Tag: Dana Holgorsen

CBS Sports ranked every coach in the Power Five, how did the Big 12 fair?

How did Brent Venables and the Big 12 fare in CBS Sports ranking of each Power Five coach?

The expansion to 14 teams for the 2023-2024 academic year provides a unique environment for the Big 12 in its final year with Oklahoma and Texas. New teams mean new faces in the coaching ranks.

Over at CBS Sports, they ranked each coach in the Power Five, so we’ve collated where the Big 12 head coaches stack up ahead of the 2023 season.

CBS Sports coach rankings No. 26-69.

CBS Sports coach rankings No. 25-1.

Four Big 12 coaches landed in the top 25, but none made it into the top 10. It’s a pivotal season for several guys. Here’s a look at how the Big 12 coaches faired in CBS Sports Power Five head coach rankings.

Houston coach Dana Holgorsen ‘couldn’t be more excited’ to have Texans draft Tank Dell

Houston Cougars coach Dana Holgorsen says he “couldn’t be more excited” that the Houston Texans drafted WR Tank Dell.

Count Dana Holgorsen among the many inside the Bayou City and the surrounding areas that is ecstatic the Houston Texans picked Tank Dell.

The Texans traded with the Los Angeles Rams to take the former Houston Cougars receiver with the 69th overall pick in Round 3 of the 2023 NFL draft Friday night in Kansas City.

“Couldn’t be more excited,” Holgorsen said via the Houston Chronicle’s Joseph Duarte. “I loved coaching Tank and having him continue his career in Houston is as good as it gets. Being able to watch Case Keenum throw to Tank Dell is what it’s all about about. Great Coogs. Great people!”

Keenum is back with the Texans for a third stint, but this time as the veteran backup to rookie C.J. Stroud, who the Texans took No. 2 overall on Thursday night.

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Houston QB Clayton Tune believes he can elevate any NFL team, would love playing for Texans

QB Clayton Tune said at the Houston Cougars pro day he can help any NFL team, and would love to play for the Houston Texans in @bigsargesportz’s latest.

HOUSTON — There was palpable energy onsite at the University of Houston Thursday afternoon.

One would assume that the vivaciousness was generated as the men’s basketball team prepares to play in the “Sweet 16” round of the NCAA Tournament against the Miami Hurricanes as they take one step closer to playing at NRG Stadium in the Final Four.

Yet, that was not the case as excitement emanated from the indoor football facility as 16 players from the Cougars prepared to showcase their skills to all the NFL personnel that was in attendance.

“It is a fun day,” coach Dana Holgorsen said. “This is the one thing that makes the players say, ‘I have waited my whole life for this moment.’ It is about those guys, and I am here to support them and hopefully, they do a really good job here like I know they will.”

Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio and special teams coach Frank Ross watched intently as the players went through agility and position drills. One player that has caught the attention of the Texans throughout their college season and the NFL combine workouts has been quarterback Clayton Tune.

Tune led the Cougars to an 8-5 record this season, capped off with a 23-16 comeback win over the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl. His 40 passing touchdowns set an American Athletic Conference single-season record and earned him First-Team All-AAC honors.

The Carrollton, Texas, native finished his career completing 63 percent of his passes while throwing for 11, 127 yards and 95 touchdowns. He added 1,298 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns of production to his resumé.

“It felt good, I thought I did well,” Tune told reporters after his throwing session. “A couple of teams came up to me afterward and said, ‘Good job,’ you are ripping it around and we look forward to staying in touch.”

Tune elaborated more on why an NFL team should draft him early despite some analysts speculating that he is a late third-day prospect.

“I think if you just look at my track record, I just make the team better wherever I go,” said Tune. “As long as I have been playing football, I make the team better, I help us win games. This past season if you just look at the amount of times, we had to come back in the fourth quarter. I feel like I was able to play well in crunch time and bring my team along to get us the lead late in the game.”

