up huge numbers on college teams nationwide. The team was regularly ranked in the Top 20, and though they had been on a probati ... More >>
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September 24, 2010
UH Takes On Tulane With Some Very Untested QBs
The Green Wave is not expected to bring much storm surgeThe Houston Cougars might have lost 31-13 to the UCLA Bruins last week. And they might have lost quarterbacks Case Keenum and Cotton Turner for the season. But as they prepare for Saturday afternoon's home contest versus the Tulane Green Wav ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
The Owls Prepare To Slay The Knights
The Owls are led by their Ray Guy Award nominee punter Kyle MartensThe Rice Owls (2-5) aren't going to out-physical most football teams. They usually don't have the talent of other teams. So for the Rice Owls to win football games, they need outstanding game plans, solid execution, and they ... More >>
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October 29, 2010
Coogs: And The Running Game Shall Save Them
Photo by Stephen Pinchback, UH Athletics CommunicationsBryce Beall needs to deliverEverybody knows how the Houston Cougar offense works. Pass on first down. Pass on second down. Pass on third down. Keep passing until you score or you have to punt. Yes, that's how the Cougars spread offense works, ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Houston Cougars Demolish the Memphis Tigers
The Houston Cougars did what they were supposed to do on Saturday night. They stormed into the Liberty Bowl and dominated the Memphis Tigers, easily winning the game 56-17 to go to 5-3 on the season. How easy was the win? So easy that the Cougars didn't need to rely on Bryce Beall, who left ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Is UH About To Dump Conference USA For The Big East?
Will UH be heading east?Presidents of Big East schools meet tomorrow and will discuss extending invitations to the University of Houston and TCU to join, the New York Post reports today."By adding TCU and Houston, the Big East would gain TV viewership in two significant markets (Dallas/Fort Worth ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Cougars Duel The Knights Tonight
www.axismag.com The Cougars need to watch their focus when playing UCFThe University of Central Florida Knights are, perhaps, the best team in Conference USA. They definitely have the best defense, and their offense is one of those bone-crushing, time-consuming rush-oriented games that dra ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Tulsa Rocks Rice Like A Hurricane
The Rice Owls started last week saying they were capable of winning any of their remaining game. They ended the week by having their ass kicked 64-27 by the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. So the Owls might have said they could beat anybody, but the reality was far different than what they wanted. T ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Rice Owls: Making The Worst Offenses Look Competent
The Owls still aren't soaring over the football fieldThe Rice Owls had no business being in the position to defeat the Tulane Green Wave on Saturday afternoon. The Owls had given up 512 yards to one of the worst offenses in Conference USA. They had given up 48 points to a team struggling to scor ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Rice Owls: Beware The Plundering Pirates
Rice is playing the Pirates of East Carolina, not the Pirates of the CaribbeanThe Rice Owls are hosting the East Carolina Pirates this weekend, and if the Owls had any bounty left, then the Pirates would be plundering it. But this season being this season, the Owls have already had their tr ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Cougars Prepare To Battle The Golden Eagles
Last week the Golden Hurricane, this week the Golden Eagles, what next, the Golden Slumbers?It's been a tough season for the 5-5 Houston Cougars. They lost their starting quarterback, Case Keenum, to an ACL injury in the season's third game, a loss to UCLA. They lost his back-up, Cotton Turner, ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Rice Owls Plunder The Pirates
The Owls soar over the PiratesThe Rice Owls have shown glimpses of what the offense can do when everything comes together. The running game has worked at spots. The passing game to the tight ends has been mostly effective. Teams have had trouble with the Owls when running the wildcat.But th ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
The So-So Year In Cougar Sports: 25 Things From 2010
The year in UH sportsSince I'm taking a look at the sports year that is about to come to an end, I thought I would focus on the Houston Cougars, one of the teams that I cover for the Press. So... 1. The men's basketball team shocked the students, alums, administration, fans, C-USA, and the ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
The NCAA Title Game: Forget One Shining Moment, Try a Brick House Instead
John RoyalAnd so begins one of the worst championship games in NCAA Tournament history.Houston is the home city of two Conference USA basketball teams. That means that there's been some really bad basketball played in this city the last several years. So perhaps it was the lingering stench ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Case Keenum: Preseason C-USA Offensive Player of the Year
C-USA coaches think he doesCase Keenum's big comeback attempt, which we chronicled as spring practice began in April, is apparently destined for success if the coaches of COnference USA are right. They chose the UH quarterback as pre-season Offensive Player of the Year as part of the media d ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Top 5 Best C-USA Football Games of 2011 (With Predictions)
Case Keenum's comeback attempt starts September 3. Last week, Hair Balls broke down some of the best (as well as the worst) games of the 2011 football season involving Big 12 teams. Now, Conference USA, which just wrapped up its media days in Memphis, gets a similar treatment. Houston, tha ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Top 5 Worst C-USA Football Games of 2011 (With Suggested Alternatives)
Pillow Fight! Uh, we mean, Conference USA football! We suppose that everything has its less-than-stellar companion. However, Conference USA's ugly twin is really freaking gross. The best games involving C-USA programs in 2011 are something to look forward to. The worst games? Never. Serio ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Blue Hair and Mohawks: Notes From the Rice Owls Media Day
Pity the fool who mocks the Mohawk.The Rice Owls' media day on Saturday was a bit looser than the media day held by the Houston Cougars on Friday afternoon. There were more players available. There was more laughter. The coaches mingled with the press. Spirits were high. It's not that th ... More >>
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August 12, 2011
UH To The Big 12? Five Reasons It Would Be A Huge Boost
Home sweet home for the Coogs?Everyone's reporting that Texas A&M has all but decided to leave the Big 12 for the SEC, and the San Antonio Express-News adds an Aggie official says the Big 12 told the school the University of Houston would be a viable replacement. UH had been talking/hoping/t ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
The Scrubs Get Major Playing Time As Coogs Glide To Easy Victory
J.D., Turk, and the gang didn't get to play, but the rest of the Cougars bench got plenty of playing timeAs the Cougars trotted off of the field after the first half on Saturday night, the question wasn't whether the Cougars would be in need of another second half comeback. That wasn't the q ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
C-USA Considers Merger With Mountain West in Search of BCS Bid
Could the blue turf of Boise State and other MWC schools align themselves with Rice, UH and C-USA?In what seems both inspired and crazy, Conference USA, which includes University of Houston and Rice, is considering a football-only merger with the Mountain West Conference that would create a m ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
UH: Big 12, Big East, Some Newly Created Conference Or Oblivion?
