Pardon My Rant

I'm a University of Houston alum. And I support the athletic department in several ways. I'm not the biggest contributor but my support is pretty significant, enough that I'm on the list of invitees for the department's big functions. I say this not to pat myself on the back but as background for this:

I'm sitting here two home games into the hoops season and I still haven't received my season basketball tickets. I've 'chatted' online with the ticket office, emailed them and talked by phone. The latest I've gotten from them is that they will be 'overnight'd' to me in time for Thursday night's game. We'll see. UH wants to return to the days when it was a fairly significant player in the college sports world. Conference championships, Cotton Bowls, Final Fours, that sort of thing. If that's going to happen we'll sure need a better ticket department.

We have a nice shiny new football stadium and complex, a major revamping of Hofheinz Pavilion including a basketball training and practice facility is underway. How can season ticket holders be shuffled off to the side if we hope to make it back to the big time?

Meanwhile here are some things I use to remind myself of better days for the program.