Dustin and Sam talk all things Houston Cougars sports, with a smattering of American Athletic Conference, general college sports talk and bad puns from time to time.
The Scott & Holman Pawdcast is a fantastic podcast that provides in-depth coverage and analysis of all major University of Houston sports. As a long-time listener, I have found this podcast to be an excellent source of news and insights for Cougar fans. The hosts, Sam and Dustin, are extremely knowledgeable about all things UH and their passion for the team really shines through in their discussions.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is the thoroughness with which they cover Houston Cougar Athletics. They not only focus on revenue sports like football and basketball, but also give equal attention to other sports such as baseball and women's sports. It's refreshing to see a podcast that covers all aspects of UH athletics, providing fans with a well-rounded perspective on the entire program.
Another great aspect of this podcast is the insight and game breakdowns provided by Sam and Dustin. They go beyond simply recapping games, diving into the nuances of each sport and offering their own analysis. This level of detail is appreciated by fans who want more than just surface-level coverage.
Furthermore, I appreciate the context that Sam and Dustin provide for Cougar sports in general. They take into account the time period in which games are being played, giving listeners a better understanding of how UH teams are performing in relation to previous years or current events.
As for drawbacks, there aren't many to speak of. Occasionally, the pacing can feel a bit slow or drawn out, especially when discussing less popular or niche sports. However, this is a minor issue that doesn't detract significantly from the overall quality of the podcast.
In conclusion, The Scott & Holman Pawdcast is a must-listen for any die-hard Houston Cougar fan. The hosts' knowledge and passion for UH athletics shine through in every episode, providing comprehensive coverage across all major sports. Whether you're looking for game breakdowns, insightful analysis, or updates on lesser-known sports, this podcast has it all. I highly recommend subscribing and giving it a listen. Go Coogs!
The boys are back and its that, the most welcome of Houston Cougar offseason topics, an episode with a ton of good men's hoops offseason news which is included in a number of different Cougar sports topics covered in this episode, as follows: Milos Uzan officially returns to the men's basketball program! What Uzan's return means for the 2025-26 season & Pop Isaacs' corresponding de-commitment from the program Kelvin Sampson's extension becomes official Appropriately honoring Antoine Jean's incredible 2025 baseball season & the team's season ends at the Big 12 tournament Looking ahead to Cougar athletes competing at the NCAA Track & Field West Prelims
Just because the boys have reached the end of Houston Cougar regular season sports for the 2024-25 season doesn't mean there isn't a ton to talk about from sports in and out of their respective seasons, as Bobby & Sam kick around the following topics: A really encouraging 'ahead of schedule' performance from Track & Field (primarily, but not exclusively the men's team) at the BIg 12 Outdoor Championships Recapping the final regular season baseball series vs Arizona & looking ahead to a die or die week in Arlington (are there any other kind) at the Big 12 Baseball Championship The FINAL 24-25 Cougar Golf Corner, talking Moa Svedenskiold's NCAA Championship appearance & the latest commitment to the women's golf program Tennis has its first offseason roster movement with 2 interesting transfers commiting in the past couple of weeks Eddie Nuñez drops some interesting men's basketball news items A teaser of the otherwise Patron-exclusive '2025 Coog Vibe Check, Part 2' episode that's dropping this current week
We're partying like its an early season Pawd episode, because both co-hosts are in person in Vegas with the following Houston Cougar topics on offer: Bobby gets the chance to weigh in on UH moving on from Kristin Vesely, bigger picture thoughts on everything uncovered in the past 12 months, and talking specific candidates for UH's newest vacancy Baseball clinches (maybe?) at least a trip to the Big 12 postseason Another Golf Corner featuring the Coogs in an NCAA Regional Previewing the Coogs at the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field championships SNEAK PREVIEW of our premium "Cougar Athletics Vibe Check, Pt 1" pawd
The original co-hosting duo returns to discuss UH letting go of longtime softball head coach Kristin Vesely, including returning to reporting last summer of a toxic environment in the Cougar softball program, things the co-hosts have learned in the time since, and what UH did right (very little) and didn't do right (lots) institutionally in reaching today's outcome and what the program should look for in its next leader.
