After his Houston Cougars knocked off Auburn 17-13 in the 2021 Birmingham Bowl, UH head coach Dana Holgorsen had quite the unsavory reaction to the postgame media scrum.
Bryan Harsin was given the floor first, and his Q&A with the media took 20 minutes, sparking anger in the winning HC.
Holgorsen was ticked off from the apparent snub of the local media wanting to talk to the man directly responsible for filling up Protective Stadium and giving his Cougars the memory of a lifetime before him, and he let them have it.
Birmingham Fox affiliate sports reporter Lynden Blake had the scoop:
The Houston coach opens his press conference by complaining about how long Auburn’s press conference was…
— Lynden Blake (@LyndenBlake) December 28, 2021
Wow.
He also yelled hurry up during Bryan Harsin’s conference from outside the door. https://t.co/TDWzTdDEVQ
— Lynden Blake (@LyndenBlake) December 28, 2021
And fans from all corners of the college football world came out to chime in:
I really don’t care anymore but I do find this rich coming from a guy who agreed to be the head coach at a different school before a bowl game, then didn’t even fly back with the team to go on vacation after a 16-point loss. https://t.co/AlyDgFCeTA
— Sean Manning (@SeanManning_1) December 29, 2021
Crybaby https://t.co/RQqX9SUxlF
— Elizabeth Maness 🇺🇸 (@elmmaness) December 28, 2021
Hahaha https://t.co/0ABAaoIG3y
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 28, 2021
I only covered one season of Dana Holgorsen at WVU but I miss him every day. https://t.co/04QCronaVl
— Tom Bragg (@TomBraggSports) December 28, 2021
Dana Holgorsen is the perfect example of a guy you’d like to hang out with but wouldn’t want to be your team’s coach https://t.co/7yHoDuUHXX
— B1G_Ryan (@B1G_Ryan) December 28, 2021
Clearly, West Virginians still feel sour about how things left off between the current Cougars and former Mountaineers HC. Those that covered him miss this newsworthy behavior.
Perhaps not as clearly but evident at this point time: Dana Holgorsen needs to enjoy the work his kids put in all year to get to this point and not worry about whatever it is concerning him enough to lose his cool to this degree.
Drop the attitude my guy, you just won the Birmingham Bowl and the glorious Vulcan-inspired trophy that comes with it.