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After picking up season win number 10 in dispatching Conference USA eastern
division winner Marshall with relative ease in the league championship game, on the day
after Christmas the Owls are exactly where they’d wanted to be when they broached the
matter back in the dog days of August.
"What an exciting time for us. What a fitting tribute to those 23 seniors. To have
an opportunity to go win an eleventh ball game for the first time in the history of the
school and to win a Liberty Bowl championship, that's everything that was on the goals the
team set," Coach Bailiff told press.
Continues....
‘It was pretty much a no-brainer’
Owl linebacker Michael Kutzler walked on, persevered,
took advantage of opportunities – and wound up having monster senior year as major
cog in Rice championship machine
Michael Kutzler sits Johnny Manny on
his fanny in second half of Rice-Texas A&M game, one of his 11 tackles on the day
(Mark Anderson photo)
'Seeing after all that we've been through, we're very
happy in the feeling that we've left this place better than we found it' (PTH photo) |
HOUSTON (Dec. 22) – Lads who are both fleet of foot and sharp
of intellect might wish to consider long and hard whether they should undertake the
arduous journey that is the lot of the college football walk-on – especially if it is
at an place so academically demanding as Rice University. Certainly that should be the
case, shouldn’t it?
Not at all, says Rice senior linebacker Michael Kutzler, who had pondered such
question four-plus years ago as a virtually unnoticed prep school tight end and
linebacker. "Division 1 football -- and Rice is one of the best schools in the
nation. I thought it was pretty much a no-brainer."
Kutz had been toiling anonymously in the vineyards for the better part of three years,
picking up a varsity letter and eventually a scholly for his perseverance and for his
special teams work, until the call came just before this year’s season opener at
Texas A&M, when the anticipated linchpin of the Rice defense, senior linebacker
Cameron Nwosu, was scratched as a no-go.
So here’s Michael Kutzler, as a fifth-year senior making the first start of
his career, in front of 89,000 screaming Aggies in 100-degree weather. In that
inhospitable environment, his career suddenly blossomed, one could say fairly well
exploded, as he led the Owls with 11 tackles, generally making mischief for Ag
quarterbacks, including a solo sit-down of Mr. Everything, Johnny Manziel.
Continues.... Video highlights of Kutz' pick-six against Kansas....
Coach
Bailiff named Bryant Award Finalist, to be feted at Jan. 15 dinner in Houston....
Rice head coach David Bailiff has now led Rice to two
consec- utive bowl games (PTH photo) |
HOUSTON (Dec. 13) -- David Bailiff, who lead Rice to its first outright
conference title in football since 1957, has been named the 2013 Conference USA Coach of
the year in voting by the league’s 14 head coaches.
Rice reached its first C-USA Championship Game as West Division Champions with a 7-1,
rebounding from a loss on Halloween at North Texas to win its last three games.
Next up for the Owls is the Mississippi State Bulldogs at the Liberty Bowl in
Memphis Dec. 31.
Rice 41, Marshall 24: Game highlights...
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Owls get official invite to Liberty Bowl...
Memphis bowl exec presents
formal bowl invite to Owls before gathered press; for the reaction in Rice's dressing
room see here....(PTH
photo)
Rice 41, Marshall 24
Taylor, Turner, Ross, McHargue propel offensive onslaught
while defense shuts down Marshall run game, contains Cato
TAYLOR-MADE TD -- Rice's Jordan Taylor
is in the clear and on his way to the pay station to complete 75-yard scoring strike from
Taylor McHarque that put Owls up 14-0, rocked Herds on heals in first quarter (PTH
photo)
GOAL ATTAINED -- Owl seniors Charles
Ross (L), Taylor McHargue, Donte Moore, Paul Porras, plus game MVP soph Luke Turner hoist
their league championship trophy -- first time that's been done on the hallowed grounds of
Rice Stadium since 1957 (PTH photo)
HOUSTON (Dec. 8) – Perhaps the time has now come for
Rice’s old grads to concede, alright, now we can die and go to heaven.
Or are we there already?
While it may not yet be heaven, it certainly isn’t Iowa. With the Owls’
inspirational 41-24 victory over the Marshall Thundering Herd Saturday afternoon, the old
Institute secured its first outright conference football championship since 1957.
Now, at last, so many long-suffering alumni and supporters were finally able to heave
in a deep breath of the rarified air of ultimate victory that has escaped their lungs for
ever so long.
And it felt just a tiny bit about what heaven just has to be like.
Continues....
Box score,
statistics....
Phil
has no regrets after picking Rice over MSU
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 30)
DB:
'We have one more goal left'
(DawgsBite/Scout -- Dec. 30)
Liberty
Bowl offers intriguing matchup
(Sports Illustrated -- Dec. 30)
Bulldogs,
Owls both on late season roll
(SBNation.com -- Dec. 30)
Rice
key lay in getting Ross going
(AthlonSports.com -- Dec. 30)
Porras
on Gaines' speech: 'I wish I had it on tape'
(Mississipi Press -- Dec. 30)
Bailiff
has done wonders in turning program around
(Yahoo Sports -- Dec. 30)
Lewis
hopes physicality trumps Rice's experience
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 29)
DB:
'Chicken fried steak on the menu everywhere I've been'
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 29)
Coach
Vinklarek traveled long road
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 28)
Phillip
Gaines' 'line in the sand' sparks Rice revival
(Memphis Commercial Appeal -- Dec. 28)
Bulldogs look to continue momentum
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 28)
Friday bowl practice sights and sounds
(RiceOwls.com -- Dec. 28)
Marshall's win lends prestige to C-USA
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 28)
Richards fills needed role at center
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 27)
Bulldogs
back at Liberty for first time since 2007
(For Whom the Cowbell Tolls -- Dec. 27)
Pregame
contests end in tie
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 27)
Camaraderie
high at welcome party
(Rice News -- Dec. 27)
MSU's
'Little Les' has deep ties at Rice
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 27)
TMac
winding up stellar career
(Memphis Commercial Appeal -- Dec. 27)
Expect
a heavy dose of Charles Ross
(Tacoma News-Tribune/The Sports Network -- Dec. 26)
Turnaround isn't strong enough a word for it
(Examiner.com -- Dec. 26)
In EA Sports simulation, it was Rice 49, MSU 46
(SB Nation -- Dec. 26)
Liberty Bowl could prove to be unfriendly venue for Owls
(Yahoo Sports/AP -- Dec. 26)
Only
prior meeting between Rice, MSU turned out a State forfeit
ESPN.com -- Dec. 26)
Mullen,
Bulldogs head to bowl for fourth straight year
(Memphis Commercial Appeal -- Dec. 23)
So who needs med school? MSU DB has backup career as tattoo
artist
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 23)
Liberty matchup will produce upset by Rice
