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: