Tech vs Houston

[CagedMonky]

Since I've exhausted myself shit talking with horn fans, I now need to focus elsewhere..

Shootout as expected?

If Tech wins, why wouldnt they be considered top 25? If Houston wins over a really good Tech team(as seen in last weeks game against UT), how high could they jump?

[lebomb]

38-31 Houston........... because its in H-town.

[CagedMonky]

For Tech fans new to going to Houston games, THEY SERVE BEER! I know a while back UH was one of the very few wet campuses.

[CagedMonky]

http://www.dailytoreador.com/sports/red-raider-football-notebook-1.1907288



Don’t question the schedule
For those who doubted Tech’s nonconference schedule, saying it was a cupcake list of football teams, Leach’s rebuttle highlighted that Rice and Houston were both bowl teams last season.
Now Houston is No. 17 in the nation and has already knocked off a top-5 team in Oklahoma State.
And Tech has to play at Houston no less.
“I think those people that say things like that are stupid people,” he said. “Sometimes stupid people have big mouths and lots of friends, and I think you just have to consider it in the context that it’s offered. Then I think that, I mean take an objective view of other people’s nonconference schedules and ours stacks up very nicely.”

[Blake]

with former Tech assistant Dana Holgorsen running the offense, Houston is a ripoff of the Red Raiders, only with lesser talent.

Tech's D is more than used to seeing the spread offense in practice.....Tech 49 Houston 22...

..cant believe Houston is favored by 1.......I'm gonna go lay a C note on the Raiders. Easy money.

[mookie2001]

that does sound like easyass money

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I say this game is a toss up. Houston can put up points. Lots of unknowns. We really don't know if Texas is just really bad compared to expectations or Tech was surprisingly good. If its super oneside to Tech, I guess it's a silver lining for horn fans, if its close Houston wins, if Houston dominates then horns better hope Scott comes back and the OL stops playing like pussies.

[redraiderinfiji]

Should be a fantastic game, but I think that Houston is lacking in experience. Yeah they won the big game. Yeah they upset a top ten team. Yeah they have a great QB. Yeah they have this and that. But one win does not put you anywhere after decades of getting dominated.

Houston looks much better than they have, but Tech has beaten top ten teams recently....
Cows #1 / last year
Okie State - cant remeber if they were top ten, but they were close at the time / last year
Oklahoma #5 / 2 years ago
Claifornia #3 / Four years ago

They've beaten many top 25 teams.....

Just saying that big game experience is something to think about

[redraiderinfiji]

I really am wishing for the best.

The horns play houston also?

[Blake]

Since I've exhausted myself shit talking with horn fans, I now need to focus elsewhere..

Shootout as expected?

If Tech wins, why wouldnt they be considered top 25? If Houston wins over a really good Tech team(as seen in last weeks game against UT), how high could they jump? tech will probably be 19 or 20 after the win

[CagedMonky]

but I think that Houston is lacking in experience

All good points but like u said "lack of experience."

[CagedMonky]

I really am wishing for the best.

The horns play houston also?
Not for the forseeable future.

[rjv]

this one is a toss up i think. i think tech squeaks out the win but i'll pull for the cougars. it would be nice to see u of h back in the football scene after such a long hiatus.

[CagedMonky]

A little history about the two schools. This is where UH > TT. With that said, Big 12 is the Big 12 and I rather be in TT's shoes. Cheers. :toast

UH
Conference championships
Year
1952 Missouri Valley Conference
1956 Missouri Valley Conference
1959 Missouri Valley Conference
1976 Southwest Conference
1978 Southwest Conference
1979 Southwest Conference
1984 Southwest Conference
1996 Conference USA
2006 Conference USA




National award winners







Heisman Trophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy) winners

Andre Ware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Ware), 1989
Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien_Award)

Andre Ware, 1989
Sammy Baugh Trophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Baugh_Trophy)

David Klingler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Klingler), 1990
Lombardi Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombardi_Award)

Wilson Whitley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Whitley), 1976
College Football Hall of Fame inductees


Jack Pardee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pardee), Coach, 1986
Andre Ware, Quarterback, 2004
Wilson Whitley, Defensive Tackle, 2007
Bill Yeoman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Yeoman), Coach, 2001
Tech Conference Championships

1937Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association)
1942†Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1947Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1948Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1949Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1951Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1953Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1954Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1955Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1976†Southwest Conference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Conference)
1994†Southwest Conference

Divisional championships (1) 2008 Big 12 South But OU actually won the tie to play the gameYe

[rjv]

actually, u of h was back then what tech is kind of like now.

[CagedMonky]

Actually Tech hasnt done shit now 'cept share of Big 12 South. Neither have we cept a few bowl games and CUSA title. still nothing special :)

[rjv]

what i mean is that like the u of h of the late 80's and early 90's, tech runs a spread offense and produces qb's that put up much better numbers that are not true indicators of their talents. u of h was probably a better running team back then and had better speed though.

