Transfer Portal:
Central Michigan QB Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94, committed to San Diego State.

Owls in NFL:
Week 16 Roundup (The Roost)

The Container Store:
On Sunday, The Container Store filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  In 1978, The Container Store was co-founded in Dallas by English history major Garrett Boone ’66 and architect John Mullen ’63/’64.  Read more. 

Gregory Novak (1961-2024):

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the former quarterbacks coach at Rice who is now head coach of 1 of the 12 teams that qualified for this year’s college football playoff.  Email your answer here.

Rice Football:
2024 Rising Star: Ty Morris (The Roost)

Rice M Basketball:
Dominant Second Half Leads to Win over Prairie View (Rice Owls)
Rice overcomes slow start, tops PVAMU (The Roost)

Apoorv Bhargava '12:
This month, WeaveGrid, a developer of software solutions for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid, announced $28 million in funding, led by Toyota’s growth fund, Woven Capital.  The co-founder and CEO of WeaveGrid is Apoorv Bhargava ’12.  Read more.

Transfer Portal:
Per 247Sports, Tyson Flowers, who entered the transfer portal on December 12, committed to Virginia Tech yesterday.  Click here for the list.

Paul Padley:
Rice vice president for IT to take on new role (Rice News)

Peck Drennan (1934-2024):

Chris Del Conte (Thanks, Vicki Bretthauer '79!):
Bringing the Longhorns Back (Dallas News)

Rice M Basketball:

Rice Football:
Abell Announces Updates to Staff (Rice Owls)
Episode 195: The Roosties (The Roost)