Yeah that is crap… seems we got better treatment in the AAC.
Also Brett McMurphy reported UT vs Michigan in the Citrus Bowl.
It’s Houston Vs Everybody including Houston entities
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Looks like the Rate Bowl (New Mexico) and Independence Bowl (UNLV vs Ohio) go out of conference leaving Pop-Tart’s for BYU vs potentially Notre Dame
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Spoke to several bowls in the last few weeks and it all came down to perception (and reality) that Houston’s fan base doesn’t travel well, which is why the Alamo Bowl - which has the higher selection spot in Big 12 bowl lineup - chose an unranked TCU ahead of the Cougars. First…
— Joseph Duarte (@Joseph_Duarte) December 7, 2025
Reps for Pop-Tarts and Alamo were at TCU game. Neither bowl rep was impressed at crowd.
— Joseph Duarte (@Joseph_Duarte) December 7, 2025
Granted it was 11 a.m. kickoff.
Alamo rep told me he walked the tailgate scene.
“A few fans thought our bowl was in Dallas.”
😆😆😆 https://t.co/OtJen85vEG
Very suspect that ISU had the Alamo Bowl before they backed out, we were going to the Independence Bowl before that happened.
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Well, that’s our fanbase. It’s not surprising.
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It can’t hurt. There would have been good storylines because either Heacock or Mouser would have coached it. Both beloved by players and fans alike. Ticket sales would have likely been huge.
NGL, AD Pollard looks like an idiot for saying we were still gonna play in the bowl game. It’s obvious the players had no interest in that whatsoever. Makes him look out of touch. But I’ll save that rant for another time. I’m hearing things of concern tho.
Now he has to eat a 500K fine. That’s A LOT of money to Iowa State
Was afraid of that.
People have said if UH played in a NRG like stadium (covered, escalators, etc) at this time we’d bring a good crowd. Now is the time to prove it
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You can repeat that TCU does not travel well as much as anyone likes, but it does not make it true. TCU has traveled well to most all major bowls. Lots of wealthy people at TCU.
That said, For me it makes no difference which team went to which bowl. I will watch both. I think this arrangement provides much better story lines.
Lots of LSU fans in Houston which would be good to have a UH win. Much more impactful on the local residents than a win over USC. Might be the better way to kick off interest in UH football for next season.
THE TCU-USC story line goes back much further and will get a lot of interest from TCU fans. This story goes back to the Sun Bowl when the TCU resurgence began. A win over USC kicked it off. Plus the memorable TCU - Oregon Alamo Bowl was fairly historic with the second half comeback.
That’s BS. There really isn’t precedent for our fans and good bowls vs name brand opponents like Alamo vs USC. We showed up for the FF and peach bowl. Otherwise our last bowl was Shreveport vs ULL in 19 degree weather. TCU has had regular season attendance clunkers too. If the records and standings don’t matter then we should start declining bowls we don’t like. Who cares about making conference money or these bowls.
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Good …the Texas Bowl Vs LSU is the better scenario than USC in SA.
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Our fan base has to step up. It’s embarrassing. We need a very strong showing against LSU. No reason for them to beat us in attendance.
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Yeah, that’s not nothing.
Maybe if the players are voting not to play, at least some of that fine should come out of their pockets.
They were more prestigious when I was growing up and not played in The Bahamas or a stadium built for baseball.
Stadium was packed when we played TCU in 2007 and our attendance was worse back then than it is now.
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Not a bad idea. Doubt it would happen though.