(Bleacher Report -- Dec. 23)
Last
season's loss in Memphis was turning point for Owls
(Hattiesburg American -- Dec. 22)
Rising
Rice: Owls 16-4 since last visit to Memphis
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 22)
Knowing the opponent: The
Rice Owls
(3rdand57.com -- Dec. 21)
Full
page Chron ad touts Rice football, academics
(Parliament -- Dec. 22)
Late-season
surge lists MSU spirits
(RantSports.com -- Dec. 20)
SEC
fines MSU for noisemakers
(ESPN -- Dec. 20)
SEC toughens up on MSU's noisemaker use
(Jackson Clarion-Ledge -- Dec. 20)
Bowl could turn into virtual road game for Rice
(Examiner.com -- Dec. 20)
Analyst
says Prescott better than Tebow
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 18)
DB
named finalist for Bryant
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 18)
Owls
not satifisfied with just keeping it respectable
(Athlon Sports -- Dec. 18)
Positional changes
highlight MSU early bowl prep
(Columbus Dispatch -- Dec. 16)
Prescott
emerges as MSU's main quarterback
(Miami Herald/AP -- Dec. 16)
Liberty
Bowl tickets baffle some MSU fans
(WTVA Tupelo/Columbus -- Dec. 16)
Rice
preps for Mississippi State's, er, noisemakers
(Jackson Clarion-Ledger -- Dec. 14)
Bailiff named league coach of year
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 13)
Tyler
Russell ends MSU career with shoulder surgery
(CBS Sports -- Dec. 13)
MSU
has gone 0-5 against ranked teams
(Rant Sports -- Dec. 12)
Bulldogs
have short bowl trip ahead
(DeSoto, MS, Times-Tribune -- Dec. 11)
Owls are nothing to hoot at when it comes to filling stadiums
(WREG-TV Memphis -- Dec. 10)
When
it comes to grad rates, Rice, BC should be playing for national championship
(South Bend Tribune -- Dec. 10)
Rice
dominates all-C-USA teams
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 10)
To bowl committees, it was 'Same Old Vandy'
(SBNation/Anchor of Gold -- Dec. 10)
Owls
place league-high 10 men on all-conference
(C-USA.com -- Dec. 10)
Weis
must dig the meerkat: Reagan to OC at KU
(ESPN.com -- Dec. 10)
'This
is what college football is all about'
(Reddit.com -- Dec. 10)
Liberty
officials passed over Vandy to pick Miss State
(The State/AP -- Dec. 9)
Rice a
program on the uptick
(ESPN.com -- Dec. 9)
Miss State gets gala affair with Rice in Liberty
(Jackson Clarion-LEdger -- Dec. 9)
It's Liberty
time for the Rice Owls
(Houston Press -- Dec. 9)
It's
official: Rice - MSU in Liberty Bowl
(Associated Press -- Dec. 8)
It
looks like Mississippi State - Rice Liberty is a go
(For Whom the Cowbell Tolls -- Dec. 8)
Liberty-bound
Rice received votes in major polls
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 8)
Hard
work and love: how Rice became football champions
(Culturemap Houston <MK> -- Dec. 8)
Rice
rolls past Marshall for first conference crown since '57
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 7)
Watch locker room scene as Owls get Liberty Bowl invite
(The Sporting News -- Dec. 7)
Rice defense shuts down Herd to earn Conference USA title
(Sports Illustrated -- Dec. 7)
Rice dominated from the onset and didn't let up
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 8)
Herd was outworked, outsmarted, outplayed
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 7)
Owls rely on bruising ground attack to subdue Herd
(Washington Post/AP -- Dec. 7)
Owls defend home turf in dominating fashion
(NBC Sports -- Dec. 7)
Rice starts, finishes strong to earn Liberty Bowl bid
(Katy News -- Dec. 7)
Marshall
left out in the cold
(HuntingtonNewsNet -- Dec. 7)
Rice running game, defense overwhelm Marshall
(Yahoo Sports -- Dec. 7)
'They didn't understand what we were doing'
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 7)
Marshall got outsmarted
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 7)
For first time in 56 years, Rice can celebrate a title
(Fox Sports -- Dec. 7)
Cody Bauer: Keeping Cato in pocket was key
(WV Metro News -- Dec. 7)
Slow start undoes Herd again
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 7)
Rice students get their hands on C-USA trophy
(KHOU.com -- Dec. 7)
Owls have now taken 9 out of last 10
(Kansas City Star/The Sports Network -- Dec. 7)
At Rice, future of another stadium also in question
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 7)
HOUSTON (Dec. 5) -- It borders on the trite to start off with
mention of the decades- long drought on South Main leading up to Saturday's C-USA
championship game between the Rice Owls and the Thundering Herd of Marshall University.
But there it is.
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You probably weren't born the last time a single Rice football game entailed
such trophy-case implications. Rice head coach David Bailiff wasn't alive yet. Most of the
parents of the current Rice squad were yet to make an appearance on this orb.
Yet here we are: instead of 1957, suddenly it's 2013 -- how time flies -- and the dear
old Institute has once again resumed its David-like stance, slingshot at the ready,
against the Goliaths of college football, just as it once did in the days of chrome and
tail fins.
Continues....
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Rice Fight Never Dies!
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This week: Rice
vs. Marshall
Old Sammy's rolling out the welcome mat...
FLASH:
Rice hosts!!!
Rice-Marshall
ticket information....
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Rice 17, Tulane 13
Rice defenders first shut down, then hold
off, Tulane while getting just enough offensive support to seal win, take division
Rice quarterback Taylor McHargue scrambles for first down
yardage to keep first half scoring drive alive (Mark Anderson photo)
HOUSTON (Dec. 1) -- It’s often said that statistics are for losers.
The Rice Owl defense tore a chunk out of that maxim here Saturday in the
process of shutting down the Tulane Green Wave offensive attack for better than three
quarters, and then holding on for dear life to put the game away. In doing so, the Owls
put up some gaudy defensive stats the likes of which have not been seen on South Main in
many a moon.
The final score was 17-13, Rice, but the narrow margin was hardly indicative of
the pounding that the determined Owl defensive unit put on the frustrated Green Wave. It
was another one of those games where the Owl offense was hardly at its clicking-est best,
although Tulane’s opportunistic defense had a great deal to do with that, as well.
But, oh, does that defensive stat sheet look good.
"I'm so proud of how our defense played, to not give up a first down in the
first half," a satisfied Rice head coach David Bailiff said, post-game. "They
had 26 yards rushing on the game. The game ball goes to the defense. Coach Thurmond and
his staff did a magnificent job."
Continues....
Box
score, statistics....
President
Bush wishes Rice good luck before title game
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 6)
Back
to the future as Owls seek conference title
(Houston Press -- Dec. 6)
Loss
could send Owls to Heart of Dallas
(USA Today -- Dec. 6)
Owls
trying to break long title-less streak
(Beckley Register-Herald -- Dec. 6)
Their
first years as official RU pub and Rice in finals: coincidence?
