http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/school/114 Recent Yardbarker Articles: Houston Cougars en-us If you’re like me, one of the things for which you’ll be thankful this Thanksgiving is the fact that the 2009 college football season is almost over and women’s gymnastics season is almost upon us. Nevertheless, the show must go on, so I guess it’s time I went ahead and cast the first draft of my BlogPoll ballot. This week, I started with a clean white piece of paper and paid no attention either to my own ballot of a week ago or to any current rankings compiled by an... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:00:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Week_Twelve_BlogPoll_Ballot_Draft/1615994 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Week_Twelve_BlogPoll_Ballot_Draft/1615994 HOUSTON, TX -- If you like physical basketball combined with low scoring, Hofheinz Pavilion was the place to be Thursday evening. The Houston Cougars and the Oregon State Beavers combined for 81 points; however, the Coogs scored the majority of those points and defeated the Beavers 49 to 32 in front of announced of 373 fans.The 32 points were the fewest points allowed by the Coogs since December 5, 2001, when UH defeated Prairie View 68 to 30.With the win, Houston improved to 3 and 0 this sea... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:48:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Coogs_Shut_Down_Beavers/1599094 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Coogs_Shut_Down_Beavers/1599094 At the beginning of this season, pundits were worried about the potential of a soporific Heisman race featuring the three best quarterbacks in the country, and no one else. But one Sam Bradford injury and a handful of pedestrian showings in big games from Colt McCoy and Tim Tebow have reopened the race and this year's field features names from beyond the glamour of the highest heights, like C.J. Spiller and Case Keenum. After today's early games, one will soar and one will plummet.It ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:38:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Spiller_Keenum_Star_in_A_Tale_of_Two_Heisman_Hopefuls/1564710 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Spiller_Keenum_Star_in_A_Tale_of_Two_Heisman_Hopefuls/1564710 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Spiller_Keenum_Star_in_A_Tale_of_Two_Heisman_Hopefuls/1564710 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/5/45eb2f00eeb460f7bbfd582c04b29e7e9b8e8e13/small/Texas_Tech_v_1f0a.jpg by FanHouse NewswireFiled under: Houston, UCFORLANDO, Fla.(AP) -- Central Florida not only found a way to slow down Case Keenum and No. 13 Houston, the Knights didn't give the nation's most prolific passer a chance to pull off another improbable comeback.Brett Hodges outplayed the Cougars quarterback and Brynn Harvey rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, leading UCF to a 37-32 upset that stopped a five-game winning streak Keenum had kept alive with a pair of last-minute ... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:16:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/UCF_Slows_Keenum_Topples_Houston/1564715 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/UCF_Slows_Keenum_Topples_Houston/1564715 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/UCF_Slows_Keenum_Topples_Houston/1564715 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/e/3e61b518140dcebdab92e0d3f1464eb1397eef3e/small/e5.jpg Brett Hodges outplayed Houston quarterback Case Keenum and Brynn Harvey rushed for 139 yards and three touchdowns Saturday, leading Central Florida to a 37-32 upset over the No. 13 Cougars. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Keenum_cant_complete_comeback/1564534 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Keenum_cant_complete_comeback/1564534 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Keenum_cant_complete_comeback/1564534 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/8/28bec07381bff03ce3512a8e7d322a039d1d023e/small/Texas_Tech_v_2c1a.jpg HOUSTON, TX -- The Houston Cougars defeated the Houston Jaguars 82 to 63 before a very vocal (and surprisingly large -- for a women's game at UH, that is) crowd inside Hofheinz Pavilion Monday Night.The Coogs limited the Jaguars to just 33.3% (27 for 81) field goal shooting while connecting on 47.0% (31 for 66) from the field.UH led throughout the game; and, the Jaguars never got closer than nine points in the second half of the ball game.Junior guard Brittney Scott led all scorers with 2... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Coogs_Beat_Jaguars_in_Exhibition_Finale/1535572 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Coogs_Beat_Jaguars_in_Exhibition_Finale/1535572 The week in the undercards. There's a marked dearth of not-obvious storylines in mid-major action this week, so in descending order of importance, we present the collected wisdom of a weekend that largely served to solidify what we already knew: Houston can't play defense. To review: 93 points, 1,358 yards, 67 first downs and 12 touchdowns between Houston and Southern Miss, and while we like video game numbers as much as the next geek (559 of those yards belonged to the right arm of ... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:28:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_Frogs_Broncos_and_Cougars_same_as_they_ever_were/1486298 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_Frogs_Broncos_and_Cougars_same_as_they_ever_were/1486298 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_Frogs_Broncos_and_Cougars_same_as_they_ever_were/1486298 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/7/e/7e76470975c98be326d7fd926e7dca560c1da155/small/54.jpg This week in the undercards. About that Houston run ... Well, that happened. Two wins over the Big 12 South might leave even the pluckiest mid-major upstarts ripe for an emotional letdown, but there's "sleepwalking through a 'trap game,'" and then there's "losing your top-15 ranking against a 1-3 C-USA team off a 57-point loss that wasn't even that close." Even the good Doctor is baffled by this one, and if the Cougars are looking for an easy rebound,... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:45:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_What_have_they_with_the_real_Houston_Cougars/1313006 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_What_have_they_with_the_real_Houston_Cougars/1313006 This week in the undercards. About that Houston run ... Well, that happened. Two wins over the Big 12 South might leave even the pluckiest mid-major upstarts ripe for an emotional letdown, but there's "sleepwalking through a 'trap game,'" and then there's "losing your top-15 ranking against a 1-3 C-USA team off a 57-point loss that wasn't even that close." Even the good Doctor is baffled by this one, and if the Cougars are looking for an easy rebound,... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:45:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_What_have_they_done_with_the_real_Houston_Cougars/1313145 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Mid_Major_Monday_What_have_they_done_with_the_real_Houston_Cougars/1313145 Houston Cougars: “Adding insult to the injury was an on-the-field-celebration of the 29-28 victory that leaves the Cougars short-helmeted. Cougars coach Kevin Sumlin spelled it out on a Monday posting to his Twitter page: ‘Saturday night was fun, but it will be hard for 3 of our guys to play this week without their helmets. [...] Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Houston_Cougar_Football_Celebration_Casualty_Helmets/1273309 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Houston_Cougar_Football_Celebration_Casualty_Helmets/1273309 After an impressive victory at No. 5 Oklahoma State last weekend, awards continued to pile up for the Cougars on Monday. Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:30:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Awards_Pour_in_for_Houston_Cougars_Football/1168612 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Awards_Pour_in_for_Houston_Cougars_Football/1168612 FantasyCollegeBlitz.com preview of the Houston Cougars. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:50:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/CFFInsider_Blitz_Houston_Cougars_2009_Preview/845032 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/CFFInsider_Blitz_Houston_Cougars_2009_Preview/845032 FantasyCollegeBlitz.com preview of the Houston Cougars. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:56:34 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Blitz_Houtson_Cougars_2009_Preview/830144 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Blitz_Houtson_Cougars_2009_Preview/830144 The 2009 Houston Cougars Football Preview brought to you by collegesports-fans.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:02:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2009_Houston_Cougars_Football_Preview/683217 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2009_Houston_Cougars_Football_Preview/683217 Hmmm?Part 2. Check this out. Oh and it gets better! Houston's coach Tom Penders had this to say: "I'm just sorry the official interpreted it that way. The way I saw it, Aubrey got tangled and his momentum carried him forward and I think it was a mistake." Kind of reminds of us about the time ... Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:29:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Houston_Tom_Penders_Is_Losing_It/493850 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/Houston_Tom_Penders_Is_Losing_It/493850 Houston Cougars WR Patrick Edwards caught a bad break during Tuesday night's game against Marshall - a compound fracture to his leg after running into a cart along the end zone. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:48:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Video_Houston_WR_Gets_Bad_Break_In_Leg/359747 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Video_Houston_WR_Gets_Bad_Break_In_Leg/359747 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Video_Houston_WR_Gets_Bad_Break_In_Leg/359747 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/d/2da13e527014fc2c72fd91ad18a436aa97d89327/small/patrickedwardsbreaksleg.jpg