Houston lost to No. 20 Washington State 31-24 Friday night in a game that saw UH head coach Dana Holgorsen go toe-to-toe with his old boss, WSU head coach Mike Leach.
Holgorsen, whose team dropped to 1-2 after the loss, said the Cougars have made progress in the three weeks since the start of the season.
“We gave ourselves a chance and just came up a little bit short,” Holgorsen said. “I thought we got better. We got to get back to work tomorrow and keep trying to improve.”
Although the Cougars ended the night with a loss, Houston saw its quarterback finally settle back into the role he played with UH in 2018 before a late-season injury benched him for the last two games of last season.