University of Houston Athletics
Daily Football Practice Report
10/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 26, 2005
HOUSTON - The University of Houston football team continued to enjoy their second bye week of the season Wednesday afternoon. The Cougars worked out for about 90 minutes in full pads under sunny skies at the UH Athletics Complex.
The squad will have similar workouts on Thursday and Friday. Houston (4-3, 2-2 C-USA) will begin installing the UCF gamplan on Sunday after giving the team Saturday off.
UCF (4-3, 3-1 C-USA) travels to East Carolina this week and sits atop the Eastern Division of C-USA with Southern Miss. Head coach George O'Leary and the Golden Knights are one of the best turnaround stories in college football after bouncing back from an 0-11 mark last season.
Tailback Kevin Smith is fifth in the NCAA among true freshman registering 560 yards on the ground. Smith is also tied for second in 100-yard games for a true freshman with three.
Kickoff with the Golden Knights is set for 5 p.m. (CDT), Nov. 5 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. That game will be broadcast on KTRH 740 AM with Tom Franklin handling play-by-play and Tony Fitzpatrick providing color analysis. Former All-Southwest Conference center Chuck Brown serves as the roving sideline reporter.
In addition, the game will air on iTV, formerly known as PAX, and can be seen locally on DirecTV channel 255 or Time-Warner channel 7.
UH is boasting a 3-1 mark on the road this season, while the Golden Knights are 3-0 at the Citrus Bowl.
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With the changes in the Cougars' schedule during the month of November, fans also should note a ticket exchange policy. The Southern Miss game, originally scheduled at Robertson Stadium for Sept. 24 was rescheduled for 4 p.m., Nov. 13, due to Hurricane Rita. For the Southern Miss-Houston game to be played on Nov. 13, the Cougars' game against SMU, originally scheduled for Nov. 12, was postponed one week and will now be played in Houston on Nov. 19. Any fan that purchased a ticket for either of these games may do one of the following:
1. Keep the current tickets, as it will be valid for the new rescheduled game dates. 2. Exchange your tickets for one of the remaining 2005 home football games.
The Homecoming game against SMU originally scheduled for Nov. 12 has been changed to the Southern Miss game on Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. If fans had tickets for the Homecoming game and still want to attend Homecoming weekend, they MUST Exchange their SMU tickets for Southern Miss tickets. The SMU tickets WILL NOT BE VALID for the Southern Miss game. All tickets must be exchanged in advance of the game date. Tickets can be exchanged at the UH Athletic Ticket Office located in the Athletics/Alumni Center or by mailing to:
University of Houston Athletic Ticket Office 3100 Cullen Blvd., Ste. 1003 Houston, TX 77204 For more information, please call the ticket office at 713-GO-COOGS.
