Houston Team Report
INSIDE SLANT
How quickly fortunes can turn.
A week ago, Houston was lamenting its inconsistent effort in a loss to UCF, a setback that may have possibly cost the Cougars a shot at the West Division title in Conference USA and a berth in the league’s championship game.
But one week later, Houston earned an easy 55-14 win over Memphis. Coupled with SMU’s loss to Marshall, now the Cougars are in the driver’s seat for the West title.
A victory in the regular-season finale over two-win Rice will give Houston the West Division title and a berth in the championship game no matter what SMU does; the Cougars own the tiebreaker based on their victory over the Mustangs earlier this season.
Quarterback Case Keenum passed for 405 yards and five touchdowns in just more than two quarters of work. Keenum set the school record for career touchdown passes with 94, surpassing David Klingler’s old record of 91.
“It’s definitely an honor with the quarterbacks that have played here,” Keenum said. “We’re definitely not finished yet. Anytime I get mentioned with those guys from the past that have blazed the trail ahead of us, it’s pretty cool.”
The Cougars’ offense was roaring from the start, putting up 21 points in both the first and second quarters. Following his fifth touchdown pass of the game, to L.J. Castile just four minutes into the third quarter, Keenum took a seat on the bench for good.
The defense was good again, holding Memphis to just a pair of first-half touchdowns and keeping the Tigers’ running game at bay, with 243 yards on 45 carries despite Memphis’ emphasis on keeping it on the ground.
“We felt that we haven’t played our best football game yet and honestly I’d say that we’re still striving for that,” Keenum said.
Maybe not their best, but it could be good enough to give Houston the West Division title and a shot at a conference crown.
NOTES, QUOTES
• Houston’s 42 first-half points against Memphis marked the highest scoring first half for the Cougars this season. The previous high was 41 against Northwestern State in September.
• The victory over Memphis gave Houston a Conference USA-record 14 consecutive home wins, dating back to Oct. 13, 2007.
• QB Cotton Turner got into the game in the second half against Memphis and set a number of career highs, including passing yards (173), pass attempts (16) and completions (13), as well as recording his career-long completion of 47 yards.
• QB Case Keenum moved into second place in Conference USA history in touchdowns responsible for with 113 after his five-touchdown game against Memphis. Keenum trails only Rice’s Chase Clement, who accounted for 125 touchdowns from 2005 to 2007.
Game Ball Goes To: QB Ryan Mallett—The junior continues to make his case for Heisman consideration with 405 yards and five touchdowns in the win. Mallett could have had even bigger numbers if he didn’t get sat down early in the third quarter with the game well in hand.
Keep An Eye On: WR Tim Monroe—The senior hasn’t had a lot of opportunities this year, but he got his first career start against Memphis and took advantage. his 92 receiving yards were a career high and he had a team-high seven receptions in the game along with a touchdown.
Quote To Note: “It gave us a lot of confidence. It showed us that if we play hard for all four quarters, we can stop them, and we can only give 14 points in a game. It gave us a big confidence boost.”—LB Marcus McGraw on the 55-14 win over Memphis.
STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
Looking Good: Once again, the offense was running on all cylinders, especially the passing game, which tore apart the Memphis defense in the first half. The Cougars didn’t commit a single turnover and finished with 689 yards of total offense, moving the ball well even when QB Case Keenum went to the bench to rest with a 35-point lead. The defense was also solid, holding Memphis to just 14 points.
Still Needs Work: The depth of the running game wasn’t there, with Bryce Beall out, with Charles Sims getting the bulk of the work and production with a team-high 15 carries and 90 yards. The rest of the running game was nine carries for 21 yards. Though the Cougars kept Memphis out of the end zone, they did give up 243 yards on the ground, an average of 5.4 yards per rush.
Roster Report:
• WR James Cleveland missed the Memphis game with an undisclosed injury, but the team was able to make up for his absence with the solid play of senior Tim Monroe, who made his first career start against the Tigers.
• Also sitting out against Memphis was Bryce Beall, also with an undisclosed injury. Beall practiced all week and there was no indication going into the game that he wouldn’t play.
• CB Carson Blackmon has been impressive lately, leading the team in tackles against Memphis with nine, including a tackle for a loss.
