Houston Cougars head coach Kelvin Sampson had an amazing quote during a first half interview of the NCAA men's national championship game on Monday.
When asked why his team had a slow start on offense to begin the title match for Houston against Florida in San Antonio, the head coach had a hilarious reply. Sampson said that this was a more difficult matchup because it was for a chance to win the Big Dance, not a random game in the middle of the season playing against a non-threatening opponent.
Rather than call out a specific program by name, however, Sampson took the funniest route possible. He made up an entirely fictional school called Sasquatch State.
"This isn't the middle of January against Sasquatch State." 馃槀 pic.twitter.com/PO1G4vNZ1y
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 8, 2025
Fans loved the quote from Sampson and immediately turned his imaginary university into a meme.
It didn't take long for social media to take the idea and run with it like they did when Sampson mentioned the Toy Poodle League:
Sasquatch State watching the game pic.twitter.com/gVc5JyfQEb
— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) April 8, 2025
Sasquatch State was just minding its own business Kelvin, damn pic.twitter.com/kwJMwLK0CF
— Brett Edgerton (@EditorEdge) April 8, 2025
Sasquatch State pic.twitter.com/dLa6wvgaeK
— ENJ馃弨Y (@EnjoyBBall) April 8, 2025
鈥ut can you do it on a cold January night against Sasquatch State?
— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) April 8, 2025
Sasquatch State catching strays
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) April 8, 2025
Kelvin trying so hard to not slander any university he said "this ain't Sasquatch state" 馃ぃ馃ぃ馃ぃ pic.twitter.com/rJFyV2Cgh0
— Kyle Henning (@kthen16) April 8, 2025
Sasquatch state had a squad tho
— Trill Withers (@TylerIAm) April 8, 2025
Sources: Sasquatch State considering Pac-12 invite. Would be huge for league's future media deal
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) April 8, 2025
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