Trivia Answer:
Former heavyweight world boxing champion George Foreman, the great uncle of 2024 Rice football early signee Michael Amey III, and former Rice president Malcolm Gillis were scheduled to fight in a charity boxing match. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the 2024 Rice football early signee whose great uncle boxer almost got into a publicized fight with a former Rice president. For a bonus point, name the former Rice president. Email your answer(s) here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Vicki Bretthauer for yesterday's guest trivia question!
UT’s Chris Del Conte is athletic director of 1 of the 8 remaining college football playoff teams this year. His wife, Dr Robin Ward, is an assistant professor of mathematics at Rice and Director of Curriculum Integration for Rice’s School Mathematics Project. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the athletic director of 1 of the 8 remaining college football playoff teams this year whose wife is a member of the Rice faculty. Email your answer here.
Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Joe Quoyeser for the guest trivia question!
Curt Cignetti, formerly quarterbacks coach at Rice (1986-88), is now head coach at Indiana, 1 of 12 teams that qualified for this year’s college football playoff. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst, Brian Ford and Mike Ross!)
Guest Trivia Question:
Name the former quarterbacks coach at Rice who is now head coach of 1 of the 12 teams that qualified for this year’s college football playoff. Email your answer here.
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Eleven-time Pro Bowler Jason Witten is the father of 2024 Rice football early signee CJ Witten. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the 2024 Rice football early signee whose father played in the NFL and was selected to the Pro Bowl eleven times. Email your answer here.
Former Georgia Tech catcher Jason Varitek played in the Little League World Series with Altamonte Springs FL in 1984 and in the College World Series with the Yellow Jackets in 1994 and won the Major League World Series with Boston in 2004 and 2007. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Today, the Rice W Basketball team is playing at No. 17 Georgia Tech. This evening, President DesRoches, who came from Georgia Tech to Rice, is hosting a reception in Atlanta.
Trivia Question:
Name the former Georgia Tech baseball player who has played in the Little League World Series, the College World Series and the Major League World Series. Email your answer here.