There's nothing quite like a Houston Cougar football win, even one that wasn't pretty or easy as UH won a 17-14 defensive struggle against the Utah Utes, which the boys discuss in detail along with the following Cougar topics: Previewing the K State Wildcats, with help from honored repeat guest Scott McFarland of the great Cats pod "Boscoe's Boys" …

To give those of y'all who don't listen a taste of what we're doing weekly on the Patreon feed: here's the latest instant react episode, from last Saturday's 17-14 Cougar win over the Utah Utes.

Mama said there'd be days like this, Cougar football follows up their most complete win with a disheartening road no show against a hungry Kansas team. Bobby and Sam break down the good and mostly bad from the 42-14 loss at Arrowhead Stadium from last Saturday in addition to the following topics: The defensive wizardry and offensive inepitude of Ut…

Its truly a classic pawd, the boys are back for a meaty 100ish minute episode consisting of the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Previewing the 2024-25 Cougar men's basketball season with expectations, returning experience, and excitement galore Off a much needed bye week, previewing Cougar football's next opponent: the Kansas Jayhawks Volle…

Turns out, wins are really fun to talk about! Bobby and Sam return to dive into everything that happened in Cougar football's 30-19 upset win over TCU in Ft. Worth, with little picture and big picture takeaways galore from an incredibly morale boosting victory.

Unfortunately, the big story is shutout loss by Cougar football, a 20-0 defeat to the Iowa State Cyclones that saw a surplus of offensive futility and an unfortunate waste of a bounceback defensive performance. Bobby & Sam recap the ISU game, preview the TCU game with help from Jamie Plunkett of Horned Frog Blitz and the Frogs Insider podcast helps…

While losing football games are scientifically proven to be less fun to talk about than their winning counterparts, the boys return to discuss a disappointing 34-0 loss by the Coogs to Cincy, how it happened and look ahead to a fearsome Big 12 home opener vs Iowa St along with a packed episode of Cougar topics featuring the following: Volleyball dr…

The boys are back, thankfully not to talk about a 2nd straight Bayou Bucket loss among the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Reviewing the many highs from a dominant 33-7 Cougar football win to get the 1st win of the Willie Fritz era & return the Bayou Bucket to Cullen Boulevard Previewing the Big 12 opener against the Cincy Bearcats Isiah Ha…

The boys, including Bobby fresh off of a plane, return to discuss a near miss loss by Houston Cougar football to the Oklahoma Sooners, among other worthwhile UH topics in a meaty 100+ minutes of pawd goodness: What we liked and didn't like from Saturday's heartbreakingly close, 16-12 defensive struggle loss at Oklahoma that revealed where the Coogs…

Well, that wasn't what we hoped for, was it? The boys return to talk about everything they liked (yes, believe it or not some things) and didn't like (lots of stuff) from a humbling 27-7 season opening loss to UNLV. There were also the following topics on offer: Previewing the week 2 opponents: the #15 Oklahoma Sooners and what they look like Evalu…

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 t…

THIRD WARD RACQUET CLUB STORE: https://third-ward-racquet-club.printify.me/products 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 fu…

THIRD WARD RACQUET CLUB STORE: https://third-ward-racquet-club.printify.me/products 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-…

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 sch…

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 sta…

VOTE FOR THE 2023-24 PAWSCARS HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rgtUyXtEZPo6OJdPPK5QlUPPtnC23iHKc8U60GljgQk/viewform?edit_requested=true Twitter thread of 2023-24 Play of the Year Pawscars: https://x.com/SHPawdcast/status/1815755628817862742 We're back on our regular weekly recording pace, with the following Houston Cougar topics on the agenda…

Oh hey, I guess our summer break is over. Its been a newsy last few weeks on many fronts in the world of Houston Cougar sports and the full trio of co-hosts return to discuss these topics: Discussing the rumored names for UH's athletic director vacancy, including but not limited to: David Fletcher, Oliver Luck, and Keli Zinn The bizarre decision to…

We recap additional reporting on alleged unacceptable behavior by Houston Cougar softball head coach Kristin Vesely and the resulting toxic culture in the program under Vesely's leadership, as reported to us by players and staff members in the program and look at where UH appears to go from here with a subsequent AD change and other questions about…

EMERGENCY PAWD! In a surprising and shocking move, UH leadership and Dr. Renu Khator dismissed Chris Pezman from his job as the UH athletics head honcho. We take a look at Pezman's 6-year tenure, successes/failures, what led to such a sudden and emphatic dismissal and what roles fundraising and other factors played in the decision.…

And NOW for some fun summer content: Houston Cougar Tennis HC Kat Adamovic joins the Pawd to talk about her vision for the program, background, and gives listeners a little primer on college Tennis and what makes it uniquely awesome

The boys are back in town with some you might find a bit closer to the usual, standard pawdcast fare: Briefly addressing the 'elephant in the room' of what comes next from our most recent previous episode Louie Hinchliffe wins a natty (!!!!!) and Cougar men's track & field have a Big 12-best 6th place at NCAA Outdoors and the women grab their most …

In this episode we recap a number of serious allegations relayed to us by multiple sources with firsthand knowledge (players and staff) of the Houston Cougar Softball program under current head coach Kristin Vesely, in addition to related inaction by UH athletic department leadership.

