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March 18, 2010
UH, Rice Football Schedules Offer Some Intrigue, But Will They Attract Fans?
Lost amidst the hoopla of the upcoming NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament was the release on Tuesday of the football schedules of the Houston Cougars and the Rice Owls. And knowing Cougar fans the way I do, I'm sure they're already starting to form their excuses for failing to sell out the stadiu ... More >>
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August 10, 2010
Rice Will Get A Chance To Make A Bang In This Year's First Game (Against The Longhorns)
Sam McGuffie can finally play for RiceTwo seasons ago, the Rice Owls went 10-3 and won the Texas Bowl. Last year, the Owls went 2-10, including 0-9 to start the season. Saturday, the Owls got down to business for this season, and the question lingers: is this going to be like 2008, or 2009?"We ha ... More >>
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August 25, 2010
Rice Coach David Bailiff: Optimism On South Main
Bowl expectations for the OwlsIt's hard to know what to expect from the Rice Owls football team. In days gone by, it would have been pretty simple. Just expect them to lose.But things have slowly started to change over at Rice Stadium. The Owls have actually been to two bowl games in the past fou ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Rice-Longhorns Preview: Owls Lose Key Player, But Still Have Upset Hopes
Fear the Owl....FEAR ITThe Rice Owls have played six football games at Reliant Stadium. They've won three of those games, including the Texas Bowl two years ago. But of the three games the Owls have lost, two of them have been to this week's opponent, the Texas Longhorns. And those losses to the ... More >>
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September 6, 2010
Rice Scares The Longhorns, But Can't Pull Off The Upset
Almost the scene of a big upsetThe word coming out of Austin was that the Texas Longhorns were planning on stressing the running game this season, especially in their opening game against the Rice Owls.And if Saturday's 34-17 win over Rice was any indication, then it's going to be another long se ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
Rice Hopes To Keep Momentum Against North Texas
Owls take on Mean Green, or whatever North Texas is calling itself these daysThe Rice Owls played a hell of a football game last Saturday. They played a game that nobody, except for themselves, thought they were capable of playing. They shut down the Texas Longhorn running game, and they even sho ... More >>
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September 13, 2010
Rice Struggles But Gets Out Of Denton With A Win
Hot, muggy day in North TexasThe Rice Owls didn't get their first victory until November last season, starting off at 0-8. That's not going to be the case this season as, on Saturday night, the Owls something they never accomplished last season.They hit the .500 mark as their come from behind 3 ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Rice Faces Northwestern In Battle Of The Brainiacs
The Rice of the north meets the Northwestern of the southThe Rice Owls (1-1) open the Rice Stadium portion of their home schedule on Saturday night when they host the Big 10's Northwestern Wildcats (2-0). But despite last week's 32-31 come from behind win over North Texas, the Owls know that they ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Rice Finds Out What Big 10 Football Is Like
He does look meanThe Rice Owls came into Saturday's game against the Northwestern Wildcats on a high.Though they had played a sloppy game against North Texas the week before, the Owls had come away with the win. The offense had moved the football. The defense had made stops when it needed to. ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Rice Faces Improving Baylor, Hoping To Cut Down On Key Mistakes
Art Briles comes back to Houston with a good QBThe Rice Owls and Baylor Bears used to play each other every season. Then the Southwest Conference imploded. The Bears used some political clout to get into the Big 12, a conference where they've been outclassed every season. The Owls have bounced ar ... More >>
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September 27, 2010
Rice-Baylor: Lightning Dulls Owls' Thunder
Photo by John Royal A nearly empty Rice Stadium as the rain descendedThe Rice Owl fans must have sniffed something in the air. There can really be no other explanation.The score was only 7-3, Baylor over Rice, when the football game was delayed due to lightning in the area. It wasn't raini ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Rice Owls Battle The Little Things
neilfein If only the football team was this fearsomeI've got a confession to make. I've got this thing for mediocre mid-`90s alt-rock, specifically, Bush. I mention this because whenever I attend a Rice press conference, or do the interview thing after the games, the one thing I hear over ... More >>
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October 4, 2010
