Houston truly struggled vs Oregon State on the road 1 week before hosting Texas Tech

Houston v Oregon State | Soobum Im/GettyImagesWe’re one week out from the Houston Cougars hosting Joey McGuire and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. One week out. And Friday evening, the Houston Cougars really had some problems with the Oregon State Beavers.

There’s a few potential reasons for those struggles.

One could be that Houston was looking ahead to the upcoming matchup with Texas Tech and almost got caught in a trap game against Oregon State. With the way the Red Raiders look, it seems plausible that plenty of teams will be circling their calendar for the day of their matchup with Texas Tech as a point of focus.

Another could be that Houston was just simply exhausted and happened to be…