The Scott & Holman Pawdcast

It's getting to be that time of the year folks!  Cougar track & field had a surprisingly drama-filled trip to the American Athletic Conference track & field outdoor championships in Wichita this weekend. Of course we discuss how the Cougars grabbed their 4th straight men's outdoor track & field championship and what lies ahead in NCAA prelims and championships. As the Houston area got pounded by r...

It was a week for maintaining position and taking care of business, and that's exactly what the Cougars did across the various Spring sports still in season. Cougar baseball evened up the Silver Glove Series against the hated Rice Owls, softball ended its regular season in impressive fashion, and Cougar track ended its regular season by...not getting anybody injured unnecessarily. Meanwhile, UH wo...

What a week to be alive and covering Cougar sports! Cougar Track sweeps the men's sprint relay events at the Penn Relays (plus some individual honors) and did more great stuff at the Drake Relays and Texas A&M Alumni Muster. There was an abundance of Cougars beginning their professional careers on the football side of things too, as Ed Oliver was drafted 9th overall by the Buffalo Bills. We also t...

The Cougar bat & ball sports went a combined 5-1 this past week, including a nice win over a top-10 Texas A&M baseball squad, and two key AAC series wins. Plus, the women's golf team finished up a ludicrously dominant performance at AAC championships to win their 3rd conference title in 4 years. Not to mention, men's hoops stayed hot on the recruiting trail, picking up its first commitment of the...

Are you sneezing more and enjoying the leaves turning back into a verdant green? Good, because we are now truly in the heart of Cougar spring sports season and we look back at a truly excellent spring sports week including, but not limited to: Baseball going 4-0 and dramatically changing their season fortunes in one week with a big midweeker on the horizon. Softball getting on track with a confere...

Guess who's back (back again) Guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back. Okay I'll stop doing this Eminem bit and get to the dang episode description! The guys return and are absurdly excited to discuss the imminent official announcement of Kelvin Sampson spurning other openings and signing an extension to remain basketball coach at the University of Houston. What that means long term f...

And like that, Houston's dream season is over. We're back, recording from Kansas City to reflect on the loss to Kentucky that ended the Cougars' season, but also to look back on the phenomenal year we just witnessed, and to appreciate the incredible Cougar careers of this year's senior class. We also took a peek forward to next year, in terms of the on-court talent returning, as well as Kelvin Sam...

YOUR HOUSTON COUGARS HAVE MADE IT TO THE SWEET 16 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS!!! Why bury the lede? We talk an incredible weekend in Tulsa that saw the Cougars handle their latest opponent(Ohio State) by double digits and we look ahead to the bluest of the blue bloods (pun sorta intended) in the Kentucky Wildcats. The shooty hoops talk wasn't just limited to the men, as we talk about a heartbre...

It's a special emergency #PAWDCAST as we're coming to you from Tulsa. We breathlessly recap Houston's dominant tournament-opening performance against the Panthers of Georgia State, and look forward to Houston's surprise 2nd-round opponent: the Ohio State Buckeyes. We're breaking down everything that went right on Friday, and everything that will need to go right on Sunday for the Cougars to keep d...

BA DA DA DAAA DUHH DAAAAA DA DUUUUUUHHHHHHH! The Cougars officially punched a dance ticket that was unofficially punched for months. We delve into who are our first round opponents: the Georgia State Panthers and the potential 2nd round opponents (including one that Dustin knows quite well). We also re-live the last week that was at the conference tournament in Memphis. Did we stop with Cougar bas...

This week's episode is brought to you by the number 2! It's the number of regular season losses for your Cougar men's basketball program, which finished 29-2 to win its first outright conference title since the Phi Slama Jama days. And #2 is also where Cougar men's track placed at NCAA Indoor National Championships, taking the team silver medal while winning a national title in the 4x400 relay! Su...

The Cougars got their first conference titles of the 2018-19 year by doubling their pleasure on the track, sweeping the AAC men's and women's Indoor Track championships! We reflect on the program's dominance across both genders, and take a peek forward to what might be in store at Nationals. And of course we're breaking down the latest on your top-10 Cougar men's hoops squad, as they smothered USF...

