The Book: 2003 Football

[CajunCharlie]

What is the injury situation?

[NewsCopy]

LOUISIANA La. — If Art Briles looks relieved on the Houston Cougar sideline the rest of the season, there’s a good reason.

The Big House is behind him.

He doesn’t have to take his team to play at Michigan again, in front of 109,580 screaming fans.

His Cougar football team may not see that many opposing fanatics at its other five road games combined, a five-game set that begins Saturday when UH visits Cajun Field to take on UL.

“I’m just glad to be alive,” Briles joked on Monday. “Somebody asked me what was the biggest advantage Michigan had last weekend, and I said about 50 years of tradition.”

The Cougars got spanked to the tune of 50-3 by the fifth-ranked Wolverines last Saturday, one week after his club pulled a similar trick in an easy 48-14 victory over Rice in its home opener.

So, even though Houston will bring a 1-1 record to Acadiana Saturday, Briles still isn’t sure what to make of the Cougars in his first year at the helm.

“I haven’t gotten a gauge on what kind of team we have,” he said, “and that bothers us a little bit. The Rice game, we weren’t able to look at a bunch of things we needed to look at, and at Michigan we were fighting for our lives. We’re still very much in a feeling-out process.”

The feeling-out process could easily describe Cougar quarterback Kevin Kolb, who became the first true freshman to start a season-opening game in UH history when he took the opening snap against Rice.

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Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@lafayette.gannett.com

[CDeb]

Originally posted by UH1990
Nice Pics. Is ULL sponsored by Chili's?

No. It's a separate pepper design that was developed in 1999.

[Oldman]

NO INJURIES!

[Oldman]

i am glad to here you haven't done it yet. but if you know anything about football, and i'm sure you do, take notice: a freshman QB first game at home, family,friends/schoolmates, big crowd,want to do well maybe a little too excited, juices flowing......timing patterns off, what do you think, oh! and a runningback should have scored but took the wrong angle on two occasions, had stamps open several times(timing), guys not being dicipline and missing assignments. we'll be fine, those things with will be fixed and jerry will do fine. do you come to the quarterback luncheon? if not try to make one, very interesting. one of the players spoke last monday(bartel)he said the players got togather and that they know what needs to be done.......hang in there. "GEAUX CAJUNS."

[UH1990]

Originally posted by nujaC 1
Question: Do you have a son of one of our oaches playing for Houston?

Not sure - what's the coaches name? I haven't heard about this, and I'm sure it would have come this week.

[Turbine]

Originally posted by UH1990
Not sure - what's the coaches name? I haven't heard about this, and I'm sure it would have come this week.

Coach Bartel's stepson, was a Sr. TE for you last year. I don't recall his name or if TE is correct.

[CapitalCougar]

I see on the Ragin' Cajun athletics website that you have a link to internet radio. Will this weeks game be broadcast?

Thanks, and good luck this Saturday.

CC

[Cajun1997]

try KPEL

[Cajun1997]

Right now I just care about a win over Houston