The musical chairs continueTCU has deservedly gotten the bid to join the Big 12 that the University of Houston was so desperately hoping for. So what's next for the Coogs? Four scenarios: 4. The Big 12 Some supporters, like State Rep Bill Callegari of Katy, are still holding out hope for en ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
The Coogs Go 13-0. Does Anyone Notice?
Don't get your hopes up, Coogs.After their impressive win over East Carolina this weekend, talk in Cougar Town is that the team is set to run the table and go undefeated. Such talk has occurred before, of course, like in 2009 when it beat Oklahoma State and a strong Texas Tech team early in ... More >>
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October 17, 2011
The Intergalactic Planetary Super Football Conference
It's got no name, this football-only alliance of Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference. It's supposedly been in the planning stages for over a year, but nobody involved has a clue to any actual details of how the thing's going to work. And once the Big East finishes acting -- mayb ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
UH Strives for Perfection as Rice Struggles to Stay Close
The Houston Cougars SID office sent the media an e-mail on Wednesday morning. An e-mail warning that Houston athletes are prohibited by NCAA rules from promoting outside media events and individual media outlets, including specific shows and stations. And this is the first time since I've b ... More >>
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November 14, 2011
Are the Cougars Really BCS-Bowl Bound? If They Don't Mess Up, Yes
As of now, the Coogs are BCS-bowling.I spent most of Saturday afternoon working on a post explaining the possible ways the Cougars could still make a BCS bowl even with Boise State going undefeated and taking the one guaranteed BCS bowl spot that the non-automatic qualifying conferences get. ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Coogs Should Beat SMU; Rice Should Top Tulane
Hey kids, College GameDay is coming to townThe season has come to this. Two weeks for the Houston Cougars to continue with perfection and reach a goal set this summer. Two weeks for the Rice Owls to gain some redemption for a season gone very wrong. The Cougars acknowledged their possible ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Cougars and Mustangs, Orange and Sugar, BCS Comes Calling
Photo by Marco TorresThe Coogs rumbled to a win.Maybe it was the stadium packed to the gills before kickoff. Maybe it was the excitement and energy of Senior Day. Maybe it was ESPN's Lee Corso letting loose with a profanity as he picked the Cougars to defeat SMU. Maybe it was the represent ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Welcome To The Latest, Greatest Must Win Game For The Cougars
The Cougars are one game short of regular-season perfection. One game short of the team's best win total. Ever. One game short of the Conference USA title game. A BCS Bowl is just over the horizon. Of course, the Cougars haven't played the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Tulsa's overall record ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Coogs Whip Tulsa, Now One Game Away from the BCS
It's the same story that's been written six other times about the Cougars this season. Team goes on the road. Struggles in the first half. Explodes in the third quarter. Buries opposition in the fourth quarter. It's the same story, but this time it's different. This time the Cougars w ... More >>
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December 2, 2011
Coogs Versus Southern Miss for All the Marbles
One more win and the Coogs are BCS-bound.The distractions are there for the 12-0 Houston Cougars, the number six team in the BCS standings. Distractions like which BCS bowl game they're playing. Distractions like which team they're playing in that BCS bowl -- current projections being Michi ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
The Top Moments In 2011 Rice Owls Sports
John RoyalRice's Anthony Rendon became a very rich baseball player this summerIt's that time of year. The time for end-of-year lists and bests of, etc. And I'm not immune to tossing off an easy post. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are the Top 25 Events in Rice Ow ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: The Year Just Past In Cougar Sports
John RoyalCase Keenum was the Man of the Year for the CougarsYes, it's that time of year. That time of year when I take a look back at the year just past. On Friday, I looked back at the sports year for the Rice Owls. Today, let's take a look at the top 25 events, in no particular order, f ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
Cougars and Lions and Cats and Aggies: Oh My, It's Time For A Little Bowl Action
There's probably nobody happier to see this college football season come to an end than the players for the Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3), unless, of course, it's the players for the Texas A&M Aggies (6-6). Then again, with the way their hopes and dreams came crashing down to the ground at ... More >>
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