ITS HERE! Two sports weeks we've been looking forward to for a while, with the following topics as part of the veritable buffet of Pawd happenings:

• Mike Grimala of the Las Vegas Sun gives the guys an inside look at a hotly anticipated season from the Coogs' week 1 opponents: UNLV. 
• The guys take a look at what the Coogs need to do on both sides of the ball, key players/position groups for Saturday's game
• Debuting this season's weekly UH pick 'em, henceforth known as: "Down with the Pick-ness"
• Previewing the 2024 Cougar volleyball season, who will be the biggest contributors, why this team was picked where they were in the Big 12 preseason and their opening slate of games in Omaha

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The long-awaited UH athletic director position has finally been filled! The boys discuss new AD Eddie Nuñez, what he did as AD at the University of New Mexico and how that experience could help him in his new role in the Third Ward.

AND preview season is still in full swing, as the boys preview the 2024 Cougar defense & special teams with some select discussion questions/topics.

Plus, actual Cougar sports to talk about... which is the nicest thing we can say right now about Cougar soccer.

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Martin Marroquin's "So You Want to Work In College Football": https://mahrowkeen.medium.com/so-you-want-to-work-in-college-football-201a8be02898

We're BACK, mere weeks away from the start of the college football season and mere hours away from the start of the 2024-25 Houston Cougar athletics season, with these topics to kick around:

• Previewing the 2024 Houston Cougar football offense, what we are optimistic about, how we think it will look, standout players, storylines, and question marks
• Martin Marroquin, former UH football assistant director of scouting, joins the pawd to tell his unique story and give the pawd insight on what goes into evaluating players in a Division 1 football program
• Previewing a pivotal year 3 of the Jaime Frias era for UH soccer as the team opens its season (and the athletics year generally) this week

At last, we have a brand new, 10th (!!!) season of the Pawd to debut and we do so in our customary fashion, with a couple of news item appetizers to kick us off:

• Making at least 1 prediction about every single Houston Cougar intercollegiate sports team for the 2024-25 season and reviewing our 2023-24 bold predictions
• The football non-conference schedule of the next few years takes shape and pondering the future of the Bayou Bucket game with Rice
• A quick round-up of Cougar current athletes/alumni at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games

Its nearly the end of the offseason, which calls for our every other year or so off-topic Pawd! So, Bobby and Sam are joined by friend/pawd graphic designer Bill to talk all things Formula 1, including the following topics:

• Biggest moments from the surprisingly compelling 2024 season so far
• Checking in with all 10 teams' big/little picture outlook
• Talking F1 'silly season' and the various announced/rumored driver moves

The boys have reached the end of Season 9! And what better way to commemorate a UH athletics and pawd season in the books than the 7th annual Paw-scar awards, commemorating the best athletes, teams and moments of the 2023-24 season.

Plus, we found time to discuss the following newsy topics:

• Cougar men's hoops alums Jarace Walker and Jamal Shead standing out at NBA Summer League and TBT with the Forever Coogs team featuring Rob Gray, Fabian White Jr, Justin Gorham and other program favorites
• Baseball loses Ross Kivett to his old employer: the University of Tennessee
• PAWDCAST HOST NEWS (*bumbumbum*)

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Twitter thread of 2023-24 Play of the Year Pawscars: https://x.com/SHPawdcast/status/1815755628817862742

We're back on our regular weekly recording pace, with the following Houston Cougar topics on the agenda:

• Introducing the nominees for our 7th annual Pawscar Awards, covering the 2023-24 UH athletics season
• Diving into Willie Fritz and the Cougar football staff's summer recruiting gains in the class of 2025
• A quick look at UH alums and current student athletes competing at this month's Paris Olympic Games

Oh hey, I guess our summer break is over. Its been a newsy last few weeks on many fronts in the world of Houston Cougar sports and the full trio of co-hosts return to discuss these topics:

• Discussing the rumored names for UH's athletic director vacancy, including but not limited to: David Fletcher, Oliver Luck, and Keli Zinn
• The bizarre decision to extend UH softball coach Kristin Vesely is finally revealed to the public at large
• Thoughts from Big 12 media days and where the Coogs were picked in the preseason poll
• Jamal Shead is a Toronto Raptor! Plus, Coogs in Summer League and TBT talk
• A trio of baseball pitchers get taken in this week's MLB Draft
• The much deserved extension for women's golf HC Lydia Lasprilla

We recap additional reporting on alleged unacceptable behavior by Houston Cougar softball head coach Kristin Vesely and the resulting toxic culture in the program under Vesely's leadership, as reported to us by players and staff members in the program and look at where UH appears to go from here with a subsequent AD change and other questions about who will even be coaching the program next year.

EMERGENCY PAWD! In a surprising and shocking move, UH leadership and Dr. Renu Khator dismissed Chris Pezman from his job as the UH athletics head honcho. We take a look at Pezman's 6-year tenure, successes/failures, what led to such a sudden and emphatic dismissal and what roles fundraising and other factors played in the decision.