The full group of co-hosts are back to talk about the 2 of the most positive things in Cougar athletics right now:

• Men's basketball gets the official returns of LJ Cryer and J'Wan Roberts, plus taking a deep dive on the 2023-24 season and what the roster could look like going forward
• Vibe checking the '24 spring football practice period under Willie Fritz and Saturday's on campus spring game

The OG co-hosts, Dustin and Sam, are back to discuss the end of a big and incredibly memorable season among the following Cougar topics:

• It ended in a way none of the Cougar faithful thought was just desserts, but we look back at the Sweet 16 loss and the downright cruel way Jamal Shead's season was ended early in this one. PLUS, the first portal entrant from the 2023-24 team.
• The women's hoopers have several players enter the portal and early thoughts on what the 2024-25 team could look like.
• Checking back in on baseball and softball
• Track & Field's downright excellent and for 1 athlete, a record setting weekend at the Texas Relays

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The gang is all here! Bobby, Dustin, and Sam are back in the saddle and somehow survived the roller coaster of emotions from Sunday night's Round of 32 win over Texas A&M to talk about the following Houston Cougar sports topics:

• Men's basketball's heart in mouth, absurdly stressful win over the Aggies in the Round of 32. We also find time to talk about a drastically less stressful opening round win over an outmatched Longwood
• Previewing the despicable Duke Blue Devils and the possible Elite 8 matchups of Marquette and NC State
• Quick updates on: Swim & Dive, Track, and Men's Golf

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2 of the boys are back in town to do what we all love to do and talk a little Houston Cougar sports, including these topics:

• Any additional thoughts on the opening weekend to come of men's basketball in March Madness
• Baseball drops a frustratingly close series at BYU and a big home series with K State beckons
• Softball's pitching goes missing again on the road in a series loss to Iowa State
• Bobby helps us catch up on the last week of both men's and women's golf
• A promising start to outdoor season for track & field and we talk about a new event for the pawd
• Tennis finishes the most brutal part of its Big 12 schedule and actually might have a couple winnable matches this weekend!?!!? Plus thoughts from Bobby watching the Coogs in person at TCU

Its the moooost wonderful time of the year, a mere minutes after the reveal of the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket, Bobby and Sam joined to discuss the following topics:

• The Coogs' opening round opponent: the Longwood Lancers and what upset threats they pose, along with thoughts on possible Round of 32 matchups with Nebraska and Texas A&M and general South region thoughts
• Additional thoughts on Big 12 teams' seeding, tournament snubs, the collosal fuck-up of the NIT, and other parts of the bracket
• And some stray Big 12 tournament thoughts

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The full trio of co-hosts is back for what could be the best Houston Cougar regular season week in pawdcast history and since probably pre-dating all co-hosts' 17-18 years of fandom and discussed the following Coog topics:

• Men's basketball gives Kansas their worst road loss of the Bill Self era (and many years prior) after surviving a road trip to UCF where everything seemed to break against the Coogs... and oh yeah, won the Big 12 title by multiple games!
• Also, looking ahead to the Big 12 tournament AND talkin' the guys' Big 12 themed menu items
• Baseball sweeps its first every Big 12 series over the Baylor Bears, with plenty of help from a pitching staff we maaaaay be optimsitic about and clutch hitting
• SOFTBALL BEATS THE #1 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY! Taking down the Longhorns last Friday and competing far more than we expected vs Iowa St
• Recapping Coogs competing at NCAA Indoors
• A rare break from the positivity to talk about a disappointing end to the women's basketball season and an even more disappointing aversion from UH athletics leadership to make a change.

It was the best of times, it was... well, still pretty awesome times for the Houston Cougars (one host also came back with some good personal news) as Dustin and Sam soldiered on without Bobby who accidentally double booked us and dinner with his parents (understandably, the parents won out) to tackle the following topics:

• A nail biter of a road win at Oklahoma for men's basketball and an unfortunate season ending injury to a bright young star in JoJo Tugler as the regular season's final 2 games beckon
• A 2nd place at the Big 12 swim & dive championships for the Coogs that feels like a win
• Track & Field sends some potential high-placing athletes to NCAA Indoors
• Bat & ball sports start Big 12 play with very different expectations for very different opening weekend opponents
• Women's basketball forces us to ask some hard questions

The boys are back, all 3 co-hosts are healthy and in full voice with plenty of Houston Cougar happenings to talk about, including the following:

• A dramatic OT win for men's basketball at #15 Baylor, a slightly more stressful 11th straight win over Cincy, and a big homecoming for Kelvin Sampson this Saturday at Oklahoma
• Men's and women's track & field combine for 4 titles at the program's inagural Big 12 Indoor championship
• Baseball takes a weekend series with St. Johns & drops a heartbreaker midweek vs UTSA, plus the guys recount stories of watching college baseball at Minute Maid Park before this weekend's trip downtown
• Softball avoids bad losses in their first road trip weekend, but some of the same questions still persist
• Women's basketball fails to get any Big 12 momentum off their Oklahoma State road win with 2 straight double digit losses
• An encouraging weekend for women's golf and Santiago de la Fuente makes a PGA cut in Mexico!
• Tennis continues to vex us and opens Big 12 play this week