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Btw, It is Texas law that any student that places in the top 10% of their class is automatically admitted to any publicly funded university in Texas. As far as Cowpoke U's poilicy of needing to be in the top 10% of the class, if it is the policy it is not impressive. Valedictorians in the Houston area don't get into Rice sometimes, I know that from personal experience. UT can not change policy to the top 8% unless state law is changing. You aren't even in the same league as Rice much less Cornell or Columbia.
The top 10% rule was instated by the Texas legislature after Hoppwood vs. Texas outlawed racial quotas in college admission. The point was to make UT and other public schools admit minorities from small poor schools by making it law that if you are in the top 10% you must be admitted. It isn't if you are in the 10% of a TX school you can be admitted it is you must be admitted. This targets small predominately minority schools in TX and has guaranteed a certain number of minorities admitted to Texas schools. It was just a quota without calling it a quota. This law applies to Tech, UH, A&M, UTEP, and all other Texas state funded schools. UT Austin got the attention because it was where Hoppwood vs. Texas orginated and the media rightfully pointed out it discriminates against kids in good school districts with higher GPAs who are bumped because of kids in bad school districts with low GPAs getting admitted under the ruling. Unless the legislature is changing it to top 8% rule, UT can not change the policy.
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also just cause we know things about and are proud of our various institutions does not make any of us "nerds" (your words). heck, i was on my way to playing college football untill i got a severe hamstring/tendon injury during track season (yes track, it's a long story).
just because people choose to use their intelligence does not make them "nerds", that kind of thinking is so juvenile!! no one here is claiming to be the "smartest" (heck you wouldn't know you weren't involved in this conversation). all we were saying is that a school does not have to be "popular", nor considered a "big name school" to be worth something!!
next time "KNOW what's cookin' before you go in the kitchen"
...mind your business, stop the hating (everyone has the need to try and diss someone), and root for your own team!!!
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if u think u the smartest there always someone else smarter then u ...peace out
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one example of your b.s you talk - if UH's law school isn't that "good" then why do they have several awards placing them as a top 3 finalist in a national "competition" (so to speak)?? surely the other schools that are SO much better wouldn't allow UH to continuously show them up...the list goes on and on ...UH is a good school and you need to get off the sack!!!
p.s. while you're on this post hating, UH and the rest of the world is going on, you have nothing to prove, cheer for your team and GET A LIFE!!!!!
GO COOGS!!!!!!!!!
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1. McDonalds--Hamburger U
2. DeVry University School of sheet folding
3. University of Phoenix online carpet cleaning school
4. University of Houston school of, do you want fries with that?
5. OK I made this stuff up--cause it is irrelevant. Go to college to carry luggage--please!
Love you guys--keep up the good work! I am only having fun--don't be so serious. However--you do need to do more research.
Side note-- on the top 10 percent deal. You can't even get into UT if you didn't graduate in the top 10 percent of your class. (freshmen) That is a little different that what cheese guy stated. They are talking about lowering it to 8 percent.
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Guess who is not on the list. Research next time, don't believe the flyers from admissions
1. Stanford University (CA)
Stanford Graduate School of Business offers an MBA Program that is a two-year, full-time residential program, focusing on the academic facets of general business management. A PhD Program and the Stanford Sloan Program, a ten-month general management program for mid-career executives, leading to a master of science in management. MBA | PhD
2. Harvard Business School (MA)
Harvard Business School offers a two year MBA Program. You can apply Online to this program. In addition, HBS also offers Doctoral Programs leading to a PhD in Management in any of the eight streams of Management. MBA | PhD
3. Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University (IL)
Kellogg School of Management offers full-time, part-time, executive and international executive MBA programs. Kellogg is organized into six academic departments and each area offers individual Doctoral Programs. MBA | PhD
4. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Wharton offers full time Program in Business Management. The MBA Program offers a variety of flexible options to students to earn Dual or Joint Degrees. The School also offers Wharton Executive MBA, Wharton Technology Management Course and Executive MBA programs. The Doctoral Program in the B School leads to a PhD in about 10 disciplines ranging from Marketing to Insurance and Risk. UG | MBA | PhD
5. MIT Sloan (MA)
Sloan offers Full Time MBA and Executive Programs. Sloan offers a Doctoral Program leading to PhD in management and an Program leading to Bachelor of Science in Management. UG | MBA | PhD
