Three takeaways from Houston’s 40-22 victory over Tulane

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports The Houston Cougars are one of the hottest teams in the land. In back-to-back weeks, they’ve invaded neighboring states and left with comfortable victories — upending Tulsa 45-10 last Friday before taking down Tulane 40-22 on Thursday night.

The road to victory in New Orleans wasn’t the smoothest trail as the Cougars found themselves trailing in the second half. But behind a dominant pass rush and mistake-free offensive play, the Cougars rallied with 23 unanswered points to improve to 5-1 on the year and 3-0 in AAC play. With five consecutive victories, Houston extends its longest win streak of the Dana Holgorsen era and has already secured its highest win total…