Category Archives: Conference USA Football
Houston Cougars Down Texas State 68-28 in Season Opener
Blasting out to a 54-7 lead at halftime, the Houston Cougars racked up 497 yards of total offense in downing the Texas State Wildcats 68-28 in the season opener for both football teams in front of 32,119 fans at Houston’s Robertson Stadium.
The C… Continue reading
College Football: Sellout Crowd for Houston Cougars 2010 Football Season Opener
With 2 ½ hours left before the season kickoff between the University of Houston and Texas State University, the Cougars athletic department announced that the game is a sellout—the first for a UH season opener since moving over to Robertso… Continue reading
With BYU Out, Is a New Southwest Conference on the Horizon?
BYU has left the building.
What happens next for TCU?
The obvious follow up question is, “Will TCU bolt for CUSA or another conference?”
I see 4 obvious paths forward for TCU:
1) Stay in the Mountain West Conference with it’s high travel costs, sm… Continue reading
It Could Happen: 17 Bold Predictions for College Football 2010
This will be a third year in a row that I have done some Bold Predictions. In the past two, I am barely breaking even, if that. I may be a little too bold in my predictions, but what fun are easy safe predictions?
With that, here are my 2010 Bold Pred… Continue reading
College Football Coaches Who Are on the Hot Seat
It seems to me that we are seeing more and more coaches lose their jobs well before the season ends. Some even as early as midseason. A bad showing or a humiliating loss can do a coach in. There are a few names thrown around as to who is on the hot se… Continue reading
The Ideal MWC-CUSA Alliance: If I Could Hypnotize the Commissioners
Conferences USA (yes, plural) would become the brand of the overall alliance since it applies as well as it does; Mountain West would become Conference West and the current CUSA would become Conference East. The conferences would remain independent fr… Continue reading
College Football: One Loss Teams That Won’t Make The Trip to Glendale
As most people that know college football, the predictable choice for the National Championship game would be the Buckeyes of Ohio State and the Crimson Tide of Alabama to meet in Glendale next January.The following squads could end their season in ear… Continue reading
A Mountain West-Conference USA Merger Would Beat the BCS System
The Mountain West has preformed magnificently over the past two years, sending a team to the BCS both years. But, in their pursuit of an automatic BCS bid, there has been one thing holding them back. The poor performance of those other six teams in the… Continue reading
BYU Causes Mountain West Conference and Conference USA Merger?
The picture is very symbolic of the current state of the Mountain West Conference.
BYU quarterback Max Hall represents his school, stiff-arming the MWC, which looks dazed as it gets thrown on its keister.
If the Cougars follow up on their idea of ditch… Continue reading
Breaking News: Temple To Join Conference USA
It’s one thing when an anonymous blogger throws out a rumor. Those kind of things happen all the time.
It’s another when a respected college football journalist like Rivals.com’s Tom Dienhart does it, followed a few hours later by an assistant AD at Ri… Continue reading