The Scott & Holman Pawdcast

We're back, previewing the biggest Houston Cougar football showdown in a while now, we dare say since Dana Holgorsen took over, as the hated and #19-ranked Ponies of Southern Methodist (nee Money) University come to Houston for a Saturday night showdown. Of course we take a look back at the Cougar volleyball and soccer weeks that were, with both teams reaching varying degrees of the 'home stretch'...

It won't go down as Houston's prettiest game of the year, but it will go down as the soggiest. The Cougars waited 5+ hours for the weather to permit the playing of football, and then rode their defense and special teams to an overtime victory over East Carolina. We're scratching our heads at some ineffective offensive line play, and some questionable playcalling, while also acknowledging the singu...

Rest In Peace, Molly Howard Gerwig. We brought on our new friends at the Boneyard Podcast to preview the ECU Pirates football team, as well as giving our thoughts on the Pirates and the AAC/Big 12/CFB action from last week and previewing the week to come. Additionally, we looked back on the weeks that were for: Volleyball, Soccer, Women's Golf, Swim & Dive and a little men's basketball recruiting...

We're back, talking maybe the biggest week in the collective history of Cougar soccer and volleyball this decade! Top 25 wins for each program have fans feeling pretty good as we head down the home stretch of conference play in each of those Fall sports. Plus with no football game to preview this weekend, we're handing out some mid-season grades for Cougar football! We're giving the coaching staff...

It was a bit nervy at times, but Houston Cougar football ended up with an 18-point road win over the Tulane Green Wave, their 5th consecutive win which keeps them one of three undefeated teams in AAC play. We're talking a dominating defensive performance, a hometown hero, and how Houston is set up for the second half of the year. PLUS, we're reviewing a wild, wild week in college football, which f...

Is this 2 episodes in.... 3 days?! It is 2 episodes in 3 days! We return to preview Thursday night's Cougar football showdown on ESPN with the Tulane Green Wave, and brought on one of our absolute favorite and most frequent guests JP of Fear the Wave (now at fearthewave.substack.com as well!) to get the skinny on the 2021 version of Tulane football, in addition to giving our own thoughts on this o...

What better way to end the weekend and begin the new week than a Cougar football post-victory react show? Hopefully you answered that question with "nothing". We dived into everything we liked from a comprehensive, Friday night 45-10 victory by UH football over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and takeaways as 7 more regular season games loom.  PLUS, your Four Word Reviews and taking in a chaotic week 5...

You may have noticed we didn't have time for a Cougar football instant react episode this past weekend, so it's time to cram everything into one MEGA EPISODE! A full breakdown of Houston's underwhelming comeback victory over Navy? Check. In-depth preview of this Friday's game against Tulsa, complete with guest expert Ryan from the Golden Hurricast? Check and check. We've also got Cougar volleyball...

We're back! And where else would we be but talking all things Houston Cougars on the Pawdcast!? Cougar football gets an expected win over Grambling and we fold our usual Sunday recap into this week's Navy preview and look at the week 3 and 4 AAC/CFB action around the country. PLUS, Cougar soccer upsets top 25 UCF, men's hoops gets the commitment of 4-star, national top 30 recruit Terrance Arceneau...

Houston Cougar football is playing Grambling State on Saturday, a game from the bygone era in which Houston knew how to schedule sure-thing FCS patsies. We broke down exactly why we feel confident saying Houston has this one in the bag, and the one area where the Tigers have actually shown the ability to contend with FBS competition. PLUS, Cougar volleyball and soccer both took their first losses...

The University of Houston was officially extended membership to the Big 12 conference on Friday morning. Woah! We talk about what it means in the big and little picture, some of how we got here and things we're most excited about with this conference switch. And, we had a football game: specifically an emphatic and comprehensive 44-7 win over the Rice Owls in the 2021 edition of the Bayou Bucket g...

The boooooooys are back in toooooown again, with a conference realignment development that finally breaks in a positive direction for the Coogs, as the programs look to be on an imminent collision course with long time geographic neighbor and subject of ire: the Big 12. Plus, recapping a very frustrating and not unfamiliar collapse as Cougar football loses their opener 38-21 to the Texas Tech Red...