The boys are back, as the lazy days of May certainly don't equate to the lazy Pawdcast co-hosts of May as there are a number of Houston Cougar sports topics to discuss on this show: Baseball finally earns their way to lead the show, with a 4-0 week that puts the team in prime position for the Big 12 postseason & looks ahead to a big road series in the Valley of the Sun Golf Corner: checking in on women's golf at the NCAA Columbus Regional and the men's trip early next week to the NCAAs in Champaign-Urbana Men's Hoops makes a rare outsider hire for new assistant coach Mike Ekanem Bobby has Sam rank five songs that'll be near and dear to all Coogs' hearts Checking back in on an unsurprisingly poor softball season & telling ourselves some variation of "surely Kristin Vesely can't be the coach here much longer"
For the last time in the month of April 2025, the boys have returned to discuss a mixture of Houston Cougar sports topics, both of the in season and offseason news variety, including the following: A triumphant Golf Corner following an impressive 4th place finish by the men's team at the Big 12 championships & the women's team learned their postseason destination and Bobby gives a listener refresher on the golf postseason format Football sees 4 new transfer arrivals and more departures from the defensive backs Talking Matthew Mitchell's first 3 transfer adds to the women's basketball program Catching up with the standout performances from the last few weeks of the Outdoor track & field season A 2-2 baseball week that the boys don't feel terrible about & a BIG weekend series with Utah looming
You better believe the boys are back for a late April Pawdstravaganza of Houston Cougar sports content... sports in their offseason (or spring season), sports in the business end of their seasons, sports right in the middle of their season. What we're saying is we're talking Cougar sports, including the following topics: JoJo Tugler, Emanuel Sharp, and others confirm their very welcome returns to Cougar men's basketball Diving into the '25 spring football practices, position groups/players the guys are most intrigued by, and some notable recent transfers in and out of the program. A Big 12 championship Golf Corner as the men have a solid first couple of rounds and the women are doomed by a poor final round after a strong start Our final in season Tennis Corner of 2025, with things we're encouraged about and areas the team can improve after year 1 of Kat Adamovic's tenure Baseball completes a season sweep of Rice and splits games in a weather shortened series at OK State and looks ahead to a big road series at K State
The boys are back here at the beginning of the hot part of the year with a variety of interesting Houston Cougar sports topics, including the following: Looking at the 2 newest men's hoopers: Pop Isaacs of Creighton and Kalifa Sakho of Sam Houston, what they've done in their careers prior to arriving at UH and how they could fit onthe 2025-26 team. Terrance Arceneaux departs men's hoops, our best memories & what went right/wrong in his time at UH, plus Milos Uzan's unsurprising decision to test the NBA draft waters Matthew Mitchell makes some intriguing hires on his 1st women's hoops staff A Cougar Golf Corner featuring the women's team winning an event in Dallas that Bobby caught in person & beginning competition at Big 12 championships & an encouraging event finish in Arizona from the men's team ahead of Big 12s next week A Cougar Tennis Corner where Sam finally got to watch the Coogs in person for 2 very different matches in Utah that showed how far the team has to go & also the positive signs of the culture Kat Adamovic has started building in year 1 Baseball gets swept for the 2nd time in 3 home Big 12 series and it feels like another week of 1 step forward, 2 steps back
The boys return to discuss a tough loss from an absolute classic of a national championship game against Florida and the unbridaled joy of the semifinal come from behind win against Duke and its crew of uber talented freshmen.
The boys are back in town again in classic pawdcast fashion to talk about an absolutely jam packed week of Houston Cougar sports and news, including the following topics: A titanic men's basketball Final Four showdown with Duke, previewing everything about the Blue Devils and their various uber talented freshmen Matthew Mitchell takes over as UH women's basketball head coach, unpacking his impressive coaching resume & what he can realistically achieve here A TRIUMPHANT Tennis Corner off of a 1st ever Big 12 victory What we learned about Track & Field's top performances at the Texas Relays A disappointing baseball series loss to TCU that has the boys asking a lot of the same questions as before
This is an episode where we can dispense with the usual preamble as HOUSTON COUGAR MEN'S BASKETBALL IS GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR... thanks to wins over Purdue and Tennessee, which Bobby and Sam talked about in this here pawdcast.
Bobby and Sam are back to discuss what is certainly the highest profile Houston Cougar news of the week that was, plus everything else current in the world of UH sports, including the following topics: Previewing the Coogs' Sweet 16 men's basketball opponent, the Purdue Boilermakers, what they're good and areas where the Coogs can take advantage A historic performance at the NCAA Swim & Dive championships Baseball has us feeling sort of optimistic (?) again Track & Field opens Outdoor season at home A mostly positive Cougar Golf Corner, featuring both the men's and women's teams
The boys are back (the boys are back) approximately 18 hours after the Houston Cougars punched their 6th straight ticket to at least the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Talking takeaways and best moments from Saturday night's win over Gonzaga and finding time to recap a comprehensive thrashing of SIUE in the round of 64 on Thursday.
The boys are back... with some slightly more marinated thoughts about the Houston Cougars' opening round NCAA men's basketball tournament opponent, included among the following topics: Preview the SIUE Cougars with help from beat writer Matthew Kamp and additional thoughts from the guys Looking at a future, potential round of 32 match up in UH's future Recapping the Cougar performances from the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships A triumphant Cougar golf corner with our best men's result from the current season A much less triumphant return to talking Cougar baseball after getting decisively swept at home by Texas Tech on opening weekend
The boys are back on the joyous occasion of the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket reveal, with the Cougars getting a 1 seed for the 3rd straight season and thoughts about the remaining teams in the Coogs' part of the bracket, including a possible heartburn inducing 8-seed lurking.
A little taste of what the wonderful people who financially support the work that Bobby and Sam do on a weekly basis get for their support and in this case that's a meaty full Big 12 men's basketball preview, featuring the guys' thoughts and 7 different school-specific experts to talk about the teams in and around the NCAA Tournament, without getting bogged down in the usual bracket minutiae.
Bobby and Sam return for a hoops-heavy, but not hoops-exclusive episode here in mid-March with the following Houston Cougar sports topics on offer: Recapping a men's hoops regular season finale win over Baylor, LJ Cryer's phenomenal performance, and Bobby's in person experience in Waco Thoughts before the Big 12 men's hoops tournament & what the guys would like to see from the Coogs in KC UH and former WBB head coach Ron Hughey part ways, where UH should look next and bigger picture program questions A quick look at the UH athletes representing at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field and Swimming & Diving championships Bonus baseball & women's golf thoughts
In what may be the most jam-packed episode of the 10th season of this pawd, Bobby and Sam move as efficiently as possible through a mostly very positive week that was: Men's Hoops grabs a 2nd straight un-shared Big 12 championship via wins over Cincy and Kansas, plus previewing a late Saturday night regular season finale at Baylor Swimming & Diving's 3rd place finish @ Big 12 championships in Washington. Talking standout performances and big picture thoughts, as this program's ridiculous consistency continues Talking Big 12 Indoor Track & Field championships, featuring a 5th place men's finish, several individual titles and numerous standout performances (plus a surprise appearance from Shaun Maswanganyi) Women's Hoops mercifully sees the 2024-25 season end, with a program coaching change looking imminent Baseball still has us actually feeling mostly positive, plus Bobby talks about his in person experience at the weekend series in Arlington Somewhat humbling Tennis and Golf Corner results to discuss
The regular hosting duo of Bobby and Sam return to discuss the following Houston Cougar sports topics from the week that was and will be, in the following order: Men's hoops gets a pair of top 10 Big 12 wins: defeating Iowa St and avenging the earlier loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock, clinching at least a share of the Big 12 title in the 2nd game. Recapping those games and giving big picture thoughts after yet another conference title in the Kelvin Sampson era Previewing the men's hoops opponents for the coming week: home games against Cincy and Kansas, which will wrap the season slate at the Fertitta Center Quick preview of the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field championships Baseball wins its 2nd weekend series in a row, this time at Cal, and the hosts are feeling optimistic?!?! Tennis corner returns! Recapping a nailbiter loss at UTSA to close non-conference and previewing the opening Big 12 weekend's roadies at OK State and K State Golf corner returns! Both the women's and men's golf teams returned to action at different Lone Star state events
