Penders coaches #1000
Tom Penders is set to coach his 1,000th college game this afternoon, when UH takes on UTEP at the Hof.
The game should be a pretty good battle between the two teams that are likely to fight for second place all season in CUSA.
Since CUSA is probably, at best, a two-bid league this year, this is a really important game for the Coogs.
I hope our fickle fan base hasn't already bailed on the team, after the performance against Arizona.
I'm hoping to sandwich a bunch of chores around the game before taking off on another long weekend trip (and escaping cold/wet/dreary Houston for just cold).
UPDATE: The defensive-minded Coogs got the win, although it got a little more exciting at the end than it needed to.
And Coog basketball fans got the shaft, with a doubling of parking prices (presumably for the 6pm East/West Shrine game, although the parking attendant only grunted and shrugged when I asked) and only two ticket doors open on the Holman side of the Hof (meaning slow entry on a cold day).
Sometimes, Dave Maggard's gameday operations really earn the name Cougar High.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/19/08 08:42 | Sports | Technorati
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Where did you park? We across the street from where we had the tailgating shindig and didn't have to pay anything. There were signs for $5 parking (which is the same as it has always been) but there was no one there to collect the money. We thought that we might have gotten there with the guy on break, but we looked in the windshields of parked cars and didn't see anyone leaving their ticket out.
Posted by R. Alex @ 08:59 on 01/21/08
I parked in the Robertson lot, which is what I use for most basketball game games.
An email to Dave Maggard got a lame response that the gate staff were SUPPOSED to charge basketball fans the usual price. Yeah, no sh!t. But they didn't. Just the usual performance from an athletics department that is, all too often, high-schoolish in its ops.
The really devoted fans put up with it year after year. But I think casual fans find better experiences. It probably helps to explain why we are lucky to draw 3500 fans to the Hof, despite Penders' basketball teams being one of the most entertaining sports performers in town (including our alleged "pro" teams). Oh well.
So I guess between overcharging fans at the Robertson lot and undercharging fans at the lot you used, the athletics department pulled in its usual cut. :|
Posted by Kevin @ 10:48 on 01/21/08
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