College
Houston enters Big 12 with high hopes for Year 1
Ready or not, Chris Pezman, Dana Holgorsen lead the Houston Cougars out of college football purgatory and into the Big 12. But are they ready?
HOUSTON – Chris Pezman doesn’t need to imagine what it’ll be like to watch Houston face old Southwest Conference rivals in the 2023 version of the Big 12 because he was there the last time the Cougars were on the big stage. Pezman, like a modern-day Davy Crockett, wasn’t born in Texas but got here as soon as he could for one reason – football.
Pezman, now the Vice President for Athletics, was born in California, making his way to the Lone Star State, and the Houston area, late in his prep career. He stayed to walk-on for the Cougars in the late 80s and was on the team with Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware, helping the program go 10-1 and 1990. Pezman, a linebacker, won the Wilson Whitley “Fighting Heart” Award in 1992 when he was a team captain.
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