The boys are unambiguously back, with the following Houston Cougar sports topics to talk about from the week that was and will be:

• Willie Fritz's new Cougar football staff starts to take shape
• A number of key players enter the portal, including but not limited to: Matthew Golden, Tyler Johnson, and Chidozie Nwanko and the first commit of the Fritz era
• Men's hoops takes care of 2 outmatched opponents and look ahead to the first head to head with Texas A&M in 10 years
• Women's hoops also goes 2-0, including their first road win, and get 2 varying degrees of road tests in UTSA and Wazzu