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.  

Rice Football:
2020 Team MVP: Austin Trammell (The Roost)

Texas College Football:
The Best and Worst in Texas College Football This Season (Texas Monthly)

UH Football:
How Cougars went from rising force to also-ran (Houston Chronicle)

Kyle Trask:
Gators Fall Hard To Sooners In Cotton Bowl (Florida Athletics)

Rice Football:
2020 Season Superlatives (The Roost)
Podcast Ep 68: The Roosties, Rice Football Awards (The Roost)

UT Football:
Can the Longhorns Still Be a National Football Powerhouse? (Texas Monthly)

Kyle Trask:
Tonight at 7 pm, the Cotton Bowl Classic features #7 Florida vs. #6 Oklahoma in Arlington.

Rice Football:
2020 Defensive Player of the Year: Blaze Allfredge (The Roost)

Owls in the NFL:
Week 16 Update (The Roost)

Kyle Trask:
Yesterday, Florida QB Kyle Trask was named to the AP All-America Second Team.  Read more.

Rice Football:
2020 Offensive Player of the Year: Mike Collins (The Roost)

Rice Football:
2020 Rising Star: Jake Bailey (The Roost)

Rice Football:
2020 Special Teams Player of the Year: Charlie Mendes (The Roost)

Kyle Trask:
Yesterday, Florida QB Kyle Trask was named a finalist for the Heisman Trophy.  He is the grandson of the late Orville Trask ’56 who was a three year track & field letterman (1954-55-56) and a two-year football letterman (1954-55).  Read more.