Welcome to the Film Room. This is a weekly analysis of one big play, series, scheme or idea from the previous weekend’s action in an attempt to decipher what it means going forward.
One of the nation’s most prolific offenses is run without an actual playbook, relies on only one sideline signaler and operates faster than any other unit in the country. Through eight weeks, Houston is 6–1 and piling up points (48.7 per game, good for second nationally), yards (555.3, third in the country) and first downs (26.1, sixth). The Cougars have scored at least 41 points in each game this season, are winners of four straight and get a shot this weekend to knock off one of the few other teams with a competitive case to be the Group of Five’s gold standard this year.