Against all odds, the Houston Cougars escaped Corvallis with a win after a sluggish start.
For the few people not familiar with the term, a trap game in sports is when a favored team loses to a weaker opponent due to either poor preparation or overlooking them due to a bigger game coming up next on the schedule.
was the textbook example of a trap game. The Cougars started the season 3-0 for the first time since time since 2016, and with next week's showdown with No. 12 Texas Tech looking like the program's biggest game in years, the 0-4 Beavers appeared insignificant by comparison. Sure enough, the Cougars fell into the trap early on, but unlike many other teams in this situation, they were able to break out.Sep 26, 2025; Corvallis, Oregon, USA; Houston Cougars head coach Willie Fritz looks on in overtime against the Oregon State Beavers at Reser Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images / Craig Strobeck-Imagn Images For a while, it looked like the Cougars were doomed to suffer their first loss of the season aagainst a previously winless team. They fell behind 14-0 early in the second quarter and trailed 24-10 midway through the fourth, withThen, the Cougars flipped a switch. The offense finally got going in middle of the fourth quarter, putting together touchdowns drives of 76 and 64 yards to tie the game with 3:40 to go. The special teams unit then came through by blocking the Beavers' would-be game-winning field goal to send it it to overtime. Finally, the defense stuffed the Beavers on a fourth-and-1 in overtime to set up Ethan Sanchez' game-winning field goal on the ensuing drive."I don't know, we hadn't played for a while I'm not quite sure, I thought we had really good practices,". "We started off extremely slow, and it's like we had one guy off when we're blocking, we're protecting, we're running around, maybe off slightly on the throw. ... It just took a while for us to get our rhythm." What Fritz did like from this game, however, is the resolve his team showed. Going into a high-stakes game next week, that resiliency is simply invaluable. "Well, I think we learned a little bit about our team," Fritz said. "Whatever we can and can't do as well as we need to. You know, we didn't look good there for a while on the sideline. But kids were all positive, coaches were all positive, we kept trying to find solutions to problem, and fortunately we had enough time on the clock where we could still win the game."
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