C-USA Football:
Postponements abound in 2020 (The Roost)
State of Texas HIgh School Championship Games:
Tomorrow night at 7 pm, Rice signee LB DJ Arkansas and Denton Ryan faces Cedar Park in the Class 5A Division I state championship game. On Saturday at 1 pm, Rice signee DE Cal Varner III and Katy faces Cedar Hill in the Class 6A Division I state championship game. Both games take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
Rice Football:
Ten Takeaways from 2020 season (The Roost)
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.
Owls in NFL Playoffs:
NFL Wild Card Weekend
Yesterday, #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.
Today – #6 Cleveland (Andrew Sendejo) at #3 Pittsburgh (Chris Boswell, Vance McDonald)
Cal Varner III:
Yesterday, DE Cal Varner III helped lead Katy to a 63-7 Class 6A Division II semifinal win against Buda Hays to advance to the state championship game on Saturday against Cedar Hill at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. He is signed to play for Rice in the fall. Listen here to his comments after yesterday’s victory.
Owls in NFL Playoffs:
NFL Wild Card Round
Today – LA Rams at Seattle (Luke Willson)
Tomorrow – Cleveland (Andrew Sendejo) at Pittsburgh (Chris Boswell, Vance McDonald)
Rice Football:
Steele Honors Five (Rice Owls)
Owls in the NFL:
Playoff Edition (Rice Owls)
Rice Football:
Hughes Earns C-USA Spirit of Service Award (Rice Owls)
Kyle Trask:
Alabama WR DeVonta Smith wins Heisman Trophy (ESPN)
Memphis Football:
Memphis has reportedly hired Rice’s special team coordinator Drew Svoboda for the same role. Read more.
Kyle Trask:
The Heisman Trophy Goes Virtual, With a Surprise Favorite (New York Times)
Owls in the NFL:
Final regular season update (The Roost)
UT Football:
Yesterday, the Longhorns fired Tom Herman and hired Steve Sarkisian as their new head football coach. Herman was offensive coordinator at Rice from 2007-8. Read more.
Owls in the NFL:
Week 16 (Rice Owls)
Greg Gatlin '03:
Gatlin's BBQ takes catfish to a new level in Southeast Texas (Houston Chronicle)
Ridge Point Panthers:
After upsetting Atascocita, 55-45, in the third round of the Class 6A Division I playoffs on December 26, Fort Bend Ridge Point lost to two-time defending state champion North Shore, 56-14, in the state quarterfinals yesterday. Nonetheless, this is the first time that the Panthers have advanced to the state quarterfinals since moving to the 6A classification prior to the 2016 season.
The Ridge Point quarterback is junior Bert Emanuel Jr, the son of Bert Emanuel ’94 who was a two-year baseball and football letterman (1992-93) at Rice. Also, sophomore DK Kalu, the son of four-year Rice football letterman ND Kalu ’97 (1993-94-95-96), plays defensive tackle for the Panthers.