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Former Houston Oilers head coach Bum Phillips was inducted into the Lamar University Cardinal Hall of Honor in 1977. Last night, the Cardinals edged the Owls, 2-1, at Vincent-Beck Stadium. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the member of the Lamar University Cardinal Hall of Honor who was a Houston Oilers head coach. Email your answer here.
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Blaine Brown’s father Chris was a running back for the Texans. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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Name the member of the Rice baseball team whose father was a running back for the Texans. Email your answer here.
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Rice graduate Caleb Matthews is a current member of the HCU baseball roster. Last weekend, the Owls and the Huskies split a 4 game set. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
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First, Kirwin Drouet also correctly answered the March 6 trivia question!
Name the current member of the HCU baseball roster who is a Rice graduate. Email your answer here.
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Former Houston Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy attended Yale. This weekend, Rice baseball hosts Yale to a three-game set at Reckling Park. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross and Josh Schaffer!)
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Name the former head coach of the Houston Rockets who attended Yale. Email your answer here.
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Niamh Collins is a freshman on the Rice Women’s Track team. Both her parents are former Rice student-athletes. Her mother Alexis (Smith) Collins ’99 was a four-year track letterwinner (1995-96-97-98) and her father Robert Collins ’00 was a four-year tennis letterwinner (1996-98-99-00). (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Mike Ross and Jimmy Walts!)
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Name the current member of the Rice Women’s Track team whose both parents were Rice four-year letterwinners. Email your answer here.
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American author Kurt Vonnegut, who attended the University of Tennessee, delivered the Rice commencement address in 1998. Tomorrow, the Owls and the Vols play in the Astros Foundation Classic at Daikin Park. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
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Name the American author who attended the University of Tennessee and delivered a commencement address at Rice in the 1990s. Email your answer here.