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Houston Cougars 2012

texanhead08

texanhead08

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Coogs open up vs Texas St tonight. The last time they met UH won 68-28. Here are some of the keys to the season:

1. David Piland at QB I hope the redshirt year helped him get stronger and he has to keep his interceptions down.

2. Defense has to continue the improvment from last year. I know based on how UH plays offense they are going to give up some yards because they are on the field so much, but they need to cause turnovers and give the offense extra possessions and limit the big plays of the other team.

3.WR play- The new WR have to grow up in a hurry and I believe they will be ok, but the guys they are replacing left a mark on the UH record books and the new crew could still be solid and not live up to what the prior WR's did.

4. The new coaching staff has to make this season a smoth transition. The last coaching change it took the team about a month to adjust. I don't think it will be that bad this time because they will not be putting in a new radical system like last time.

I am thinking 9-3 for this season and possibly making the CUSA Championship game if all breaks right.
 
I will be there tonight anxious to see the Post-Keenum era begin and the last season for Robertson Stadium.
 
gwallaia said:
I will be there tonight anxious to see the Post-Keenum era begin and the last season for Robertson Stadium.
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I am looking forward to it this should be a good game for the new guys to get some experience before thr tougher opponets. I can't wait to get out there this evening.
 
Michigan is getting its butt whooped so I thought I would check the TexSt VS UH score and I saw 30-13 State.

I thought I was drunk but after hitting refresh, I realized not...

WHAT THE FCUK IS GOING ON?!?!?! ITS FRIGGIN' TEXAS STATE!!!
 
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Too soon?

I'm sure they'll get it sorted out.
 
Man, I wish I had gone to the game. Texas State's first game as a D-1 school and we won! Eat 'em up!!
 
I have been a Cougar for 27 years. This is the first time I have really been ashamed and disgusted with the team. If you can't beat ****ing Texas State, you don't need to be playing football.

The whole team looked like ****.

The Texans better make my football life worth living.
 
TexanSam said:
Man, I wish I had gone to the game. Texas State's first game as a D-1 school and we won! Eat 'em up!!
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To be fair FCS is D-1. It's not too crazy to believe that an FCS school can beat a CUSA school. It's nice seeing a Southland Conference team making the jump and winning right out the gate. It really gives us a good example on SHSU's chances at success if we were to move up.
 
As a 1992 UH graduate, and a season ticket holder, this was the WORST showing I have ever seen in 20 years. I was thinking 8-4 for the season...... now I am thinking 3-9!!!!!!!!!! Piland and the efense (notice NO D) were pathetic all night long!!!!!! :gun: I am just stunned....... there is NO WAY UH SHOULD LOSE TO TEXAS FFFFFFING STATE!!!!!!!!
 
While we're at it, can anyone explain to me why we hired Levine instead of going out to find a HC like Rhoades said we would? If the Coogs keep this up, I hope all the idiots that voted for the stadium referendum can shut up about how important Cougar football is to the school and how it elevates their worthless degree.
 
My UH degree has helped me a great deal. WTF are you talking about?
 
gwallaia said:
My UH degree has helped me a great deal. WTF are you talking about?
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Just angry at the piss poor performance on the field, that is all. On a serious note, if the fans know what the problem has consistently been, why doesn't the coaching staff do anything about it?!?!?!
 
Texan4Ever said:
Just angry at the piss poor performance on the field, that is all. On a serious note, if the fans know what the problem has consistently been, why doesn't the coaching staff do anything about it?!?!?!
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I'm pissed off as well and sent an strongly worded but respectful email to Mack Rhoades for what its worth.

The coaching staff did not have the team prepared and Piland was bewildered and lost the entire game. LA Tech is a much better team than Tx. St. I don't know how we are going to hold up against them. Levine and Nesbitt need to get their **** together quick.
 
I graduated from both schools, it was a win-win for me. I will say this, you cannot and I mean cannot discount Coach Fran. UH got out coached and the players looked like they got punched in the gut. I think the Cougars thought that they were going to just steamroll the Bobcats.
 
LonerATO said:
I graduated from both schools, it was a win-win for me. I will say this, you cannot and I mean cannot discount Coach Fran. UH got out coached and the players looked like they got punched in the gut. I think the Cougars thought that they were going to just steamroll the Bobcats.
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I have always respected Coach Fran's offensive mind. He got messed up in colleyville because he never found anyone to take care of the defense like Patterson did at TCU. I was afraid his option game would keep it close but I never thought they would hold UH to 13 points I don't care if Helen Hunt was at QB.

This coaching staff and players has some serious problems to fix before LA Tech next saturday.
 
