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Houston's Last Hurdle in Tulsa
Published: 11/24/2011 5:05 PM
Last Modified: 11/24/2011 5:05 PM

Case Keenum and the Houston Cougars deserve your attention on Friday.
Keenum is a serious candidate to win the Heisman Trophy. Houston is a serious candidate to reach a BCS bowl game.
Standing in the way is Tulsa in a Friday game at Chapman Stadium.
No matter how good Houston is, or how good Keenum is, Tulsa won’t be in awe.
The Golden Hurricane, who opened the season with losses to Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Boise State, has already seen teams as good if not better than Houston.
The Golden Hurricane, who have already tried to defend OSU’s Brandon Weeden, OU’s Landry Jones and Boise’s Kellen Moore, has seen quarterbacks every bit as good if not better than Keenum.
So, if Houston wants to get to those lofty levels, it will have to do it against a team that won’t be in awe.
Tulsa has already seen great teams and great quarterbacks this season.
And, the general feeling is that Tulsa is far better now than it was in September.
Houston will have to play at peak form against the Hurricane.
Tulsa is not Iowa State, Texas Tech or Baylor. This won’t be any shocker.
Tulsa is good enough to compete with Houston. How the Cougars react will be a huge factor. If Houston can stay calm and endure some adversity, then UH may be on its way to a BCS bowl game and the Heisman presentation party.



Reader Comments 2 Total
Dr. Strangelove (last year)
I'm looking for Tulsa to put it on these guys. On a neutral field I give UH the edge, but not here.
217719 (last year)
What time is the game?
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Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

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