Ah the end of the SWC. I remember those days. Pretty depressing.
It got worse. I remember the 0-10 season under Dimel. It was better under Briles when I was in undergrad, and better still with Sumlin when I was in law school. Nothing like this. Against Lamar!
The thing that is most remarkable is that the growth has been organic. We are no longer really wondering how many opposing fans a team will bring not to fill the stadium. Now a school returns ticket, not a problem, we have buyers.
I was at most of those games back then. I became a season ticket holder in in the O’fer season. At one game I went in and out like 10 times with new tickets each time in the effort to help bump attendance numbers.
When my kids were little they would literally have almost a whole section to run around in play in during the game.
Oh how times have changed. UH has worked hard and earned every bit of it.
That and watching the crow being served to those that kept saying we “brought nothing to the table”. Beating the champ is putting something on the table.
Helton years were so depressing. Helton’s offenses were just horrible to sit through, especially after experiencing the run and shoot years. Helton also decided we needed to focus on Florida for recruiting as he didn’t believe we could recruit Texas.