Rice football has a decent amount of success on third down last season, but a tick up in those situations needs to be a focal point entering 2018. Unless your offense consistently finds a way to take the top of the defense, converting on third down is a key piece of any offensive gameplan. Every … Read more
Rice football fielded few punts last season, partly because of their inability to hold on third down. Will that change in 2018? The Owls forced a grand total of 40 punts in 2017. If that number seems a bit low, it is. There was only one FBS team that forced fewer punts than Rice last … Read more
The Rice football offense is going to look a bit different under Mike Bloomgren in 2018, starting with the emergence of one lead back. Could that be Nashon Ellerbe? Mike Bloomgren is no stranger to the workhorse running back. During his time with Stanford he coached both Christian McCaffrey and Bryce Love. Those are two … Read more