The boys are back, Bobby and Sam have the enviable task of discussing a delightful week that will be from the world of Houston Cougar sports: Men's Hoops notches another road top 25 Big 12 win, knocking off the Arizona Wildcats in Tucson with a season defining performance from Milos Uzan and the boys do some time travel to talk about a Tuesday night, drama free win over Arizona State Previewing the top 10 Men's Hoops matchups to come w/Iowa St and Texas Tech Learning about new soccer head coach Ben Williams Previewing swimming & diving's Big 12 championship meet next week Thoughts after baseball's positive, but not decisive opening series win over Minnesota & road trip to the Bay Area
Another week, another opportunity to dive into a heaping helping of Houston Cougar sports happenings: Men's Hoops trudges through a road win at lowly Colorado, but leaves no doubt in Baylor's first Big 12 MBB trip to the Fertitta Center Previewing a massive Saturday game at a top 25 Arizona team w/1st place in the Big 12 stakes & a slightly less massive midweeker at Arizona St A departure & arrival on the football coaching staff Previewing the 2025 Cougar baseball season Tennis Corner off a tough, but encouraging loss in Dallas that Bobby watched in person
The boys are back in town (even though Bobby is recording from out of town) with a MEATY, 90+ minute episode filled with Houston Cougar sports happenings to talk about: Cougar men's basketball's jam packed 3-game week, with a super close OT loss to Texas Tech sandwiched in between workmanlike wins over WVU and OK State. Previewing Colorado and Baylor in the week to come '25 football schedule talk & one co-host has issues with the lack of a schedule release Catching up with Track's indoor season and the past couple of meets Women's golf has their spring debut & previewing the '25 spring season for men's golf A TRIUMPHANT Cougar Tennis corner off a 3-0 start to the season
The regular co-hosting duo is back, with Bobby back on terra firma in Texas, with the boys discussing the following Houston Cougar topics: An unbelievable win at Kansas by Cougar men's basketball, with big performances from Mylik Wilson and J'Wan Roberts, among others Previewing 2 challenging upcoming MBB conference games, at WVU and hosting Texas Tech Soccer HC Jaime Frias steps down, unpacking the last 3 seasons & where UH could look next Women's Golf HC Lydia Lasprilla joins the Pawd and afterwards we preview the '25 spring season Our first Cougar Tennis corner of the '25 spring season! Talking the first win of the Kat Adamovic era & 2 upcoming non-conference matches
For all listeners of the Scott & Holman Pawdcast, a free-mium 15-16ish minutes clipped from our regular Patreon feed instant react episode to Cougar men's basketball winning a 92-86 double OT classic at Phog Allen Fieldhouse.
With Bobby off at the PGA Show in Florida, it was a return of the OG co-host lineup as Dustin tagged in to discuss the following Houston Cougar sports topics: A busy 3-0 week for Cougar men's hoops with wins that ranged from the the extremely dramatic (UCF) to the somewhat dramatic (WVU) to laughably uncompetitive (Utah), with a big roadie to Kansas coming this weekend Women's hoops snags a top 25 win over Oklahoma State, but after blowout losses to Baylor and Texas Tech we still have some of the same questions Quick Tennis and Swim & Dive updates
The boys are back in tooooooooown, the boys are back (whispers the boys are back), and with a heaping helping of Houston Cougar sports stuff to discuss: Cougar men's hoops thrashes K State 87-57 on the road & looks ahead to challenging Big 12 opponents West Virginia and UCF The portal stops for no program and UH adds a couple of transfer defensive backs and we bid a fond farewell to Hershey McLaurin Tennis head coach Kat Adamovic joins the pawd for a 2nd time, discussing the fall that was and looking ahead to a new era for the program Track & Field kicks off the indoor season in style at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational Swim & Dive start 2025 with an emphatic dual meet win over a Big 12 opponent
Back to the regular 2 co-hosts, this humble University of Houston sports-focused podcast returns to discuss the following UH sports topics of note: Recapping men's hoops' dominant 2-0 mini homestand w/victories over BYU and TCU, with a road trip to Kansas State on the horizon Women's hoops trudges through an 0-3 start to conference play and the boys try and assess what's wrong 3 intriguing late winter window football transfer adds Quick notations of immediately upcoming events for: Track & Field, Swim & Dive, and Tennis.
