HOUSTON -- Tom Herman began his media conference on the Monday after the Cougars' 33-23 defeat of Oklahoma with a reference to the "physical mismatches" that his team might confront when it takes the field. Asked later to elaborate, Herman said the Cougars are smaller than half the teams in the Power 5.
"Did you see those running backs?" he asked, referring to the Sooners' Samaje Perine (5-10, 235) and Joe Mixon (6-1, 226). "Oh my! Are they not gorgeous human beings?"
And yet the Cougars beat Oklahoma the same way they have won 14 of 15 games under Herman.