6. Columbia Business School (NY)
Columbia Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA and admits about 500 students each year to the program. The GMAT range for admissions in Fall 2003 was 670-750. In addition, the School offers a Doctoral Program in five areas of management and also offers executive MBA options. MBA | PhD
7. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Haas Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA program. In addition, the B-School also offers evening & weekend MBA programs and an executive MBA program. In addition to the masters program, the school also offers a Doctoral Program and a Course in business management. A special one year Masters in Financial Engineering Program is also offered by Haas School of Business. UG | MBA | PhD
8. The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (NC)
The Fuqua School of Business offers four types of MBA programs to suit the needs of different types of students. In addition, the B School also offers a Doctoral Program. The Ph.D. Program currently offers programs of research and training in the areas of accounting, decision sciences, finance, marketing, management, and operations management. MBA | PhD
9. Chicago Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
The GSB offers two full-time and three part-time M.B.A. programs, six joint degree options, and a Doctoral Program. The MBA programs include a two year Full Time MBA and an International Full Time MBA which includes work or study abroad. MBA | PhD
10. University of Michigan Business School, Ann Arbor
The Business School offers a two year Full Time MBA, a Masters in Accounting program in addition to part time and executive education programs. The School also offers a Doctoral Program leading to a PhD in one of the following areas - Accounting, International Business, Computer and Information Systems, Marketing, Corporate Strategy, Operations Management, Finance, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. MBA | MBA | PhD
11. Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (NH)
Tuck School of Business has been at the forefront of business education since 1900 as the first graduate school of management. Tuck offers only one degree program - the Full Time MBA. The School admits between 200 to 250 students each year. MBA
12. New York University Stern School of Business (NY)
The Stern School of Business offers Full Time MBA and Executive MBA programs. In addition, the school also offers Program and a Doctoral Program in Business Management. UG | MBA | PhD
13. The Anderson School at UCLA (CA)
The Anderson School offers a variety of MBA programs to suit different needs. The Full Time MBA Program, The Fully Employed MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program. In addition, the school also offers Doctoral Program leading to a PhD in Management. The School admits less than 8 percent of all applicants into the Doctoral Program each year. MBA | PhD
14. Yale School of Management (CT)
One of the leading business schools offers enrolment to about 250 students each year. In the academic year beginning Fall 2002, the range of GMAT score was 640-750 with 34% of the admissions being given to international applicants. The Doctoral Program offers specialization in Accounting, Financial Economics and Marketing. MBA | PhD
15. Darden Graduate School of Business Administration (VA)
Darden Graduate School at University of Virginia at Charlottesville, VA offers a two-year Full Time MBA. The School also has an Executive MBA and Doctoral Program The School has authorized major fields in Finance, Management, Marketing, and Operations Management. In making its admissions decisions each year, the School may choose not to admit doctoral students to a particular field. MBA | PhD
16. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (NY)
Johnson Graduate School at Cornell University offers a two year Full Time MBA, and an Executive MBA Program. The School also offers a Doctoral Program leading to a Phd in one of Accounting, Behavioral Science, Finance, Management & Organizations, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Production and Operations Management, and Quantitative Analysis for Administration. MBA | PhD
17. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
The Graduate School of Industrial Administration offers a two year Full Time MBA and a Flexi Time MBA program. The B School also offers an Program in Business Administration and a Doctoral Program leading to a PhD in one of the following specializations - Accounting; Economics; Finance; Information Systems; Manufacturing and Operations Management; Management of Manufacturing and Automation; Marketing; Operations Research; Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization (ACO); and Organizational Behavior and Theory. UG | MBA | PhD
18. Kenan Flagler Business School, Univ of N Carolina, Chapel Hill
The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA program and a Master of Accounting program. The B School also offers an Program in Business Administration and a Doctoral Program in Business with specialization in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, Organizational Behavior, and Strategy. UG | MBA | PhD
19. McCombs School of Business, Univ of Texas, Austin (TX)
The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA, Executive MBA and a Doctoral Program leading to a PhD with specialization in one of the following disciplines - Accounting, Finance, Management, Management Science & Information Systems, and Marketing. MBA | PhD
20. Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
The B School offers a two year Full Time MBA, a Part Time MBA and an Online MBA. The School also offers an Program and a Doctoral Program. UG | MBA | PhD
21. University of Southern California (Marshall)
The Marshall School of Business offers a variety of Undergraduate, Graduate, and a doctoral progragmme with research in the areas of Accouting, Finance and Business Economics, Information and Operations Management, Management and Organization, and Marketing. The Marshall School ranks 11th overall for its undergraduate business programs with all undergraduate academic programs ranked in the top 20. The Leventhal School of Accounting has ranked among the top five undergraduate accounting programs in the country. UG | MBA | PhD
22. Georgetown University (McDonough)(DC)
The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University offers both an Undergraduate and an MBA program. The International Executive MBA, IEMBA program is ranked amongst the top 15 in the world. UG | MBA
23. Emory University (Goizueta)(GA)
The Goizueta Business School at the Emory University offers degree programs at Undergraduate level, graduate level and a doctoral program in management. You can apply online to the b school by visiting this page. UG | MBA | PhD
24. Ohio State University (Fisher)
The Fisher College of Business at the Ohio State University is ranked amongst the top 15 for its undergraduate program and amongst the top 25 for its MBA program. The college also offers doctoral program. The college offers doctoral programs in 3 broad areas. UG | MBA | PhD
25. Purdue University - West Lafayette (Krannert)(IN)
The Krannert School of Management and Graduate School of Management at the Purdue University offers Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral programs in Management. The school offers Bachelors' program in Accounting, Economics, Industrial Management and Management. The School offers four Master's programs in Management. UG | MBA | PhD
26. University of Rochester (Simon)(NY)
The Simon School at the University of Rochester offers a Full Time MBA, a Part Time MBA, few Masters programs in Management and a Doctoral program in Management. The School also offers few specialized degree programs and many non-degree programs in Management. MS | MBA | PhD
27. Vanderbilt University (Owen)(TN)
The Owen Graduate School of Management at the Vanderbilt University is a small school dedicated to post baccalaureate education in Management. The School offers an MBA program and a Doctoral Program. Including its Executive MBA program, the school admits about 540 students. MBA | PhD
28. Washington University in St. Louis (Olin)
The Olin School of Business at the Washington University in St.Louis offers a BS in Business Administration, a Full Time MBA and a Doctoral program in Management. BSBA | MBA | PhD
29. University of Maryland - College Park (Smith)
The Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park offers a undergraduate business program, a full time MBA, joint MBA/MS Masters programs and a Doctoral program in Management.
UG | MBA | MBA/MS | PhD
30. Michigan State University (Broad)
The Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University offers an Undergraduate program in management, a full time MBA program and various Masters program in Management. In addition, the college also offers Doctoral programs in five main areas of management research. UG | MBA | Masters | PhD
31. University of Arizona (Eller)
The Eller Graduate School of Management, University of Arizona offers a full time MBA program. You can apply online to the program. MBA
32. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Carlson)
The Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota offers an Undergraduate program in Management and is ranked amongst the top 15 in the country. The School also offers a full time MBA in addition to various Masters programs. The School also offers Doctoral programs in Business Administration and Ph.D in HRIR. UG | MBA | Ph.D
33. W P Carey Business School, Arizona State University - Main Campus
W P Carey Business School offers a Full Time MBA and many Part Time and Online MBA courses. The Schools offers a full fledge Doctoral Program in management. The School also has an Undergraduate program in management that is ranked amongst the top 25 in the country. UG | MBA | Ph.D
34. Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame (IN)
The Mendoza College of Business, Indiana offers an Undergraduate Program in management in the fields of accounting, finance, marketing, and management information system. At the graduation level, the College offers a Two Year Full Time MBA program and few Masters programs in Management. UG | MBA
35. DuPree College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
The DuPree College of Management offers an Undergraduate program in Management leading to a BSM. The MBA program offered by the College is a two year full time program that admits students in the Fall term. DuPree's Doctoral Program is in the functional areas of finance, information technology, marketing, operations management, or organizational behavior. UG | MBA | Ph.D
36. Smeal College of Business, Penn State University - University Park
The College offers an Undergraduate Program in Management with an intake of around 5000 students offering 21 degrees. At the graduation level, the college admits about 100 students for its Full Time Two Year MBA. The college also offers a Masters program in the fields of accounting and supply chain and information systems. The Smeal Ph.D. Program offers the following fields of study: accounting, finance, management and organization, marketing, real estate, and supply chain and information systems. UG | MBA | Ph.D & Masters