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Well Mack Rhoades responded to my email I sent him this morning. I'm sure it was the same response he gave to all the other emails I'm sure he has received.

He's upset and disappointed as all Cougars are but is confident in Levine. He is especially upset with the defense.
 
gwallaia said:
I'm pissed off as well and sent an strongly worded but respectful email to Mack Rhoades for what its worth.

The coaching staff did not have the team prepared and Piland was bewildered and lost the entire game. LA Tech is a much better team than Tx. St. I don't know how we are going to hold up against them. Levine and Nesbitt need to get their **** together quick.
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New AD - went for cheap- bad hire.

Helton era, once again.
 
Are we not even on Texas State's level? That was quite a disappointing game on Saturday Night but you have to give Dennis Franchione a lot of credit. He'll lead Texas State to a bowl game sooner rather than later. And we're stuck with a mediocre head coach in Houston. I sure do miss Art Briles and Kevin Sumlin.
 
Houston offensive coordinator resigns after upset loss

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/houston-offensive-coordinator-resigns-upset-150008751--ncaaf.html

University of Houston offensive coordinator Mike Nesbitt resigned on Monday, two days after the Cougars' upset loss to Texas State.

"We wise Mike the best in his future endeavors and thank him for his contributions to the program," coach Tony Levine announced Monday.

Assistant coach Travis Bush will call plays and had spent the previous three seasons as co-offensive coordinator at Texas State.

Houston scored 13 points in Saturday's loss, tied for the second-fewest in a game since 2007.

Levine replaced Kevin Sumlin, who guided Houston to a 12-1 record and TicketCity Bowl victory last season. Houston finished the 2011 season ranked 18th in the AP poll
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Man, Nesbitt has a one game career as UH OC.......a record opening day crowd, Texas State in the house, big expectations for the season, and a 17 point loss that you were never really in the game after halftime. I am not saying it is all Nesbitts fault, but SOMETHING had to be done, head coach isn't going to fire himself, the defense did adjust at halftime and only gave up 3 points in the second half. If UH does not win 7 games and get a bowl bid, this is not a successful season. :pissed:
 
I'm not saying this because the guy just got fired, but I was never really happy with Levine's pick of Nesbitt. Levine said he picked the guy based on stats from the games he was involved in.
 
Not that UH is "BIG TIME" football....... but look at Nesbitts resume, the BEST he has was at Blinn Junior College and SFA, he has NEVER been at a school coaching in major D-I, he was a PUNTER in college, not like he was involved in high tech game plan and film watching when he was a player at New Mexico.
 
They went cheap on every hire since Mack was hired. This one bit them square in the ass instantly and now they are trying to save face. They better show some serious improvement come saturday or its really going to get ugly.
 
I am serious, I think this season could become one of the worst in a long time. I honestly can't say anything good about what I saw from the opening kickoff till the gun went off other than Larry McDuffy making the great run after catch early in the game. UH had soooooo much momentum coming into this season, it took them a long time to get, they cant screw this season up!
 
wow, can't believe y'all got whooped by the bobcats.

does uh have a depth chart? curious because my former teammate is a player there.
 
Just found out that if you bet $100 for Texas State to beat UH straight up you would have won $11,500. Son of a *****!! Kicking myself right now for not putting money down on the game.
 
UH QB cannot get drafted & is re-assigned to PS. If UH wants to matter going forward it needs to commit to a pro style offense that gives players chance to succeed in NFL, then high school standouts will want to come here.
 
I actually sent an email to Mack Rhoades, the AD at UH. It was strongly worded but very respectful. The next thing I know, the OC is strongly urged to resign and is gone the very next day.

Rhodes did return my email within a few hours and expressed his agreement with my disgust and thanked me for my support.
 
badboy said:
UH QB cannot get drafted & is re-assigned to PS. If UH wants to matter going forward it needs to commit to a pro style offense that gives players chance to succeed in NFL, then high school standouts will want to come here.
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We tried that once and it was an utter fail. Thanks but no thanks. Its whomever the coach is at UH's job is to win games not prepare players for the pros. We can't recruit the top level talent it takes to run a pro set. When UH has been successful its because we have used an offense that equalizes the talent when we play more talented teams.
 
SteveSlaton20 said:
wow, can't believe y'all got whooped by the bobcats.

does uh have a depth chart? curious because my former teammate is a player there.
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Check out the rivals.com team site for UH, it should be there but I think it's only Rivals best guess.

texanhead08 said:
We tried that once and it was an utter fail. Thanks but no thanks. Its whomever the coach is at UH's job is to win games not prepare players for the pros. We can't recruit the top level talent it takes to run a pro set. When UH has been successful its because we have used an offense that equalizes the talent when we play more talented teams.
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I forgot the name of the coach but he moved away from recruiting Houston-area guys to players outside the city and that's the reason why it wasn't a success.