(The Manchester Pub NYC -- Dec. 6)
Herd holds Rice
quarterback in high regard
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 6)
Marshall
attempts to replicate past glories
(The Marshall Parthenon -- Dec. 6)
Solid ground game opens up
Herd pass attack
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 6)
Rice, Duke, Stanford all playing for marbles Saturday
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 5)
DB:
Saturday's forecast perfect football weather
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 5)
Chuck
insists (ball) security will be tight
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 5)
'That's
Huntington weather exactly, 41 and rain'
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 5)
Marshall
OL said ready for Covington
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 5)
Close encounters of the third
down
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 5)
Rushing
games move to the fore
(Beckley Register-Herald -- Dec. 5)
Owls will play for C-USA championship
(The Rice Thresher -- Dec. 4)
Marshall
visits Rice with C-USA title on line
(Fox News -- Dec. 4)
Defensive
development reason Owls, Herd still in game
(Examiner.com -- Dec. 4)
Defense
will be the difference at Rice
(WVMetroNews.com -- Dec. 4)
Owls
awaiting runaway Herd in C-USA title game
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 4)
Bob
Allen: Rice doing it the right way
(KHOU Houston -- Dec. 4)
National
media may be overlooking game but Texas shouldn't
(Texas Football -- Dec. 4)
If
league office got wish, Marshall would host
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 4)
Taliaferro,
from walkon to workhorse
(The Marshall Parthenon -- Dec. 4)
Ross
of Rice to be handful for Herd
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 4)
Rice
coach compares Cato to Heisman winner
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 4)
Commits
react to Owls winning the West
(Owls Insider -- Dec. 3)
C-USA
contenders Marshall, Rice will return next year
(Bluefield, WV, Daily Telegraph -- Dec. 3)
Confirmation Petersen out
for year with knee injury
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 3)
Herd ground game matured last
year at Rice
(Charleston Gazette -- Dec. 3)
Site
of game decided minus conspiracy
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 3)
C-USA
math sends Marshall to Houston
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 3)
Marshall
fans still fuming over game venue decision
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 3)
Palm:
'Absolutely appropriate and fair'
(Beckley, WV, Register-Herald -- Dec. 3)
Home
game not always advantage in C-USA championships
(Charleston Gazette-Mail -- Dec. 3)
Houston
championship game a shame all around
(The Marshall Parthenon -- Dec. 3)
TMac: 'Throw stats out the window'
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 3)
Wave
goodbye: breaking down Rice's win over Tulane
(Examiner.com -- Dec. 2)
Marshall
AD shoots down conspiracy theories
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 2)
Cato: “We found out at 8:30 and by 8:31 I’d moved on”
(West Virginia Metro News -- Dec. 2)
Suspended Marshall back had 4 TDs last year against Rice
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 2)
Herd
excitement grows as league championship bout nears
(WOWK News -- Dec. 2)
Road
to C-USA title goes through Rice
(Charleston Gazette-Mail -- Dec. 2)
Marshall's
Grooms arrested on domestic battery charges
(West Virginia Metro News -- Dec. 2)
Flashback:
More Marshall football players arrested
(Topix Morgantown -- Aug. 27)
Owls to host championship game thanks to BCS ranking
(Houston Chronicle -- Dec. 2)
Marshall
will travel to Rice
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 2)
Coaches
go right to work after big victory
(Huntington Herald-Dispatch -- Dec. 1)
Herd likely headed to Rice Stadium,
but won't know for sure until Sunday night
(Charleston Gazette-Mail -- Dec. 1)
Rice
holds off Tulane to earn C-USA West crown
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 30)
Rice outlasts Tulane, advances to C-USA title game
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 30)
Seniors stake claim to one more home game
(RiceOwls.com -- Nov. 30)
Tulane not able to vault itself into championship game
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 30)
Rice trips Tulane to advance to C-USA championship game
(Washington Post/AP -- Nov. 30)
Despite
7 sacks, 2 takeways, Tulane falls
(SportsNola.com -- Nov. 30)
Tulane falls to Rice in defensive struggle
(The Sports Network/Kansas City Star -- Nov. 30)
For Wave, it was only 6 first downs, 123 yards total offense
(TulaneGreenWave.com -- Nov. 30)
HOUSTON (Nov. 27) – So it’s all
come down to this.
Saturday, Rice meets Tulane on the Rice Stadium home turf, with a 2:00 p.m.
kickoff. This time, it’s for a shot at all the marbles, as no matter what else comes
to pass, a Rice victory would result in a Conference USA Western Division pennant, and
assure the Institute a place in the C-USA championship game to be held the following
Saturday.
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About where, nor against whom, nor anything else about that topic, will we say
another word, though. It's a bit premature for that. But answer us this: if, on the 30th
day of August, you, dear reader, as a loyal Owl, were offered a choice: you could
either be assured of an 8-3 season, 6-1 league record going into the season’s final
game with Tulane, with destiny in the Owls’ own hands – or, you could roll the
dice, and take your chances on the season – which alternative would you have picked?
One can look back at the narrow losses to the University of Houston and North
Texas, and say, man, oh man, we should’a been 10-and-1 at this point.
Continues....
Greenies next up....
Rice 37, UAB 34 (OT)
Loss looked to be in the cards, but Owls
persevere for OT win on night when team was snakebit, exhausted, off-balance
BOB FOR THE WIN -- Wild Owl Luke
Turner scampers across with winning touchdown in overtime, much to the relief of his
mates, dismay of opponents (PTH photo)
Rice QB Taylor McHargue scrambles for 41 yards to set up
Owls' second TD (PTH photo) |
BIRMINGHAM (Nov. 22) -- The game between the Rice Owls and the
University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers here Thursday night appeared scripted for an
excruciating, maddening, season-destroying Institute loss.
The Owls had blown a ten-point lead not once, but twice in the second half, and,
with a narrow 31-28 lead and under three minutes to play, had the football wrested from
the arms of their reliable senior quarterback at their own 33 yard line.
The scant crowd of home team fans was sensing that an upset of the season was in the
making, as the Blazers steadily drove goalward while the clock ticked down. With third and
two, UAB, at the Rice 14, and 1:36 left to play, the Blazers called time out to plot a
last-ditch offensive strategy.
Senior defensive end Cody Bauer turned and faced his ten teammates on the field,
exhorting them like a seasoned infantry lieutenant about to send his squad over the top.
Continues....
Box
score, statistics....