I'm going to level with you, its 11:31 PM and I am having of all things, writer's block writing a show description, BUT the full compliment of pawd co-hosts had plenty to say about the following Houston Cougar topics: Men's Golf comes heartbreakingly close to advancing past the Baton Rouge regionals. Looking at an end of season run to be proud of a…

The OG hosting pairing returns this week with a veritable cavalcade of Houston Cougar topics, in season and offseason, to discuss this week and those topics were as follows: Women's Golf comes heartbreakingly close to a historic season, falling a literal stroke short of advancing at the Auburn Regional, though we're still bullish on the program's f…

The boys are back (the boys are back), with Cougar sports questions to answer and a healthy offering of current sports happenings on Cullen Boulevard to kick around: A change in leadership for the Tennis program, with a chance for UH's leadership to revitalize a program that has historically struggled to get much momentum Patrick Paul goes in the 2…

After a brief mid April hiatus, the Pawd is back to talk about a mixture of offseason and in season Houston Cougar sports talk, including the following topics: Cougar men's basketball adds Milos Uzan (formerly of Oklahoma) to the 2024-25 roster and we kick around who the newest Cougar is and what a successful 1st season for Uzan could look like Num…

The full group of co-hosts are back to talk about the 2 of the most positive things in Cougar athletics right now: Men's basketball gets the official returns of LJ Cryer and J'Wan Roberts, plus taking a deep dive on the 2023-24 season and what the roster could look like going forward Vibe checking the '24 spring football practice period under Willi…

The OG co-hosts, Dustin and Sam, are back to discuss the end of a big and incredibly memorable season among the following Cougar topics: It ended in a way none of the Cougar faithful thought was just desserts, but we look back at the Sweet 16 loss and the downright cruel way Jamal Shead's season was ended early in this one. PLUS, the first portal e…

Don't forget to download AUTOGRAPH: https://link.ag.fan/shpawd. The gang is all here! Bobby, Dustin, and Sam are back in the saddle and somehow survived the roller coaster of emotions from Sunday night's Round of 32 win over Texas A&M to talk about the following Houston Cougar sports topics: Men's basketball's heart in mouth, absurdly stressful win…

DOWNLOAD Autograph at: link.ag.fan/shpawd 2 of the boys are back in town to do what we all love to do and talk a little Houston Cougar sports, including these topics: Any additional thoughts on the opening weekend to come of men's basketball in March Madness Baseball drops a frustratingly close series at BYU and a big home series with K State becko…

Its the moooost wonderful time of the year, a mere minutes after the reveal of the 2024 NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket, Bobby and Sam joined to discuss the following topics: The Coogs' opening round opponent: the Longwood Lancers and what upset threats they pose, along with thoughts on possible Round of 32 matchups with Nebraska and Texas…

DOWNLOAD AUTOGRAPH WITH OUR LINK AT: link.ag.fan/shpawd The full trio of co-hosts is back for what could be the best Houston Cougar regular season week in pawdcast history and since probably pre-dating all co-hosts' 17-18 years of fandom and discussed the following Coog topics: Men's basketball gives Kansas their worst road loss of the Bill Self er…

It was the best of times, it was... well, still pretty awesome times for the Houston Cougars (one host also came back with some good personal news) as Dustin and Sam soldiered on without Bobby who accidentally double booked us and dinner with his parents (understandably, the parents won out) to tackle the following topics: A nail biter of a road wi…

The boys are back, all 3 co-hosts are healthy and in full voice with plenty of Houston Cougar happenings to talk about, including the following: A dramatic OT win for men's basketball at #15 Baylor, a slightly more stressful 11th straight win over Cincy, and a big homecoming for Kelvin Sampson this Saturday at Oklahoma Men's and women's track & fie…

With Dustin sidelined due to illness, Bobby and Sam returned to discuss a really positive week from the world of Houston Cougar sports: A 2-0 week from men's basketball featuring a demolition of the hated longhorns and hard fought, wire to wire win over #6 Iowa State, plus looking ahead to a challenging road trip to Baylor Baseball's positive openi…

