(09-15-2021 12:20 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote: and Justice Will Flow Like a Mighty River
David Justice UT guy finally tells the truth what we Coogs all knew, all along.
"Houston Should Have Been Invited to the Big 12 Decades Ago
The Cougars' move is great news for UH fans, but it shouldn't have required UT taking a sledgehammer to the conference to make it happen.
Based on what?
Football performance? Houston has finished ranked in the final AP poll all of two times in the past 30 years. #8 in 2015 and #18 in 2011.
That's it, since the middle of the George HW Bush Administration.
Attendance? Houston has muddled around in the high-20s for most of those past 30 years as well.
In 2019, Houston attendance was about 25k fans per game. There's nothing big-time about that.
Heck, for a good 10 years, between 1996 and 2006, it was *below 20k* most years.
Blame it on being left out of the Big 12?
No - the last four years in the SWC, Houston football attendance never reached an average of 30k fans per season. During the entire 1980s, when Houston were in the SWC, attendance hovered *below* 30k fans per year. UH had one year, like in 1989 when David Klingler or whoever was running around throwing 10 TDs a game vs terribly weak competition when it exceeded 30k.
30k!
Look, I'm happy for Houston. I stated before the L8 made their selections that if I was the L8, Houston would have been in my top 4 for sure, and arguably in the top two, along with BYU.
But the record just isn't strong, it's more the kind of thing USF used to benefit from - the "growing school in a big growing city in a great state" kind of thing. Not earned on the field.
And no, no way should Houston have gotten an invite while TX and OU were in the conference. There was just no need for UH and UH didn't have the track record to back it up. UH is worthy as backfill for a conference that won't be "power" once TX and OU are gone, but not more than that. Not IMO.
Maybe UH will take this opportunity and blossom? Let's hope so.