The co-hosts (wonder if that includes a special guest one) return for the first time in 2025 to discuss the following Houston Cougar and tangentially related topics: Recapping smothering defense & questionable offense from Cougar men's hoops' Big 12 opening win over Oklahoma State Special guest co-host Dustin talks about what he's seen from the partial men's hoops season to date Previewing BYU and TCU MBB More football portal talk, post winter window closing thoughts Dustin's wishlist for all of UH athletics in the year 2025
In the last episode before the Christmas holiday and 2nd to last of the season, Bobby and Sam kick around the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Getting to know new Cougar football defensive coordinator Austin Armstrong Talking the official add of former A&M QB Conner Weigman & a number of other notable transfer pickups for Cougar football (and one BIG return to the roster) 2 pre-holiday buy games for Cougar men's hoops & what we can glean from these 2 contests Women's Hoops ending non conference on a high note & starting Big 12 play this weekend Tennis' 2025 schedule & a great final fall ranking for Santa Strombacha Some women's golfers competing at Euorpean Q School Sam's punishment for losing 2024 "Down with the Pickness"
Bobby and Sam return to discuss the following topics from the last week or two in the world of Houston Cougar sports: Men's Hoops showing a lot of really encouraging stuff, including a record setting defensive half, in wins over Butler and Troy Chris Cenac Jr becoming the latest blue chip recruit to join the men's hoops 2025 class Shiel Wood departs to become Texas Tech's defensive coordinator (candidates we like for the opening) & getting to know new UH offensive coordinator Slade Nagle Football portal departures & the impending arrival (later confirmed) of former blue chip QB Conner Weigman A positive end to the '24 volleyball season & early offseason thoughts Still short on positives for women's hoops, even in a week w/some positives
Is it already December?! Bobby and Sam return off of Thanksgiving week to discuss the following Houston Cougar sports topics: The dismissal of former UH football OC Kevin Barbay, why it happened and where Willie Fritz may be looking next for the replacement An encouraging, but still flawed performance to end the 2024 football season at BYU Men's Hoops' tough week in Vegas at the Players Era Event And a week that truly might represent "rock bottom" for Women's Hoops
A little early release, pre-Thanksgiving breaking news as Bobby discusses UH dismissing football offensive coordinator Kevin Barbay and possible replacements for the position.
Bobby and Sam have both the unenviable and enviable task of discussing the following topics on this week's pawdcast (w/time stamps included): 1:49- Thanksgiving food talk 6:33- Recapping football vs. Baylor 44:28- Previewing football @ BYU 57:08- Recapping MBB vs. Hofstra 1:06:44- Previewing MBB @ the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas 1:14:28- Volleyball's week that was/will be
The boys are back with not all bad news in the world of Houston Cougar sports on the menu for discussion, but it certainly isn't all good news either here in mid-November. See below for the time stamped breakdown of this week pawd: 3:30- Blue chip 2025 point guard Kingston Flemings commits to men's hoops 9:34- UL-Lafeyette recap/Hofstra preview 25:21- Arizona recap 56:25- Baylor preview 1:05:29- Volleyball 1:10:27- Women's hoops
The boys return about 24 hours earlier for the usual weekly, heaping helping of Houston Cougar pawdcast goodness, talking about all of the following sports topics of recent relevance: Men's Hoops learns some tough lessons & still shows some encouraging signs from a marquee match-up and close loss to the #11 Auburn Tigers Previewing a potential statement game for football on the road at Arizona, with the Coogs' looking to stay on schedule for bowl eligibility Volleyball has extreme highs and lows over 2 Big 12 matches in the last week Women's basketball continues to find a Laila Blair-less early season schedule difficult Our longest ever Tennis corner: recapping 2 different events the Coogs competed at, with officiating critiques and some positive notes to end the fall season on
The boys are back, with the genuinely joyful task of discussing the 24-19 Houston Cougar football upset of #17/#15 Kansas State, how it happened and what it means along with the following Cougar sports topics: The triumphant return of men's basketball, with a dominant win to open over Jackson State and a big match-up with #11 Auburn waiting over the weekend Quick Big 12 football thoughts for the Cougar bye week Volleyball wins back to back in conference play! Women's basketball has a... less triumphant opener Swim & Dive and Tennis updates!
