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HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 03: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners is tackled by a group of Houston Cougars in the first half of their game during the Advocare Texas Kickoff on September 3, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

The Houston Cougars are not dead in the College Football Playoff race

0 comments by on 10/13/2016

Believe it or not, the Houston Cougars are not dead in the College Football Playoff race. Make no mistake about it: the Cougars’ hopes of playing for a crystal football took a huge hit with the loss to Navy last weekend. As a result of this crushing defeat, Houston needs for the Midshipmen to lose […]

Houston Avenges Last Year’s Loss; Can Anyone Upset the Cougars this Year?

0 comments by on 9/30/2016

Last year, the UConn Huskies shocked Houston and the college football world with a major upset. Houston was favored by more than a touchdown, and the line was only that close because quarterback Greg Ward, Jr. had rolled his ankle the week before against Memphis and was questionable for that game. That game remains Tom […]

East Carolina’s James Summers (11) runs for a 27-yard touchdown during the first half against North Carolina State at DowdyâFicklen Stadium in Greenville, N.C., on Saturday, Sept. 10. 2016. East Carolina won, 33-30. (Ethan Hyman/Raleigh News & Observer/TNS via Getty Images)

East Carolina Pirates defeat NC State, prove they are expansion worthy

0 comments by on 9/10/2016

When the Big 12 recently trimmed its list of expansion candidates, East Carolina Pirates didn’t make the cut. Based on the Pirates’ play this afternoon, the league might eventually regret that decision. Powered by a high-octane offense, East Carolina defeated NC State 33-30 to move to 2-0. Make no mistake about it: the Pirate offense […]

HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 03: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners is tackled by a group of Houston Cougars in the first half of their game during the Advocare Texas Kickoff on September 3, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)

Houston Cougars throttle Oklahoma, make case for College Football Playoff

0 comments by on 9/3/2016

Is it possible for a team outside of the Power 5 conferences to play its way into the College Football Playoff? The Houston Cougars will have the experts trying to answer this question all season long after they throttled Oklahoma on Saturday afternoon. Make no mistake about it: this was an impressive win for the […]

ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 31: Steven Taylor #41 of the Houston Cougars reacts after an interception by his teammate Trevon Stewart #23 (not pictured) in the third quarter against the Florida State Seminoles during the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl at the Georgia Dome on December 31, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Top 25 College Football Countdown: No. 12 Houston Cougars

0 comments by on 8/10/2016

Houston Cougars 2015 Record: 13-1 overall, 7-1 AAC (defeated Florida State 38-24 in the Peach Bowl) 1 Burning Question: Can Tom Herman prove that he’s building a powerhouse program worthy of a Big 12 invitation? Every journalist, radio host, and college football enthusiast talked about Big 12 expansion until they were blue in the face this […]

15 bracket bits for Championship Week

0 comments by on 3/7/2016

Anyone ready for Championship Week? The big bracket is the one announced next Sunday on CBS, a little after 5:30 Eastern time. Before we arrive at that moment, however, we have a week filled with other bracketed tournaments, the conference collisions which will set the selections and seedings for the field of 68. The brackets for […]

Texas A&M, Providence, and SMU: February tales as old as time

0 comments by on 2/11/2016

Remember the 2014 Iowa Hawkeyes? They merit a place in a discussion of the current college basketball season, and more specifically, what transpired on a wild Wednesday night. Other teams have done what 2014 Iowa did. Consider the 2011 Villanova Wildcats as another example. If you look through the record books, you’ll find yet more […]

College basketball doesn’t matter before March? It matters before February

0 comments by on 2/1/2016

The arrival of Monday marks the arrival of February. This brings us in touch with an annual in-season lamentation from college basketball diehards: The regular season doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. It’s an argument that is hard to measure in terms of media focus, even more so when one realizes: A) how many […]

Boca Raton Bowl: Toledo and Temple cross paths

0 comments by on 12/19/2015

Given the strength of the American Athletic Conference in 2015, to the diminishment of the other four conferences in the Group of Five, it’s easy to think that the Temple Owls and the Toledo Rockets exist in different places as the Boca Raton Bowl approaches. The AAC dominated the Group of Five race this season. […]

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Houston takes flight, forces Navy to the air en route to AAC West title

0 comments by on 11/27/2015

If you want to understand exactly why Tom Herman is already a hot commodity for some major coaching openings just 12 games into his career, it was all on display Friday. Coming off a loss at Connecticut last week, Herman said: “Nowhere on our goals did it say we wanted to go 12-0. It just […]

What the past weekend in the AAC taught us about the Big Ten-SEC Challenge

0 comments by on 11/25/2015

Last week, my colleague Bart Doan had some fun with Bret Bielema’s idea of a Big Ten-SEC Challenge. I reacted inwardly on a few levels. First, I think the idea is great. The more high-profile non-conference games in college football, the better. Second, if any two conferences do not need to participate in a challenge […]

PHILADELPHIA, PA – NOVEMBER 21: P.J. Walker #11 of the Temple Owls throws a pass in the first quarter against the Memphis Tigers on November 21, 2015 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Temple’s defense dominates Memphis and keeps AAC title hopes alive

0 comments by on 11/21/2015

A common theme has emerged this AAC season for both Memphis and Temple: finishing. Coming into the contest, Temple had lost two out of three games against Notre Dame and South Florida, with a win over SMU sandwiched in. The Owls were in need of a momentum-generating win. Enter Memphis. In key moments from Saturday’s […]

HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 05: Houston Cougars take the field against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on September 5, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Houston, Memphis and the American Dream for the Cougars

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The last time Houston had a chance to step to a moment and make a splash on the national stage, it face-planted. It was 2011 and the undefeated Cougars, ranked seventh in the AP poll, hosted Southern Mississippi in the Conference USA title game and got run out of their own building, 49-28. That was […]

Hoops Preview: overrated and underrated conferences

0 comments by on 11/12/2015

Let’s not pretend to ignore the reality that before a season begins, notions of “overrated and underrated” can be quite tenuous. Nevertheless, conference strength is an undeniably fascinating water-cooler topic, a bread-and-butter part of college sports conversations. Football certainly leads the way in this regard, but basketball — while in second place — is abundantly […]

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