Considering you posted your "idiots" comment two days before the game, I'd say you know better, but I'd be wrong, because I doubt you do.
I never said that A&M would beat UH. I said that Texas would beat them by 14 to 17 points...and they would. I never said that UH has not played well. I never said they weren't a good team. What in the hell are you reading???? Are you just mentally assuming things that aren't there? Small O-linemen, no lateral speed in the linebacking core, and terrible secondary. Yeah, Fran was a great recruiter. When did I say that I wouldn't want UH to beat Texas? Just because I realistically don't think it would happen does not mean I wouldn't be pulling for UH to beat them. Thanks for putting words in my mouth....AGAIN. I never said we shouldn't have courted Sumlin. Of course, hindsight and all. You put words in my mouth for a third time. Bad bull. Since college football contracts are usually a home and home, yeah, it kind of does. Unless they can swing a deal with Rice or Reliant. I did not trash talk at them, unless you want to say I trash talked Robertson Stadium for being small. Nobody was pulling harder for UH last night than my father and I. We tried to get tickets for the game so we could root for the Coogs. The poster I responded to had a burr up his butt because the larger schools do not schedule UH. A big reason is UH's unwillingness to play their home games anywhere other than Robertson. That stadium will not attract games against large schools like A&M or Texas. Your reading skills leave much to be desired.
LOL...LOL...LOL...that is hilarious. When you are consistently ranked in the top 30 in recruiting class each year, I would say that that would make your program and coach a good recruiter. Fran got good players but did nothing with them. Look it up, he consistently brought in quality talent. Saying UT would beat UH is your opinion, and honestly I agree with you, but saying there is no doubt in your mind that it would happen is just being stubborn. That's why they play the game, you never know. You probably had UH losing to Oklahoma St. before that game as well and yeah, we all know what happened. I agree with Robertson, it is small, but your statements show that you must not know much about college football. UH doesn't mind not playing a home and home to a superior team in a superior conference even though it puts them in a disadvantage (i.e. see Oklahoma St. vs. UH in 2008 and 2009). So maybe you need to improve your comprehension skills because UH will schedule these teams even if it puts them in a disadvantage because at the end of the day, we (UH) are in the smaller conference and have to do whatever it takes to prove we can play with the bigger schools.
I was in high school when UH was ranked #2 in the country and was selling out the Astrodome. That was in the Southwest Conference. UH has one of, if not the toughest non-conference schedules in the country. If UH can run the table, they should be able to play for a national championship. The fact that it likely cannot happen because they are not in one of the 6 BCS conferences is the leading reason I want a playoff system. The thing that you have to understand about recruiting rankings, if you know anything at all about college football, is that they are very subjective. A very average player can increase to a 3 or 4 star recruit per rivals if they get an offer from a few big schools. It is very odd to see a school in the top 30 for recruiting and have no speed in lateral pursuit and be so bad on pass coverage. A&M's secondary has been awful. As for UH, I am very proud that they beat Tech. As my father reminded me last night, it has been almost 20 years since UH has had a whole lot to cheer about in football.
^word... What a great f'n game and great win for the progam and conference...I like all the pub and love UofH is getting, but talking BCS is pre-mature...One game at a time...
dude, the OILERS couldn't sell out the astrodome (mostly because of the awful seats in that terrible upper band) in the late 80's until Mattress Mac bought the tickets for big games to lift the blackout, I don't think the Cougars were doing it too much (if ever).
I recall going to two games when I was in high school at the Dome that were sold out. One was against Miami, the other was against A&M.
We had season tickets my whole life. I was at those games and they weren't sold out. They may have hit 50,000 in the hottest games of the year during the run and shoot era (Arkansas, A&M, etc.) The Miami game when they were ranked in the top ten was in Miami and they got blown out. When were you in high school? They played in the dome Twice in the 70s and may have come close to selling out then. They were winning conference titles left and right when they first joined. But after that they only played them once here, in 2004 and it was in Reliant. The other two times were in Miami in '82 and '04. As a matter of fact, while I was typing this I found the game by game attendance numbers. In the Heisman Trophy year, 1989 - the biggest home crowd was 45,586 vs. Texas, a 47-9 win. In 1990, the biggest home crowd was 45,141 vs. Texas A&M, a 36-31 win. In 1991 despite being 2-5 at the time they pulled 47,911 against Texas, a 23-14 win. The home game attendance for the Miami games never topped 40,000 here. The only times they ever topped 50,000 in the dome were twice in 1967 (NC State and Georgia), 1971 in the Bluebonnet Bowl, 1978 for A&M and Arkansas (52,000 and 50,000 respectively), 1979 for Texas (55,515), and 1981 for Texas (52,589). They hit 60,000 a few times when playing in Rice Stadium and even hit 70,000 once there. But no, selling out the dome?? It never happened. Not even once.
Considering the dome capacity was only 50,000 until 1990, I'd say any games they hit 50,000 or close to it before that point were basically a sellout.
Excellent point actually... Before the expansion in 1989 the capacity was around 53,000 officially so most likely the three games in the 70s I mentioned were sellouts or really close to standing room only. After '89 the football capacity was 62,000. Still, the point that any game there since the 70s has sold out even once remains false. And I have no clue where the idea of a Miami sellout came from. The closest in the run and shoot era was around 47,000 the year the new seats went in, with a capacity of 62,000. This actually used to be one of the things that annoyed me when I went to games. Never could stand that Michigan or Tennessee could pack in almost 100,000 regularly and we couldn't hit 50,000. Even when top ten.
Keenum makes terrible decisions........Other than that the game was a joy to be at, very frustrating at times but still fun.