37. Jesse H. Jones GSM, Rice University (TX)
The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University offers a Full Time Two Year MBA. The school also offers an executive MBA program that is ranked amongst the top 10 in the Southwest of the country. MBA | EMBA
38. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University (TX)
The Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University offers an Undergraduate program that leads to BBA degree. At the graduate level the School offers a Full Time MBA and a Master of Science in Accounting. BBA | MBA | MSA
39. Henry B. Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa
The Henry B. Tippie College of Business offers a full fledged Undergraduate program in Business. At the graduation level, the College offers a Two Year Full Time MBA program. The college also has a full fledged Doctoral Program in the following areas: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management & Organization, Management Sciences, and Marketing. UG | MBA
40. Madison School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Madison School of Business offers a Full fledged Undergraduate program in management that is ranked amongst the top 15 in the country. Students can choose to major from among the 10 majors offered by the School. The graduate school offers a Full Time MBA and a Doctoral Program in management. UG | MBA | Ph.D
41. Boston College (Carroll)
42. University of California, Davis
43. University of Washington
44. Brigham Young University (Marriott) (UT)
45. Texas A&M University-College Station (Mays)
46. Tulane University (Freeman) (LA)
47. University of California, Irvine
48. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
49. Wake Forest University (Babcock) (NC)
50. Babson College (Olin) (MA)
51. University of Florida (Warrington)
52. University of Georgia (Terry)
53. University of Pittsburgh (Katz)
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1 Harvard Law School
2 Stanford Law School
2 Yale Law School
4 Columbia Law School
4 NYU School of Law
4 University of Chicago Law School
7 Cornell Law School
7 Georgetown University Law Center
7 Northwestern University School of Law
7 UC Berkeley School of Law
7 University of Michigan Law School
7 University of Pennsylvania Law School
7 University of Virginia School of Law
14 Duke University School of Law
14 UCLA School of Law
14 University of Southern California Law School
14 Vanderbilt University Law School
18 Boston College Law School
18 Boston University School of Law
18 University of Minnesota Law School
18 University of Texas School of Law
18 Washington University School of Law
23 Emory University School of Law
23 Fordham University Law School
23 George Washington University Law School
23 Notre Dame Law School
23 University of Illinois College of Law
23 University of Iowa College of Law
29 Carolina Law (UNC)
63 University of Houston Law
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University Median Research Score % of staff in the top quartile
Columbia University 31 80
Cooper Union, The 27 75
University of California, Los Angeles 27 87
Princeton University 22 83
University of Pennsylvania 12 68
Yale University 10 62
University of California, Berkeley 8 63
Harvard University 8 58
Rice University 8 56
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7 51
University of Notre Dame 5 47
Ohio State University 5 40
California College of the Arts 4 36
Northeastern University 4 27
University of Minnesota 4 21
University of Maryland 4 27
Pratt Institute 3 40
University of Michigan 3 38
New Jersey Institute of Technology 3 32
University of Virginia 3 31
University of Southern California 3 31
University of Texas at Austin 3 32
University of Houston 3 28
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That is why all Cougars seriously need to get to the polls and vote for prop 4 that would expand Tier I funding. We are closing the gap with the 3 tier one public schools, UH should have similar funding. It can't happen with the amendment to the state constitution.
Now more on topic. I am looking forward to Saturday. I think it could be a shootout but I am glad the backups for the injured got some experience against Tulane. The TEs even got some good playing time. It looks like Hunter may be back. Last year was a close one but that was in Dallas and even with the injuries I think the coaches and players have adapted to the 4-3 now. Last year still had some 3-4 type players on the roster. I think it is 45-35 UH. The reason is like UTEP, SMU will believe they win this one because of the close game last year. They will bring everything they have.
Looking at the UTEP Tulsa game tonight, I think UTEP is a lot better than anyone thought, at least they are at home. We need some help from other C-USA teams since they have the tie breaker on us. If they win all the rest of their conference games, not impossible, then they win the West regardless of what UH does. I am not sure if the UTEP game was such a fluke or if these guys are much better than people believe. I believe a big part of their early problems was that UTEP didn't believe they could beat the big guys and lost before the game began. They believed they had a shot at UH because of last year. This could get interesting in C-USA and the West may not be decided until late in the season.
