December 10, 2024
Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice basketball player who scored his first career NBA points on Sunday night. Email your answer here.
Trivia Question:
Name the former Rice basketball player who scored his first career NBA points on Sunday night. Email your answer here.
Trivia Answer:
BYU graduate Steve Young is a three-time Super Bowl champion as a quarterback (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) and a Super Bowl MVP (XXIX). BYU graduate Andy Reid is a three-time Super Bowl champion as a head coach (LIV, LVII, LVIII) and another one as an assistant coach (XXXI). (Thanks, Bill Alford, Joe Quoyeser, Chris Kohnhorst, David Ownby and Mike Ross!)
Tomorrow night, Rice W Basketball plays BYU in Cancun.
Trivia Question:
Name the BYU graduate who is a three-time Super Bowl champion as a quarterback. For a bonus point, name the BYU graduate who is a three-time Super Bowl champion as a head coach. Email your answer(s) here.
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Four Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”) schools have owls as their mascots. As of this week, they have all fired their head football coach this season. They are Rice (Mike Bloomgren), Temple (Stan Drayton), Florida Atlantic (Tom Herman) and Kennesaw State (Brian Bohannon). (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Four Football Bowl Subdivision (“FBS”) schools have owls as their mascots. As of this week, they have all fired their head football coach this season. Name the schools. One point for each. Email your answer(s) here.
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Four-year Rice tennis letterwinner Elle Lewis Anderson ’01 (1997-98-99-00) is the aunt of current Rice W cross country runner Shannon Walsh. Elle is a member of the Rice Board of Trustees. (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice W cross country runner whose aunt was a four-year Rice tennis letterwinner. Email your answer here.
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Current Rice M basketball player George Perkins played for the Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC under head coach Eric Singletary, a four-year Rice basketball letterman (1994-95-96-97). (Thanks, Mike Ross!)
Trivia Question:
Name the current Rice M basketball player whose high school head coach was a four-year Rice basketball letterman. Email your answer here.
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Four-year Rice basketball letterman Adam Peakes is the father of current Rice M basketball player Jackson Peakes. Adam is one of four Owl Players with 1,000 career points, 500 rebounds and 200 assists. (Thanks, Chris Kohnhorst and Mike Ross!)