[CagedMonky]

what i mean is that like the u of h of the late 80's and early 90's, tech runs a spread offense and produces qb's that put up much better numbers that are not true indicators of their talents. u of h was probably a better running team back then and had better speed though.
Got Ya. Tech is definitely the better football program since the SWC split/Big 12 Formation. More Money = Better Potential.

I say UH wins by 6.

[bugoy]

with former Tech assistant Dana Holgorsen running the offense, Houston is a ripoff of the Red Raiders, only with lesser talent.

Tech's D is more than used to seeing the spread offense in practice.....Tech 49 Houston 22...

..cant believe Houston is favored by 1.......I'm gonna go lay a C note on the Raiders. Easy money.


good point

[CagedMonky]

Likewise Houston practices against the Spread too.

If I remember, Okie State was favored by 16 and lost by 10 :)

Houston leads the nation in total offense and scoring:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/stats/byteam?cat1=offense&cat2=Total&conference=I-A_all

Tech imo has the better defense. Tech may very well win but Houston has a great chance.

[bugoy]

If I remember, Okie State was favored by 16 and lost by 10 :)
:lol that way of thinking works both ways man, sports spreads are such a toss up

[Blake]

what i mean is that like the u of h of the late 80's and early 90's, tech runs a spread offense and produces qb's that put up much better numbers that are not true indicators of their talents. u of h was probably a better running team back then and had better speed though. 90s uh had better rbs and defense. Tech has had better receivers and a better head coach

[CagedMonky]

:lol that way of thinking works both ways man, sports spreads are such a toss up
true. so do rankings. It is like what took place of the field of play doesnt matter. If it did UH would be ranked over Okie State.

[rjv]

90s uh had better rbs and defense. Tech has had better receivers and a better head coach

yeah, that's very accurate.

personally, as a neutral observer i want to see a barn burner. a nice 49-45 type game.

[Blake]

Likewise Houston practices against the Spread too.

If I remember, Okie State was favored by 16 and lost by 10 :)

Houston leads the nation in total offense and scoring:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/stats/byteam?cat1=offense&cat2=Total&conference=I-A_all

Tech imo has the better defense. Tech may very well win but Houston has a great chance. vegas seems to think they have a great chance too. I just dont see it. and it was nice of you to leave off all the awards tech players have received. idiot. :lol

[CagedMonky]

vegas seems to think they have a great chance too. I just dont see it. and it was nice of you to leave off all the awards tech players have received. idiot. :lol
Thats what happens when you copy/paste from wiki into a small window.

Tech Player Awards

Sammy Baugh Trophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Baugh_Trophy) - Quarterback
Kliff Kingsbury (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliff_Kingsbury), 2002 B.J. Symons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.J._Symons), 2003 Graham Harrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harrell), 2007

Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Unitas_Golden_Arm_Award) - Senior Quarterback
Graham Harrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harrell), 2008

Fred Biletnikoff Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff_Award) - Wide receiver
Michael Crabtree (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crabtree), 2007 Michael Crabtree, 2008

Doak Walker Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doak_Walker_Award) - Running back
Bam Morris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bam_Morris), 1993 Byron Hanspard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Hanspard), 1996

Mosi Tatupu Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosi_Tatupu_Award) - Special teams
Wes Welker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Welker), 2003

AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Year (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_ESPN_All-America_Player)
Michael Crabtree (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crabtree), 2007 Graham Harrell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Harrell), 2008

[CagedMonky]

Also worth nothing that Tech and Houston shared the 1976 SWC Championship.

/hug Blake

[bugoy]

it should be a really good game, no sense in arguing whos going to win back and forth

[bugoy]

i hate how my friend from UH accuses UT for dodging to play them year by year, as if UT owes it to them to play them

[Blake]

it should be a really good game, no sense in arguing whos going to win back and forth :lol thats as funny as fairweather cougar fan

[bugoy]

:lol thats as funny as fairweather cougar fan



man believe me, i hope UH gets stomped, but thats only because i want my friend from UH to stfu already

[mookie2001]

tech 52
houston 27

[CagedMonky]

i hate how my friend from UH accuses UT for dodging to play them year by year, as if UT owes it to them to play them
If UT or A&M who also won't schedule Houston anytime soon loses, think about the hotbed of recruits that the Houston metro area is (one of best if not best area). UT nor A&M doesn't want to hurt their Houston area recruiting stronghold by losing in their recruit's backyard.

Props to TT for coming to Houston to show the local HS talent what Tech football is all about.

[CagedMonky]

man believe me, i hope UH gets stomped, but thats only because i want my friend from UH to stfu already
Yall sounds like very supportive friends. :lol

If I were a UTSA fan or any mid major football fan, I'd root for UH to further put a dent into the sham that is the BCS system.

