Houston football coach Dana Holgorsen is thrilled to begin the program’s first year in the Big 12 this season.
However, the ’23 season is not the first instance where Houston attempted to join the league and Holgorsen has not deleted that moment from his mind. The Cougars attempted join the Big 12 when it was initially created in ’94.
As Holgorsen spoke to a disappointed fan about the program’s decision to join the Big 12 on his weekly radio show on Tuesday, he took jabs against the state’s crown jewels Texas and Texas A&M as the reason why the Cougars were unable to join the league when it was created nearly 30 years ago.