UH reprises its role as an underdog, topples another top-10 foe
So instead, Thursday was, for all intents and purposes, the Cougars’ big-money bowl game, their last opportunity to show that, despite the mid-season disappointment, this team, when close to full strength, is still the same team that beat Oklahoma to open the year with a bang.
Allen admitted Houston may have lost its swagger at points along the way, but Thursday night, the Cougars proved to a national TV audience, a record TDECU Stadium crowd and themselves that they still had it in them.