Coach Luke Fickell talks Cincinnati football's 38-23 win at Houston on Saturday. Fletcher Page, fpage@enquirer..com
HOUSTON – This was never about the Coogs.
Sure, Houston's best player (D'Eriq King) opted to sit out the rest of the season after just four games. They had three different possible starting quarterbacks before Saturday's game with No. 25 Cincinnati. Injured offensive lineman Justin Murphy unleashed a scorching hot tweet thread this week ripping into first-year coach Dana Holgorsen's methods of program building.
So, coming off two weeks to prepare after a 2-3 start, Houston's season and Holgorsen's brief tenure appeared already on the brink of something really bad.