We're back, with a football conference opener to discuss and no shortage of other Houston Cougar topics on the menu for this particular pawdcast:

• The no good, terrible news of Derek Parish's 2022 season ending, 4 games in
• Volleyball's continued strong start to conference play, with a couple of need-to-win roadies on the immediate horizon
• Soccer has another fruitless roadie, short on offensive chances and looks ahead to another tough one
• Women's Golf gets a record-setting performance from Natalie Saint Germain and good rounds from fellow frosh at OU
• Top 100 big man Jacob McFarland commits to Cougar men's basketball

Oh yeah and we found time for Houston vs Tulane and week 5 CFB thoughts