The boys are back in to-ooown again, as all 3 co-hosts return to tackle the following Houston Cougar topics: Men's basketball gets a big road win over Cincy, an unbelievable 10th straight against the Bearcats and looks ahead to a challenging 2 game homestand against ut-austin and Iowa State Previewing the 2024 baseball season, with plenty of intrig…

The full compliment of co-hosts, the trio of Dustin, Bobby, and Sam return with a metaphorical overflowing pot of Houston Cougar happenings to talk about: Men's basketball gets a tough introduction to Allen Fieldhouse, takes care of business against OK State, Kelvin Sampson takes some issue w/officiating and a big, difficult roadie to Cincy awaits …

With Bobby out due to a family obligation, the OG hosting duo of Dustin and Sam return to discuss the following Houston Cougar sports related topics: So long and farewell to Cougar football coaching stalwart Brian Early, who left for the same job at Mizzou An unforgettable week of men's basketball that has past and is to come, with a dramatic OT wi…

The original duo, the OG co-hosts Dustin & Sam re-convene with Bobby off in sunny Florida and proverbially chew on the following Houston Cougar topics: A 3-0 men's hoops week that featured career game from Jamal Shead in a demolition of Texas Tech, a historic defensive performance that saw UCF only make 7 field goals in regulation, AND the program'…

Its the first TRULY meaty episode of the 2024, the usual Gang of Three is all here to discuss a lengthy list of Houston Cougar sports topics: Men's hoops continues to find out how hard it is to win a road Big 12 game, with an extremely narrow loss to TCU filled with missed opportunities and specific anger towards one Doug Sirmons The Big 12 account…

It finally happened, the Cougar men's basketball team lost a game and so the guys fight through incalculable sadness (okay, not really) to discuss the following topics on this week's pawd: Men's basketball opening its Big 12 account with a comprehensive thrashing of WVU and a tough, low scoring loss at Iowa State. Plus, looking ahead to a tough roa…

The triumphant trio is back. Dustin, Bobby, and Sam return to discuss the following Cougar sports topics: Cougar football has another promising player withdraw from the portal and the early vibes continue to be positive around Willie Fritz and the new staff Men's basketball quickly goes full boa constrictor on Penn and AT LONG LAST we have Big 12 c…

Two of the usual three boys are back in town, with Dustin and Bobby taking the Cougar discussion to the following topics: Willie Fritz continues to fill out the new Cougar football staff and getting to know the new coaches Looking at the 2023 football signing class: D1 transfers and the usual high school/junior college signings A quick volleyball a…

The boys are unambiguously back, with the following Houston Cougar sports topics to talk about from the week that was and will be: Willie Fritz's new Cougar football staff starts to take shape A number of key players enter the portal, including but not limited to: Matthew Golden, Tyler Johnson, and Chidozie Nwanko and the first commit of the Fritz …

It feels like 2 days ago that we were here pawding about a new football coach, but there's so much going on in the world of Houston Cougar sports that the full compliment of co-hosts wouldn't dare miss talking about the following topics: Willie Fritz won the opening press conference and we talked about things that caught our attention from the pres…

Willie Fritz is officially the 16th head coach of the Houston Cougar football program and the 3 co-hosts are pretty stoked about it. Talking the news as its arrived, re: Fritz and the following related topics: Why specifically we're so excited about Willie Fritz coming to UH A quick biography of his ~30 years as a college football head coach Early …

The boys are back (echoes the boys are baaaack), with a menagerie of Houston Cougar topics that they are dying to discuss with you, the listening public, and amongst themselves: Football coaching rumors and looking at what the Coog fan public thinks about the various candidates to replace Dana Holgorsen. Volleyball finds out its postseason destinat…

Its here, we kind of can't believe its here but its here. UH dismissed Dana Holgorsen as head football coach less than 24 hours after an uncompetitive end of season loss and a largely uncompetitive 2023 season. The full hosting triumvirate kicked around the following: How Dana Holgorsen's firing became inevitable after 5 years in charge Where Couga…

The full trio of co-hosts, the hosting triumvirate if you will returns to discuss a variety of topics on this week's pawd: All the co-hosts' go-to Thanksgiving foods Men's basketball's extremely successful 3-0 week in Charleston, with the team answering its first serious tests of 2023-24 Volleyball sees its 8 match win streak end, but no shortage o…

Bobby and Sam return bright eyed and bushy tailed (figuratively) to discuss a cornucopia of Houston Cougar sports topics: Volleyball continues to eviscerate Big 12 competition, this time on the road at Oklahoma & look ahead to an interesting but inconsistent TCU team Men's Hoops has a bright start against overmatched opponents and looks ahead to th…