Rice
seniors laying a winning foundation
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 30)
Tulane
has nothing to lose this week
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 30)
Turnaround
has Wave eyeing C-USA title
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 30)
Boswell,
Santos make for friendly rivalry
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 29)
LSU
transfer spearheads Tulane defensive effort
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 29)
Marshall
dumps ECU to win C-USA east division
(ESPN.com -- Nov. 29)
Six
reasons to see Rice-Tulane game Saturday
(Examiner.com -- Nov. 29)
Tulane
players vocal, upbeat, spirited for Rice
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 29)
Bailiff,
Tanner Leland, and differential equations
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 28)
'We have to execute and hit all our P's and Q's'
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 28)
Tulane needs win, help from La Tech
(SportsNOLA.com -- Nov. 28)
Rice model for where Tulane wants to be
(Baton Rouge Advocate -- Nov. 28)
Owls haven't really defeated any decent schools
(Houston Press -- Nov. 28)
Rice football commended for academics
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 28)
Rice
OC Reagan to take offense to Kansas
(GoKUSports.com -- Nov. 27)
Coach Thurmond nominee for Broyles Award
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 27)
Tulane pondering the possibilities
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 27)
Tulane leans on defense
(The News Tribune/The Sports Network -- Nov. 27)
Tulane's Johnson talks about UTEP win, Rice game
(Bayou Buzz -- Nov. 26)
Rice
among four top Academic Achievement honorees
(GoStanford.com -- Nov. 26)
Rice
seeks division crown, first league title
(CBS Houston -- Nov. 26)
'They're
winning all these games by getting turnovers'
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 25)
Rice
one game from title bout with win over UAB
(Sugar Land Sun -- Nov. 25)
Rice tangos with Tulane for shot at C-DOA title tilt.
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 25)
Wave
wil beat Rice; defense too tough for Owls
(The Wave Report/Rivals -- Nov. 24)
Spot in
C-USA title game awaits Herd-ECU winner
(Charleston Daily Mail -- Nov. 24)
Owl nemesis
Darkwa back with Tulane for one more shot
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 24)
Rice controls destiny for divison crown, but behind 8-ball for
championship game
(San Antonio Express-News -- Nov. 24)
Tulane
swamps UTEP in most one-sided league victory
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 24)
UNT
loses shot at West title with loss to UTSA
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 24)
Bottom
line: Rice gets it done
(Examiner.com -- Nov. 22)
Sparse
attendance greets Rice at UAB game
(Birmingham News -- Nov. 22)
UTSA
still in race for league crown even after Rice victory
(San Antonio Express-News --- Nov. 22)
Rice
championship hopes still alive after OT win
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 21)
UAB loses heartbreaker in overtime against Rice
(Birmingham News -- Nov. 21)
It was quite simple, Blazers couldn't stop the run
(Birmingham News -- Nov. 21)
Ground
game leads Owls to overtime win
(RiceOwls.com -- Nov. 21)
Two sacks in OT session seal Blazers' fate
(The Olympian/The Sports Network -- Nov. 21)
Turner's TD run edges Rice past UAB
(Hiltonl Head Island Packet/AP -- Nov. 22)
Frosh Davis spells senior Ross, helps Owls to OT win
(Washington Post -- Nov. 21)
HOUSTON (Nov. 20) – For starters, let us hope that this short week
will work out better for the Rice Owls than did the previous one.
The Owls took on North Texas in Denton on Oct. 31, five days after a 45-7 home
beat-down of UTEP. Didn’t work out so well. The Owls lost. Shouldn’t’ve.
But they did.
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Now, as Rice gets ready to face the University of Alabama-Birmingham at Legion
Field in the storied iron city Thursday night, there’s no room for another loss if
the Owls are to continue to entertain any hopes of yet coming up with the Conference USA
crown.
The game kicks off at 6:30 p.m. central time, with TV coverage by Fox Sports 1.
Continues....
Rice 52, Louisiana Tech 14
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Ross romps for record five TDs as Owls
dominate from start to finish
Charles Ross gets a pat on the shoulder from teammate
Turner Petersen after the big Senior Rice running back ran for 215 net yards, 5 TDs in
Owls' thorough domination of Louisiana Tech (PTH photo)
Charles Ross breaks into clear on Owls' second
possession in a statement-making 45-yard run to set up second Rice TD (Mark Anderson
photo)
HOUSTON (Nov. 17) -- Louisana Tech obviously had no answer for the
performance onslaught of Rice's heavyweight champion running back Charles Ross Saturday.
So thorough was the Rice domination of the now 4-6 North Louisianans that, indeed,
by the time the Bulldogs' team bus rolled back into Ruston in the wee hours of Sunday
morning, the Bulldog players probably were still trying to figure out what the damn
question was.
Ross, a 6-1, 235-pound fifth-year senior from Schertz Clemens rolled for 215 rushing
yards en route to a five-touchdown performance that tied the Conference USA record and
established a new superlative in the Rice record books. And, while he was at it, Chuck in
Charge also became the seventh Rice player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a
single season as he and his teammates stormed to an inspired 52-14 victory over Louisiana
Tech on Saturday night at Rice Stadium before 19,707 Homecoming attendees who braved rain
showers during the game.
That rainfall, though intermittent, managed to keep the turf – and the
football -- slippery all night, provoking more than a couple of wild-and-wooly sequences
of events, though all, in the end, worked out to the Owls’ advantage, if nothing less
than by force of will.
Continues...
Box score,
statistics.... SID game photos....
UAB
wants fans to move seats for TV game
(AL.com -- Nov. 19)
Owls
rebound from previous loss
(The Rice Thresher -- Nov. 19)
Improved
work ethic helps UAB senior
(AL.com -- Nov. 19)
Rice
erases thoughts of seasons past
(Houston Press -- Nov. 19)
Chuck, Boz earn
weekly C-USA honors
(RiceOwls.com -- Nov. 18)
Owls to travel
to Birmingham to face UAB
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 18)
UAB
focusing on small victories, short week
(Huntsvilee, Al., Times -- Nov. 18)
Rice heats up for big win over Tech
(Ruston Daily Leader -- Nov. 17)
Ross, Owls honor
coach with homecoming win
(RiceOwls.com -- Nov. 16)
Ross
leads the way as Rice runs over Louisiana Tech
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 16)
Rice gets emotional homecoming win over La Tech
(Montgomery Count Observer -- Nov. 16)
Owls
strike early, often in dominating win
(Charlotte Observer/The Sports Network -- Nov. 16)
Bulldogs struggle to stop Rice running game
(KTAL.com -- Nov. 16)
Wild, two-fumble play propels Owls to easy win
(SportsNOLA.com -- Nov. 16)
Bulldogs bulldozed in lopsided loss to Rice
(Monroe News-Star -- Nov. 16)
Rice's Bailiff coaching three days after father's death
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 16)
HOUSTON
(Nov. 14) – The Rice Owls will fete Homecoming alumni Saturday as they take on
the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in a 6:00 p.m. Rice Stadium matchup, a game that the Flock
simply must register in the "win" category if they expect to hold serve in the
Conference USA western division race.
