Cougars headed for bowl

It's far from a national championship, but it's something — the University of Houston Cougar football team found out Sunday it'll face Kansas in the Fort Worth Bowl.

For the Cougars, the bowl is a chance to test their mettle against a Big 12 opponent. And it promises to be an interesting game: Kansas has the No. 19 defense in the country; the Cougars have the No. 20 offense. That either means a lot of points or none at all — we're not sure which. (Either way, we hope it doesn't mean a fistfight. That ain't pretty, fellas.)

Kickoff will be 7 p.m. Dec. 23 at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.