But if you just want that mofo the STFU then I guess thats alright too.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

i dont know if many blue chip recruits would want to move across town to play in conference USA, they dont just have offers from tcu and a&m, these guys have their choice of moving almost anywhere in the country

[bugoy]

Yall sounds like very supportive friends. :lol

If I were a UTSA fan or any mid major football fan, I'd root for UH to further put a dent into the sham that is the BCS system.

But if you just want that mofo the STFU then I guess thats alright too.


doesnt really matter to me, i was actually cheering for them to do well until she got up on her soap box trying to 'educate' me on the run&shoot era that i have more knowledge about than her talking about how UT is scared of them :lol

[bugoy]

i cheer for UTEP to hopefully sham the BCS system

[CagedMonky]

i dont know if many blue chip recruits would want to move across town to play in conference USA, they dont just have offers from tcu and a&m, these guys have their choice of moving almost anywhere in the country
Good point. More reason UH needs to position themselves for a better conference.

[CagedMonky]

doesnt really matter to me, i was actually cheering for them to do well until she got up on her soap box trying to 'educate' me on the run&shoot era that i have more knowledge about than her talking about how UT is scared of them :lol
Sounds like a cool chick.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

i dont know if many blue chip recruits would want to move across town to play in conference USA, they dont just have offers from tcu and a&m, these guys have their choice of moving almost anywhere in the country

Same logic goes for cheating ass Memphis in college basketball.

[bostonguy]

This should be a shootout

[j-6]

UH runs a modified version of Tech's offense that lets Keesum throw deeper and uses more vertical routes. It's the same bullshit - trying to run 70 plays a game and sprinting to a no huddle. The difference is that Tech runs Leach's spread over a less amount of field than UH does - and the offense is designed to find soft spots.

The Coogs should win and I'd take the moneyline with UH at home. Sumlin isn't going to be at UH long.

[Blake]

UH runs a modified version of Tech's offense that lets Keesum throw deeper and uses more vertical routes. It's the same bullshit - trying to run 70 plays a game and sprinting to a no huddle. The difference is that Tech runs Leach's spread over a less amount of field than UH does - and the offense is designed to find soft spots.

The Coogs should win and I'd take the moneyline with UH at home. Sumlin isn't going to be at UH long. so you are saying houston's offensive system and coordinator are better than tech's? i just want to be clear before i make fun of you.

[j-6]

so you are saying houston's offensive system and coordinator are better than tech's? i just want to be clear before i make fun of you.

Uhhh...

Isn't Holgerson Tech's former OC? I thought Leach just took that role himself and didn't bother hiring another OC - that was part of the subplot from last year's run. I can't say UH's OC is better than the Captain.

Their QB is better than yours though.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

All I can say for sure about this game is that I will be very drunk in the parking lot before kickoff.

[Blake]

Their QB is better than yours though. even if thats true, potts will still throw for 400 and tech's d, wrs, and rbs are better.

[CagedMonky]

even if thats true, potts will still throw for 400 and tech's d, wrs, and rbs are better.
They probably suck dicks better too doesn't mean they are gonna have a happy ending.

[CagedMonky]

All I can say for sure about this game is that I will be very drunk in the parking lot before kickoff.
I'm jealous...

Win or lose... it will be good to see UH on TV in San Antonio for the second time. I can't remember the last time I've seen them on TV since graduating from UH and going back home to SA.

[johngateswhiteley]

i like houston in this game. teams appear to be about equal, but the game is in Houston and tekk isn't the best road team.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Weather reports at the moment are saying there's a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday night. I'd hate to see the elements put a damper on a potential shootout like this.

[CagedMonky]

Texas Tech 45, Houston 44: Get out your calculators and prepare to stay up late to watch the end of this one. It should be an entertaining contest between two of the nation’s top quarterbacks in Texas Tech’s Taylor Potts (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=185054) and Houston’s Case Keenum (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=191981). The Red Raiders stuck with Texas last week until deep in the fourth quarter when turnovers and penalties finally caught up with them. But Potts passed for 430 yards in an impressive road debut. He’ll be facing another challenge against Houston, which stunned then-No. 5 Oklahoma State two weeks ago before taking last week off. It will be the first matchup between the two old Southwest Conference rivals since the conference dissolved in 1995. The No. 18 Cougars will be playing as a ranked team for the first time since 1991 -- when David Klingler was their quarterback. The Red Raiders have a better defense than Oklahoma State and are familiar with Houston because they face a variation of the Cougars’ spread offense every day in practice. That should provide them with just enough of an edge to boost them to win a wild victory.
- ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Covers Big 12


Houston 45, Texas Tech 41: There are few games I’m looking forward to more than this one. After watching Houston withstand Oklahoma State’s comeback and come away with a win, I was impressed by the Cougars and like their chances especially in front of the largest crowd in their stadium’s history. There will be offense, but look for the Houston secondary to be very active against Tech quarterback Taylor Potts (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=185054), who’s already thrown four picks. - ESPN.com’s Graham Watson Covers Non-AQ

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/tag/_/name/week-4-picks-2009

