Houston Cougars Football Thread

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just filed to CBS Sports: UH AD says “no substance” to implication that meeting with Scott was a pitch meeting. “Pac-12 not expanding.&quot;</p>&mdash; Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) <a href="https://twitter.com/dennisdoddcbs/status/755184538272223233">July 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UH and Hunter Yurachek should pursue every avenue to become Power Five. Just what they should be doing. But the Pac-12 isn’t adding UH.</p>&mdash; George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/755171616930213888">July 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘Cept it’s so unlikely—i.e., not gonna happen—that it’s zero pressure on Big 12. <a href="https://t.co/9dPHRxKq4m">https://t.co/9dPHRxKq4m</a></p>&mdash; George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeSchroeder/status/755185759603134464">July 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UH AD to Larry Scott: “I’m in SF want to meet?” Scott: “OK.” UH AD: “Can we join Pac-12?” Scott: “No.&quot; UH: &quot;We discussed expansion w/Pac-12&quot;</p>&mdash; Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/McMurphyESPN/status/755176083813793792">July 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That's cute. <a href="https://t.co/X7DlTp42tz">https://t.co/X7DlTp42tz</a></p>&mdash; Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/slmandel/status/755153852161110016">July 18, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Playing the best card we have at the best time to play it.

Won't be enough, but you have to try.

 

Tyrie Cleveland arrested, good luck with him florida.

 

All the power to him to choose which school he wants to play for, but I can't say it didn't make me feel better to see this report (for lack of a better term/expression) after his aunt talked down on UH for no real reason after he signed with Florida.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ICYMI: Tyrie Cleveland's aunt Theresa Yancy weighs in on his previous commitment to UH <a href="https://t.co/VXYJhvrPbd">pic.twitter.com/VXYJhvrPbd</a></p>&mdash; Joseph Duarte (@Joseph_Duarte) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/694902698747908096">February 3, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

He will be a cougar, when he eventually transfer.

 

Welp the Big 12 unanimously voted today to "explore" expansion. Surely good news for the coogs.

 

Gotta admit when I'm wrong. Looks like the new ACC grant of rights really turned things upside down.

 

Very big of you to say such.

Many other more boisterous, biased, and obnoxious posters won't do the same.

 

Is the U of H stadium pretty small for a Big 12 conference team?

 

Would be the smallest but comparable to TCU

 

It'd be the smallest in the conference but not by much.

 

If UH moved into a P5 conference, it would probably justify a stadium expansion 5ish years down the road. TDECU can be expanded to 60k.

 

The moment ink hits paper on the Big 12/UH relationship TDECU would be on target to expand to 60K by the time the first conference game was played.

 

bingo!

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/ycisWjM6AG">pic.twitter.com/ycisWjM6AG</a></p>&mdash; Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) <a href="https://twitter.com/HunterYurachek/status/755914189361651713">July 20, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Khator weighs in.

 

Why does Houston continually reference they're in the "fourth largest city in America"? They use this line so often that it's almost like they're overcompensating for something else.

 

Because there are many that don't realize how large Houston is. They think Dallas is larger in population. D-FW media market combine is larger than Houston. Houston will be the 3rd largest city in about 10 years (passing Chicago). They are emphasizing there is plenty of potential bodies to fill seats and increase TV ratings.

 

Gotta sell the market, even if it's arguable that your school will deliver it.

 

There is also a lack of knowledge on how big the student body of UH is. It is top 25 in enrollment. It has changed the commuter school perception and has more beds on campus than any school in Texas. By contrast......Central Florida is the 3rd largest school in the country, however it has almost no shot of getting into a Power 5 right now because of: It is a commuter school and its athletics are not very good.