Start of the Real Cougar Pride. I am ready to start the clean slate.Houston at Washington State
Current date: Sept. 12
HOO BOY is this gonna be wild and points-y. Former Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich (no stranger to Week 0) is taking over Mike Leach’s old offense, and Dana Holgorsen needs a win over a P5 to prove his 2019 redshirt strategy (don’t call it tanking, even if it might’ve been tanking) works. There might not be a HISTORIC RATINGS DRAW in this game, but you might see two quarterbacks on the field at the same time to throw a triple reverse four-verts.
And here’s your waiver, per Banner Society editor Jason Kirk: “Sir, this is also the 150th anniversary season of Houston hosting the first State Fair of Texas.” That, football fans, is AMERICAN HISTORY THE NCAA SHOULD HONOR.
Also the game is in Pullman, Washington, a global wrinkle.