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La Tech comes into town on an uptick, having won three out of its last four
games, earning a 3-2 conference record thus far against four wins and five losses overall.
So the Bulldogs are still not out of the chase for bowl eligibility and will have ample
incentive to put away a road win over the Owls, who come into the game as 17-point
favorites.
That is not to say that the Techsters have exactly come on like gangbusters this
season; their four victories have come over opponents that cumulatively have posted a
6-and-31 season record thus far. In other words: their victims have been worse than the
Owls’ victims.
Continues....
North Texas 28, Rice 16
Owls fail to hold early lead as turnovers, defensive breakdowns, special team lapses
trump Rice's statistical domination
James Radcliffe and his mates kept UNT offense bottled up all
night except for one big run, one big pass play (Mark Anderson photo)
New Rice Athletic Director Joe Karlgaard watches the
proceedings at UNT with obvious concern (PTH photo) |
DENTON (Nov. 1) -- When Taylor McHargue's perfectly-placed post
pattern found a leaping Jordan Taylor in the North Texas end zone to give Rice an early
16-7 lead here Halloween night, it looked as if the Owls had the world by the tail with a
downhill pull.
The Rice offense was clicking, while UNT wasn't moving the ball at all.
The only scoring noise made by the Eagles was a flukey fumble return for six after
the pill was uncharacteristicaly coughed up by ace senior running back Charles Ross.
Certainly that revolting development was an outlier, and the Owls were well on their
way to Rice's sixth win in a row.
Or so it seeemed.
But that's when the wheels fell off.
Continues....
Box score, statistics....
Taylor
steps into expanded role on offense
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 16)
La
Tech faces big test against Rice
(Shreveport Times -- Nov. 16)
Honor
jersies highlight homecoming activities
(YourHoustonNews.com -- Nov. 16)
LaTech
has bowl eligibility in sights
(SportsNOLA.com -- Nov. 14)
Former
league rivals back in session
(Kansas City Star/The Sports Network -- Nov. 14)
Tech
QB situation still unclear
(Monroe News-Star -- Nov. 14)
Bulldogs
have won 3 out of last 4 games
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 13)
Tech unsure of starting QB Saturday
(Ruston Daily Leader -- Nov. 13)
Bowl game in sight
for La Tech
(Monroe News-Star -- Nov. 13)
'Duck
Commander' made collegiate debut vs. Rice
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 13)
Holtz:
'They have a really great football team'
(SportsNOLA.com -- Nov. 11)
LaTech
sees players develop in Southern Miss win
(Shreveport Times -- Nov. 11)
Rrrrrwwaack!
Duck Dynasty star debuted against Rice
(SportsKentucky.com -- Nov. 11)
Luke
Willson flourishes with Seahawks
(Windsor, Ont., Star -- Nov. 10)
Tulane
suffers death by penalty in loss to UTSA
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 10)
After 9 years, UNT is
bowl eligible
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 10)
Rice,
A&M agree to home-and-home contests
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 8)
Owls
get week off before hosting LaTech
(The Sports Network -- Nov. 7)
JK
comments on Stanford football funding
(The Wall Street Journal -- Nov. 7)
Tulane's
4-pick loss brought fan base down to earth
(New Orleans Times-Picayune -- Nov. 7)
Last
month sets up well for UNT
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 6)
Egads!
Thresher actually uses term 'school spirit'
(The Rice Thresher -- Nov. 6)
C-USA
confident it will find places for all bowl-eligible teams
(Orlando Sun-Sentinel -- Nov. 6)
C-USA
race should be fun to watch
(SB Nation -- Nov. 5)
Could
Owl, Irish paths cross in bowl stakes?
(Bleacher Report -- Nov. 5)
Owls
lost a game they probably should have won
(Houston Chronicle -- Nov. 4)
'Rice
is a good team with pride in their program'
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 4)
UNT's
win over Rice last night was huge
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 1)
North
Texas beats Rice to earn bowl eligibility
(ESPN.com -- Nov. 1)
North
Texas makes statement on goal line
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Nov. 1)
North
Texas ends Rice's five-game win streak
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 31
Big
plays spell doom for Owls
(RiceOwls.com -- Oct. 31)
Rice stumbles in loss to North Texas
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 31)
UNT scares up bowl eligibility
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 31)
Jimmerson, Chancellor help North Texas beat Rice
(Washington Post/AP -- Oct. 31)
Jimmerson runs for TD, catches another in UNT win
(Charlotte Observer/The Sports Network -- Oct. 31)
Rice win streak stopped by North Texas
(KHOU.com -- Oct. 31)
UNT bowl eligible for first time since 2004
(Yahoo Sports -- Oct. 31)
Big plays doom Owls against North Texas
(Your Houston Observer -- Oct. 31)
Owls find themselves knocking on driver's seat door, but UNT in way
Charles Ross had what's for him a typical workday
against the Miners -- 153 yards rushing (Mark Anderson photo) |
DENTON (Oct. 30) -- Seems downright spooky, but it so happens that on
Halloween Night, the Rice Owls and the University of North Texas Eagles are set to face
each other in a nationally televised game that has significant implications in the
Conference USA 2013 race, both within the Western Division and as a whole.
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In prior years, this matchup would have garnered about as much regional and
national attention as a game between a couple of your better West-Texas six-man teams, but
this time, with Rice leading the Western Division tied with Tulane at 4-0, and with UNT
fast on their heels at 3-1, the outfit who wins this game has the inside track on not only
a division crown, but also the much-coveted home team spot in the league championship
game. So more than a few folks are likely to be tuned in, especially in places like
Huntington, W. Va., Greenville, N.C., and down New Orleans way.
The word from around Denton is that this game, for UNT is "huge,"
"enormous," "the biggest game since Grant Teaff," "the most
important game since 2001" – while over on South Main, the smoke signals are
much more subdued, Rice’s senior-studded squad taking this upcoming bout as just
another day at the office, albeit important enough to burn the midnight oil over.
Continues...
Rice 45, UTEP 7
Taylor McHargue, Jordan Taylor combine for three
touchdown bombs, Ross gets 153 yards rushing, defense makes big plays -- result: a
blowout win for Owls
KA-BLOOEY! Rice's Jordan Taylor hauls in
72-yard TD bomb to blow game wide open in third quarter; it was one of three touchdown
receptions he had on the day (Mark Anderson photo)
HOUSTON (Oct. 26) – With just over five minutes
left in the first half of Rice’s game with the University of Texas - El Paso
Saturday, the Owls had just taken a 17-7 lead over the Miners when quarterback Taylor
McHargue hooked up with his wide receiver, Dennis Parks, for a 17-yard scoring strike.
A good followup defensive series was urgently needed to rock the Miners back on
their heels and insure a relatively comfortable halftime lead for the Owls.