Even with the speculation that the Texans will select a quarterback with the number two overall selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, they are one of many teams Tune is scheduled to meet with here soon.

“It would be awesome,” Tune expressed about possibly playing for the Texans. “To be able to stay in Houston and play in front of my fans. I am sure there are a lot of UH fans, that are also Texans fans, so being able to play in front of the same crowd would be great. I am super familiar with the city so it would be awesome.”

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Hawaii 28, Houston 14: New Mexico Bowl 10 Things To Know

Hawaii 28, Houston 14. The 10 ten things you need to know about the Hawaii win over Houston in the New Mexico Bowl.

Hawaii 28, Houston 14. The 10 ten things you need to know about the Hawaii win over Houston in the New Mexico Bowl.

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Hawaii 28, Houston 14: New Mexico Bowl

10. Houston started cold, and that was it. QB Clayton Tune gave up a weird interception deep in Cougar territory, Hawaii capitalized with a quick touchdown, and that was it … sort of.

There was one burst for Houston coming out in the second half down 21-0, but it was too late. Just when it looked like it was going to make something special with a comeback, Hawaii dropped the hammer with a kick six.

9. As this game showed, turnovers mean everything so far in this bowl season. Houston turned it over three times, Hawaii didn’t. Memphis turned it over three times in the Montgomery Bowl win over Florida Atlantic, but that’s been it so far in the first six bowls. In the other five – including this – the winning side didn’t turn the ball over and came up with a combined 11 takeaways.

8. The American Athletic Conference got that Memphis win, but that was as mismatched a game as it could get so far. Tulane got beat by Nevada in the Famous Idaho Potato, UCF was never in it in the Boca Raton, and now this.

7. You know that cliché about a bowl team wanting it more? Hawaii apparently wanted it a whole lot. It came out with an energy and gameplan that worked from the start. Houston needed a little while to get going, and by then it was way too late. Hawaii did the same thing to Fresno State to start the season, but it was way too inconsistent.

6. You wouldn’t think of Hawaii as tough – it’s the place the world goes to relax – but the teams always play nasty. They might not have the talent, and they might not have the facilities, but there’s a chip on this program’s shoulder.

5. Chevan Cordeiro had a bit of an up-and-down year, and the Hawaii quarterback didn’t connect on any downfield passes other than the backbreaking 75-yard pass play to RB Calvin Turner. But he didn’t turn the ball over – his counterpart Clayton Tune threw three picks – and he completed 15-of-32 passes for 136 yards and three touchdowns with 33 yards rushing.

4. And here’s the really crazy part – the Hawaii offense didn’t really work. The Rainbow Warriors only generated 267 yards of total offense, had little happening with the ground game, and struggled to move the ball. This isn’t the high-octane passing Hawaii of the past, but the team was still able to get the job done.

3. West Virginia famously beat Dabo Swinney’s Clemson team 70-33 in the 2012 Orange Bowl. Since then, Holgorsen has gone 1-6 in bowl games. Even so, he was supposed to be a big upgrade for the Houston program that wanted to take things to a whole other level, and instead it’s 7-13 in two years.

Last season was supposed to be about building up for 2020, and he should get a free pass for now because of the obvious overall issues in the world. A bowl win would’ve done wonders, but after this, 2021 needs to rock.

2. The Hawaii defense was fantastic throughout. It started right away, the pressure didn’t stop, and it was over fast. Hawaii finished with five sacks, nine tackles for loss, and three takeaways, but it was the run D that totally dominated allowing just 58 yards on the ground because …

1. The pass rush was an anomaly. Hawaii only generated 13 sacks on the year before this, with three coming against Fresno State and three more against UNLV. The team had just seven sacks in the other six games, but playmaking safety Khoury Bethley and linebacker Jeremiah Pritchard brought the pressure throughout.

Chalk this up to the players coming up with a big day, and also give credit to Todd Graham and the coaching staff that had a little extra time to work with and showed what they could do.Their team had the far, far better gameplan from the start.

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