HOUSTON -- The No. 6 Houston Cougars were without two starting linebackers in their 42-14 win over Connecticut on Thursday at TDECU Stadium because of an altercation between the two the day before the game.
Houston coach Tom Herman said after Thursday's game that Cougars' starting middle linebacker Matthew Adams was benched after a "scuffle" between he and starting outside linebacker Tyus Bowser that resulted in an injury to Bowser that will keep him out of the lineup in the coming weeks.
"Yesterday, during our weekly tradition of family Fridays, where we go out on the field and play some silly games just to loosen the thing up, dodge ball, whiffle ball, two-hand touch football, the two got over competitive and things briefly got out of hand during one of the games and resulted in a scuffle between Tyus and Matt, two brothers," Herman said.