[mookie2001]

tim griffins first 09 big 12 power poll

1. ou
2. ok state
3. texas

[pkbpkb81]

tim griffins first 09 big 12 power poll

1. ou
2. ok state
3. texas

Really wow I hate to say anything good about ut but they’re the best team in the big 12 right now

to put them at number 3 is basically saying Tulsa would have had a chance in Austin and not been blown out


I also don't like people over hyping OU before Bradford is back Jones put up good numbers against Tulsa but a lot of his throws sailed on him and against um or ut most of them would be picks.

his page is blocked at work so will get home tonight and she what the reason is behind that.



for me right now it would look like this


1 UT
2 OU
3 KU
4 OSU
5 NU
6 BU
7 TTU
8 UM

I know Blake and red raider and probly capt mike aren’t going to talk shit but I really don't care lol

[mookie2001]

that was week one, his picks havent panned out

[pkbpkb81]

that was week one, his picks havent panned out

oh my bad lol on myself

[Blake]

They probably suck dicks better


I'm jealous...



no surprises here

[Blake]

i like houston in this game.

not as much as you hate tech.

[j-6]

I really want UH and TCU to fuck up the BCS and go unbeaten. Tech has a better chance of winning this weekend than Clemson does, in my opinion. The Prairie Pirates can score 70 or 21 depending on what kind of package UH's DC throws at them. Dabo's a moron and Patterson can exploit that.

Blake, you're a smart guy (for a Tech grad). I found this when I was trying to figure out who to bet on this weekend. Criticisms are very welcome.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/09/23/smart-football-on-houstontexas-tech/

[j-6]

I really want UH and TCU to fuck up the BCS and go unbeaten. Tech has a better chance of winning this weekend than Clemson does, in my opinion. The Prairie Pirates can score 70 or 21 depending on what kind of package UH's DC throws at them. Dabo's a moron and Patterson can exploit that.

Blake, you're a smart guy (for a Tech grad). I found this when I was trying to figure out who to bet on this weekend. Criticisms are very welcome.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/09/23/smart-football-on-houstontexas-tech/

[redraiderinfiji]

I think to talk about UH going undefeated and f-ing up any BCS will have to wait until this weekend.

They are first-timers to any big college football scene....Tech has not made it to a BCS game, but they have beaten a lot of good teams....

We shall see.....

to all people anti-Tech....I told you so! Tech will win this game!

[redraiderinfiji]

i like houston in this game. teams appear to be about equal, but the game is in Houston and tekk isn't the best road team.


more jgw semi-ameteur sports opinions

Oh how you forget your sports blunders as of late

[johngateswhiteley]

more jgw semi-ameteur sports opinions

Oh how you forget your sports blunders as of late

whats wrong with picking Houston? and tekk isn't a good road team.

[Blake]

don't argue with tech fans, they can only understand every third word you type -- and it's hard for them to type responses without having mastered the home row typing system i only understood every third word of this post. Can someone determine if the rest of it is equally as shitty?

[Blake]

Really wow I hate to say anything good about ut but they’re the best team in the big 12 right now

to put them at number 3 is basically saying Tulsa would have had a chance in Austin and not been blown out


I also don't like people over hyping OU before Bradford is back Jones put up good numbers against Tulsa but a lot of his throws sailed on him and against um or ut most of them would be picks.

his page is blocked at work so will get home tonight and she what the reason is behind that.



for me right now it would look like this


1 UT
2 OU
3 KU
4 OSU
5 NU
6 BU
7 TTU
8 UM

I know Blake and red raider and probly capt mike aren’t going to talk shit but I really don't care loldont be an idiot. baylor lost to uconn

[CagedMonky]

Is it me or is Blake on the ultra defensive in this thread. I wonder if all Tech fans around this great state are truly nervous but being defensive to cover up their true feelings.

Blake you should be nervous and your team better win. Afterall, you are the Big 12 big dick coming to town expected to put a whooping on a lowly CUSA foe. I mean thats what Big 12 Tech fan was thinking before the season started.

[bugoy]

Is it me or is Blake on the ultra defensive in this thread. I wonder if all Tech fans around this great state are truly nervous but being defensive to cover up their true feelings.

Blake you should be nervous and your team better win. Afterall, you are the Big 12 big dick coming to town expected to put a whooping on a lowly CUSA foe. I mean thats what Big 12 Tech fan was thinking before the season started.


lol youre defensive also

[CagedMonky]

lol youre defensive also
:) Show me in this thread where I have been defensive about the Coogs. I've been realistic in stating multiple times that tech may win. I haven't come at anyone for saying anything about the coogs like Blake is when someone says UH will win or anything about tech.

Even if I am showing some defensiveness (like in this post), I am not nervous nor set myself up to be disappointed as Blake is. I may be wrong but has Blake even conceded that UH might win?

