(09-12-2017 02:00 PM)Jonathan Sadow Wrote:  

(09-10-2017 11:03 AM)wscoog Wrote:  

(09-10-2017 06:32 AM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  

(09-10-2017 01:01 AM)Red Dragon Coog Wrote:  UH defeats Arizona 19-16. I hope you guys got somebody to block Ed Oliver or your secondary can keep up with Kyle Allen's passes.

You guys better hope Tillman has a few dollars left from buying the Rockets so he can try and keep Major at UH beyond this season. I'm sure Tony Buzbee has his checkbook already open.

To be honest I am not sure keeping Major around would be a blessing. The offense is downright anemic. We appear to have only 4 or so plays and only 1 in short yardage situations. We have no speed on offense. We only send the offense out to rest the defense when we have a lead. Sooner or later this will bite us in the rear. Arizona is awful.

This is correct. Arizona will do well to stay out of the basement of the Pac-12. UH's win is like when Rice won at Kansas - it's a win, but not a terribly impressive one in the larger scheme of things.

As I see it, this was a big game for Arizona. It was a game Rich-Rod definitely needed to win. They caught a break in that UH's first game was postponed. Usually there is a big advantage to a team having already played a game, versus one who has not. Also, they won big in their first game (albeit against a weaker opponent), so the AU fan base was engaged and fired up for the Houston game. Add all those things up, and it looked like UH getting a road win was going to be tough to do. If I'm a Cougar fan, I'm happy with the result - even if it was not the prettiest of wins. Now they get to play in front of a big crowd at home, against a weak opponent. And, if both they and Texas Tech win this coming weekend, I'm hearing their Tech game the following week will be one of the Nationally televised games.