Rice Owls Blind Sided By The Mustangs
Not Even Sandra Bullock Could Have Saved The Owls This TimeBefore the season began, the Rice Owls were confident that they would get the six wins needed to qualify for a bowl game. Five games into the season, with the Owls record at 1-4, the question isn't so much whether the Owls will get ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
The Rice Owls Go Mining For A Victory
The Owls hope to mine UTEP for a winIf you ask the Rice Owls, they'll tell you that they're doing just about everything right. That they're one or two plays from turning around the season. They'll tell you about the improvement they're seeing in this year's team when compared to last year's ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Rice Owls Lose Again
Owls bowl chances are as extinct as the galleryfurniture.com bowlThe Rice Owls were full of talk before the season started about how they were going to a bowl game this season. Talk of how people were underestimating them. Of about how they would surprise people.And the Owls are surprising ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Owls Focusing, Dammit, On The Cougars
The Owls are working on their focus this weekThis post about Saturday's football game between the Rice Owls and the Houston Cougars is brought to you by the word "focus," as in the Rice Owls need to focus on making their plays. And as in the word "focus" is the current term of choice for th ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Cougars Want To Get Physical, Physical
The Cougars aim to get physical against RiceHere's the thing about that Houston Cougars loss to Mississippi State last week. The defense was often in the right place, at the right time, to be able to make the play.They just didn't make the plays. They whiffed on tackles. They got blocked at ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Pink Power Propels Rice Over Houston
Perhaps it had something to do with Rice's pink logoSaturday was a tale of two halves. The Rice Owls dominated the first, playing easily their best half of football this year. The Houston Cougars came out and took over most of the second half. But for the Cougars, winning the second half wa ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
The Owls Prepare To Slay The Knights
The Owls are led by their Ray Guy Award nominee punter Kyle MartensThe Rice Owls (2-5) aren't going to out-physical most football teams. They usually don't have the talent of other teams. So for the Rice Owls to win football games, they need outstanding game plans, solid execution, and they ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
The Knights Slay The Owls
Axismag.com via Deadspin Perhaps the Owls were distractedThe Rice Owls played about as perfect a football game as they could last week. Even then, they needed a UH fumble on fourth-and-one to preserve a 34-31 win.This weekend, the Owls traveled to the land of Disney to take on the UCF Knig ... More >>
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November 4, 2010
Rice Tries To Downgrade The Golden Hurricane
Last week Notre Dame, this week RiceThe Rice Owls (2-6) didn't play football last weekend. They rested up, got some players back from injury, and got back to stressing that need to work on the fundamentals. And they watched this week's opponent go into South Bend and defeat Notre Dame on na ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Tulsa Rocks Rice Like A Hurricane
The Rice Owls started last week saying they were capable of winning any of their remaining game. They ended the week by having their ass kicked 64-27 by the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. So the Owls might have said they could beat anybody, but the reality was far different than what they wanted. T ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
The Rice Owls: An Avalanche of Destruction
The Owls season resembles a natural disasterThe season didn't start out this way for Rice. Sure they lost to Texas, but they were competitive and they stayed close for most of the game. They struggled against North Texas, but still got the win. The loss to Northwestern stung, but once again ... More >>
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November 15, 2010
Rice Owls: Making The Worst Offenses Look Competent
The Owls still aren't soaring over the football fieldThe Rice Owls had no business being in the position to defeat the Tulane Green Wave on Saturday afternoon. The Owls had given up 512 yards to one of the worst offenses in Conference USA. They had given up 48 points to a team struggling to scor ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Rice Owls: Beware The Plundering Pirates
Rice is playing the Pirates of East Carolina, not the Pirates of the CaribbeanThe Rice Owls are hosting the East Carolina Pirates this weekend, and if the Owls had any bounty left, then the Pirates would be plundering it. But this season being this season, the Owls have already had their tr ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
Rice Owls Plunder The Pirates