Plus I offered Blake a hug earlier and he ignored it. I tried. :downspin:

[Blake]

I really want UH and TCU to fuck up the BCS and go unbeaten. Tech has a better chance of winning this weekend than Clemson does, in my opinion. The Prairie Pirates can score 70 or 21 depending on what kind of package UH's DC throws at them. Dabo's a moron and Patterson can exploit that.

Blake, you're a smart guy (for a Tech grad). I found this when I was trying to figure out who to bet on this weekend. Criticisms are very welcome.

http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/09/23/smart-football-on-houstontexas-tech/ good read. I wonder how sonny dykes offense is doing nowadays

[Blake]

Is it me or is Blake on the ultra defensive in this thread. I wonder if all Tech fans around this great state are truly nervous but being defensive to cover up their true feelings.

Blake you should be nervous and your team better win. Afterall, you are the Big 12 big dick coming to town expected to put a whooping on a lowly CUSA foe. I mean thats what Big 12 Tech fan was thinking before the season started. lol why should i be nervous about any game this year....especially a nonconference game. what is the difference between u of h turd fans and sex and the city? the cougars on sex and city have actually had sex with other women

[CagedMonky]

lol why should i be nervous about any game this year....especially a nonconference game. what is the difference between u of h turd fans and sex and the city? the cougars on sex and city have actually had sex with other women
Haha. That was creative.:lmao

I'm just happy with the added attention UH is getting as result of our ooc Big 12 scheduling. It is paying off win or lose.

I hope the college football world will see a classic tomorrow regardless of who wins.

I'm sure we all are in agreement to raise our glasses to hot cougars :toast

[j-6]

Haha. That was creative.:lmao

I'm just happy with the added attention UH is getting as result of our ooc Big 12 scheduling. It is paying off win or lose.

I hope the college football world will see a classic tomorrow regardless of who wins.

I'm sure we all are in agreement to raise our glasses to hot cougars :toast

As an aside, I'm all for blaming Houston for the cool to bang older women movement if it's convenient. That is a master stroke of marketing...when I was a kid, dragging home a woman a little too old to be at the bar was a Hail Mary heave to your penis.

This is the best game this weekend in my opinion. Take that for what it's worth.

[redraiderinfiji]

Lets go TECH.....Houston is still HOUSTON!

[Holmes_Fans]

And Tech is still Tech. UH actually has a heisman trophy winner

[redraiderinfiji]

And Tech is still Tech. UH actually has a heisman trophy winner

Yeah tech is still tech.....upsetting top ten teams every season! Everyone loves to hate us....just the way I like it!

[j-6]

Due to my one summer session at UH twelve years ago, I guess I'm somewhat of a Cougar High fan. One thing I know, those kids can DRINK, unless there's some pussification over the last decade. I wonder how rowdy that crowd's going to be - I've never been to the stadium there - with this late of a kickoff. Not many fan bases can outdrink the Tech mudflap Ducks Unlimited crowd but I'd say that Robertson will be loud and obnoxious with both sets there. This would have been a cool ESPN Gameday stop.

[redraiderinfiji]

shit...this game is going to be close

[benefactor]

And TT answers right back. This should be a fun game.

[Fpoonsie]

Damn. This game sure took a nose-dive fast.

And WHY can't the U of H players keep their damn helmets on?

[lebomb]

Actually this is a damn good game...................21-13 Teka at the half.

[symple19]

Man, small stadium

[Fpoonsie]

Actually this is a damn good game...................21-13 Teka at the half.

Considering that both teams scored on their initial possessions, and then more or less ground to a halt -- the result being a 21-13 game at halftime...

Yeah...it wound down pretty quickly.

[symple19]

I'd like to see Houston get it done. I'm all for the BCS being shat upon by non-BCS schools. And now, Mike Leach...

qSPcMXWJjUg

[dallaskd]

damn some nice hits in this game

[Whisky Dog]

Tec trying to hand this one away on a platter.

[redraiderinfiji]

Not going to give this one up! Touchdown tech!

[Trainwreck2100]

Not going to give this one up! Touchdown tech!

???

[redraiderinfiji]

td is coming soon!

[Trainwreck2100]

td is coming soon!

???

[kbrury]

td is coming soon!

Ahh yes u can see him in practice on Oct 4th I cant wait either.

[DMX7]

Still anybody's game. First time I've ever found myself rooting for tech, only because Texas would get punished in the SOS by the BCS.

[symple19]

Houston's quarterback is good

[kbrury]

Im surprised by the overall talent on Houston's team.

[kbrury]

Man what is this guys 40? he can accelerate!

[Trainwreck2100]

here's the game

[symple19]

WTF are they doing running the ball on those two downs???

[Trainwreck2100]

WTF are they doing running the ball on those two downs???

Tech's not defending it

[kbrury]

hmmm isn't there another team where the QB has to make up for sucky play calling? lol

[kbrury]

td is coming soon!

hey you were right!

[symple19]

Fitting that Houstons QB would score the winning TD --- Although I guess Tech still has time

[symple19]

td is coming soon!

