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Ohio State blows out Indiana, 38-15. Now, it's time to do the same to That Team Up North.
While Urban Meyer admitted yesterday he'd already begun the machinations of replacing Tom Herman, Ohio State's offensive coordinator was officially introduced as Houston's head coach today; it was pretty awesome.
UH Cougars in house for Head Coach Tom Herman's press conference. @abc13houston #uhcougars pic.twitter.com/B1kPWO8iZ0
— Bob Slovak (@BobSlovak13) December 19, 2014
Tom Herman's press conference has a prep rally feel. Cool.
— Kirk Barton (@Kirk_Barton) December 19, 2014
UHs president is making student leadership lead a chant at Tom Hermans introductory press conference. This is crazy and awesome.
— Luke Zimmermann (@lukezim) December 19, 2014
Houstons president on Tom Herman: He sure has fire in his belly."
— CoachingSearch.com (@coachingsearch) December 19, 2014
Mack Rhoades says Tom Herman was only coaching candidate brought before UH president and chairman of trustees
— Joseph Duarte (@Joseph_Duarte) December 19, 2014
Tom Herman's first interview was four hours 10pm-2am.
— Michael Chung (@ProfMChung) December 19, 2014
Head Coach Tom Herman now taking the podium! #WelcomeCoachHerman pic.twitter.com/2IMaTH0wvN
— Houston Football (@UHCougarFB) December 19, 2014
Herman: "Regardless of talent, if you're tough you've got a chance to win games"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) December 19, 2014
Herman at UH intro: "We will be exciting to watch. ... The city of Houston needs a hometown college football team to be proud of."
— Travis Haney (@TravHaneyESPN) December 19, 2014
Tom herman is wrecking this presser
— Azam Shaikh (@Shazam0) December 19, 2014
The vision to compete for and win championships is part of the leadership culture at UH, new head football coach Tom Herman says. #GoCoogs
— Richard Bonnin (@richbonnin) December 19, 2014
Tom Herman says the word "can't" is banned in the Herman household."
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) December 19, 2014
Tom Herman has called UH "a sleeping giant" w/ new stadium/ HS talent in Houston/TX: "It just screams of the ability 2 go win championships"
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) December 19, 2014
The band — while the effort gets an A; well, it certainly won't ever be mistaken for The Best Damn Band in the Land:
Spirit of Houston starting this Friday with a bang for the Tom Herman press conference pic.twitter.com/irYRGuf40j
— Cameron Wolfe (@CamJustDoIt15) December 19, 2014
Ultimately, it's a chance to take the reigns of a downtrodden Houston and restore it to the glory days it had under Art Briles and Kevin Sumlin, both of whom used Houston as a stepping stone to bigger, more historic programs.
Herman — who you might not know is a member of MENSA, the organization for geniuses — will still be retained by Ohio State for its upcoming playoff run:
Tom Herman: "Urban gave me a month long supply of no-doze and Red Bull"
— Doug Samuels (@CoachSamz) December 19, 2014
Herman said he believes he "owes it to" #OhioState's players and coaches to stay through CFP.
— Bill Rabinowitz (@brdispatch) December 19, 2014
What can we expect from Tom Herman's Houston Cougars? Well, a lot of what you'd expect from an Urban Meyer-coached team, as it turns out:
