KARMA, BABY! KARMA!

[MrMustang1965]

Remember that 95-21 drubbing that the Houston Cougars laid on the Mustangs back in 1989 in the Astrodome? Guess what? KARMA!


Saturday’s loss to Central Florida took control out of Houston’s hands and placed it in SMU’s.

If the Mustangs win out, they’ll win Conference USA’s West Division and play for a conference championship. The best Houston can hope for is that it wins its final games against Memphis and Rice and SMU trips up.

“Saturday’s over with, “ Houston coach Kevin Sumlin said. “What happened happened. We can’t do anything about that now. We’ve got to worry and concern ourselves with what we can do something about and that’s the remaining schedule.”

It’s not the position Houston thought it would be in after a promising start to the year. Wins over Oklahoma State and Texas Tech put the Cougars on the national map as they were touted as a potential BCS buster. But a slip at UTEP took away the undefeated season and Saturday’s loss to the Knights took away a possible conference title.

Both of Houston’s losses have come in similar situations. In both games, Houston was leading early but suffered key turnovers that swayed the game. It wasn’t that the Cougars didn’t come to play, it’s that they other teams came to play throughout the entire game.

So now, all Houston can do is wait and hope. SMU faces Marshall and Tulane in the next couple weeks. Marshall figures to be a threat because it’s playing at home, for bowl eligibility and perhaps coach Mark Snyder’s job.

But Sumlin said his team can’t think about SMU or dwell on Central Florida. It can’t think about the fact that it might finish its tough season with 10 wins and not play for its conference championship. Thinking about any of those things will take away from what the Cougars need to do to finish out the season strong.

“As far as we’re concerned today, we’re moving on from this last weekend and we’re working on Memphis,” Sumlin said. “It’s players, coaches, everybody. That’s our main focus because we can’t be concerned about everything else going on. We don’t have any control over anything other than what happens the last two weeks of the regular season.

“Anytime you lose a game it’s a missed opportunity. We have to concentrate now on not allowing Saturday’s loss to affect the rest of the season.”

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[Statler]

Someone forgot to change the Kitty Litter Box.

[expony18]

meow!

[smupony94]

meow!

boom goes the dynamite

[StallionsModelT]

Sumlin is a hell of a coach and a solid recruiter. Houston/SMU is going to be a hell of a series in the coming years.

[Mustangsabu]

If we can beat them to the championship game this year, the UH versus SMU game at Ford next year will be a cracker!