Rice Football:
WKU presser quotes and depth chart (The Roost)

The Ion:
Rice, city agree on $15M on community pact, over organizers’ opposition (Houiston Chronicle)

Alexander Hernandez:
Starting from the bottom (Rice News)

Rice Athletics:
Owls Honored as 2021 C-USA Voting Challenge Winner (RIce Owls)

Rice W Basketball:
Edmonds’ Inaugural Signing Class Ranks No 1 in C-USA (Rice Owls)

Rice Intramurals Sports:
IM sports return from COVID-adjusted year (The Rice Thresher)

Trivia Question:
First, Bill Allison also correctly answered Tuesday's trivia question!

Name Rice Volleyball’s all-time leader in career kills.  Email your answer here.

Rice W Basketball:
Owls Win Big in Edmonds’ Debut, 84-41 (RIce Owls)
Owls roll past St Edwards in opener (The Roost)

Rice M Basketball:
Second Half Barrage Leads to Season Opening Victory (Rice Owls)
Stout defense propels Owls past Pepperdine (The Roost)

Rice Soccer:
Season of close games ends in penalty shootout (The Rice Thresher)

Rice Volleyball:
Owls cap undefeated C-USA season with UTSA sweep (The Rice Thresher)

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Tre Fischer for the guest trivia question!

A NFL rule is named after Bert Emanuel ’94 who played baseball and football at Rice.  (Thanks, Joe Graves, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

Tomorrow night, Ridge Point (with Bert’s son Bert Jr and ND Kalu’s son DK) will face Seven Lakes (with Jeremy Thigpen’s son Jonah) in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs.

Way to go, Ann Bixby, Bob Toone, George Dethlefsen, Jimmy Disch, Nancy Bailey, Brian Ford, Clarke Anderson, Ted Richard, Scott Wise, Martha Proctor Gano, Peter Fasullo, Kirkwood Johnston, Dan Hyde, Walt Greenberg, James Walker, Paul Reese, George Wagner, Matt Moake, Betty Bixby, Chris Kohnhorst, Nancy Burch, Sten Gustafson, Russell Henderson, Kirwin Drouet, Ty Buthod, Guy Rollins, Bob Reinhold, Bev Schorre, Sallie Schwall, Bryant Wilkinson, Melinda Clark, Mike Ross, Joe Graves and Richard Avant!  

Next trivia question tomorrow!

Ruth Simmons (Thanks, Nancy Shelby!):
What a $50 Million Donation Did for One HBCU (New York Times)

Wes Anderson (Thanks, Guy Rollins!):
To honor celebrated filmmaker and native Texan Wes Anderson, the City of Austin has (temporarily) changed West Anderson Lane to Wes Anderson Lane.  Wes is the son of ARA Meritorious Service Award winner (2003) and avid Rice baseball fan Texas Anderson ‘81/’85.

The Rice Thresher:
The Rice Thresher published yesterday.  You can check it out here.

Rice Football:
Owls to face former HBU star Bailey Zappe (Houston Chronicle)

Owls in NFL:
NFL Owls Update (The Roost)

Chris Boswell (Thanks, Ann Bixby!):
On Monday night, Chris Boswell became the first player in NFL history to make two field goals of 50-plus yards, hit a game-winning field goal and recover a fumble in one game.  Read more.

Tennessee Tech Baseball:
Bragga set to return as baseball head coach (TTU Athletics)

Rice Football:
Podcast Ep 99: Charlotte tops Rice in OT (The Roost)

College Football:
Florida Tops Misery Index (USA Today)