Some Saturdays belong to the stadium, and some belong to the town that raised you. Jason Wooden will spend this one with the town. While No. 17 Houston lines up against Cincinnati at TDECU at 2:30 p.m., the Cougars’ 2027 commitment will be where his own story began, at Frisco Emerson, soaking up a homecoming of his own. He will miss the noise inside the building. He has not missed what the building is made of. Wooden is the two-way threat who walked away from an Iowa State pledge, arrived in H-Town to watch the Coogs rally past UCF, and found a program that felt like a place to stay. Now, a…
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Houston commit Jason Wooden has seen inside the Cougars’ locker room, and he says No. 17 is loaded, led and dangerous
The 2027 two-way standout will miss Saturday’s showdown with Cincinnati at TDECU for his own homecoming at Frisco Emerson, but he knows exactly what makes Houston hard to beat.
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