Willie Fritz began his coaching career more than four decades ago at Pittsburg State, a Division II school tucked into the corner of Kansas, where he had played defensive back in the late 1970s and early '80s.

In other words, the current Houston coach has seen just about everything in college football, whether it be as the head man at the junior college level (Blinn), the D-2 level (Central Missouri), the FCS level (Sam Houston State), the lower-tier level of Division I (Georgia Southern), the middle tier of Division I (Tulane) or now at the Power Four level with the Cougars.

Yes, his team is off to a brilliant 3-0 start. And yes, it is too early to start selling tickets to the Big 12 title game.

“I tell the team all the time,” Fritz said after last weekend's win over Colorado, “this on

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