NTXCoog

Releases from NLIs due to head coaching changes are becoming pretty common now. Not sure about coordinator changes. NCAA COULD SEE RECORD NUMBER OF NLI RELEASE REQUESTS WITH MAJOR COACHES LEAVING THEIR SCHOOLS

Might be losing their OC Shannon Dawson too http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop-2/scoop-sunday-january-6-2019/

Yes. Looks like $4.5m, up from $2.8m

Yes Holgorsen is a better coach than Applewhite, and this is more than just getting the WV coach. You have to consider his history at UH even if it was just 2 years. Holgorsen was the coach most responsible for Case Keenum's development. He was OC for UH's 1st bowl win in almost 30 years. OC for UH's 1st win against a ranked opponent in almost 25 years and then had more wins like that. And UH had some of their 1st sellouts in years while he was there. Which brings me to possibly the biggest reason to fire Major and hire Dana. Season ticket sales had decreased both seasons under Major. If he returned, you can guarantee they would have been the lowest in years. Dana will sell a lot more tickets, season and individual. Maybe not the best reason to hire a coach, and it might not have been the main reason, but it had to have some influence

I dont know about that. We hate our DC mostly because he puts DBs 10 yards off the line as WRs run 5 yard routes. But it would likely have helped stop the SMU run game

Oliver has missed the last 2 games, a blowout win vs USF and a bad loss vs SMU

UH did have 2 straight years of sell outs (ok average about 500 below sell out) before announcing the new stadium

27-45 final

I'd guess it was as much based on his OC history at Clemson. Littrell has had more success as Head Coach, but Morris made more headlines as OC

Didn't stop Arkansas from giving Morris $3.3M a year. I'd argue SL has been more successful than Morris

Tom Herman: ""If you want to win championships and you want to win New Year's Six bowl games and win 13 games and kiss trophies … you can certainly do it at one of the finest institutions in the country and … the greatest city in America" Art Briles: "still proud to be a Houston Cougar." 11/27/2007 "Art Briles on Wednesday accepted the position as head coach at Baylor," 11/29/2007 Not saying it will happen to you, but if it does, don't be surprised. And regarding waiting, sometimes they go when jobs are opening up. Sometimes they go when you think a decline us coming. Sumlin leaves when Keenum is leaving (5-7 the year before when Keenum is hurt). Herman leaves when Greg Ward is leaving (no lined up QB star ready for the next season). Since Fine isn't a Sr, that might bode well for another year

It does, but until Morris left SMU for Arkansas not a single head coach got another FBS HC job since Hayden Fry after leaving there. Someone will believe they can do it and take a shot

That would explain why Tech might get a 1st place vote. No question UNT had a better offense than UH last year. It will be interesting to see the impact Briles has. The UH offense will definitely improve, but can it get to the level that FAU or Baylor achieved?

Weird. The poll linked is from 3 days ago. Below is from 6 days ago, looks like the same paricipants. Wonder what happened ti change their minds in 3 days. DMN best of Texas

I'd be more concerned if I thought they knew anything. "Houston landed Tennessee transfer quarterback Quinten Dormady this offseason, who is expected to battle with redshirt freshman Bryson Smith and 2018 signee Clayton Tune for the starting job." Completely ignoring that the starter listed on the 2 deep is none of those. Its the QB who started the last 4 games last year "Houston Cougars head coach Tom Herman leads the team onto the field during the NCAA football game between the Lamar Cardinals and Houston Cougars at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. " Tom Herman isnt the UH head coach

Yep. UT bought out Herman's $2.5M. Nebraska bought out Frost's $3M. Florida bought out CSU's $5-7M

Got you. So when losing a coach, continuity is key. You have to be very careful with that path too. UH hired Tony Levine as a continuity hire after Sumlin. That didn't work out very well. Then UH hired Herman with a completely different offensive philosophy and had the most successful season in 2 decades. After he left, we hire Applewhite for continuity. Again that didn't work well. We'll see how the drastic offensive change with KBriles on board works out. It all comes down to getting good coaches regardless of philosophy. If you can get good coaches and keep the same philosophy, that's ideal. But if you have to choose between quality coach or continuity of philosophy, you hire the better coach

One difficulty with attempting to follow that USM model is their head coach Jeff Bower played at USM and was very loyal to his school. That kind of loyalty is very rare especially at a G5 school

Heres the 1976 DCTF cover so it should be the 1975 helmet

Interesting that I see posts saying you want consistent winning, but also posts to be like UCF. They are very inconsistent. They have losing seasons 4 of the last 10 years including 0-12 three seasons ago. But I'd take those huge up seasons (2 major bowl wins and an undefeated season) with the big down seasons rather than consistent 7-5 or 8-4

Houston has 4 of them. Case Keenum is the only one with 3

Technically they were Non AQ at the time, but BYU?

Don't think that UNT is the only school that SMU puts down. They bragged about how amazing their IPF was going to be for years. UH built theirs a year earlier but SMU said that's because they were building a $50 million palace compared to our $20 million barn. Note that their palace is down to $27 million and 80 yards vs UH's 120. Good for them, but don't brag about what you haven't started

Parking is not the problem. They have nice remote lots just a couple blocks away with free shuttles. I take the shuttle in when the people movement is more spread out. I walk back when everyone leaves at the same time. Very convenient. That might not be available for a HS game at the stadium though Their tailgating isn't traditional where you hang out at your car/truck, but The Boulevard is a pretty nice pre game party scene

I was thinking the same thing. Memphis is 8th in the nation in passing yards Paxton Lynch was a first round draft pick and Riley Ferguson is predicted to be picked in the later rounds this year