The Owls soar over the PiratesThe Rice Owls have shown glimpses of what the offense can do when everything comes together. The running game has worked at spots. The passing game to the tight ends has been mostly effective. Teams have had trouble with the Owls when running the wildcat.But th ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
Rice Owls Hope To Go Out In A Blaze Of Glory
Rice's season prepares to set with the sunThis is not the season the Rice Owls intended to have. The plan was to have a winning season. The plan was to go a bowl game. The plan was to be competitive. The plan wasn't to come into the last game of the season with a 3-8 record. The plan wasn ... More >>
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November 29, 2010
Rice Football: Owls End Season With A Win Streak
The Owls soared to another winThe Rice Owls were losing to UAB late in the third quarter on Saturday. The Owls fielded a punt at their own 17. Nineteen plays later, nine-and-half minutes later, 83 yards later, quarterback Taylor McHargue found tight end Vance McDonald in the end zone and wi ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
Anthony Rendon Rescues The Year For Rice: 25 Items From The Owls' Sports Year
Tommy Lavergne, Rice University Anthony Rendon at batContinuing with my personal review on the sports year just past, here are my thoughts on the Rice Owls of 2010. 1. I got to watch Anthony Rendon play third base on a regular basis. He can hit, and he's a good fielder. If the Astros didn ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Top 5 Best C-USA Football Games of 2011 (With Predictions)
Case Keenum's comeback attempt starts September 3. Last week, Hair Balls broke down some of the best (as well as the worst) games of the 2011 football season involving Big 12 teams. Now, Conference USA, which just wrapped up its media days in Memphis, gets a similar treatment. Houston, tha ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Blue Hair and Mohawks: Notes From the Rice Owls Media Day
Pity the fool who mocks the Mohawk.The Rice Owls' media day on Saturday was a bit looser than the media day held by the Houston Cougars on Friday afternoon. There were more players available. There was more laughter. The coaches mingled with the press. Spirits were high. It's not that th ... More >>
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August 16, 2011
Rice Scrimmage Recap: The Owls Out to Kick The Longhorns' @%#
Steve JansenDavid Bailiff addresses his team following Saturday's scrimmage. "What are you dreaming about? What are you dreaming about? You should be dreaming about whuppin' Texas' ass." That's Rice head football coach David Bailiff, who is gathered in front of his entire team at midfield of ... More >>
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September 9, 2011
Rice Seeks Win Number One Tomorrow While UH Aims for 2-0
Purdue storms into Rice Stadium tomorrow.Welcome to week two of the college football season. The Cougars go on the road to North Texas for what should be a sure win while the Owls host Purdue in an attempt for win number one. And if there's ever a week where the Owls are going to defeat a p ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Owls Go for the Drama and Come Out with the Win
Rice Owls deliver the perfect birthday gift.So close yet so far away. Nobody beats Rice but Rice. There they go again. Playing not to lose instead of playing to win. Just a few of the thoughts going through the head of Rice Owls fans as the Purdue Boilermakers sent the kicking team out fo ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
This Weekend in College Football: The Coogs Should Get the Easy Win While The Owls Look to Lose Again
The Pink Panther would probably provide tougher competition to UH than the Georgia State Panthers willWhile the Rice Owls (1-1) struggle with the Baylor Bears this weekend, the Houston Cougars (3-0) will be struggling with themselves. It might seem that the Owls have the harder struggle, wha ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
The Scrubs Get Major Playing Time As Coogs Glide To Easy Victory
J.D., Turk, and the gang didn't get to play, but the rest of the Cougars bench got plenty of playing timeAs the Cougars trotted off of the field after the first half on Saturday night, the question wasn't whether the Cougars would be in need of another second half comeback. That wasn't the q ... More >>
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September 27, 2011
C-USA Considers Merger With Mountain West in Search of BCS Bid
Could the blue turf of Boise State and other MWC schools align themselves with Rice, UH and C-USA?In what seems both inspired and crazy, Conference USA, which includes University of Houston and Rice, is considering a football-only merger with the Mountain West Conference that would create a m ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
UH Preps for UTEP While Rice Takes on Southern Miss
