The COVID-19 shutdown separated Dana Holgorsen from his beloved whiteboard and the player magnets he would move up and down the depth chart like Don Corleone, the cinematic Godfather, shuffled the politicians he kept like nickels and dimes in his pocket.
Holgorsen had only laptop and paper at his disposal this spring as he puttered in the kitchen and took long walks around Hermann Park while contemplating an exceedingly fluid University of Houston roster that includes 25 holdovers, 31 players who redshirted during last year’s tumultuous 4-8 campaign and 27 new signees.