The Cougars were supposed to make a road trip to Cincinnati last weekend. Unfortunately, they never bothered to show up.
Ryan says there was no good or bad - just ugly - in this game, and I agree, so...
The Ugly: In addition to being shut out, the Cougars were outgained, 362 yards to 233 (they only managed 99 passing yards), managed only 12 first downs the entire game (the Bearcats had 22), turned the ball over three times (Cinci had no turnovers), missed what should have been an easy field goal, and were penalized seven times for 68 yards.
In short, pretty much everything that could have gone wrong for the Cougars did.
What It Means: The team appeared to be making progress over the past couple of weeks, but took a big step backwards last Saturday. Through the season's first four games, UH's offense has been utterly abysmal, as Ryan explains:
Houston is now 129th nationally (out of 133) in scoring at 13.0 ppg. The Cougars have scored 7, 12, 33, 0 for a total of 52 points in their first four games.
Yikes.
Next up for the Cougars is #18-ranked Iowa State at TDECU Stadium. This will be the very first meeting between the two programs.
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