What a difference a day makes
Richard Justice cracking on UH fans yesterday:
Did you hear the news? UH fans have decided the Conference USA Championship Game isn't big enough for them. I wonder what excuse they're using this time. These people bark the loudest about how they get no respect. They blame the Aggies and Longhorns for their sorry lot. They blame Ann Richards. They blame the Houston Chronicle. If only this, if only that. I get my nastest e-mails from Coogs. They're always angry about something. They scream that the Houston newspaper should cover the Houston team. Never mind that more people in Houston attend Texas, A&M, Texas Tech and LSU games. Never mind that more people in Houston care about the Longhorns, Aggies, Tigers, Red Raiders, Sooners and Huskers. These people know what they know.
They're going to start showing up when their team gets good. They're going back when there's some real entertainment at Robertson Stadium. These people must be really busy and really important. This week, there's a game that counts at Robertson Stadium. A championship game. Played by a good, entertaining team. ESPN will be there. The nation will be noticing that you don't care. And the all-important Coog fans have decided to sit this one out, too. Nice going. Keep talking about how you want to be in the Big 12. You've got no shot. You don't deserve it.
Not when you've sold just more than 20,000 tickets for the biggest game your little team has played in a decade. You're out of excuses, Coog fans. Even if you sell the final 12,000 tickets, you've showed that it's really not all that important to you.
Richard Justice praising Cougar fans tonight:
This the kind of game they didn't win in the past. This is the kind of game that tells you why this team is different. Stronger. Tougher. More resolute. And that's what the Cougars were Friday night in front of the largest crowd ever at Robertson Stadium.
First a word about the crowd. Coog fans came up huge.. Attendance was 31,818. It was standing-room-only. It was a perfect atmosphere.
I guess it was important to them after all. Fun stuff.
It was a good time at the Robertson Dump tonight -- one of the best times I've had at a football game in Houston. Actually, my other favorite UH game was a 56-49 win in three OTs against Southern Miss about ten years ago for the CUSA title. Crazy.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/01/06 11:59 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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