Fail :lol

[kbrury]

wtf screen pass??? lol

[Trainwreck2100]

a screen?

[symple19]

41 as a career long is not good at all

[symple19]

prayer time

[Trainwreck2100]

41 as a career long is not good at all

He's not a recruit, he's a guy they got out of the stands

[DMX7]

lol tech

[symple19]

LOL storming the field after beating unranked Texas Tech

[kbrury]

Has there ever been a time where the crowd of the higher ranked team stormed the field?

[Fpoonsie]

Whadaya know. The game picked back up.

Way to go, Cougs!

...but can you do something about that stupid fucking siren? GOD, that's annoying.

[Trainwreck2100]

LOL storming the field after beating unranked Texas Tech

It's Houston

[Amarelooms]

Hmmm I was pulling for Tech....not good as the Cougars have a weak schedule don't need them some how running the table and screwing things up :elephant

[kbrury]

So will Sumlin be in Houston next year?

[Whisky Dog]

And I thought the Cowboys had the market cornered on embarassing ways to give a game away. That one was brutal on so many levels

[symple19]

I hope they run the table. The BCS must crumble and it's up to teams like them and Boise St, and TCU to do it. I can't wait to see it when we have 4 unbeaten teams at the end of the year. I'll laugh my ass off. DEATH TO THE BCS

[benefactor]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/gospelrapper/Techthechokers.jpg

Some things just never change.....

[bugoy]

So will Sumlin be in Houston next year?
i think so

[djohn2oo8]

he will

[CagedMonky]

he will
We have to find a way to keep him..

Its been discussed all week about rushing the field or not. Coog fans were split on this (coogfans.com). But at least Tech fans are giving us props: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=188&f=1650&t=4836025&p=1

Eitherway we are moving up in the rankings... We beat two Big 12 teams back to back. We didn't have fans to rush the field in Stillwater. So I would say the rushing is for the season added up so far.

Plus like someone said... We are still "Houston" and proud!

Bring on UTEP

[CagedMonky]

..cant believe Houston is favored by 1.......I'm gonna go lay a C note on the Raiders. Easy money.

On the Money! Houston by 1.

Good game Blake... Tech almost spoiled my party. Friends and Family all Tshirting for the coogs. It was like bizarro world.

[lebomb]

We have to find a way to keep him..

Its been discussed all week about rushing the field or not. Coog fans were split on this (coogfans.com). But at least Tech fans are giving us props: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=188&f=1650&t=4836025&p=1

Eitherway we are moving up in the rankings... We beat two Big 12 teams back to back. We didn't have fans to rush the field in Stillwater. So I would say the rushing is for the season added up so far.

Plus like someone said... We are still "Houston" and proud!

Bring on UTEP


SWEET game!!!! I watched it past the final touchdown...watched the kids rush the field and the interviews. That game was one of the best so far this year. Props out to UH..........and UTEP doesnt stand a chance. 45-14 UH

[CagedMonky]

Can't wait for college football and tailgating at the Alamodome. And hopefully UTSA schedules Houston.

[lebomb]

Can't wait for college football and tailgating at the Alamodome. And hopefully UTSA schedules Houston.


That would be nice.................. Of course I will not enjoy the 69-3 asswhoopins we receive for the first few years. :p:

[j-6]

We have to find a way to keep him..

Its been discussed all week about rushing the field or not. Coog fans were split on this (coogfans.com). But at least Tech fans are giving us props: http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=188&f=1650&t=4836025&p=1

Eitherway we are moving up in the rankings... We beat two Big 12 teams back to back. We didn't have fans to rush the field in Stillwater. So I would say the rushing is for the season added up so far.

Plus like someone said... We are still "Houston" and proud!

Bring on UTEP

Something about seeing a Mormon ad on a Tech message board made me laugh.

[Extra Stout]

Whadaya know. The game picked back up.

Way to go, Cougs!

...but can you do something about that stupid fucking siren? GOD, that's annoying.
It sounds like one of those community alert sirens that go off when a chemical plant has a problem and people are supposed to shelter in place.

So to me using it at a football game at UH is funny as hell.

[CagedMonky]

It sounds like one of those community alert sirens that go off when a chemical plant has a problem and people are supposed to shelter in place.

