This post perfectly explains why we are a lower class option for 1st time students, part time students, lower class students or international/first gen American students.
Those students rarely have legacy grneration knowledge of what traditional college life is about
NO Way would Tilman dare send HIS children here…he has more social ladder pride than that…therein lies
Worst take ever
I’m embarrassed for our University and the players deserve better. Could this be the reason that CKS leaves? Our fan support is terrible.
TBH the student section lost it’s identity after COVID. It was fun 2018-2020. Two post COVID years and the first B12 year.
He might retire he ain’t leaving
Not necessarily camp out but you see students lined up early to get and fill their section. The UNC student a were there early for Duke, the BYU students fill in early. The enthusiasm is there for basketball at some schools.
Bottom line: Commuter school.
Per usnews…
“The University of Houston has a total undergraduate enrollment of 37,943 (fall 2022), with a gender distribution of 48% male students and 52% female students. At this school, 18% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 82% of students live off campus.”
That 18% number is a significant hurdle.
That 82% number - combined with the reality of the campus’ surrounding area - is a significant hurdle.
I myself attended and lived on campus during the run-n-shoot era. But, to me, the reality of being the epitome of a commuter school with that kind of limit for on campus default involvement and culture IS the #1 nearly unsolvable hurdle. Without addressing that combo issue, I don’t believe UH will EVER be a traditional school in regards to having fan numbers/intesity that can compete with traditional schools (with all else beiing equal).
I’m sure there might be some examples where a few schools have/had a solution to better overcome something similar, but my guess is not with those numbers AND the actual same factors of campus, near campus living/business, etc…
In my lifetime, I’ve never seen anything proposed - that is honestly even reasonably doable from a financial commitment that will make much of a dent in changing those factors. Because…I contend there is no remotely reasonable quick fix. No scrutinizing 3rd party ticket transfers, no sexy girls at the entrance gate, no free-hotdog-night, no 10-to-20 year after graduation to increase Cougar loyalty, no bobble-head give-away, no relocating the band, etc. Nothing like that will ever solve the real root cause for widespread, long-ingrained student body apathy (and later, alumni apathy). Not even on the field win-loss success.
Don’t get me wrong. There are fan exceptions… those UH fans that have passion for days. But the reality is that ratio is low from the day of enrollment compared to most schools. I’m not opposed to anyone trying to do anything they can to somehow help mitigate that disadvantage to improve on the loyalty of students while in school and/or after they move on into adulthood.attendance. I just don’t see there being a realistic way to significantly change it even many decades from now (and certainly without enormous/unprecedented funds). Because there is too high of a percentage of the pipeline that will naturally be prone to the disconnect per the commuter school reality.
Can I get the 2 sentence version pls. 
Yes, you clown, I am extremely proud of my kids for attending UT and Baylor, just like I would have been proud if they went to UH. They did what was best for them and more power to them. Fortunately, they didn’t need your permission. Now get a grip and get lost.
Of course you are…it fuels your ego.
But that’s the whole point, for an overwhelming majority of UH alums, their children have NO DESIRE to attend UH.
Not that way for other public schools in our part of the country
Only chant they do in unison is “we want Elvin”.
The Haven filled up right away. There’s plenty of student housing demand and more is coming.
I agree 100%. I am just happy where the program is right now after being in the dumps for 30 years. The crowd was pretty good tonight including the student section.
Get a life, coward.
Sure! “Commuter School”. Said it right up top.
And sorry if you wasted up to 32.5 additional seconds of your life reading the whole post! 
Students should get together and purchase those seats, along with the required donation to purchase . Problem solved.
Once UH gets the same amount of $$$$$ from the utility fund, we can, first of all, tear down and rebuild a bigger event center and thereby allow many more seats allocated to students, because, obviously, the athletic department will be flush, much like it has been for the past 75 years . . . . .
UH as the campus doesn’t necessarily have the generational feel to it, at least nowadays.
There was the SWC days to the demotoin, a shafting from the leg, and a slow rise up to the 2016-2020 era, which imagine a world where COVID didn’t exist, how would UH be right now? Especially with that P4 invite. The face of UH was ‘this is the golden era to be a Cougar’. EVERYTHING was on the rise, especially my jr year 2018. When I was at UHD the year before students were openly excited and hyping it up to arrive on Cullen Blvd. Up to the first year back from COVID, students from the CCs were visiting to fill up the student sections when others didn’t come because they were looking forward to coming next year. Student leaders were getting out there. It’s either nostalgia or just an observation, but it was FUN.
COVID hits. It was an entire reboot. The tail end of the 2016-2020 era had gone, the new blood had come in, cub camp was killed off, and the identity of the student section was gone. This is the third year back and it’s an entirely new set of students.
UH is also trying to act like MIT. this is NOT boding well with some of the faculty over that. On the other side, it’s also showing the ‘UH Hates Fun’ while also hating the commuter school ‘insult’. Change it to commuter friendly, and make it a destination area for people to stay a few extra hours. Invest in the neighborhood, don’t just move people out, invest in THEM TOO.
The strip across from the Lofts is dead with the exception of Domoishi and a horribly renovated nook
Has the new housing right off campus helped much?
You bet espn scheduled this game and that does not make it less stupid. A 6pm game in any major metropolitan city invite for this type of late arrival.
Don’t tell me we have a bad fan attendance. It has nothing to do with it. Have some of you ever attended game in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, San Diego with these tip off times?
This is 100% on espn stupid, yes stupid scheduling.
Very mature of you.
So, which suburb do you live in?
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