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Rice Football 2024: Bye Week 1 Practice Report

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Rice football is off this week, utilizing a much-needed bye week to take stock of the program and make some tweaks before the second half of their season begins.

The first free weekend of a two-bye season has arrived. Rice football was on the practice field again this week working to turn things around. A lot of depth players saw extended run and the coaching staff implemented a few adjustments to set the team up for what they hope will be a bounce back after the bye.

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Rice Baseball 2024: MLB Owls End of Season Update

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The 2024 MLB season is done and Rice baseball played their parts across the league. Here’s how the season went for each of the MLB Owls.

JT Chargois – Miami Marlins / Seattle Mariners

Chargois was part of a trade deadline deal between the Marlins and the Mariners, sending the former Seattle hurler back to a club he played parts of the 2021 season with before moving on to the Tampa Bay Rays. Chargois was solid in 21 appearances with the Mariners but had his best stretch of the season with the Marlins before he was moved leaving town with a 1.62 ERA in 15 appearances and allowing just three earned runs in 16. 2 innings.

Chargois finished the season with a 2.23 ERA with a 1.018 WHIP. He averaged 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings.

Anthony Rendon – Los Angeles Angels

Rendon battled through several stints on and off the injured list, playing in 57 games this season before his year end for good in early September. The limited health made getting in a rhythm challenging for the 12-year veteran who hasn’t truly gotten into his groove since joining the Angels following an incredible 2019 season.

Rendon finished the season hitting .218 with 10 extra-base hits, 23 walks and 35 strikeouts. His OPS was .574 and he collected 14 RBI.

Dane Myers – Miami Marlins

Myers played his way into being a regular with the Miami Marlins, making 40 appearances with the club while posting a solid .265 batting average and a .759 OPS before injury derailed his season. Myers would see his season put on pause following a July 13 game against the Reds, landing on the injured list for the better part of two months. He returned at the end of the season, finishing out the year with the club with a few appearances in September.

Myers finished the season hitting .263 with 10 extra-base hits, eight walks and 36 strikeouts. His OPS was .775 and he collected 19 RBI.

Tristan Gray – Miami Marlins / Oakland Athletics

Gray began the season with the Marlins, appearing in seven games before he was designated for assignment. The A’s grabbed him off waivers and quickly put him into their major league lineup. Gray didn’t register a hit in seven at bats with the Marlins and faired slightly better on the West Coast. He tallied three hits across eight appearances (six starts) before returning to the AAA team.

Gray finished the season hitting .107 with one extra-base hit, three walks and 16 strikeouts. His OPS was .336.

Tyler Duffey – Kansas City Royals

After spending the vast majority of his professional career to this point with the Twins, Duffey signed with the Royals this offseason after a brief stint with the Cubs in 2023. He made nine appearances for the Royals this season, spanning four week’s worth of action in late April through the middle of May. He earned a win and a hold in that time, but walk troubles kept him from becoming a mainstay in the pen. He was sent down following a May 20 game against the Tigers and remained in AAA for the remainder of the season.

Duffey finished the season with a 3.94 ERA with a 1.667 WHIP. He averaged 10.0 strikeouts per nine innings.

Evan Kravetz – Cincinnati Reds

Kravetz made his big league debut on August 28, retiring the only two batters he faced in a brief seventh inning appearance against the Athletics. He induced a pair of grounds before heading back to the bench. That outing would be his only one with the big league club this season. Shortly after, Kravetz was optioned back to AAA.

Kravetz finished the season with a 0.00 ERA with a 0.00 WHIP.

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Rice Football 2024: NFL Owls Week 4 Roundup

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Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 4.

There are former Rice football players scattered across the NFL. Stay tuned each week for their game results and notables from each player.

Team NFL Owl(s) This Week Result Next Week
Detroit Lions Jack Fox (P) vs Seahawks (MNF) W, 42-29 — BYE —
Indianapolis Colts Kylen Granson (TE) vs Steelers W, 27-24 at Jaguars
Pittsburgh Steelers Chris Boswell (PK)
Calvin Anderson (OL)		 at Colts L, 27-24 vs Cowboys
New England Patriots Nick Leverett (OL) at 49ers L, 30-13 vs Dolphins
Seattle Seahawks Myles Adams (DL) at Lions (MNF) L, 42-29 vs Giants
Washington Commanders Luke McCaffrey (WR) at Cardinals W, 42-14 vs Browns

Offense

Calvin Anderson – OL, Steelers

Anderson was signed to the Steelers’ 53-man roster this past week and dressed for the teams’ Week 4 game against the Colts but did not see action.

Luke McCaffrey – WR, Commanders

McCaffrey caught his lone target in Week 4, a Commanders win over the Cardinals. He now has caught all seven of his targets over four games as an NFL wideout.

Nick Leverett – OL, Patriots

Leverett played the majority of the Patriots’ offensive snaps in Week 4, taking over for an injured David Andrews who left the game in the first quarter, recovering a fumble as well as covering his typical special teams work.

Kylen Granson – TE, Colts

Granson wasn’t targeted in the Colts’ Week 4 win over the Steelers, the first time he’s gone without a target in a game this season. He did play 14 special teams snaps, which was a season high.

Defense

Myles Adams – DL, Seahawks

Adams saw his most extensive usage of the season on Monday Night Football, registering two tackles against the Lions, including one solo stop. He played a season high 38 percent of the Seahawks’ defensive snaps..

Special Teams

Jack Fox – P, Lions

There wasn’t much punting on Monday Night Football but Fox made his boots count. He kicked three times for 140 yards including a long of 50. He averaged 46.7 yards per punt.

Chris Boswell – K, Steelers

Boswell trotted out for one field goal this week from 50 yards out and struck it through the posts. He also added three extra points. The Boz has now made 11-of-12 field goals so far this season.

More Owls in the NFL

From practice squads to current free agents, there are other Owls on the cusp of returning to active rosters. Find more detail on current contractual agreements and former Rice football players waiting for their next opportunity here.

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 187 – Rice Football succumbs to Charlotte

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Rice football fell to 1-4 on the season and heads to the bye week reeling after a crushing loss to Charlotte.

Four FBS games and four FBS losses. It’s been an abysmal start to the Rice football season which reaches a bye week in desperate need of a reset. What went wrong against Charlotte and can any of it be fixed? We discuss and commiserate.

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 187.

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The Roost Podcast is now part of the Dave Campbell’s Republic of Football Podcast Network. You’ll still get the same content with the same hosts, but now under the DCTF banner.

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Recapping Rice Football vs Charlotte

  • Losing games on the margin
  • Offensive woes, defensive busts and special teams errors
  • A game Mike Bloomgren had to have
  • No real easy button to push
  • Bye week to-dos

Where can you find us?

The Roost Podcast is part of the Dave Campbell’s Republic of Football Podcast Network. You can find this podcast and all of our partner podcasts on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

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Rice Soccer, Basketball and more bring good news: September 2024 Q&A

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The 2024 Rice Football season has taken a turn for the worse, but Rice Soccer, basketball and more offer hope for the future. We look at both in this month’s subscriber Q&A.

Understandably, good news was the order of the day after things went south with Rice Football. Fortunately, it’s been a very active fall sports season with highlights from Rice Soccer’s tremendous start to accolades for Genny Volpe and expectations for sports yet to start like Swimming and Basketball. This update focuses on the good news from those sports. We’ll dig into the football woes elsewhere.

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