They were in the SWC. Had a dynamic and innovative offense. And got left when the big 12 started. It wasn't because of the being a threat. Three years of probation didn't help. http://articles.latimes.com/1988-12-17/sports/sp-170_1_houston-football-programThen offering nothing in tv markets. And then this fiasco in 2001 didn't earn them any favorshttps://m.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/4j8k6k/til_uofh_reneged_on_4000_tickets_for_longhorn/
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