The key to having a successful football program is to have a decision maker that knows a thing or two about football. Take for example Michigan post-Carr era:

They had a five-star rated quarterback in Ryan Mallet who was the next best thing and yet, they go out and hire Rich Rodriguez whose offense requires a speedy, mobile quarterback instead of a pure pro-style player.

The city of Houston could also help by improving the area around UH and UH can also try to make the school more attractive (e.g. better dorms, more assistance for players, something along these lines).

Coaches have to be able to either A.) Sell the program (e.g. Alabama) or B.) Sell the school and let the school's reputation be the convincing factor (e.g. Michigan, Cal-Berkley) or both.

Besides this, you will end up with one to two-star athletes who just want to play ball and attend classes and most likely won't be top-rated NFL players.
 
Kim Helton is the coach you are thinking of. One of the worst coaches in the history of college football.
 
gwallaia said:
Kim Helton is the coach you are thinking of. One of the worst coaches in the history of college football.
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His record may suck but he did attempt to turn UH football towards a different direction and unfortunately it didn't work out.

UH needs to move away from their pass-heavy offense and either have a balanced spread attack a la Ohio State or turn into a spread offense with zone reads like West Virginia under Rich Rodriguez.

That and hire a DC who can recruit and get the right types of players on the team. No more linebackers that are built like safeties.

Just my thoughts...
 
Texan4Ever said:
His record may suck but he did attempt to turn UH football towards a different direction and unfortunately it didn't work out.

UH needs to move away from their pass-heavy offense and either have a balanced spread attack a la Ohio State or turn into a spread offense with zone reads like West Virginia under Rich Rodriguez.

That and hire a DC who can recruit and get the right types of players on the team. No more linebackers that are built like safeties.

Just my thoughts...
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Dude, OSU was a terrible mention. Understood what you meant by a more balanced attack, and that's a viable argument BUT OSU? Really??? We don't play in the "stuck in the mud" Big 10.
 
Texan_Bill said:
Dude, OSU was a terrible mention. Understood what you meant by a more balanced attack, and that's a viable argument BUT OSU? Really??? We don't play in the "stuck in the mud" Big 10.
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LOL, OSU was a bad mention. It came up in my mind because they run a spread offense with a solid running game (or that's what they did pre-Urban Meyer era).
 
Texan4Ever said:
His record may suck but he did attempt to turn UH football towards a different direction and unfortunately it didn't work out.

UH needs to move away from their pass-heavy offense and either have a balanced spread attack a la Ohio State or turn into a spread offense with zone reads like West Virginia under Rich Rodriguez.

That and hire a DC who can recruit and get the right types of players on the team. No more linebackers that are built like safeties.

Just my thoughts...
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You do realize UH is in CUSA right?? UH has never been able to go into the 5 star recruits homes and get them away from the major powers it was like that in the SWC days and its especially true today. That's why UH when it was most successful did it with talent that the other schools missed out on. They did it with WR who weren't 6'3 and built like Andre Johnson. They did it by turning 5'7 former QB Jason Phillips into an all american. They did it with a QB like Andre Ware who every other school that recruited him wanted to turn him into a DB. UH is not Ohio St it doesn't have the money from alums that those major powers have and I doubt it will even be close in my lifetime. We have to grab guys that the big schools misjudge and from the guys who slip through the cracks and get coached up.
 
texanhead08 said:
We tried that once and it was an utter fail. Thanks but no thanks. Its whomever the coach is at UH's job is to win games not prepare players for the pros. We can't recruit the top level talent it takes to run a pro set. When UH has been successful its because we have used an offense that equalizes the talent when we play more talented teams.
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And that is why better players are going elsewhere to increase chances in pros.
 
texanhead08 said:
You do realize UH is in CUSA right?? UH has never been able to go into the 5 star recruits homes and get them away from the major powers it was like that in the SWC days and its especially true today. That's why UH when it was most successful did it with talent that the other schools missed out on. They did it with WR who weren't 6'3 and built like Andre Johnson. They did it by turning 5'7 former QB Jason Phillips into an all american. They did it with a QB like Andre Ware who every other school that recruited him wanted to turn him into a DB. UH is not Ohio St it doesn't have the money from alums that those major powers have and I doubt it will even be close in my lifetime. We have to grab guys that the big schools misjudge and from the guys who slip through the cracks and get coached up.
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How did those guys do in pros? You made my point that players go to UH only if no other better choice.
 
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