Where are Houston Fans to Support Their Top 25 Team?

This is a team that came into the weekend 7–1 and 4–1 in conference play. They’ve won close games, beat ranked teams, and have a legitimate path to the Big 12 title game. And that’s what they get in return? A barely-there home crowd against a power conference opponent?

Houston is going to hear about this, and they should. If you want to be treated like a contender, you need to act like one, and that goes for your fans, too. It’s hard to sell the league or the national media on your program when your own people won’t show up. It doesn’t matter what the box score says when every shot of the stadium looks like a COVID year flashback.

There’s no way around it. That’s not just a bad look, it’s a disaster for a school trying to prove it belongs at the Power Four level. Other fanbases notice. Recruits notice. Everyone in the Big 12 noticed. You don’t get many chances to take center stage, and Houston wasted this one before the game even kicked off.

If Houston wants to be taken seriously in this league, the next step isn’t on the field. It’s in the stands. Because Saturday’s showing was pathetic, and the rest of the Big 12 saw it loud and clear.