By Riley Moquin September 13, 2023
The Houston Cougars had a weekend to forget.
Between the satisfaction with their opening week win over UTSA and the anticipation for their imminent Big 12 debut, fans left Rice Stadium on Saturday forced to wonder whether the Cougars remembered they had a date with the Owls before they got to September 16’s dance with TCU.
The 43-41 double-overtime loss suffered at the hands of Rice, UH’s first loss to its cross-town rivals in nearly 13 years, was even more somber than the final score-line tells.