http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa Conference USA Sports blog covering C-USA football, basketball & baseball provided by the staff at CUSA-fans.com, C-USA's leading sports fan site. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:45:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en East Carolina upset Houston 38-32 in Saturday's Conference USA Championship Game.  Cougar QB Case Keenum threw for an incredible 527 yards and five touchdowns but had three costly interceptions.  Houston will face Air Force on December 31st in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth. East Carolina will face a ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/12/07/ecu-gets-c-usa-championship-liberty-bowl-berth/ The Houston Cougars moved up two slots to #21 following their 73-14 victory over crosstown rival Rice.  Houston will face ECU in the Conference USA Football Championship Game to wrap up the season with a Liberty Bowl berth on the line. Houston ended the regular season 10-2 and 6-2 in ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/12/02/cougars-crush-rice-face-ecu-for-c-usa-championship/ The Houston Cougars demolished the Memphis Tigers 55-14. Case Keenum threw for 405 yards and five scores in the victory. The #24 Cougars host Rice on the 28th and needs a win over their cross-town rivals to clinch the C-USA West Division. However is Houston loses to 2-9 Rice the ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/11/25/houston-looks-to-wrap-up-c-usa-west-versus-rice/ The Houston Cougars dropped 9 spots in the college football Top 25 rankings to #24 following their 37-32 loss to UCF.  The loss leaves the Cougars in second place in the C-USA West Standings as they look up at SMU. Case Keenum threw for 377 yards and a touchdown in ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/11/17/houston-plays-with-fire-again-this-time-gets-burnt/ The Houston Cougars escaped Tulsa with a 46-45 victory.  It took a last second 51 yard field goal to keep the Cougars at #15 in this week's top 25 rankings.  QB Case Keenum threw for 522 yards and 3 scores in the victory.  The Cougars travel to Central Florida on ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/11/10/houston-has-a-close-call-tulsa-but-gets-the-win/ The #18 Houston Cougars defeated Southern Miss in a wild shootout 50-43.  The victory moved the Cougars up in the Top 25 rankings to #15.  QB Case Keenum threw for an astounding 559 yards and 5 touchdowns in the victory.  The Cougars travel to face Tulsa, a team that is ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/11/03/houston-tops-southern-miss-in-shootout-moves-up-to-15/ The Houston Cougars dropped one spot to #18 despite their SMU 38-15 victory over SMU.  Houston will host Southern Miss on October 31st. At 6-1, the Cougars lost a lot of steam and attention with the loss @ UTEP, but the goal now for Houston needs to be focusing on ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/10/27/cougars-drop-in-bcs/ The first batch of BCS Standings are now out and Conference USA's Houston Cougars enter the party at #17.  The 5-1 Cougars will look to move up the college football Top 25 rankings as they host SMU on October 24th. SMU has started the season 3-3 and is in the ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/10/19/houston-comes-in-17-in-initial-bcs-standings/ The Houston Cougars continued their assent up the polls with a thrilling victory over Texas Tech 29-28 late Saturday night. The Cougars moved up from 17th to 12th in this week's college football Top 25 poll. Houston will travel to UTEP on October 3rd. http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/09/29/houston-jumps-five-spots-in-top-25-with-thrilling-win/ The Houston Cougars moved up from 21st to 17th on their bye week.  Cougar fans are now asking how the Cowboys of Oklahoma State, the team that they beat to vault Houston into the Top 25 rankings, are one slot above them.  A question no one can answer in fairness.  ... http://www.dfnsports.com/cusa/2009/09/22/cougars-face-another-major-challenge-move-up-in-top-25/