Oooooooo weee folks we went a bit long on this one. The guys have hit the sweet spot of winter sports getting to critical games and spring sports beginning that we have a whole bunch to talk about! Men's Hoops got a couple road wins and look ahead to a re-match with the league's most surprising team: the USF Bulls. And to get help previewing the Bulls we bring on The Daily Stampede founder Collin...

Your Houston Cougar men's basketball team faced the 2nd and 3rd-best teams in the AAC and beat 'em both, one in Orlando, one is a raucous Fertitta Center, and the end result is a 23-1 record, and a #9 ranking in both major polls. We're talking big wins, breaking down a pair of road games this coming week, and admitting it's hard not to look ahead with the schedule set up the way it is. PLUS, it's...

Now that Cougar men's basketball has exacted their revenge on Temple, a game we discuss in detail, there's a challenging week on the horizon. The next 3 games are doozies and we look ahead to a roadie at UCF and hosting the always difficult Cincinnati.  We aren't just hear to talk roundball, though! Softball is back and to preview the season we bring on Cougar softball head coach Kristin Vesely to...

Soak it in folks, your Cougar basketball team is 20-1 after two more convincing wins! We talk in depth about the Coogs shooting ECU out of the gym and getting another notch in their road warrior belts with a decisive win over Tulsa. And you better believe we're here to discuss a revenge rematch with the Temple Owls on Thursday. There's also football news a plenty as Dana Holgorsen starts to round...

In the time it takes you to read this episode description, you have just been whistled for two fouls by the officials from the Houston-USF game on Saturday evening. But no worry, Kelvin Sampson's team picked up a pair of road wins this week to improve to 18-1 on the year, including Sampson's 600th career victory. And for good measure the women's hoops team went on the road and picked up a win, as...

JOHN GAFFNEY! There we got it out of our system. We return to talk about an eventful week of Cougar men's basketball that featured at long last the first loss. However, the balance of that team's week featured lots of positives too and we talk about all of it. Plus, Dana Holgorsen's staff starts to take some shape and in detail we discuss the latest assistant hires. Women's basketball has a 2-0 we...

We have to admit, we're not used to being this optimistic about Cougar athletics. Men's hoops opened conference play with a couple of comfortable wins to stay undefeated, Dana Holgorsen was officially announced as UH head football coach (and is reportedly bringing Tyron Carrier with him, and poaching an assistant from Mack Brown), Todd Whitting got an extension, the Track program installed a game-...

Emergency podcast! The boys are back in tooooooown again to discuss the impending hire of current West Virginia U head coach Dana Holgorsen as Cougar Football head coach, what that means to them and how it reflects the general ambition of UH athletics as a whole. It's a real treat to talk about, y'all! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...

After a seemingly endless period of speculation, the University of Houston fired Major Applewhite on Sunday. Not only that, but before the firing was even complete, rumors were already abounding with former UH coordinators like Dana Holgorsen and Kliff Kingsbury being mentioned as possible replacements. So with our last episode of 2018 we're breaking everything down, from the timing of the move, t...

Giving up 70 points and losing by the most points in bowl game history makes liars out of us and we talk a bunch about an Armed Forces Bowl that was pretty dang bad. Kendal Briles (and probably Randy Clements) shockingly leave for other jobs and we talk about that in the context of what's looking like a shockingly uncertain future for Major Applewhite. But hey we have some positive things to talk...

It was a dramatic week on the hardwood, with the Cougars rallying past LSU in a frenzied Fertitta Center, and winning a rock fight in the closing seconds against St. Louis. We cover it all, as well as Thursday's match-up against a sneaky good Utah State team. Plus, the Armed Forces Bowl is upon us. Sal Interdonato joins us to break down the match-up between Army and what's left of Major Applewhite...

After a seemingly interminable 8 days away from spitting hot takes on the microphone, the guys return to discuss a big week for Cougar basketball which saw a 63-53 road win over Oklahoma State and a return to the top 25! There's also coordinators a moving in Cougar football as the guys discuss the seemingly impending Kendal Briles departure and a new name connected to the defensive coordinator ope...

After an extremely eventful week of Houston Cougar sports, the now 100% strep throat free Pawdcast tackles a game effort but tough regular-season ending loss to Memphis. The game itself is discussed along with the now-concluded regular season. Staying with football, we also discuss the dismissal of Mark D'Onofrio and the long term prospects of the Cougar defense. But there's some positive news! Co...