Rich Phillips

by **giacfsp** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:40 pm

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!

by **Lefty** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:16 pm

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.

by **HorsePower** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:16 am

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

by PK » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:29 am

Yes, he made that comment several times.

by **regis** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:41 am

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".

by **BrianTinBigD** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:57 pm

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.

by **Dirty Bird** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:42 pm

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."

by **giacfsp** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:46 am

Ah yes - a classic!

by **The Falcon** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 4:39 pm

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.

by **Buckethead** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:05 pm

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

by **Bergermeister** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:08 pm

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

by **that's great raplh** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:38 pm

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

by **Stallion** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:37 pm

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.

by **Dirty Bird** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:10 pm

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

Rich Phillips

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7-11 Remark on Cougar High

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