The Cougars sold out just one game last season: the home-opening loss.

The following week, attendance dropped to barely over 30,000 fans, and UH cracked 30,000 just one more time last season, the homecoming loss against Tulane, which saw an attendance numbers of 32,205.

Look at the numbers of another slumping Texas school from last season in the University of Texas Longhorns.

UT was first in the Big 12 last season, with an average attendance of 94,103, but tied for sixth with a percentage of capacity at 94 percent.

All these numbers don’t mean that UH doesn’t belong in the Big 12, but just that they don’t belong in the Big 12 right now.

Houston is striving for notoriety both on and off the field, and have a good chance to prove that they are here to stay this year.

A strong performance by Tom Herman and Houston, including a run at a conference championship and a strong bowl game would go a long way to furthering the Cougars’ cause.

But, after all, it’s just a game, right?