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Rice Football: What’s at stake for Mike Bloomgren in 2022? — Patreon Q&A

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Should Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren be on the hot seat entering 2022? We discuss in this month’s Patreon Q&A.

No sooner does the clock hit zero and the whistle at the National Championship Game than do college football writers and media outlets pivot to the next season at hand. This year was no different. Amidst the usual way-too-early rankings and projections are other lists too, including some that attempt to delineate coaching hot seats, the focus of this month’s Q&A focused on Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren after collecting your questions.

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Rice Football Recruiting 2022: Recapping a busy Junior Day

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More than a dozen potential members of the 2022 Rice Football recruiting class were on campus this weekend. Here are a few names to know.

The vast majority of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class has put pen to paper and made their pledges to the Owls permanent, predominantly during the Early Signing Period. There are a few names left to formalize, but there’s enough nailed down to allow the Rice staff to turn one eye toward the future and host their first Junior Day of the year.

In this update, we’ll hit on which recruits were on campus, which received offers and share a few comments from some of the Owls’ newest targets.

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“Tough Cards”: Rice Women’s Basketball forced to deal with extremely thin roster

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Rice women’s basketball has endured a challenging month and the road ahead promises to be equally grueling, in part because of the limitations of an extremely thin roster.

Head coach Lindsay Edmonds isn’t one to make excuses, but she couldn’t avoid discussing the state of Rice women’s basketball’s current roster following a tough home loss to Western Kentucky last week. The game was the first home contest for the Owls since December 11, more than a month ago. Part of the reason for the lengthy delay was the sheer quantity (or lack thereof) of bodies the program had available to put on the court.

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Rice women’s basketball faces severe depth issues, further amplified by two recent injuries. Alexis Stover tore her ACL and had surgery last week. She will miss the remainder of the season. Katelyn Crosthwait will have surgery on her meniscus this week and will be out for at least four weeks. There’s some optimism she’ll be able to return by late February or early March. At a minimum, she’ll miss the majority of the Owls’ remaining season.

“We looked over at Western Kentucky warming up…

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Rice Football Recruiting: Owls target o-line in latest run of offers

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The Transfer Portal has been a focal point of Rice football recruiting in recent weeks, including a flurry of offers on the offensive line.

The 2022 Rice Football recruiting class got off to a great start during the early signing period, but there’s more work to do before the class is completed later this spring. For the time being, the Transfer Portal has taken center stage. Rice has been active in recent weeks, shifting their focus to transfer targets with much of their high school contingent now signed.

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It only takes a brief look at the Owls’ most recent offer list to identify the current priority: offensive line.  The five most recent offers for the upcoming 2022 Rice Football recruiting class have all come at that position, including four transfer targets and one high school senior.

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Rice Women’s Basketball: 2021-2022 Pre-Conference Play State of the Program

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Rice women’s basketball has been on a long hiatus because of COVID-19. Here’s where the Owls stand with Conference USA action ahead of them.

It’s been a long while since Rice women’s basketball took the court for a game of any kind. The Owls have missed three contests, beginning with a road trip to play Texas A&M on Dec. 19 and continuing through to the New Year with their conference opener against North Texas also postponed.

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Before COVID-19 through a wrench in the Owls’ plans, things were starting to tick upward. The team sits at 5-3 with conference play looming. Delays aside, how does this team compare with the expectations with which they entered the season? Let’s dig in.

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