ITS HERE! Two sports weeks we've been looking forward to for a while, with the following topics as part of the veritable buffet of Pawd happenings:

• Mike Grimala of the Las Vegas Sun gives the guys an inside look at a hotly anticipated season from the Coogs' week 1 opponents: UNLV. 
• The guys take a look at what the Coogs need to do on both sides of the ball, key players/position groups for Saturday's game
• Debuting this season's weekly UH pick 'em, henceforth known as: "Down with the Pick-ness"
• Previewing the 2024 Cougar volleyball season, who will be the biggest contributors, why this team was picked where they were in the Big 12 preseason and their opening slate of games in Omaha

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The long-awaited UH athletic director position has finally been filled! The boys discuss new AD Eddie Nuñez, what he did as AD at the University of New Mexico and how that experience could help him in his new role in the Third Ward.

AND preview season is still in full swing, as the boys preview the 2024 Cougar defense & special teams with some select discussion questions/topics.

Plus, actual Cougar sports to talk about... which is the nicest thing we can say right now about Cougar soccer.

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Martin Marroquin's "So You Want to Work In College Football": https://mahrowkeen.medium.com/so-you-want-to-work-in-college-football-201a8be02898

We're BACK, mere weeks away from the start of the college football season and mere hours away from the start of the 2024-25 Houston Cougar athletics season, with these topics to kick around:

• Previewing the 2024 Houston Cougar football offense, what we are optimistic about, how we think it will look, standout players, storylines, and question marks
• Martin Marroquin, former UH football assistant director of scouting, joins the pawd to tell his unique story and give the pawd insight on what goes into evaluating players in a Division 1 football program
• Previewing a pivotal year 3 of the Jaime Frias era for UH soccer as the team opens its season (and the athletics year generally) this week

At last, we have a brand new, 10th (!!!) season of the Pawd to debut and we do so in our customary fashion, with a couple of news item appetizers to kick us off:

• Making at least 1 prediction about every single Houston Cougar intercollegiate sports team for the 2024-25 season and reviewing our 2023-24 bold predictions
• The football non-conference schedule of the next few years takes shape and pondering the future of the Bayou Bucket game with Rice
• A quick round-up of Cougar current athletes/alumni at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

The boys have reached the end of Season 9! And what better way to commemorate a UH athletics and pawd season in the books than the 7th annual Paw-scar awards, commemorating the best athletes, teams and moments of the 2023-24 season.

Plus, we found time to discuss the following newsy topics:

• Cougar men's hoops alums Jarace Walker and Jamal Shead standing out at NBA Summer League and TBT with the Forever Coogs team featuring Rob Gray, Fabian White Jr, Justin Gorham and other program favorites
• Baseball loses Ross Kivett to his old employer: the University of Tennessee
• PAWDCAST HOST NEWS (*bumbumbum*)