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...oh yeah big 12 aint that "big"
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the things i said of ut scared to play UH is a FACT i know because i was in school there when it happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!! soon as briles came and changed the program around they REFUSED to play us!!
the years they built up those 16 wins against us were during the time when uh (like many others of the old southwest conf.) were on probation for blue chipping; heck arkansas just got off probation not too long ago!!
why are you ignoring the facts!!!! oklahoma state doesn't even have an upper hand against UH we have beaten them 2 out of the last 3 or 4 times we've played!!!!!! - FACT
UH is a good university
- #12 national rank in undergraduate architecture (#1 in texas) - FACT
i know i am at one of the nations top 5 graduate schools for architecture/urban design. ut, a&m, texas tech, and even rice do not offer the fully accredited professional architecture degree like UH. this means you can't do sh*t in the architecture world until you have an accredited degree. this explains why if you go the UH's college of architecture you will see many a&m, texas tech, rice and ut students there trying to get an accredited degree throught the graduate program!!!
-the law program is a top 10 national program - FACT
-the optometry college is one of the best in the nation (top 5) - FACT
-hotel and restaurant management (top 5 in the nation - FACT
-the college of business is one of the best also - FACT
-and there is more...
...UH like many other schools are better than you think. they go "un-noticed" because they are not pimped out by the media and other industries seeking wealth. while you guys are too busy feeling yourselves UH and a several other schools in texas have become very very good institutions of HIGHER learning and have grown to "out shine" the "better schools", which in several cases are not "better".
am i saying those schools suck and UH is the best school ever??
no, what i am saying is, UH is just as good and several programs at UH have surpassed programs at other schools. heck i got in to ut, tech, baylor, and UH (amongst others) out of high school and i chose to go to UH!!! why, because their architecture programs were far better than the others. to this day i am not ashamed nor do i regret going to UH. since i've been in grad school i have come to realize how well i have been educated by UH in comparison to the students from schools all over the world!!!
...anyways.... back to football... so tell me why oh why did ut decline to play UH the entire time i was there (they havent played eachother since like 2002)???
-UH is not an automatic win and will compete!!
-as long as UH is seeing the success of the past years since '03, ut will continue to decline play against UH!! so go on ut and pick on programs that are down and out instead of actually competing!!
...so no!!! stanley you are a "numbnut"!!!
-go read a book and catch up on your history and speak something other than B.S!!! i'll let you use my old Uh library card!!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was the JUCO you flunked out of because your ACT score wasn't high enough for A&M? Forgive if I err on what the easier version of the SAT is called, I never took it. I did quite well enough to get paid for at least part of my undergraduate with just my GPA and SAT scores. I just remember kids far from a 3.0 sweating some score to get into UT or A&M that wasn't the SAT.
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Cadillac of Universites? I guess if you mean a crappy car company that can no longer compete in the luxury car market and now sells gangster SUVs then it is a good analogy for UT. UT is not far from the Texas syndicate who stole their mascot and hand signs for their prison gang these days. I can remember why some UT fraternity chapters were shut down. Now, the top 10% rule has led to pretty much open enrollment on that campus. You can go to the crappiest high school in TX and be automatically admitted to UT with less than a 3.0 these days. The scary thing is the defenders of this new breed of affirmative action cite who well the sub 3.0 GPAs admitted under the top 10% rule do at UT. That doesn't show me top rate school. UT is not Ivy League and never will be. I don't think they have a single 10 ten program or number 1 program. A&M and UT both have a couple of top 20 programs but I know of none of their programs in the top 10 in the nation. They are tier 2 public universities when you look at it from a national perspective. Maybe not even tier 2.
You can't claim top of the line university when Chicago, Cornell, UC Berkley, MIT, Michigan, Havard, Princeton, Cal Tech, Brown, Vanderbilt, Duke, UVA, and even Rice are consistently ranked higher than UT. There are many more ahead of UT. UT is a tier two school at best. UT is not even the best academic institution in Texas. Rice far out ranks you. UT is not Ivy league, it may have a tier one designation for state funding but in reality it is a tier 2 school at best. I don't know many who turn down Harvard, Chicago, or even Rice to attend UT. Get over it.
Don't get me wrong. UT is not a bad school neither is UH but arrogant UT fans try to put this university on the level of Harvard and it isn't. They try to put UT football on the level of success of Alabama and they simply don't have the record to back that up. You have a few championships going way back but the SEC powerhouses have a lot more championships than UT could ever dream of. You just simply aren't that great. If you try to even think that UT is on the level of Michigan or Wisconsin, the rankings in most departments prove you wrong again. So do national championships won by those universities. Yet arrogant UT fans, who I honestly believe mostly did not graduate from UT perhaps, even have never even set foot on the campus, want to make the school out to be Harvard. It is not.