But after Rice pinned the visitors back to their own 16 yard line on the ensuing
kickoff, a most unwelcome development occurred when UTEP’s freshman all-everything
running back, Aaron Jones, burst into open and dashed 81 yards for what seemed to be a
quick-strike rushing touchdown of prodigious proportions.
But Rice defensive back Julius White wasn’t having any of that. From his
position, he high-tailed diagonally across the field, and arrived just in time to bump the
UTEP speedster out of bounds at the Rice three yard line, thus averting a touchdown which
would have brought the score to 17-14 and portended a dog-fight for the remainder of the
contest.
Continues.....
Rice-UTEP box
score, statistics....
Four-foot-nine
sensation has big future ahead of him
(CBSSports.com -- Oct. 30)
Win
over UTEP a bowl-building blowout
(Examiner.com -- Oct. 30)
Stopping
Rice running game will be crucial
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 30)
Rice defeats UTEP, is bowl eligible
(The Rice Thresher -- Oct. 29)
Rice
loaded with players offered at UNT
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 29)
UNT
keeping mum on injury updates
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 29)
Rice's
Carter focusing on homework after debut
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 29)
Mean
Green heads into new territory this week
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 29)
DB's
appearance on Tim Brando show
(CBSSports.com -- Oct. 29)
Taylor, Ross, White earn helmet stickers
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 29)
Nordstrom
learning to fly with Rice
(The Woodlands Online -- Oct. 29)
Owls
mine UTEP to attain bowl eligiblity
(Houston Press -- Oct. 29)
UNT exhibits good brand on both sides of ball
(Football Game Plan -- Oct. 29)
College
football’s newest “Rudy” far more inspiring than original
(Buzz Feed Sports -- Oct. 28)
Rice
enters short week on high note
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 28)
UNT,
winners of three in a row, on a roll
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 28)
Mooch
injured, out for UNT game
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 28)
UNT
victory sets up huge showdown with Rice
(Denton Record-Chronicle -- Oct. 28)
North Texas needs just one more win to become bowl-eligible
(SBRforum.com -- Oct. 28)
'When
you practice every day, it's like clockwork'
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 26)
Rice
beats UTEP 45-7; keeps pace in C-USA race
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 26)
Rice
attains bowl eligibility with win over UTEP
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 26)
Rice rolls over UTEP, 45-7
(KHOU.com/AP -- Oct. 26)
College football's smallest player gets his first carry
(New England Sports Network -- Oct. 26)\
Showers hurt in 45-7 loss to Rice
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 26)
Owls were a machine offensively Saturday
(Kansas City Star/The Sports Network -- Oct. 26)
After opening stop, it was all downhill for Miners
(SB Nation/Miner Rush -- Oct. 26)
Rice's 8 consecutive league wins breaks its own 1949 record
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 26)
Taylor,
McHargue, Ross spark Owls to fifth straight win
(RiceOwls.com -- Oct. 26)
On road to bigger, better things, Owls seek to
avoid stumble against UTEP
HOUSTON (Oct. 24) -- The Rice Owls will attempt to put another notch on
their pistol grips as they take on the University of Texas - El Paso Miners in a 2:30
kickoff at Rice Stadium Saturday.
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The Miners bring in a 1-5 season record thus far, 0-3 in league play, under
first-year head coach Sean Kugler, including an 0-for-four losing skein in the Sun Bowl.
But they showed up tough in their most recent two home games, a 38-35 loss to La Tech and
a 34-20 defeat at the hands of Tulsa.
The Miners clocked their only win of 2013 thus far against the Owls' most
recent opponent, New Mexico State, whom UTEP outscored 42-21 in Las Cruces in
September.
They also had the benefit of a week off going into this Saturday's tilt, so wary
Owl fans should be able to construct any of a number of negative scenarios which may lead
the Owls to stumble on their way to bowl eligibility and a clean, 4-0, conference record.
But in truth, this is a game in which only one team can beat the Rice Owls, and
you know who that is. Or rather, you know who we are.
Continues....
Stahle Vincent this year's Rice football HoF honoree
Stahle Vincent still checks in pretty much at his playing
weight as he closes out a career as a successful HR executive in North Carolina (Greensboro
News & Record photo |
HOUSTON (Oct. 23) – One of Rice’s all-time greats, and an
old friend to many long-time followers of the Feathered Flock, Stahle Vincent, a member of
the Rice class of ‘72 and record-breaking running back for the Owls, will be inducted
into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame at Saturday’s football game between the
Institute and UTEP.
Stahle never wished to be characterized as a pioneer, but in fact he was one,
being one of three African-American members of the Rice football recruiting class
matriculating in the fall of 1968. Vincent, along with Rodrigo Barnes and Mike Tyler, were
the first three, and they all left their positive marks on the university.
Not the least of those was Vincent, a Greensboro, NC, native and graduate of the
city’s Dudley High School, where he was all-everything, both academically and
athletically. Then he pretty much replicated the same course at Rice.
In 1971 he set the SWC all-time record for most carries in a season (243), and a
Rice all-time record most yards net rushing in a season (945). While excelling
academically and in student government, Stahle also set additional Rice records including
most rushing plays for a season, most total plays (rush and pass), and the most rushing
plays in a game.
After his NFL career was cut short by injury, Stahle was successful as an
entrepreneur in the sporting goods business, before picking up his master’s degree
and settling down to a long run as a human resources management executive.
"I went to Rice looking for the same experiences as other college-bound
teenagers," Stahle once said. "What I encountered was a unique set of challenges
that prepared me for life after college."
Rice 45, New Mexico State 19
Owls jump to early lead, roll on to win as
rushing game dominates
Jordan Taylor leaps to pull down 17-yard touchdown pass from
Taylor McHargue, extending Owls' halftime lead over NMSU to 28-12 (Shari Vialpando
photo)
Rice QB Taylor McHargue skids for first-down yardage as
one of his road graders throws a block (Shari Vialpando photo) |
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (Oct. 20) – Although Taylor McHargue
said afterwards that his Rice Owls still haven’t displayed their best brand of ball,
the Institute Boys negotiated well enough Saturday to come away with a 45-19 victory over
still-winless New Mexico -- the South Mainers’ third win in a row on the road.
The veteran senior Owl quarterback led Rice to 515 yards total offense, picking up
90 of those on the ground himself while rushing for three TDs and passing for another.
But the big star of the day for the Feathered Flock was running back Charles Ross, who
rumbled for a career-topping 167 yards on 26 carries. Won’t say Mr. Charles-in-Charge
toted the mail for the Owls, but thought we saw him drop off several special delivery
letters and a couple of parcel posts along the way.
In so doing, the burly senior made it clear that any vestiges of his
four-week-old knee injury have been left behind in the weight room.
Of course, his performance meant that entire enemy defenses will be keying on
him for the remainder of the season, but that certainly ought to open myriad other
offensive opportunities for Rice OC John Reagan to take advantage of. There’s no
doubt about that, is there?
