Talkin’ Bout Them Cougars Live! with guest Willie Fritz
GoCoogs.com’s Talkin Bout Them Cougars Live! podcast with our guests: head coach Willie Fritz, WR Anthony Gangi Jr, and LB Mike Batton. Join us at 8 p.m. Sunday. Hosts Brad Towns and Ryan Monceaux will...
View ArticleWillie Fritz interview heading into the season opener
Willie Fritz joined Talkin’ Bout Them Cougars Live Sunday night, just six days before his debut as the head coach of the Houston Cougars. Willie talked about prepping for first week during the portal...
View ArticleWinding roads: the journey to get to UH
For many athletes, the trek to a scholarship is not a direct path. Not everyone is a four-star, highly sought-after recruit. Anthony Gangi Jr and Michael Batton took entirely different yet remarkably...
View ArticleNews and notes from an active Monday
Monday’s practice was entirely indoors. The schedule was to move outside, but a downpour kept them inside. The two-deep was released during practice, and there were notable surprises. But in his...
View ArticleJuwon Gaston and Hershey McLaurin discuss the ANCHOR position
Some UH fans were caught off-guard when the depth chart came out. A new position, ANCHOR, was listed. What is that? Is it a nickelback? Another safety? GoCoogs asked the two guys listed first and...
View ArticleUnbelievable Travesty Shocks All: Cougars Fall In TDECU Opener
On this day in 2014, the University of Houston opened TDECU Stadium with an enormous thud. In an embarrassing, gut-wrenching loss, UH went scoreless for almost 59 minutes in a 27-7 humiliation at the...
View ArticleInterviews with five Houston receivers
Before Fall Camp began, GoCoogs talked with nearly 30 players in anticipation of Willie Fritz’s first season. We released many of those interviews, but not all of them. Today, we present interviews...
View ArticleOld Men podcast: Hoops Recruiting & UConn rumors
Welcome to another offseason Episode (#28) of the No Conference for Old Men Podcast. We’re at the peak of official visits & potential commitments for the 2025 men’s basketball recruiting season,...
View ArticleLong snapper Jacob Garza dishes at Star Pizza
Jacob Garza is the long snapper for UH in place kicking and punt team. Last season, he snapped for place kicks before moving to the punt team in the final four games. Garza received his UH degree in...
View ArticleDavid Klingler sets an NCAA record with 6 TDs in a quarter
“It was a lot of fun out there today,” Klingler said #8 Houston beat Louisiana Tech, 73-3. “We struggled early, but after a while, it was just a matter of them getting rundown with their pass rush and...
View ArticleCougar After Thoughts Show (CATS!) follows the UNLV game
After the game, check out the Cougar After Thoughts Show (CATS!) presented by Star Pizza. Watch tonight! The post Cougar After Thoughts Show (CATS!) follows the UNLV game appeared first on...
View ArticleHorrific start to the Willie Fritz era
Ends in 4. Saturday was my 200th in-person UH game, but we now have a habit forming: Season openers in years that end in 4. I’ve experienced three of them, and they’ve not been great. And they’ve been...
View ArticleUH wins the earliest SWC game in history
Today in 1983: The Cougars won the earliest SWC game in history, beating Rice 45-14, to retain the Bayou Bucket. The teams had met just 278 days earlier in the 1982 season finale. UH scored on four...
View ArticleUH’s First Team Begins Fall Practice
On September 2, 1946, the University of Houston football team held their first fall workout in anticipation of the inaugural season. Jewell Wallace, who had won state titles in basketball (El Paso HS...
View ArticleFormer OL Ty Cloud Remembers UCLA 2011
Note: Ty Cloud started 28 games at left guard for the Cougars, including every game of the 2011 season. Today in 2011, Ty Cloud turned 21. And started his first game in college. And blocked for Case...
View ArticleUNLV game reveals how difficult the rebuild will be
The UNLV game was a disaster, but I wonder why anyone is surprised. Dana Holgorsen did not leave this program in a position to succeed. He had no plan beyond the end of the 2023 season. Dana basically...
View ArticleUH returns to Robertson fulltime, blasts Rice
On this day in 1999, the Houston Cougars opened a newly renovated John O’Quinn Field at Robertson Stadium with a 28-3 win over Rice. It was the first Bayou Bucket game in the post-SWC era. “Bringing...
View ArticleOC Kevin Barbay says he needs to trust the run game
UH offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay’s unit struggled to put anything together Saturday night against UNLV. Every position group had a hand in the 27-7 thrashing. After Wednesday’s practice, Barbay...
View ArticleCougars hold off New Mexico to open 1981 season
Today, in 1981, the Houston Cougars beat New Mexico 21-10 at the Astrodome, UH’s first season-opener at home in four years. Sophomore QB Audrey McMillan, who barely played in 1980, scored two...
View ArticleDonovan Smith was bad but deserves the start at OU
Before the UNLV game, some fans (and media) convinced themselves that Donovan Smith would be in the Heisman conversation. And then, after one bad game, they were surprised that he would start at OU....
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