UT is not serious championship material and has not been in a long time. Vince Young was a fluke and so there was there one recent championship. I am going to laugh when OSU wins little 12 south and UT should be knocked from the top 10 when they do. I would see you at the liberty bowl but we play real teams from the SEC there not overrated arrogant teams who haven't seriously competed in years. OSU is this year's TTU to UT.
You might want to Google college rankings before you claim UT is an elite university.
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You mean one has to go to college to run a restaurant. Wow! Number 1 0r 2, I don't know? You sure Del Mar Jr College doesn't hold one of those spots.
Do you really believe THE University of Texas will end up in the liberty bowl? Is that a real bowl? You must have got some of the better crack down on Scott St.
Yea Texas is probably scared to play at a packed house of 32,000. That is if uh can get that many to come to a game.
You guys are trying to compare a horse and buggy school to the Cadillac's of Universities. You are insulting the morons.
My God you guys are lame! If they have any libraries there in Houston you might want to check out some books.
Peace out.
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You mean one has to go to college to run a restaurant. Wow! Number 1 0r 2, I don't know? You sure Del Mar Jr College doesn't hold one of those spots.
Do you really believe THE University of Texas will end up in the liberty bowl? Is that a real bowl? You must have got some of the better crack down on Scott St.
Yea Texas is probably scared to play at a packed house of 32,000. That is if uh can get that many to come to a game.
You guys are trying to compare a horse and buggy school to the Cadillac's of Universities. You are insulting the morons.
My God you guys are lame! If they have any libraries there in Houston you might want to check out some books.
Peace out.
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UH is ranked in the top programs of several programs. Hotel and Restaurant management goes at either 1 or 2 every year. The Politic Science department is in the top 10 and there are several others in top 40 Ph.D. programs. That is where UH gets most of its international students it is in their high ranked graduate programs. I have no idea what you were talking about with engineering schools. UH is not known as an engineering school as far as I know. Law, business, Political Science maybe but not engineering as far as I know. I don't think you know the first thing about the university.
BTW, UT is scared of UH we have the best record against them of any Texas schools and we have ruined their quest for a national championship on more than one occasion. UH is also blamed for ruining DKR's career because they kept him out of the championship in his next to the last season. There is nothing that UT is more scared of than the team that stopped DKR from winning it all coming into DKR stadium and killing its quest for a championship one more time. I really hope UT and UH play in a bowl game soon we can beat them again. It won't be this year because the fluke to UTEP but who knows maybe Texas will lose and be out of the BCS bowls. If so we will welcome you to the Liberty Bowl. I would love it if OSU is the one who kills UT's chances for playing for third. The only reason it won't be Alabama and Florida in the BCS championship game is because one will lose the SEC championship game.
So enjoy those victories agains ULM and Wyoming. The first real team they played almost beat them without their star QB. I really would not be surprised if OSU doesn't beat UT with or without Dez Bryant. Texas' only chance for a title is not a real one. The title game should be Alabama and Florida but will not be because one will lose the SEC championship. Here's hoping UT gets an invite to the Liberty bowl. It would be better than seeing the hype before the gators or Tide destroy them. If you can barely beat OU without Bradford, which BYU had a similar result, you shouldn't be 3 in the nation and you should have never been 2.
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So low brow. No one outside of the Texas Gulf Coast has even heard of the u of houston. Go get some more Kool-aid or crack from the crack stand on Scott street.
Yes, all of those teams u of h played in bowl games are puff. Real puff. Phoney Bowls that no one watches.
Engineering schools--what? For driving trains? Get real, houston isn't on any list of top anything--that is just wishfull thinking.
You guys are sooooo easy! No one is scared to play houston. By the way--UT's record against houston is 16 wins to houston's 7. So they must have played sometime. Oh yea, it was a few years ago. 2 years ago, UT played Ohio State 2 years in a row--starting game--but the Big 12 is scared of houston. I understand your point about early games--but in u of h's case-- it doesn't hold water.
Keep your windows rolled up while driving past u of h--they may throw a degree in your car. OR, not that way you can actually get a degree.
peace--numbnuts...........
