After Thursday’s game, UH returns to a normal schedule, even getting nine days to prepare before the next game Sept. 28 at North Texas. That game is followed by the first of two open dates on the schedule heading into a big home showdown Oct. 12 with Cincinnati. There is only one non-Saturday game left on the schedule — a Thursday (Oct. 24) home game against SMU on ESPN — and the final open date comes between games against AAC favorites Central Florida and Memphis in early November.
Earlier this week, Holgorsen reminded his team what’s ahead.
“After Thursday, we’ve got one game in 22 days,” he said, “so we have a lot of time to be able to recuperate.”