Continues....
Box
score, statistics....
Rice
students trade in those nasty orange, maroon t-shirts
(CollegeSpun.com -- Oct. 25)
Rice's
philosophy: take what's given you
(MinerRush.com -- Oct. 25)
O.
J. Brigance talks about life, new book
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 25)
Tulane
looks to stay unbeaten against Tulsa
(SportsNola.com -- Oct. 25)
Is this
the weekend UH, Rice clinch bowl spots?
(Houston Press -- Oct. 25)
UTEP
kick returner Autrey Golden injured in practice
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 25)
Rice
builds success the right way
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 25)
Showers
intends to make UTEP a contender
(Killeen Daily Herald -- Oct. 25)
UTEP back
preparing for Rice
(KTSM Newschannel 9 -- Oct. 24)
Owl
running attack dynamic, prolific
(MinerRush.com -- Oct. 24)
UTEP
safety Miller has veteran presence
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 24)
Coach Bailiff's
UTEP week press briefing
(RiceOwls.com video -- Oct. 23)
Kugler
grateful for rest, looking ahead to Rice
(KROD 600am ElPaso -- Oct. 23)
Reluctant
trailblazer Stahlé Vincent revisits road to Rice
(Greensboro News & Record -- Oct. 23)
Rice,
UTEP appear to be heading in opposite direction
(Kansas City Star/The Sports Network -- Oct. 23)
Boz earns second C-USA player of week honor
(RiceOwls.com -- Oct. 23)
One-on-one with the TMac
(Comcast Sports Houston -- Oct. 23)
Owls can become bowl-eligible against UTEP
(Comcast Sports Houston -- Oct. 23)
Miners aim to get more from receivers
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 23)
45-19
win moves Owls closer to bowl game
(The Rice Thresher -- Oct. 22)
UTEP
Coach Kugler faces press after off week
(MinerDigs -- Oct. 22)
Owls
to wear the pink helmet 'R' at UTEP game
(College Spun -- Oct. 22)
Miners
focus on stopping the run
(El Paso Times -- Oct. 22)
Rice-Tulane
for all the marbles? Quite attainable
(Charleston Daily Mail -- Oct. 22)
Rice
returns to successful running ways
(Global Post -- Oct. 21)
Rice now has 9 wins out of last 11 games
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 21)
Owls
on track for a 10-win season?
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 21)
Typical problems plague Aggies in latest loss to Rice
(Las Cruces Sun-News -- Oct. 21)
Ross powers Owls past NMSU
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 19)
Owls, McHargue cruise to fourth straight win
(WSBT 22/The Sports Xchange -- Oct. 19)
Aggies fall in
hole early, lose to Owls
(KTSM 9 El Paso -- Oct. 19)
Aggies lose 'pink game' to Rice
(NMStateSports.com -- Oct. 19)
Owls rack up season-high rushing totals, top NMSU
(RiceOwls.com -- Oct. 19)
x
LAS CRUCES, NM (Oct. 17) – Bet you didn't know that the Rice Owls were headed to
the Rio Grande Valley this weekend. They are. It's just the upper, upper, uppermost Rio
Grande Valley.
Las Cruces, New Mexico, is not the dust bin one might think it is, instead nestled
attractively and comfortably in the Mesilla Valley on the banks of the Rio Grande, about
an hour's drive out of El Paso, with pecan trees, fields of cotton, and much desert oasis
flora and fauna awaiting the unsuspecting visitor.
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Las Cruces has an interesting mix to offer. Even so, it's not exactly in the
middle of a hotbed of football fanaticism. Life is slower and easier here. But it's been
hard for the New Mexico State University Aggies to find opponents willing to travel to Las
Cruces. Minnesota did so in September. Now it's the Owls' turn.
Rice fans may contemplate the lot of the football independent as they focus on
this upcoming match, because NMSU, in the interregnum between the demise of the Western
Athletic Conference and its football-only entry into the Sun Belt come 2014, is going it
alone.
Continues....
Rice 27, UTSA 21
Up 27-7 late in third, Owls fall flat on offense, leaving it up to defense to
save the day
Donte Moore makes catch along sideline for key first down (Mark
Anderson photo)
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 12) -- At least it can be said that the Rice Owls will keep
you glued to your seat to the very end.
Comfortably, you ask? That's a separate issue.
This time, fortunately the end turned out not to be a bitter one, the South Main
contingent narrowly escaping the Alamodome with a 27-21 victory over the UTSA Roadrunners
in a contest that, three-quarters of the way through, looked to be a potential
name-your-score Owl victory.
But it took a Jordan Taylor recovery of an onsides kick with just over a minute left in
the game to preserve what moments earlier had been a 27-7 Owl lead.
The Owls had their foot at the throat of their feathered foes when senior
quarterback Taylor McHargue faked the handoff to Charles Ross and sneaked in from six
yards out to give Rice that three-TD lead midway in the third quarter.
The Rice defenders continued to dig in their heels when they forced a
six-and-out on the Roadrunners' next possession. Setting up shop at their 34-yard
line, the Owls were sitting pretty on the verge of what looked to be their first
blowout win of the season.
But that's when somebody let the air out of the tires.
Continues....
Box score,
statistics....
Rice
players shower support on team mom
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 17)
Owls one of only two teams to score every time in red zone
(Athlon Sports -- Oct. 17)
Aggies
ready for Rice, pink
(Las Cruces Sun-News -- Oct. 16)
NMSU
QB Davis an electric runner with questionable arm
(Global Post -- Oct. 16)
Surmising
season's second half for NMSU
(Alamagordo Daily News -- Oct. 15)
It
could all boil down to Rice-Tulane
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 15)
NMSU
'tough enough' to wear pink jerseys
(Las Cruces Sun-News -- Oct. 15)
Owls
face an NMSU team eager to break losing skein
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 15)
Still
room for improvement for 4-2 Owls
(Owl Sports Watch -- Oct. 15)
NMSU
to meet Rice for first time Saturday
(NMStateSports.com -- Oct. 14)
O.J. Brigance outlives prediction he'd be dead by 40
(Dallas Morning News -- Oct. 14)
Rice
has work to do
(GlobalPost.com -- Oct. 14)
Aggies' pride is their only saving grace
(Alamagordo Daily News -- Oct. 14)
NMSU
makes changes, tries to get faster for Rice
(Albuquerque Journal -- Oct. 14)
Loss
to Rice another failed opportunity for UTSA
(KENS-TV5 -- Oct. 13)
Winning
with problems: breaking down Rice win over UTSA
(Examiner.com -- Oct. 13)
Late
comeback not enough as RIce beats Runners
(Examiner.com -- Oct. 13)
Owls
keep 'Runners in a funk
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 12)
Rice remains perfect in league play with win over UTSA
(RiceOwls.com -- Oct. 12)
Owls' flat finish not enough to derail win over UTSA
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 12)
Rice survives flat second half to beat UTSA, 27-21
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 12)
Owls threaten to blow game open, then hold on for win
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 12)
Methodical Owls hold on for win over scrappy Roadrunners
(KENS-TV5 -- Oct. 12)
Rice holds off fourth-quarter 'Runner comeback
(GoutSAAthletics.com -- Oct. 12)
Owls nab 7th league win; 4th conference road win in a row
(Kansas City Star/The Sports Network -- Oct. 12)
Coker: 'Really a gut-check, really a disappointing loss'
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 12)
Rice plays mistake-free in win over UTSA
(San Francisco Chronicle/AP -- Oct. 12)
Fumbled punt, missed field goals hurt UTSA cause
(The Daily Paisano -- Oct. 12)
SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 10) – To play, or not to play – that is the
question.
