On Saturday morning, Ryan Dorchester’s weekend really got spicy.
Like most of those within the Houston football program, he was supposed to be off that day. The Cougars held a mock game Friday night in preparation for their season opener the following weekend at Memphis. But trouble brewed. Rumblings of a COVID-19 outbreak on the Memphis football team had made their way to Houston as early as Wednesday.
Around 11 a.m. Saturday, Dorchester got the call. The game against Memphis would not be played, but a new game has been scheduled: a road game, at Baylor, in seven days.