Football season is finally upon us, and we're got everything you need ahead of the first full weekend of college football, and Houston's showdown with Texas Tech. We're breaking down the Red Raiders, with the help from our friends at the Tortillas and Takes Podcast, as well as the recent Houston roster news, and a big upcoming week for the AAC as a whole. Plus, we're talking volleyball's 3-0 start...

At a recording pace that can only be compared to the 2019 UH football season opening slate, the guys are back for a FIFTH time in the month of August with some Cougar goings on to discuss and seasons to preview, including: An overview and position group specific breakdown of the Houston Cougar football team's offense and what it could look like in 2021 Previewing the 2021 Cougar volleyball team, l...

Well, if this one game sample size is any indication, which it definitely is, the Houston Cougars are going to go undefeated in all athletic competitions in 2021-22. Which is to say that Cougar soccer opened the season with an impressive 3-1 victory over Oklahoma! And with college football now just a week away, it's time to preview the Houston Cougar defense and special teams! We're taking an in-d...

If you're able, please consider donating to the gofundme set up for Cameron Burrell's daughter Amora: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-honor-cameron-burrell-daughter-amora We're suddenly only hours away from the kickoff to the 2021-22 Houston Cougar athletics year, which means it's time for a season preview of the annual curtain-raisers, UH soccer! We're talking reasons for optimism for a potent...

DONATE TO THE COLLEGE FUND OF CAM BURRELL'S DAUGHTER AT THIS LINK: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-honor-cameron-burrell-daughter-amora?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Rest in Peace, Cam. Nothing can make things right now feel normal after the untimely death of a beloved member of the UH family like Cam, and we try and give you our annual pre-season pr...

We've now made it to Season 7! And what better way to celebrate than remembering the CUSA championship winning 2006 Houston Cougar football season, on the 15th anniversary of that incredible season. We were privileged to have '06 team members and UH football alums Vincent Marshall and Wade Koehl join us and add insight and perspective to this season recap. In addition, we also hit on a handful of...

We thought about 2 weeks ago that our final episode of Season 6 was going to be light on current news... and boy were we wrong! Just in the Houston Cougar sports world, we cover: Quentin Grimes getting taken in the 1st round of the NBA Draft by the New York Knicks! DeJon Jarreau picking up a free agent contract and an interesting landing spot in the Miami Heat Cougar baseball gets an immediate imp...

In the penultimate episode of season 6, we've got four Cougar sports with some significant news -Baseball sees Robert Gasser drafted in the 2nd round by the Padres, as well as Kyle Lovelace and Steven Rivas signing pro contracts, but also got some good news on the returning talent front -Softball reboots its pitching staff, taking in a pair of intriguing D1 transfers with ace potential. -Women's g...

Its here! Bring out the red carpet, A listers and the ghost of Joan Rivers, the 4th annual Pawscars are here! We dive into our votes, the fan voters and the award nominees/winners from the 2020-21 Houston Cougar athletics year. PLUS A BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL UPDATE, ONE OF WHICH IS GOOD NEWS AND ONE OF WHICH IS NOT AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califo...

To vote for this year's Pawscar Awards, go here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRP9oAlMpam_S0RLuY21wxbeF2N5lqVWYWoNUqVeio7GdTNw/viewform Our first official off-season episode was supposed to be a relatively short one, in which we revisit our bold predictions for Cougar athletics from a year ago, and announce our nominees for the 2020-21 Pawscar Awards, but we ended up having lots of ac...

The boys are back in (their separate, respective) town(s) to discuss the last episode of Season 6 with on field UH results to talk about. Naturally, UH track & field and their performance in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field championship was the first topic, but the following also came up: Gerrod Chadwell leaves for the school in College Station after a wildly successful near decade as head coach of...

Were we content to just do a preview of UH track & field at the NCAA Outdoor championships and call that enough? HECK NO! Instead, we brought on the always entertaining Cougar legend and current assistant coach Carl Lewis to talk about NCAA West Prelims and look ahead to the Cougar men's and women's athletes going to Eugene, OR to participate in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. See Pr...

In our penultimate episode of the 2020-2021 athletics calendar year, we've got some major goings on with the Houston Cougars. First, the Cougar Track & Field program finished up West Prelims and is sending a bus-full of athletes on both the men's and women's side to Outdoor National Championships. We've got your Prelims recap, Natty's preview, and gushing about how bright the future of the program...