At least that is the question facing the Rice Owls, their head coach David
Bailiff, trainers, and team doctors regarding a certain big fellow named Charles Ross, who
leads the team in rushing thus far this season despite having been sidelined with an inury
for the past two games, and the better part of one before that.
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The return of the 6-1, 235-pound human bulldozer, a three-letterman senior out of
nearby Schertz Clemens, would be a huge boost for the run-minded Owls as they prepare to
line up Saturday against a stout defender of the rushing game in Coach Larry Coker’s
UTSA Roadrunners, in a 3:00 p.m. kickoff at the Alamodome.
It’s supposed to be televised, but good luck finding the broadcast. The
game is not listed on the DirecTV program guides, and, as it is being delivered by
Time-Warner Cable, almost certainly won’t be delivered by competing cable outfits.
And it won’t be on Owlvision, either.
Continues....
Won it in a
knockout
Rice 30, Tulsa 27 (OT)
After Owls blow two-TD halftime lead via
scoreless second half, young Dillard pulls fat out of fire in OT with 25-yard TD reception
Rice's Taylor McHargue was slowed, but not
stopped by Tulsa's defense, as he was 13 of 21 with two TD passes, including the game
winner to Darik Dillard (David Bykowski photo)
TULSA (Oct. 5) – The last time the Rice Owls defeated the Tulsa Golden
Hurricane, the year was 2006, and the margin of victory came by way of a 25-yard touchdown
pass to Rice's All-American wideout, Jarrett Dillard -- which gave the Institute boys a
three-point overtime win.
Saturday, the Rice Owls defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, and the margin of
victory came by way of a 25-yard touchdown pass to that self-same Jarrett Dillard's little
brother, Darik -- which once again brought the Institute boys a three-point overtime win.
Talk about deja vu all over again.
It took another harrowing destruction-derby run down victory lane before
the Owls were able to pull this one out, though. So what else is new, you say?
Continues....
Box
score, statistics....
Brooks,
Singletary give 'Runners defense a boost
(KENS-TV5 -- Oct. 12)
Coker
doing best to keep program improving
(Pregame.com -- Oct. 12)
One-on-one with
David Bailiff
(InsideRunnerSports.com -- Oct. 11)
DB
honored as local sports role model
(Houston Press -- Oct. 11)
Rice a surprising 'dog in UTSA game
(FoxNews.com -- Oct. 10)
Road
construction means get to Alamodome early
(GoUTSA.com -- Oct. 10)
Owls
look to stay undefeated in league play
(Columbus Ledger-Enquirer/The Sports Network -- Oct. 9)
UTSA's
Kam Jones back for Rice game
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 9)
Rice
gets first win over Tulsa since '06
(The Rice Thresher -- Oct. 9)
Ross
said close to returning
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 8)
Nwosu
status up in air, weighing his options
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 8)
'Football
is for everyone, but it's not for everyone'
(GoUTSA.com -- Oct. 8)
UTSA
yardage leader back in pads
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 8)
Seriously,
Rice, UH both could go bowling
(Houston Press -- Oct. 7)
Owls help special needs kids' dreams come true
(KHOU.com -- Oct. 7)
Dillard beat-down of Tulsa a family tradition
(RiceOwls.com video -- Oct. 7)
Coker
says UTSA will be rested, ready for Rice
(San Antonio Express-News -- Oct. 7)
Tulsa
QB Green: 'Not the first time I've been booed'
(Tulsa World -- Oct. 6)
Turnover
problems continue to haunt skidding UTSA
(KENS5.com San Antonio -- Oct. 6)
Rice's
Dillard delivers overtime win over Tulsa
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 5)
Rice's
OT touchdown ruins Tulsa's furious comeback
(Newson6.com -- Oct. 5)
Tulsa
was conservative, Rice was bold
(Tulsa World -- Oct. 5)
Rice recovers in overtime to defeat defending league champ
(Examiner.com -- Oct. 5)
Rice wins
overtime thriller at Tulsa
(ConferenceUSA.com -- Oct. 5)
TMac's
2 TDs help Rice outlast Tulsa in overtime
(Washington Post -- Oct. 5)
Tulsa drops heartbreaker to Rice in OT
(Newson6.com -- Oct. 5)
Owls hold off Watts, Hurricane
(WSBT22/The Sports Xchange -- Oct. 5)
New Rice AD Karlgaard hits ground running
(Houston Chronicle -- Oct. 5)
Owls travel to Tulsa
HOUSTON (Oct. 3) – The Rice Owls travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday for
another one of those "swan song" games, this one, the last currently scheduled
game between the South Mainers and the University of Tulsa until further notice, what with
Tulsa’s impending move to the American Athletic Conference.
Tulsa-area scribes have made a bit of to-do about the cessation of the rivalry,
but Owl fans may need to be forgiven if their typical comeback to that might be,
"Meh, ‘rivalry?’ What rivalry?"
Owlook
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The lack of competitiveness shown by the Owls in losing the last six straight
games against the Golden Hurricane certainly would stand to have something to do with the
perceived dampened enthusiasm. But even with evenly-matched and ensconced teams going
tong-and-nails against each other, Rice-Tulsa just doesn’t appear to convey the
electric charge of an Owl game with A&M or Texas – or even SMU or TCU, for that
matter.
Of course there was that little tiff in 2007 when the Rice followers insisted
Tulsa had ‘poached’ first-year Rice head coach Todd Graham after the rookie head
man led Rice to its first bowl game in 45 years.
Continues....
Flashback:
Rice defeats Tulsa in double overtime...
It's Tulsa time....
The Rice Owls take on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane at Chapman
Stadium at Skelly FIeld, Tulsa, Oklahoma, kickoff at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (TV: CBS Sports
Network)
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Rice 18, FAU 14
Next game:
Coach
Bailiff
Taylor McHargue
Christian Covington
Gabe Baker
Taylor McHargue
Coach Bailiff
Charles
Ross, Turner Petersen
Coach Patterson
Paul Porras
Coach Bailiff
