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How about our man Rich? It's one thing for us, as fans, to refer to an opponent as Cougar High or Baylor High .... but he said it ON THE AIR at least twice. I just about passed out from laughing so hard.

Great stuff, Rich!

I showed some of the Cougar High references on this site to a guy I work with (who went to UH).
Funny -- he didn't find it NEARLY as funny as I did.

He said it more than once? I only heard it once, and nearly shot beer through my nose when he did. That was great.

Yes, he made that comment several times.

The audio on the CSTV/Dish Network broadcast was what I could only assume was the Houston radio.

What's really funny is that the announcers kept calling themselves the "Houston ISD Radio Network".

Used to work with a UH graduate that was based in Orange County, CA. We were in a large group and he was ragging the Pony's and I blurted out that my football team may be bad but I didn't go to Cougar High like some people. The rest of the people in the room stopped and started peppering my co-worker about Cougar High? He was forced to explain that Cougar High is the nickname that people in Texas use to refer to the UofH. All in all a rather fun time had by me. They were still making Cougar High jokes every time I came back to visit that office.

Don't forget the classic line that a Cotton Bowl rep accidentally let slip back when the Coogs played Flute and BC in the 1980's:

"Half the Cougar fans will eat their pre-game meal at 7-11. And the other half will rob the place."

Ah yes - a classic!

Actually - it was Dale Hansen who made the remark about
shopping at 7-11 or holding it up. I believe he said this on
WFAA during his 10:20 pm newscast related to the Cougars
and the Cotton Bowl.

I find this hard to believe Dale would never take a cheap shot at somebody.

Hard to believe big Dale could get out that much information in his short allotment of time as much as he uh, uh uh stutters and, and, and, uh uh, uh stutters and, and, and stammers... Jerry Jones II... _d_ot

Cougar High, Skelly stadium - i love rich even if he went to North Texas

No it was a Cotton Bowl Official over 20 years ago who said it first-everyone has copied it since. I believe it was the year SMU and UH tied at 6-2 as C0-Champions in 1984 but it could have been in the late 1970s when UH went 2-3 times. I don't think it was Hoss Brock but I think it was a VP of the Invitation Committee speaking off the cuff to a reporter.

Yeah Stallion, that's the way I always heard it too. Grew up in Houston, and my Dad always loved telling that story.