With Dustin sidelined due to illness, Bobby and Sam returned to discuss a really positive week from the world of Houston Cougar sports:

• A 2-0 week from men's basketball featuring a demolition of the hated longhorns and hard fought, wire to wire win over #6 Iowa State, plus looking ahead to a challenging road trip to Baylor
• Baseball's positive opening weekend and an absurd midweek win
• Softball takes care of business and gets their first series challenges this coming weekend in Baton Rouge
• A real life women's basketball road win!
• Golf updates!

The boys are back in to-ooown again, as all 3 co-hosts return to tackle the following Houston Cougar topics:

• Men's basketball gets a big road win over Cincy, an unbelievable 10th straight against the Bearcats and looks ahead to a challenging 2 game homestand against ut-austin and Iowa State
• Previewing the 2024 baseball season, with plenty of intrigue and some of the same questions of the past several seasons
• Softball has a mostly encouraging opening weekend and looks ahead to a compressed home weekend of nearly all must-win games
• Women's basketball... long sigh
• Quick hitters for (now top 25) track, men's/women's golf, and tennis

The full compliment of co-hosts, the trio of Dustin, Bobby, and Sam return with a metaphorical overflowing pot of Houston Cougar happenings to talk about:

• Men's basketball gets a tough introduction to Allen Fieldhouse, takes care of business against OK State, Kelvin Sampson takes some issue w/officiating and a big, difficult roadie to Cincy awaits
• Unfortunately, women's basketball has another tough week
• Football gets a late gamechanging 2024 recruit & an exciting new D Line coach
• Previewing the 2024 Softball & Women's Golf seasons
• Quick round up of Track, Swim & Dive, and Tennis recent results

With Bobby out due to a family obligation, the OG hosting duo of Dustin and Sam return to discuss the following Houston Cougar sports related topics:

• So long and farewell to Cougar football coaching stalwart Brian Early, who left for the same job at Mizzou
• An unforgettable week of men's basketball that has past and is to come, with a dramatic OT win in Austin over the hated burnt orange horns preceeded by a demolition of K State and looking ahead to an unforgettable upcoming roadie to Kansas that feels like its year's in the making
• Women's basketball splits games against the 2 fellow former AAC programs and we guess its not the worst case scenario?
• Quick Track & Field, Swim & Dive, and Tennis updates!

The original duo, the OG co-hosts Dustin & Sam re-convene with Bobby off in sunny Florida and proverbially chew on the following Houston Cougar topics:

• A 3-0 men's hoops week that featured career game from Jamal Shead in a demolition of Texas Tech, a historic defensive performance that saw UCF only make 7 field goals in regulation, AND the program's 1st ever Big 12 road win in a nailbiter at BYU
• Also previewing the men's hoops week to come: featuring a pesky and somewhat worrying K State team and the hated/enigmatic horns
• Back to frustration for women's hoops as the program goes 0-3 in conference play and hits rock bottom at WVU... but winnable games might beckon this week?
• A quick roundup of the finalized football staff and some transfer comings and goings
• Previewing the swim & dive and tennis seasons that have just started and are about to start, respectively.

Its the first TRULY meaty episode of the 2024, the usual Gang of Three is all here to discuss a lengthy list of Houston Cougar sports topics:

• Men's hoops continues to find out how hard it is to win a road Big 12 game, with an extremely narrow loss to TCU filled with missed opportunities and specific anger towards one Doug Sirmons
• The Big 12 account is now open for Cougar women's hoops, who put together back-to-back impressive performances at home
• Previewing the Indoor Track & Field and Golf Seasons

It finally happened, the Cougar men's basketball team lost a game and so the guys fight through incalculable sadness (okay, not really) to discuss the following topics on this week's pawd:

• Men's basketball opening its Big 12 account with a comprehensive thrashing of WVU and a tough, low scoring loss at Iowa State. Plus, looking ahead to a tough roadie to TCU
• Finding the takeaways from maybe the toughest road swing of the season for Cougar WBB and followed along live w/the Coogs eventual 1st Big 12 win over BYU
• A quick look at several new incoming transfers to the Cougar football program

The triumphant trio is back. Dustin, Bobby, and Sam return to discuss the following Cougar sports topics:

• Cougar football has another promising player withdraw from the portal and the early vibes continue to be positive around Willie Fritz and the new staff
• Men's basketball quickly goes full boa constrictor on Penn and AT LONG LAST we have Big 12 conference games to preview
• Women's basketball opens up conference play with a decisive loss to Texas Tech and looks ahead to their most daunting road trip of the season

Two of the usual three boys are back in town, with Dustin and Bobby taking the Cougar discussion to the following topics:

• Willie Fritz continues to fill out the new Cougar football staff and getting to know the new coaches
• Looking at the 2023 football signing class: D1 transfers and the usual high school/junior college signings
• A quick volleyball and soccer recruiting transfer update
• Men's Hoops gets a big non-conference win over Texas A&M, unfortunately sees an end to Terrance Arceneaux's 2023-24 season & holding Texas State to its fewest points in 10 years
• A less inspiring week for women's hoops who got massively outclassed by Wazzu, hut redeemed themselves a bit with a rivalry win over Rice

The boys are unambiguously back, with the following Houston Cougar sports topics to talk about from the week that was and will be:

• Willie Fritz's new Cougar football staff starts to take shape
• A number of key players enter the portal, including but not limited to: Matthew Golden, Tyler Johnson, and Chidozie Nwanko and the first commit of the Fritz era
• Men's hoops takes care of 2 outmatched opponents and look ahead to the first head to head with Texas A&M in 10 years
• Women's hoops also goes 2-0, including their first road win, and get 2 varying degrees of road tests in UTSA and Wazzu

It feels like 2 days ago that we were here pawding about a new football coach, but there's so much going on in the world of Houston Cougar sports that the full compliment of co-hosts wouldn't dare miss talking about the following topics:

• Willie Fritz won the opening press conference and we talked about things that caught our attention from the presser, plus: Fritz/staff contract talk, staff additions, and early portal talk
• Cougar volleyball had an incredible final weekend of the 2023 season: comprehensively beating a very good UCSB squad and then giving #2 Stanford everything they could handle. We also look ahead to 2024 and beyond for David Rehr's program
• Men's basketball passes its first road test over Xavier, overcoming overjudicious officiating and some offensive cold spells
• We reevaluate women's basketball's start to 2023-24 after a disappointing 25-point home loss to Middle Tennessee

Willie Fritz is officially the 16th head coach of the Houston Cougar football program and the 3 co-hosts are pretty stoked about it. Talking the news as its arrived, re: Fritz and the following related topics:

• Why specifically we're so excited about Willie Fritz coming to UH
• A quick biography of his ~30 years as a college football head coach
• Early vs long term expectations for what Fritz can do at a UH program in the Big 12 conference
• Roster and staff super duper early speculation.

The boys are back (echoes the boys are baaaack), with a menagerie of Houston Cougar topics that they are dying to discuss with you, the listening public, and amongst themselves:

• Football coaching rumors and looking at what the Coog fan public thinks about the various candidates to replace Dana Holgorsen.
• Volleyball finds out its postseason destination, plus an inspired come from behind senior day win & Big 12 postseason honors galore.
• Men's basketball makes easy work of Montana & looks ahead to its first true road test of the 2023-24 season.
• Women's basketball dominates an outmatched New Orleans team, but finally will get its first real test Wednesday night w/Middle Tennessee. Plus 2 co-hosts are emphatically buying stock in Kierra Merchant.

Its here, we kind of can't believe its here but its here. UH dismissed Dana Holgorsen as head football coach less than 24 hours after an uncompetitive end of season loss and a largely uncompetitive 2023 season. The full hosting triumvirate kicked around the following:

• How Dana Holgorsen's firing became inevitable after 5 years in charge
• Where Cougar football goes from here, including types of candidates and talking about semi-realistic individual candidates
• A quick break-in for where UH Volleyball ended up in this coming NCAA Tournament from the simultaneously airing selection show

The full trio of co-hosts, the hosting triumvirate if you will returns to discuss a variety of topics on this week's pawd:

• All the co-hosts' go-to Thanksgiving foods
• Men's basketball's extremely successful 3-0 week in Charleston, with the team answering its first serious tests of 2023-24
• Volleyball sees its 8 match win streak end, but no shortage of optimism abounds with the end of the regular season in sight
• Women's basketball does unprecedented things... against less than stellar competition, but gets their first big test next week
• Football ends its 2023 home slate and any hopes of bowl eligibility with a wet fart of a loss against Oklahoma State and mercifully ends the season in Orlando against UCF this Saturday

Bobby and Sam return bright eyed and bushy tailed (figuratively) to discuss a cornucopia of Houston Cougar sports topics:

• Volleyball continues to eviscerate Big 12 competition, this time on the road at Oklahoma & look ahead to an interesting but inconsistent TCU team
• Men's Hoops has a bright start against overmatched opponents and looks ahead to their first games away from Houston, plus a quick look at the 2024 program signees
• Women's Hoops surprises us with some unbelievable dominance in their first 2 games
• Aaaaaand football gets manhandled by Cincy, in a game that proves you can always be more unhappy with each passing week

Houston Cougar football got thoroghly taken apart in a 24-14 loss to a Cincinnati Bearcat team that hadn't won a football game in over 2 months. It really doesn't get a whole lot worse than that, and somehow we decided to talk about it.