Earlier this week, the Big 12 announced the fall 2024 football schedules for all the teams in the conference, including Houston (we already knew who all of Houston's opponents were going to be, but until this announcement did not know the dates):
Sat Aug 31 UNLVSat Sep 07 at Oklahoma
Sat Sep 14 Rice
Sat Sep 21 at Cincinnati
Sat Sep 28 Iowa State
Sat Oct 05 at TCU
Sat Oct 12 (off)
Sat Oct 19 at Kansas
Sat Oct 26 Utah
Sat Nov 02 Kansas State
Sat Nov 09 (off)
Sat Nov 16 at Arizona
Sat Nov 23 Baylor
Sat Nov 30 at BYU
The game at TCU may occur on Friday October 4th instead of the 5th, while the game at Arizona may occur on Thursday November 14th or Friday November 15th instead of the 16th. The game at Kansas will be played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, because Memorial Stadium in Lawrence is undergoing renovations.
There are some advantages to this schedule. There are two bye weeks, one of which comes at the season's midway point and another before its final quarter. These will both provide the team some much-needed recovery time as they navigate a tough Big 12 slate. The Cougars only have one instance of back-to-back games on the road, and those two games are separated by a bye week. The Cougars also have back-to-back home games against Utah and Kansas State, which will likely be two of their toughest opponents.
All that said, there's no sugarcoating: this is a brutal schedule for the Cougars. Eight of their 12 opponents played in bowl games last year, and four of them ended the season ranked. The Cougars played six of these teams last year and only beat one of them (Baylor). Given all the work that new head coach Willie Fritz has to do rebuild this team, anything more than three or four wins from this schedule will be a significant overachievement.
I'm eyeing the Arizona game as a possible roadie. Mid-November should be a delightful time of year in Tucson, and I have family there that I can visit as well.
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