From the Airport:
- Says that Houston doesn’t have a chance at NY6 bowl. Ship sailed when they lost to SMU
- At Large: probably Penn State or Colorado
- UH has never had back-to-back 10+ win seasons
- 22 wins is the best 2 year total in school history; only behind Alabama (25) and Clemson (24), tied with Ohio State
- 1973 was first 10 win season
- Last 10 years, 4 10 win season; can make it 5 tomorrow
- More games now
- GoFundMe T-Shirts donations were refunded. Organizers and AD couldn’t come to understanding; couldn’t use CTH likeness or HTownTakeover slogan (owned by UH)
- Riley Ferguson, QB Memphis, Game time decision. Undisclosed injury.
- Ferguson isn’t Paxton Lynch; Coogs will pressure whoever starts
- Blown away by how much pressure they got on Lamar Jackson
- Memphis 95th against stopping run; good time for Coogs to find running game
- Bowl game possibilities: Military (ACC), Birmingham (SEC), or St Pete Bowls (ACC). Navy gets NY6 bowl, could get Armed Forces (Big 12) spot. Houston wants a P5 opponent.
- Potential Bowl opponents: Kentucky, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Akron, Toledo, Army, etc.
- Can’t see Houston jumping up to higher than 18th even with a win over Memphis; too much ground to make up. Loss to SMU hurts
- Coogs have lost last 2 road games; players want to get back the road mojo from last year. 1st road game since SMU; 3 straight home games
- CTH says this is a BYOJ game; Bring your own juice
- No news on CTH and his situation; nothing will happen until Friday night late, Saturday or Sunday
- Agent does a lot of ground work ahead of time
- State of Texas jobs require a 2 week window to hire? Unsure on timeline
- Multiple schools will come after him: UT, LSU, Baylor, FSU maybe. Oregon
- Bidding war could start at $5.5M to $8M. Would put him in elite group of coaches
- Don’t discount UH, Fertitta has said that money is not an issue; $4M is easy, could offer $5M
- Up to CTH if he’s happy at Houston or wants to strike while its hot.
- JD doesn’t have a good read right now. CTH is very guarded when asked questions.
- 1 year anniversary of Guy V’s passing
- Ed Oliver story this past week; 4 sacks and many TFL against Mayfield and Jackson
- Oliver tired of running with 2’s in camp; tried to end Mulbah Car’s life on one play
- JD thinking about putting Oliver 3rd on Heisman ballot
- Could be Houston’s 1st All-American as Freshman
- Could be AAC Defensive POY as a Freshman
- Warmed up to media; funny guy. JD tried to get him to do the River dance - got in trouble with coaches for doing it. Said that Louisville players had been doing it to other teams which is why he did it.
- Had Fertitta money story; doesn’t want to let CTH leave over money
- Had IPF story; ground breaking and getting parking lot ready
- How does next year look: Lot of competition at QB - Allen, King, Sells, Postma
- Entire OL returns - Oliver and Fontana are Juniors. Long only senior, but not on 2 deep right now
- TE we lose McCloskey, but Brooker and Chris Johnson coming back
- WR we lose Chance Allen, everyone else back
- RB we return everyone
- Just about entire offense comes back: Ward, Allen, and McCloskey leave
- DL we lose Malveaux and Singleton
- LB we lose Bowser and Taylor
- DB we lose Brandon Wilson
- Defense we lose Malveaux, Bowser, Taylor, and Wilson as starters
- Special Teams we lose Cummings at K
- Lot of players returning, biggest hurt will be LB losses of Bowser and Taylor
- No real opinion of Cranberry Sauce
- Had a lady take a selfie just a little while ago before the Periscope
- Allergic to Potatoes and Pecans
- Prediction for game: Houston by 10-17 points
- Have a Happy Thanksgiving; may do another session at 9:30 AM tomorrow. On the radio show at 10:30