Back then, with coach John Jenkins in charge, Houston was college football’s most intriguing and polarizing team. Most coaches believed that defense and running the ball won games; Jenkins laughed at that notion. Instead, his Cougars ran a no-huddle offense and lined up with four receivers on most plays, compiling eye-popping passing statistics and forcing defenses to cover the entire field.
“John Jenkins used to tell us, ‘Every running play is a wasted opportunity to score,’” Klingler says. “He really did a great job of teaching this. If we had 70 snaps on offense and we only threw seven or eight touchdowns, then we failed on over 60 plays … He’s over there driving us to be better. We’re still scoring 65, 70 points in a game and all we see is a bunch of failure where we didn’t do our job.”
Great article,
I have followed Mr. Jenkins career since he left. To this day IT AMAZES ME that he has not been offered a job with a Div I program or an OC position in the NFL
When you think that a Mike Leach coaches WSU or Gilbride was with the Giants for so long. Maybe he refused a few jobs but what a waste of talent.
Just imagine a meeting with CTH and John. Would not you like to be there?
I do remember that. Without the asinine probation we would have a National championship under Pardee and Jenkins. I am 100% convinced of it. That is also why we did not get invited a few weeks ago or joined the small12 when it was “re-branded” We are the “sleeping giant” That will never be accepted until something major changes.
“It was really exciting. Those Huntsville guys at Alpha really put on a show,” said Jenkins, who was the offensive coordinator for the Houston Cougars from 1987-89, which featured Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Andre Ware, and was the head coach from 1990-92.