So to me using it at a football game at UH is funny as hell.
The siren is run by a group of frat boys. They were khaki-ish trench coats red button down shirt, and cowboy hat. They are called the Frontiersmen I believe. It's been a while for me. They've been using that siren for years. Just never played well enough on TV for everyone to hear it. :)

http://mbaker.net/frontiersmen/photos/inftworth.jpg
http://mbaker.net/frontiersmen/photos/sidelines2.jpg

http://frontiersmen.org/

[CagedMonky]

The Siren is known as "The Blaze"
http://mbaker.net/frontiersmen/photos/theblaze.jpg


In 1990 Head Football Coach John Jenkins, Andre Ware (who had just won the Heisman Trophy), and former UH Quarterback David Dacus felt the University lacked a symbol for the football team. An oil field siren was chosen to represent the University’s ties to the petroleum industry and the “Air Raid” style of offense at the time. A group of students, all members of Sigma Chi Fraternity, manned a manual crank siren that sounded after each score. In the summer of 1991, David Carl Blazek, a staunch supporter of the University and member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, passed away. His death was a blow to the original men who ran the siren. They named the siren “The Blaze” in honor of their fallen brother. In the of Fall 1991, through the efforts of the “H” Association, the Taxi Squad, Pleas Doyle and the Hruska Family the purchase of a new siren was complete. However, the siren did not arrive until the day before Homecoming. To this day, every time that The Blaze is sounded, all the Cougars who are no longer with us know their team has just scored.

[j-6]

I almost pity Tech a bit. People rag them for scheduling Charmin preconference opponents like UMass, Eastern Washington, Southeastern Louisiana, and Northwestern State. Then over the last couple of years they start scheduling a random C-USA team every once in a while and they just so happen to catch UH's best team in forever the year after Crab and Harrell are gone. On the road. Running a similar offense.

Potts sucks, by the way. I've seen him two games in a row now and he's the worst QB Leach has trotted out in years.

[Spursfan092120]

Has there ever been a time where the crowd of the higher ranked team stormed the field?
lol...missed the end of the game..wow..they stormed the field? That's absolutely hilarious. :lmao:lmao

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Wow, that was a hell of a game. Some thoughts:

-Keenum is the real deal. Bad defense or not with the exception of that pick he didn't make a bad decision all night. A few bad throws in there as well, but when you throw 60 times a night you'll have those. His stat line would be even more insane if the guys he hit in the numbers in the first half had actually caught some of those.

-The Coogs front 4 are who I thought they were, which is to say the weak link. I wasn't expecting miracles against an O-line that basically looks like an NFL team's, but still. And I don't know where in the hell that goal line stand came from. Somehow, someway this D comes through when it really, REALLY matters.

-The Coogs kicker sucks ass. Two missed field goals (and they were very badly missed) in close game says it all. And while I don't where to find the info but I would love to what Tech's average starting field position was.

-I know it's humid in Houston, but Tech's defensive conditioning killed them tonight. Three guys went down with cramps on that last drive which helped a whole hell of a lot.

-GO COOGS!!!!!!!!

[Brutalis]

That would be nice.................. Of course I will not enjoy the 69-3 asswhoopins we receive for the first few years. :p:

Cheers to modesty.

[Obstructed_View]

Great fourth quarter, great drive, great win by the Coogs. Wish I could have been there.

[Stump]

Props to Houston :toast

[DMX7]

Is Redraiderinkorea still in the bathroom crying?

[Trainwreck2100]

Is Redraiderinkorea still in the bathroom crying?

He's waiting for that TD he promised

[blink]

He's waiting for that TD he promised

:lol:lol

[The Reckoning]

lol everyone in the stands giving the shocker. thats awesome.

[rjv]

great game and congrats to u of h.

and where did all the raiders fans disappear to ?

[CagedMonky]

lol everyone in the stands giving the shocker. thats awesome.
Our UH Shocker hand sign has to be one of the tops. In Texas, I can see it as number 2 behind the horns.

[MajorMike]

Blame it all on an Aggie named Pinky Downs. A 1906 Texas A&M graduate, Downs was a member of the school’s board of regents from 1923 to 1933. He was the kind of Aggie who wore a maroon tie every day and who prodded the school into spending an extra $10,000 so that its new swimming pool would be longer than the one at the University of Texas. When the Aggies had a yell practice before the 1930 TCU game, Downs naturally was there. “What are we going to do the those Horned Frogs?” he shouted. His muse did not fail him. “Gig ‘em, Aggies!” he improvised, appropriating a term form frog hunting. For emphasis, he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up. The Southwest Conference had its first hand sign.

The primordial image of sticking frogs with a spear captured the essence of Aggieness—a good ol’ farm boy who was not so much unsophisticated as anti-sophisticated. When other schools later developed their own hand signs, the signals likewise started out as visual representations of school mascots. But they soon evolved into more. All those horns (long and frog), claws (bear and cougar), and the rest have become totems, symbols of belonging to a tribe. Or a sect: They are, to borrow a phrase from The Book of Common Prayer, “an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.” In Texas it still matters what school you went to and who won the last game. That is why the Southwest Conference, defiled though its reputation may be, remains the best habitat for hand signals since charades. Of the nine SWC schools, more have hand signs (seven) than NCAA investigations (six). For that matter, one school, SMU, has more hand signs than football teams.

