Houston Appreciates Your Enthusiasm, But Its Players Need Helmets

We could use this space today to pontificate about exactly how stupid it was that Texas Tech didn't take the points late in the game against Houston, leaving the Cougars down just five instead of eight. But let's focus on the positive today and the afterglow at Houston.

Yes, Houston ended up going down and getting the game-winning score on a Case Keenum scramble. As you'd expect, the Houston student body was pretty geeked for the Cougs' big win. But coach Kevin Sumlin would like a word with you (via Twitter):

Saturday night was fun, but it will be hard for 3 of our guys to play this week without their helmets. Please return, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

And Kevin Sumlin is a man to be taken seriously. Any football coach who looks that much like Mike Tomlin means business. (Also worth noting: the striking resemblance between Ruffin McNeill and Doc Louis from the Punch-Out!! series.) So please, Houston students, wipe out that helmet -- because we know you used it as an oversized beer mug Saturday night -- and return it to Coach Sumlin ASAP.

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