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The Roost Podcast | Ep 176 – ’24 Charlotte Preview with Hunter Bailey

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Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Hunter Bailey of the Charlotte Observer dives into Charlotte football in 2024.

A seemingly annual matchup with Charlotte football is on deck one again in 2024. This time the Owls host the 49ers following a resounding road win at their place a season ago. Hunter Bailey from the Charlotte Observer joins us this week to talk about what progress he’s seen from that team over the offseason and talk about the direction of the program moving forward.

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 176.

Episode Notes

DCTF

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.

Homefield

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Homefield

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Previewing 2024 Charlotte Football with Hunter Bailey

  • The latest on the Biff Poggi front
  • Reasonable expectations in Year 2
  • New QB Max Brown
  • Big questions facing the 49ers this season
  • Key additions (and losses) from the transfer portal
  • The Lightning Round

Where can you find us?

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 175 – ’24 UTSA Preview with Jared Kalmus

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Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Jared Kalmus of Alamo Audible dives into UTSA football in 2024.

A familiar foe and a longtime friend of the podcast, Jared Kalmus of Alamo Audible joins us this week to preview UTSA football in 2024. From the absence of star quarterback Frank Harris to the gradual assimilation of even greater depth on this roster, what should we expect from the Roadrunners this fall?

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 175.

Episode Notes

DCTF

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.

Homefield

We’re thrilled to partner with Homefield Apparel, the premier proprietor of college football clothing. First-time buyers can use the code ROOST for 15% off their order. The Owls hoodie is a personal favorite. So is the brand new Luv-Ya-Owls shirt. Shop the Rice collection or pick up something else (or both)!

Homefield

Patreon

Get exclusive insight on Patreon. Be the first to get the inside scoop on what’s going on with Rice football and stick around for even further analysis. That includes practice updates, analysis and more. Your support matters and makes The Roost better.

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Previewing 2024 UTSA Football with Jared Kalmus

  • Life after Frank Harris
  • Is this a sneaky bounce-back year for the Roadrunners?
  • Shifting offensive philosophies
  • Potential new playmakers in the passing game
  • Key transfer additions on defense
  • Can we talk about the CFB Playoff?
  • The Lightning Round

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.

Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive Rice football recruiting updates, practice notes and more.

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 174 – ’24 UAB Preview with Evan Dudley

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The Roost Podcast is kicking off AAC opponent previews. Up first: Evan Dudley of Al.com previews UAB football in 2024.

The Rice football season will be here before we know it. Now we begin the long road back to the fall, previewing all of the Owls’ 2024 opponents on the gridiron, including a once familiar foe that wasn’t on the Rice schedule last season: UAB. Longtime friend of the show Evan Dudley joins us to talk about what’s been going on with the Blazers since, the Trent Dilfer experience and more.

You can find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 174.

Episode Notes

DCTF

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.

Homefield

We’re thrilled to partner with Homefield Apparel, the premier proprietor of college football clothing. First-time buyers can use the code ROOST for 15% off their order. The Owls hoodie is a personal favorite. So is the brand new Luv-Ya-Owls shirt. Shop the Rice collection or pick up something else (or both)!

Homefield

Patreon

Get exclusive insight on Patreon. Be the first to get the inside scoop on what’s going on with Rice football and stick around for even further analysis. That includes practice updates, analysis and more. Your support matters and makes The Roost better.

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Previewing 2024 UAB Football with Evan Dudley

  •  Year 1 under Trent Dilfer
  • Expectations and level setting for this new era of Blazers’ football
  • Jacob Zeno returns
  • Offensive playmakers
  • Defensive growth questions
  • How the Transfer Portal has impacted AAC programs
  • The outlook for the program moving forward
  • The Lightning Round

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.

Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive Rice football recruiting updates, practice notes and more.

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Rice Football tops AAC in returning production

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The game isn’t played on paper, but ESPN’s returning production metrics are high on Rice Football in 2024.

In his final formal media availability of the season following, Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren interjected a ray of hope after a frustrating result, a bowl game loss to Texas State. “This is a really good football team coming back,” he said, projecting hope for 2024, and hopefully beyond.

Several months later, the numbers are in. According to ESPN’s returning production estimates, Rice football returns the highest percentage of their production out of any team in the AAC in 2024.

Bill Connelly, who compiles the metric for ESPN, estimates the Owls return 81 percent of their production from the 2023 team that won six games and made a second consecutive bowl game appearance.

That number dips a bit to 73 percent on offense but skyrockets to 89 percent on defense. In fact, no team in the nation projects to return more on defense than Rice. The Owls have lost De’Braylon Carroll and Tre’shon Devones from last year’s unit, but the rest of the defensive cupboard is fully stocked.

With a stacked defense and plenty of returning pieces on offense, Rice is positioned as well as it has been in quite some time to take another step. Rice and USF are the only AAC team in the top 20, nationally in returning production. The Owls’ biggest challenge will be replacing impact players on offense — JT Daniels, Luke McCaffrey and Clay Servin. If Rice can do that, 2024 has the makings of a special season on South Main.

One other interesting tidbit… Connelly notes this on Twitter:

Here are the full numbers:

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AAC Baseball sends ECU, Tulane NCAA Tournament

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AAC Baseball will have two representatives in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, regular season champ ECU and tournament champ Wichita State.

East Carolina

East Carolina was a force throughout the 2024 AAC Baseball season, impressing in nonconference play and following it up with a top finish in the league. Injuries saw them stumble a bit down the stretch, but the Pirates have a shot to make some noise with several of those key players expected to make their return for the NCAA Tournament.

The Pirates will host their regional as the No. 1 seed. Joining them in Greenville is their first opponent, No. 4 Seed Evansville, as well as  No. 2 Seed Wake Forest and No. 3 Seed VCU.

This is ECU’s sixth time hosting at Clark-LeClair Stadium and the Pirates’ 34th  appearance in the NCAA Tournament. They’ve qualified for regional play eight times in 10 years under head coach Cliff Godwin.

The Greenville Regional is paired with the Knoxville Regional, home of No. 1 National Seed, Tennessee.

Tulane

Tulane secured automatic entrance to the NCAA Tournament field by virtue of their AAC Baseball Tournament championship, their second tournament title in as many seasons after taking home the trophy last season as well. This is Tulane’s 10th conference tournament title and their 23rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

The Green Wave are the No. 4 Seed in the Corvallis Regional, home of host Oregon State, the No. 15 overall seed in the tournament. Also in the field are No. 2 Seed UC-Irvine and No. 3 Seed Nicholls.

Tulane has met two of its regional members on the diamond already this year. The Green Wave were swept in New Orleans by UC Irvine and won a pair of midweek games against Nicholls earlier in the season, one at home and one on the road.

The Corvallis Regional is paired with the Lexington Regional, home of No. 2 Seed, Kentucky.

NCAA Tournament Bracket

Elsewhere in the AAC

South Florida has made a coaching change, dismissing Billy Mohl after seven seasons with the Bulls. USF was one of two teams, the other Memphis, who failed to reach the AAC Baseball Tournament, falling in their final game of the season to UAB and ending up on the wrong side of the bubble. USF is the only program to have made a coaching change at this time.

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