January 15, 2021

State of Texas HIgh School Championship Games:
Tonight at 7 pm, Rice signee LB DJ Arkansas and Denton Ryan faces Cedar Park in the Class 5A Division I state championship game.  Tomorrow 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.  

January 14, 2021

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.  

January 11, 2021

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.

January 10, 2021

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.