October 23, 2026

Guest Trivia Answer:
First, thanks to Mike Ross for the guest trivia question!

Anthony Rendon won a World Series ring as a player with the Nationals in 2019 and Brock Holt won a World Series ring as a player with the Red Sox in 2018.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

October 22, 2026

Guest Trivia Question:
Name the last Owl baseball player who won a World Series ring as a player. For a bonus point, name the Owl baseball player who won a World Series ring as a player the year before. Email your answer here.

October 21, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Former Second Baptist Church head baseball coach Lance Berkman won a World Series championship with the Cardinals and former Second Baptist Church assistant baseball coach Andy Pettitte won five World Series championships with the Yankees. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)

October 20, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name the former head baseball coach at Second Baptist Church in Houston who has won a World Series championship.  For a bonus point, name the former assistant baseball coach at Second Baptist Church in Houston who has won five World Series championships.  Email your answer here. 

October 16, 2026

Trivia Answer:
The late Ralph O’Connor was born in Pasadena, California in 1926, graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1951 where he was a member of the football and basketball teams during his freshman and sophomore years and received an Association of Rice Alumni Gold Medal in 1987.  He passed away on December 30, 2018.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst!)

This weekend, Rice Men’s Tennis is set to host the Ralph O’Connor Tennis Invitational at the George R Brown Tennis Center.

October 15, 2026

Trivia Question:
Name the native Californian who graduated from Johns Hopkins where he was a member of the football and basketball teams during his freshman and sophomore years and was honored as a Gold Medal recipient by the Association of Rice Alumni.  Email your answer here. 

October 14, 2026

Trivia Answer:
Peter Huff, who earned a BA (’59) and a BS (’60) from Rice and a MBA from Harvard (’62), was one of the original organizers of Beer Bike.  In 2009, the Peter and Nancy Huff House on the Rice campus was named after him and his wife. Read more.  (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

October 9, 2026

Trivia Answer:
One-time Austin resident Sanda Bullock, who graduated from East Carolina in 1987, won an Academy Award in 2010 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for The Blind Side.  Tomorrow, Pirates football hosts the Owls at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville NC.  (Way to go, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)

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