For a quarter of a century after Pinky Downs’s moment of inspiration, the Aggies had a monopoly on official gestures. But by 1955 archrival UT had fallen on hard times, made harder by a corresponding rise in the fortunes of A&M. A UT cheerleader named Harley Clark syllogized: (1) A&M has a hand sign, (2) A&M is winning, (3) UT has no hand sign, therefore (4) UT is losing. (Such reasoning prowess would later lead Clark, as an Austin judge in 1987, to conclude that the state’s system of financing public schools was unconstitutional.) At a pep rally before the TCU game, Clark held up his right hand in a peculiar way. The index and little fingers were sticking up, while the thumb held down the two interior digits—the head of a Longhorn, Clark said. The creation proved not to be the immediate answer to UT’s football plight, however, as signless TCU won the next day, 47-20.

Once A&M and UT had hand signs, everyone else wanted one. Even before 1955, SMU students had been raising their index and middle fingers in a generic V for victory. By the late fifties, Mustang rooters had changed the meaning to … pony ears. Baylor was next. In 1960 cheerleader Bobby Schrade came up with the idea of holding the hand aloft with all five fingers curved to suggest a bear claw. Only alcohol had a harder time getting accepted on the Baptist campus. For twelve years students and administrators argued whether the sign was sufficiently dignified before it was formally blessed in 1972.

When the University of Houston was seeking admission to the conference in 1972, cheerleaders decided that U of H needed a hand sign, too. The result—the UT sign with the middle finger added—officially represents a cougar claw; unofficially, it indicates the students’ attitude toward UT. At Texas Tech, members of a spirit organization called the Saddle Tramps decided in 1971 that the Red Raiders were getting left behind. Emulating Raider Red, the costumed mascot who discharges a brace of large pistols after each Tech score, the Saddle Tramps began brandishing thumb-and-forefinger pistols of their own. TCU cheerleaders began experimenting with hand signs in 1980 on the way to a cheerleading camp in Tennessee. To represent Horned Frogs, they first tried the UT sign with the outer fingers bent at the knuckles. No good: it could be seen as an admission that TCU was only half as good as UT. So they switched to bent index and middle fingers.

Even Rice students occasionally use a sign, but it is not pictured here because university officials, suspecting that a middle finger poked outward has a meaning other than “peck ‘em, Owls,” have declined to sanction it. Not surprisingly, the only conference school without a sign is Arkansas, whose adherents have a state all to themselves and thus have no need to proclaim in sign language that they Belong.

[LOL texans]

great game and congrats to u of h.

and where did all the raiders fans disappear to ?

Leave'em alone. They are embarassed.

Just like the Aggays will be when Texas administers an ass kicking on them.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

The history of it is indeed linked hand in hand with UT, though the story is a bit more tame. It at least explains why a paw that consists of four claws in nature only has three here.


Cougar Sign
The Cougar sign, made by folding in the ring finger of the
hand towards the palm, has several stories explaining its
meaning. The true story of its origin, however, dates back
to 1953, the first time UH played the University of Texas
in football. Since this was their first meeting, members
of Alpha Phi Omega, the service fraternity in charge of
taking care of Shasta I, the university’s mascot, brought
her to the game. During the trip, Shasta’s front paw was
caught in the car door and one toe was cut off. At the
game, members of the opposing team discovered what had
happened and began taunting UH players by holding up
their hands with the ring finger bent, saying UH’s mascot
was an invalid and so were our players. Texas went on to
win this game 28-7. UH students were very upset by this
and began using the sign as notice that they would never
let UT forget the incident. Fifteen years later, at their second
meeting, the UH Cougars, proudly holding up the now
adopted symbol of UH pride, fought Texas to a 20-20 tie.
UH did not play Texas again for eight years, our first
year as members of the Southwest Conference. The
Cougars were on a mission, and in front of 77,809 spectators
(at that time the largest crowd ever in attendance at
Memorial Stadium in Austin ) slammed the lid on the disgrace
Texas had attempted to put upon UH 23 years earlier.
The final score was the University of Houston Cougars,
30, the Texas Longhorns, 0.

[benefactor]

At least UH has some originality to it's sign. All that those intelligent people at OU could come up with is take our sign and turn it upside down.

[MajorMike]

The history of it is indeed linked hand in hand with UT, though the story is a bit more tame. It at least explains why a paw that consists of four claws in nature only has three here.


However, UH is the only one who perpetuates that story.

[The Reckoning]

Our UH Shocker hand sign has to be one of the tops. In Texas, I can see it as number 2 behind the horns.

i have to admit, its pretty righteous.

[Ballcox]

Funny, not one response by a tech fan after talking smack all week prior to the game. Typical tech, all kinds of high expectations-no ability to actually execute and win.:lol

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I say this game is a toss up. if its close Houston wins

[Blake]

Funny, not one response by a tech fan after talking smack all week prior to the game. Typical tech, all kinds of high expectations-no ability to actually execute and win.:loli expect an 7-8 win year which is about what everyone expects. you are an idiot

[Ballcox]

^That's original. Don't address tech once again falling on their ass and losing a game you pointed out they would win. And I'm the idiot? :lol