Houston 11/11 7:00 FS1

[Lobot]

UC will not fire CSS this year or anytime soon. There are millions of reasons why (from boardroom.tv):

"As for the buyout that will be built into his Cincinnati contract, Satterfield can rest comfortably knowing most of his base and supplemental pay is guaranteed. If Cincinnati fires him without cause prior to Dec. 31, 2025, the university will owe him every penny left on his deal, not including bonuses. If he’s fired Jan. 1, 2026, or later, up until the end of his contract, Satterfield will be owed 70% of his remaining pay.

So, let’s say Cincinnati cuts ties with the coach on the first day of 2026. He would still have $11.7 million left on his deal, meaning Cincinnati would have to pay him 70% of that, or $8.19 million."

Bingo. Exactly this. Unless we have a booster that wants to pony up the money, CSS isn't going anywhere. Get over it.

Not to mention firing a coach in year one of his contract is an extremely bad look in the coaching market and the pool of interested replacement candidates would be non existent afer pulling something like that.

[swilsonsp4]

I saw tickets available for $2 on the internet. This is the last game UC has a realistic chance of winning.

I have already given up on this year, but fear that next year will be worse, and we will be back to the levels of the "Dave Curry" years, which were awful (lost to Morehead State one year). Why not do now what will be done next year at this time, and admit to a huge mistake, and pay off CSS, and bring in Tom Herman, or somebody else, who has a history of winning, and turning programs around?

B.C.

UC will not fire CSS this year or anytime soon. There are millions of reasons why (from boardroom.tv):

"As for the buyout that will be built into his Cincinnati contract, Satterfield can rest comfortably knowing most of his base and supplemental pay is guaranteed. If Cincinnati fires him without cause prior to Dec. 31, 2025, the university will owe him every penny left on his deal, not including bonuses. If he’s fired Jan. 1, 2026, or later, up until the end of his contract, Satterfield will be owed 70% of his remaining pay.

So, let’s say Cincinnati cuts ties with the coach on the first day of 2026. He would still have $11.7 million left on his deal, meaning Cincinnati would have to pay him 70% of that, or $8.19 million."

[Bearcat Chris]

It seems like this is the 5th game in a row it has been someone's Homecoming game. As for the weather, given Houston's pass-happy offense, we better hope that percentage pushes north of 80%. It will be interesting to see how UC comes out after being eliminated from bowl contention and after the apparent coach and player-led butt-reaming that was reported to have happened this week. Will they still play for something or just roll over?

I saw tickets available for $2 on the internet. This is the last game UC has a realistic chance of winning.

I have already given up on this year, but fear that next year will be worse, and we will be back to the levels of the "Dave Curry" years, which were awful (lost to Morehead State one year). Why not do now what will be done next year at this time, and admit to a huge mistake, and pay off CSS, and bring in Tom Herman, or somebody else, who has a history of winning, and turning programs around?

B.C.

[UC4me]

Per weather.com, 45-55% chance of rain for most of the day Saturday, but down to 30-35% by kickoff @ 7:00 PM ET. Temperature 60F. Winds NNE 9-10 MPH.

It's the Cougars' Homecoming. Tons of seats still available.

It seems like this is the 5th game in a row it has been someone's Homecoming game. As for the weather, given Houston's pass-happy offense, we better hope that percentage pushes north of 80%. It will be interesting to see how UC comes out after being eliminated from bowl contention and after the apparent coach and player-led butt-reaming that was reported to have happened this week. Will they still play for something or just roll over?

[swilsonsp4]

Per weather.com, 45-55% chance of rain for most of the day Saturday, but down to 30-35% by kickoff @ 7:00 PM ET. Temperature 60F. Winds NNE 9-10 MPH.

It's the Cougars' Homecoming. Tons of seats still available.

[red_n_black_attack]

Let's just get that first win and keep UH near the bottom of the standings

[GoBearcats31]

Black helmets, white jerseys and pants

[Lobot]

Can we move to coaching and AD discussion to another thread maybe? Let's keep this one focused on Houston. Houston has played some real duds against the Bearcats in recent years. We might have a chance to steal one here.

[red_n_black_attack]

What a stupid, too generous contract for a coach who was going to be fired from UL, plus we paid UL $3 million to get him. Ugh...... the stupidity in the AD office is incredible.

B.C.

Then we should fire the AD if we're stuck with his pick at coach.

[Lobot]

Manjack will play for Houston per Joseph Duarte at the Houston Chronicle. Cleared from concussion protocol

[Rufus]

"I am going to the game & with that % in Houston's favor, I hope they sell beer at the game"


With this team drinking is needed. The more the better.

"UC is running up and down the field on almost everybody, then commit a stupid penalty that extends the opponent's drive, cough the ball up, or some other avoidable error. If they can manage that somehow on Saturday, UC can win. But then EJ couldn't keep up ,his 1.82 interception per game average. Plus he's got an extra interception to give from last game.

[Lobot]

Overly pedantic and irrelevant to your overall point, but BYU beat Texas Tech 2 weeks ago :-)

Ahh, I obviously missed that. whoops

[longtimefan]

Overly pedantic and irrelevant to your overall point, but BYU beat Texas Tech 2 weeks ago :-)

I saw other posts on social media as late as this afternoon making the same claim.

[regoarrarr]

Houston is the only newcomer in the BIg XII to have knocked off a legacy conference team.

Overly pedantic and irrelevant to your overall point, but BYU beat Texas Tech 2 weeks ago :-)

[Bearcat Chris]

I don't see Cunningham cutting him loose after only two years, barring a John Brannen situation. Here are the pertinent financial details of a buyout, per Russell Steinberg of "The Boardroom":

"As for the buyout that will be built into his Cincinnati contract, Satterfield can rest comfortably knowing most of his base and supplemental pay is guaranteed. If Cincinnati fires him without cause prior to Dec. 31, 2025, the university will owe him every penny left on his deal, not including bonuses. If he’s fired Jan. 1, 2026, or later, up until the end of his contract, Satterfield will be owed 70% of his remaining pay.

So, let’s say Cincinnati cuts ties with the coach on the first day of 2026. He would still have $11.7 million left on his deal, meaning Cincinnati would have to pay him 70% of that, or $8.19 million."

What a stupid, too generous contract for a coach who was going to be fired from UL, plus we paid UL $3 million to get him. Ugh...... the stupidity in the AD office is incredible.

B.C.