There's nothing quite like a Houston Cougar football win, even one that wasn't pretty or easy as UH won a 17-14 defensive struggle against the Utah Utes, which the boys discuss in detail along with the following Cougar topics: Previewing the K State Wildcats, with help from honored repeat guest Scott McFarland of the great Cats pod "Boscoe's Boys" Thoughts from last Sunday's men's hoops charity exhibition vs. Texas A&M Previewing the 2024-25 Cougar women's hoops season Volleyball's same story against a top 25 opponent, along with a redemptive road win Soccer is finally done, what can be done to fix a program that's won 4 conference games in 3 seasons under this head coach An encouraging fall performance from men's golf
To give those of y'all who don't listen a taste of what we're doing weekly on the Patreon feed: here's the latest instant react episode, from last Saturday's 17-14 Cougar win over the Utah Utes.
Mama said there'd be days like this, Cougar football follows up their most complete win with a disheartening road no show against a hungry Kansas team. Bobby and Sam break down the good and mostly bad from the 42-14 loss at Arrowhead Stadium from last Saturday in addition to the following topics: The defensive wizardry and offensive inepitude of Utah football What we have our eye on for the upcoming men's basketball scrimmage vs Texas A&M Volleyball has a tough Arizona swing and a top 25 win opportunity Soccer... is almost done for 2024 Bobby makes the case for why YOU should be getting on the Women's Golf bandwagon right now
Its truly a classic pawd, the boys are back for a meaty 100ish minute episode consisting of the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Previewing the 2024-25 Cougar men's basketball season with expectations, returning experience, and excitement galore Off a much needed bye week, previewing Cougar football's next opponent: the Kansas Jayhawks Volleyball's big, heart stopping win over Iowa St & a tough Arizona road swing to come We finally have a reason to be positive for 1 episode about Soccer Both golf programs were in action, the men at the Big 12 match play tournament and the women at the Illini Invitational @ Medinah Tennis' weekend in Ft Worth at the ITA TX Regional Championship, with Bobby giving an in person report of some of the action
Turns out, wins are really fun to talk about! Bobby and Sam return to dive into everything that happened in Cougar football's 30-19 upset win over TCU in Ft. Worth, with little picture and big picture takeaways galore from an incredibly morale boosting victory.
Unfortunately, the big story is shutout loss by Cougar football, a 20-0 defeat to the Iowa State Cyclones that saw a surplus of offensive futility and an unfortunate waste of a bounceback defensive performance. Bobby & Sam recap the ISU game, preview the TCU game with help from Jamie Plunkett of Horned Frog Blitz and the Frogs Insider podcast helps us preview the opponent and the guys also dive into these other Cougar topics: Release of the Big 12 men's and women's basketball schedules, our most interesting match-ups Volleyball opens conference play with a win & has their most encouraging week in over a month Soccer scores a goal against a conference opponent and they can never take that away from us Quick Golf & Tennis corners
While losing football games are scientifically proven to be less fun to talk about than their winning counterparts, the boys return to discuss a disappointing 34-0 loss by the Coogs to Cincy, how it happened and look ahead to a fearsome Big 12 home opener vs Iowa St along with a packed episode of Cougar topics featuring the following: Volleyball drops another 5-set heartbreaker in the last weekend of non-conference play. What that all means & how the Coogs will deal with K State and Kansas to open Big 12 play Soccer finds a new rock bottom... but hey those scarves are a nice fan giveaway The 2024-25 debut of 'Golf Corner' with both the women's and men's programs opening their fall season in the past few weeks Aaaaaand the 2024-25 debut of 'Tennis Corner' as Santa Strombacha represents the Coogs at the ITA All-American Championship and several other Cougar teammates also begin their fall seasons in Waco.
The boys are back, thankfully not to talk about a 2nd straight Bayou Bucket loss among the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Reviewing the many highs from a dominant 33-7 Cougar football win to get the 1st win of the Willie Fritz era & return the Bayou Bucket to Cullen Boulevard Previewing the Big 12 opener against the Cincy Bearcats Isiah Harwell becomes the latest (and highest rated ever) commit to commit to Kelvin Sampson's program Bobby's in person thoughts from watching Cougar volleyball up in Dallas to close out an expected tough week against a gauntlet of top 25 opponents Soccer & Tennis updates!
