The boys have survived the lack of Houston Cougar football during the past week, with the following UH sports topics to discuss:

• Previewing the Oregon St Beavers, with help from Anchie Machado of BeaverBlitz.com
• Week 4/5 Down w/the Pickness updates
• Quickly discussing the newly-released men's hoops Big 12 schedule
• Soccer opens Big 12 play with a statement win and looks ahead to a brutal schedule over the next 3 weeks
• Some concerns after UH dropped a 5-setter last weekend & looking ahead to Big 12 opening opponents TCU & Texas Tech.
• Fall updates/results to discuss from women's golf and tennis

We don't have football this coming week, but we have an exciting Houston Cougar football win to chew on and numerous other topics from the world of Cougar sports, which we discussed in this order:

• The 1st ever Cougar football win in the Big 12 opener! Discussing everything from a 36-20 win over Deion Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes, certainly this team's most complete effort, with PLENTY of Ethan Sanchez/Cougar special teams talk included
• Each of our biggest takeaways from 25% of the football regular season completed
• A miniature Down w/the Pickness & reviewing one co-host's 3-0 picking week in week 3
• Soccer closes non-conference play with a win & looks head to its Big 12 opener this week
• Volleyball gets its most challenging weekend done & looks ahead to its final non-conference weekend
• Quick Tennis & Cross Country updates

The boys are back (the boys are back) and its our meatiest pawd of the young season with an episode positively overflowing with Houston Cougar sports happenings to chew on, including the following topics:

• Recapping another dominant defensive performance from Cougar football's final scheduled Bayou Bucket game against the Rice Owls and thoughts on the future of the series.
• Longtime Colorado beat writer Brian Howell lends us his knowledge of the CU Buffaloes football program
• Additional thoughts on the 2025 Buffs' football team
• Volleyball's encouraging opening home weekend
• Another undefeated week for the Soccer program
• And a triumphant start to the 2025-26 Golf season

A little 12+ minute taste of what Bobby and Sam talked about on the Patreon-exclusive Bayou Bucket react episode, which you can get access to by going to patreon.com/shpawdcast and supporting the work the guys do talking about the Cougars.

Bobby and Sam, in certainly the meatiest episode of the new season, FINALLY have a real life Cougar football game to talk about in what is absolutely a jampacked week of Cougar sports and these were our topics for the week's pawd:

• Recapping Cougar football's 27-0 win over SFA, a defensive masterclass and an offensive performance with signs of promise and unanswered questions
• Previewing the Rice Owls w/help from friend of the show Matt Bartlett of At the Roost & our thoughts on what will hopefully not be the last Bayou Bucket game for the foreseeable future
• Week 2 Down With the Pickness and recapping week 1 picks
• Volleyball has an incredible 3-0 opening weekend & a big Flo Hyman Classic slate coming this week
• Soccer nears the end of its promising non-conference season
• A Cross Country update!