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UT fears a loss to UH more than a loss to OU because it would kill any chance at being number 1. That is why perennial top 10 teams schedule pushovers for non conference games. They have to win those. Look at a team like Louisiana Lafayette. They had to play LSU and Nebraska early in the season because LSU and Nebraska wanted automatic wins for non conference games. That is why mid majors often have a huge disadvantage in the rankings. None of the top teams will play them if they are good. The top teams are too afraid that losing to someone from C-USA, Sunbelt, or WAC, maybe with the exception of BSU, would kill their chances of a championship. So ULM plays UT in game 1 and UT will not play UH.
There is also the other issue that UT always wanted UH to move the venue so UT could take away home field advantage and also make more money. In the days of the Astrodome, when UH was in decline, it looked more like a game in Austin due to fans showing up. UT would not play UH where UH had home field advantage. I am not sure UH would be so outnumbered now but it might be we actually have pro-sports teams in Houston. Austin doesn't.
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damn stupid as* "big name school" suck up snobs like yourself make me sick to my stomach!!!!! A&M IS A JOKE!!! THEY SUCK AND HAVE BEEN BAD FOR A WHILE!!!! a&m just lucks up every few years and has a fluke performance against ut and wins!!! ...please you idiot, how do you explain UH beating osu on more than one occasion, they have had many good wins and close games against the "better" teams!!!!
the only time ut and all the teams you listed play "the best teams in the country" is during the B.S. bowl schedule!!!
...uhhhh you dumbas* UH was in bowl games with kentucky, kansas, tcu, south carolina (those teams aint that bad), who the hell has utep played...oh wait it don't even matter, cause they're too busy losing to memphis!!! ha!!now that's a joke!!!!
...oh yeah to add to post #20 - uh is also home to one of the top 15 undergrad architecture programs in the country (better than ut and a&m)
...so, "dream", i don't think so - YOU NEED TO WAKE UP TO REALITY!!!!!
shut up and stop hating
GO COOGS!!!!!!
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Stanley M
Really what else do you call a Ph.D. granting institution that has departments in the top 25% of the nation? UH Law is a tier 1 law school. Bauer college of Business is ranked in the top 25% of the nation. There are several departments in the top 40 of Ph.D. granting departments. You are the one making stupid comments here.
You should also check your facts Houston at the time of probation, Houston was the sixth school out of the 9 member SWC to be placed on probation. Only 2 schools in that conference were not busted in the last 1980s. Only Baylor, Arkansas, and Rice were not nailed by the NCAA during the 1980's. That means UT, TAMU, TTU, SMU (which got the death penalty), and TCU all cheated and got popped for it too.
Furthermore, the Houston football was in decline under the last years of Yeoman, yes the years under investigation. Pardee revived the program temporarily during the probation years. At the time the whole SWC was in decline. SMU's death penalty and all the other schools on probation hurt the money coming into conference from lack of TV coverage. The old SWC was place where you had to cheat to compete because everyone else was doing it. It is no wonder Arkansas left in 1990.
UT fans always want to claim UH was only good because they "cheated". Well were the Longhorns only good because they cheated? They got hit with probation as well in the 1980's. A lot of schools did. This was when the NCAA really got serious about its rules. When two thirds of your conference is put on probation in a 3 year period, I think you would call it a pretty corrupt conference overall.
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Go Coogs
Nate '05
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Houston had a good team for four years while in the SW conference. After that, having to follow NCAA rules--probation and down hill. Even refering to Houston as a University is a joke!
Saying any University is scared to play Houston is just plain stupid. UT, ou, a&m etal play some of the best schools in the nation--USC, Ohio State, UCLA, Michigan, BYU and on and on. However-- they are scared of Houston----please, that's just ignorant. The proof is in their puffy conference.
Have a nice dream.
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2. UT was scared to play UH, this is a fact, i'm not talking @#$%. i went to school there and i know what happened. before UH got a new coach (briles) UH was an awful team and UT used to play them year in and year out. soon as briles became the coash the team did a complete turn around and never looked back. UT ssaw this and did not want to play us anymore in fear of what happened to tech and OSU. UT knows UH is not a push over team.
3. this current win over OSU is not the first for UH in recent history. UH has played them for the last 3 or 4 years and have come away with 2 wins over OSU!! it's become a some what of a fun rivalry between OSU and UH cause they know UH is not a pushover. the only people who don't respect UH is the media and dumb ass fans like some of you on here.
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