OFFICIAL: Willie Fritz named UH Football Head Coach

Matt Ruhle did pretty well at Baylor

What are you talking about? I never wanted Holgerson.

I hope Fritz goes on a NIL campaign immediately. I bet $ he already has a staff lined up.

After viewing last night’s game, we should be poaching SMU players.

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I don’t care where we get them as long as we get them.

Ha Ha Ha. Now that’s funny and naive, thinking that UH has the fund$ to poach players from $MU.

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Fritz knows how to recruit Texas and Louisiana. I think that will pay big dividends moving forward.

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A retirement age coach will not bring any excitement to the program or city. Hope he wins, but he will have nothing in common with the 18-22 year old men he is recruiting.

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Derek is friends and a former HS teammate at PHS with their all conference center, Sincere Haynesworth. He said they knew Fritz was leaving and it affected their game. UH players definitely know how that feels.

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If we hope to win or compete the B12 in the near future, we better find the $$$; otherwise, we’ll remain an also ran.

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This is why your positional staff is very important. Those guys are often more involved directly with each player and have a much more personal relationship with them.

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AAC coaches have been done pretty well at the P5 level. Matt Rhule rebuilt Baylor after their scandal and had them winning 11 games in year three. Herman was a mixed bag but had them bowling every year. Won the Sugar bowl in year two. Justin Fuente had two ranked seasons to start at VT but then fell off. Verdicts still out on Fickell but 7-5 in year one isn’t bad. Scott Frost was a complete flop. Mike Norvell has FSU at 13-0 in year 4.

Edit: left off Heupel who took Tennessee from the dumpster to a top 10 season in two years

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Penn state and Notre Dame had a lot of excitement with Paterno and Holtz. Unfortunately, nothing excites Houston fans.

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And for those that feel sorry for Tulane
don’t.

Remember when they made our basketball team travel in an ice storm
a game we ended up losing? Karma.

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From the ESPN article 

Holgorsen finished with a 31-28 record and is due a $14.8 million buyout, which is subject to mitigation.

I’m telling you, he has to give back the Birmingham Bowl trophy or pay $14.8 million to keep it.

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You’d be surprised

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You tell 'em Twinmom !
Does D have any comments yet ? Let us know when he does .
Thank you !
Go Coogs !

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Habemos coachem!!!

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According to footballscoop, Willie Fritz was also coveted by Duke for their opening