The boys, including Bobby fresh off of a plane, return to discuss a near miss loss by Houston Cougar football to the Oklahoma Sooners, among other worthwhile UH topics in a meaty 100+ minutes of pawd goodness: What we liked and didn't like from Saturday's heartbreakingly close, 16-12 defensive struggle loss at Oklahoma that revealed where the Coogs look quite good and where they have a long, long way to go (plus a couple of controversial calls) Previewing the Rice Owls and how they can re-gain the Bayou Bucket, PLUS Matt Bartlett from At the Roost joins to give the Rice perspective on week 3 Volleyball has an uncharacteristic non-conference loss on the home opening weekend & looks ahead to a week with many opportunities for resume-building wins
Well, that wasn't what we hoped for, was it? The boys return to talk about everything they liked (yes, believe it or not some things) and didn't like (lots of stuff) from a humbling 27-7 season opening loss to UNLV. There were also the following topics on offer: Previewing the week 2 opponents: the #15 Oklahoma Sooners and what they look like Evaluating the success (or lack thereof) from the week 1 game picks and trying to do better in week 2 Positive weeks for Cougar volleyball and soccer, as the former opens their 2024 home slate this week at the Flo Hyman Classic
ITS HERE! Two sports weeks we've been looking forward to for a while, with the following topics as part of the veritable buffet of Pawd happenings: Mike Grimala of the Las Vegas Sun gives the guys an inside look at a hotly anticipated season from the Coogs' week 1 opponents: UNLV. The guys take a look at what the Coogs need to do on both sides of the ball, key players/position groups for Saturday's game Debuting this season's weekly UH pick 'em, henceforth known as: "Down with the Pick-ness" Previewing the 2024 Cougar volleyball season, who will be the biggest contributors, why this team was picked where they were in the Big 12 preseason and their opening slate of games in Omaha
THIRD WARD RACQUET CLUB STORE: https://third-ward-racquet-club.printify.me/products The long-awaited UH athletic director position has finally been filled! The boys discuss new AD Eddie Nuñez, what he did as AD at the University of New Mexico and how that experience could help him in his new role in the Third Ward. AND preview season is still in full swing, as the boys preview the 2024 Cougar defense & special teams with some select discussion questions/topics. Plus, actual Cougar sports to talk about... which is the nicest thing we can say right now about Cougar soccer.
THIRD WARD RACQUET CLUB STORE: https://third-ward-racquet-club.printify.me/products Martin Marroquin's "So You Want to Work In College Football": https://mahrowkeen.medium.com/so-you-want-to-work-in-college-football-201a8be02898 We're BACK, mere weeks away from the start of the college football season and mere hours away from the start of the 2024-25 Houston Cougar athletics season, with these topics to kick around: Previewing the 2024 Houston Cougar football offense, what we are optimistic about, how we think it will look, standout players, storylines, and question marks Martin Marroquin, former UH football assistant director of scouting, joins the pawd to tell his unique story and give the pawd insight on what goes into evaluating players in a Division 1 football program Previewing a pivotal year 3 of the Jaime Frias era for UH soccer as the team opens its season (and the athletics year generally) this week
At last, we have a brand new, 10th (!!!) season of the Pawd to debut and we do so in our customary fashion, with a couple of news item appetizers to kick us off: Making at least 1 prediction about every single Houston Cougar intercollegiate sports team for the 2024-25 season and reviewing our 2023-24 bold predictions The football non-conference schedule of the next few years takes shape and pondering the future of the Bayou Bucket game with Rice A quick round-up of Cougar current athletes/alumni at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Its nearly the end of the offseason, which calls for our every other year or so off-topic Pawd! So, Bobby and Sam are joined by friend/pawd graphic designer Bill to talk all things Formula 1, including the following topics: Biggest moments from the surprisingly compelling 2024 season so far Checking in with all 10 teams' big/little picture outlook Talking F1 'silly season' and the various announced/rumored driver moves