January 12, 2021

Fred Higgs:
Rice model offers help for new hips (Rice News)

Irene Sibaja '91:
'Unorthodox' Road to Wedding (New York Times)

Travis Dyer (1933-2021):
On January 8, Travis Dyer passed away.  A native Texan, he attended Rice (class of 1956) on a football scholarship.  He spent most of his working career with Gibson’s Discount Center and Western Container.  He is predeceased by his first wife Deloris and survived by his second wife Penny (they were married in 1983).  Click here for the obituary.

January 11, 2021

Harris Wood (1937-2021):
On January 4, Harris Wood passed away.  A native Texan, he attended Rice and graduated from the UT Austin with honors.  After military service, he earned a law degree from Georgetown.  He enjoyed a legal career until retirement in 2008.  Also, he was an accomplished French horn player and he overcame alcoholism and helped others do so as well.  Click here for the Washington Post obituary.    

January 11, 2021

C-USA Football:
C-USA hit rock bottom in 2020 (SBNation)

Owls in NFL Playoffs:
NFL Wild Card Round
On Saturday, #6 LA Rams defeated #3 Seattle (Luke Willson), 30-20.  Also, #2 Buffalo defeated #7 Indianapolis, 27-24.  The starting center for the Bills is Mitch Morse (Missouri ’14).  His mother Catherine Morse and Holly Jones Wright ‘88 were high school basketball teammates and his uncle is Joe Quoyeser ‘84.
Yesterday, #5 Baltimore (OJ Brigance) defeated #4 Tennessee, 20-13.  Also, #6 Cleveland (Andrew Sendejo) defeated #3 Pittsburgh (Chris Boswell, Vance McDonald), 48-37. 

Wild Card update (The Roost)

Bob Toone '67:
On January 5, Balmorhea defeated Richland Springs, 74-38, in the Class 1A Division II state championship game in San Angelo Stadium to win their first state championship in school history.  Bob Toone, who graduated from Rice in 1967, is a proud Bear.