Chants and screams from passionate fans are the standard when it comes to the UH athletics game day experience, and imagining a contest without a live audience is almost impossible.
A UH football game without hearing, “C-O-U-G-A-R-S. Who we talking bout?” or a basketball game without any yells and distractions when an opposing player is at the free-throw line just doesn’t feel right.
Fans even help shield the coaches when they get heated in the middle of a game as athletic director Chris Pezman pointed out on Wednesday evening.
As much as fans love it when men’s basketball head coach Kelvin Sampson takes off his tie, what he is saying the moments leading up or after he unknots it is a different story.