Rice Football:
Podcast Ep 100: WKU review and coaching thoughts (The Roost)

Rice Football:
Owls in search of growth as regular season wanes (The Roost)
Game Preview: UTEP (The Roost)

College Football:
Washington Tops the Misery Index (USA Today)

Texas High School Football Playoffs:
On Friday at 7 pm, Ridge Point (with Bert Emanuel Jr and DK Kalu) plays Cy-Fair in the area playoffs at Rhodes Stadium in Katy.

WKU 42, Rice 21:
Owls Fall to WKU (Rice Athletics)
WKU Beats Rice (WKU Athletics)
Bowl hopes dashed as WKU overwhelms Owls (The Roost)
Bailey Zappe leads WKU over error-prone Rice (Houston Chronicle)

C-USA Football:
Week 11 Roundup (The Roost)

Rice Football:
Rice vs Western Kentucky: What to watch for (Houston Chronicle)

Texas High School Football Playoffs:
Next up, Ridge Point (with Bert Emanuel Jr and DK Kalu) will play Cy-Fair in the area playoffs.

Texas High School Football Playoffs:
Last night, Ridge Point (with Bert Emanuel’s son Bert Jr and ND Kalu’s son DK) defeated Seven Lakes (with Jeremy Thigpen’s son Jonah), 35-7, in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs.  Next up, the Panthers will play Lamar or Cy-Fair in the area playoffs.

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

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.

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

College Football:
Florida Tops Misery Index (USA Today)

Rice Football:
Game Preview: Western Kentucky (The Roost)

C-USA Football:
Week 10 Review (The Roost):

Seven Lakes Spartans (Thanks, Sten Gustafson '89!):
As previously reported, on Thursday at 7 pm, the Fort Bend Ridge Point Panthers will face the Katy Seven Lakes Spartans in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs at Hall Stadium in Missouri City.

The Ridge Point quarterback is senior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice.  Also, junior DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96) plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.

Senior Jonah Thigpen, the son of four-year Rice football letterman Jeremy Thigpen ’97 (1993-94-95-96), plays linebacker for the Spartans.

Owl teammates and classmates, ND was the starting Rush-DE and Jeremy was the starting center on the Rice team that defeated Texas, 19-17, on October 16, 1994. 

Charlotte 31, Rice 24:
Owls Fall to Charlotte in Second Straight OT Game (RIce Owls)
Niners Rally for OT Win (Charlotte Athletics)
Rice runs out of gas in OT loss to Charlotte (The Roost)
Rice falls to Charlotte in OT (Houston Chronicle)

Ridge Point Panthers:
On Friday night, Fort Bend Ridge Point defeated Fort Bend Travis, 31-17, to clinch the outright district title.  Next Thursday (November 11) at 7 pm, the Panthers will face Katy Seven Lakes in the 6A Division I bi-district playoffs at Hall Stadium in Missouri City.

The Ridge Point quarterback is senior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice.  Also, junior DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96) plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.  

Rice at Charlotte: 5 things to watch (Houston Chronicle)

Rice Football:
Homecoming Game Notes (Charlotte Athletics)
Jake Bailey's breakout only just beginning (The Roost)