Coogs hope to mine a win against UTEPIt's no secret that the Houston Cougars (4-0) have problems when it comes to playing the UTEP Miners (2-2). No matter how good the Coogs might be, or how bad the Miners might be, the game is a struggle. They've played eight times, and each team has won fo ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Cougars, Owls, and Memories of Buddy Ryan
Cougar defense bringing back memories of Buddy RyanOne of the most memorable images for any Houston Oilers fan is of Buddy Ryan throwing a punch at Kevin Gilbride on the sidelines of a Sunday night football game. Ryan, the Oilers defensive coordinator, had been critical of offensive coordina ... More >>
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October 10, 2011
Cougars Near Perfection While Owls Stumble to Victory
The Cougars were near perfection on Saturday night.The Rice Owls hosted the Memphis Tigers on Saturday afternoon. The Houston Cougars hosted the East Carolina Pirates on Saturday night. It was a doubleheader of football action that saw the Houston Cougars play perhaps their best all-around ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
UH Strives for Perfection as Rice Struggles to Stay Close
The Houston Cougars SID office sent the media an e-mail on Wednesday morning. An e-mail warning that Houston athletes are prohibited by NCAA rules from promoting outside media events and individual media outlets, including specific shows and stations. And this is the first time since I've b ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
In Which The Cougars Deliver A Very Special Message
The Cougars have a little message for MarshallHere's a little hint for the Marshall Thundering Herd. If you're going to talk trash, make sure you can back it up. Like last week, when the Marshall defense kept talking about its intentions to knock Houston Cougars QB Case Keenum out of the ga ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Oh Yeah, And The Cougars Win Back The Bayou Bucket
Photo by Aaron SprecherJust another record-breaking night for the Cougars.Check out our slideshow of last night's rainy Bayou Bucket game. Houston's Tyron Carrier took the opening kickoff 100-yards for the touchdown to quickly put the Cougars up 7-0. Then the rain hit and the Rice Owls came ... More >>
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November 4, 2011
Did The Cougars Run Up The Score On Rice? Does It Really Matter?
Photo by Fred TraskRun it up, says CaseI've got a friend who is just starting out as a sports agent. His sport is football. It appears that there's this pre-season list of college players that is put together by scouts that can be purchased by agents. And this list provides the pre-season ... More >>
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November 7, 2011
Owls Defeat The Miners While The Cougars Remain Perfect
If the Rice Owls only played football in November at home and against non-BCS conference schools, they'd be an unstoppable force. Like on Saturday when they played their most complete of the season in defeating UTEP 41-37. Unfortunately for the Owls (3-6, 2-4 in conference), they also have ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Coogs Should Beat SMU; Rice Should Top Tulane
Hey kids, College GameDay is coming to townThe season has come to this. Two weeks for the Houston Cougars to continue with perfection and reach a goal set this summer. Two weeks for the Rice Owls to gain some redemption for a season gone very wrong. The Cougars acknowledged their possible ... More >>
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November 21, 2011
Cougars and Mustangs, Orange and Sugar, BCS Comes Calling
Photo by Marco TorresThe Coogs rumbled to a win.Maybe it was the stadium packed to the gills before kickoff. Maybe it was the excitement and energy of Senior Day. Maybe it was ESPN's Lee Corso letting loose with a profanity as he picked the Cougars to defeat SMU. Maybe it was the represent ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Welcome To The Latest, Greatest Must Win Game For The Cougars
The Cougars are one game short of regular-season perfection. One game short of the team's best win total. Ever. One game short of the Conference USA title game. A BCS Bowl is just over the horizon. Of course, the Cougars haven't played the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Tulsa's overall record ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
The Top Moments In 2011 Rice Owls Sports
John RoyalRice's Anthony Rendon became a very rich baseball player this summerIt's that time of year. The time for end-of-year lists and bests of, etc. And I'm not immune to tossing off an easy post. So, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are the Top 25 Events in Rice Ow ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: The Year Just Past In Cougar Sports
John RoyalCase Keenum was the Man of the Year for the CougarsYes, it's that time of year. That time of year when I take a look back at the year just past. On Friday, I looked back at the sports year for the Rice Owls. Today, let's take a look at the top 25 events, in no particular order, f ... More >>
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