Willie Fritz is 0-1 as Houston's head coach, but based on his lengthy experience, Brent Venables has publicly acknowledged his respect for Fritz as a coach.
has started every media availability this week giving Fritz his flowers leading up to the Sooners’ matchup matchup with Fritz’s Houston squad. The Cougars started their 2024 season with a 27-7 home loss to UNLV on Saturday in Fritz’s first game since taking over the program.
Fritz was the head coach at Tulane for eight seasons before leaving for Houston this past offseason. At Tulane, Fritz guided the Green Wave to an American Conference title in 2022. He also once led the Green Wave into Memorial Stadium in 2021, the year before Venables took over at OU. The Sooners narrowly notched a season-opening win, 40-35, after Tulane scored a pair of unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
That was similar to what Venables echoed in his opening statement of his weekly press conference on Tuesday.
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