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Rice football has two games left in the regular season and UAB is next on the docket. Here’s what we learned from the Owls at practice this week. After a lighter week of work on the practice field last week, Rice football returned to work in earnest this week following the bye. A relatively healthy […]

Next up for Rice football: Memphis. Here’s what interim head coach Pete Alamar had to say about the matchup and a few depth chart notes. Interim head coach Pete Alamar and a set of players met with the media for their customary weekly availability. They recapped the bye week and then looked ahead at their […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 10. 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 […]

Rice football is back from the bye week and hopes to finish the season strong with a win over UAB. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. Both Rice football and their upcoming opponent, the UAB Blazers, most recently squared off with UAB and met similar results. Rice fell 27-20 in a Friday […]

Rather than dwell on the Memphis game we welcome Shehan Jeyarajah of CBS Sports to discuss where Rice football fits in the college football world right now. As Rice football embarks on a head coaching search — the latest on that front is right here — it felt appropriate to step back from the game […]

Rice Football is in the market for a new head football coach. Here are a few names to scratch off and a few that make the most sense for the Owls. Whenever there’s a head coaching change, candidate lists pop up all over the internet. It’s part of the gig. Every outlet has its natural […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 10. 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 […]

AAC Football was back in action this weekend. Here’s the latest from the teams on the gridiron this week. Team Record  This Week Result Up Next Army 9-0 (7-0) at North Texas W, 14-3 — OFF — Charlotte 3-6 (2-3) — OFF —  — vs USF ECU 5-4 (3-2) vs FAU W, 49-14 at Tulsa […]

Rice football had its chances, but missed opportunities proved too much to overcome, as the Owls fell to Memphis in a one-score game on the road. Another strong start. Another furious fourth quarter rally. Another loss. Rice football was left with another all too familiar sour taste following a road defeat at Memphis on Friday […]

Memphis is next up on the 2024 Rice football schedule so we’re going behind enemy lines with Tigers’ insider John Maddox from Rivals’ Tiger Sports Report. Tigers’ insider John Maddox was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions about the upcoming matchup between Rice Football and Memphis. The answers below should shed […]

Rice football returned to the field with one focus: beating Memphis. Here’s what we learned from the Owls at practice this week. Once again, it was hard to find space around the Rice football facility this week that didn’t have a “Beat Memphis” sign on full display. The Owls implemented a similar tactic against Navy […]

Next up for Rice football: Memphis. Here’s what interim head coach Pete Alamar had to say about the matchup and a few depth chart notes. Interim head coach Pete Alamar and a set of players met with the media for their customary weekly availability. They recapped the Navy game and then looked ahead at their […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 9. 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 […]

Can interim head coach Pete Alamar keep the good times rolling as Rice football hits the road to take on Memphis? How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. Rice football notched an unexpected prime-time win over Navy last Saturday, persevering through an expected afternoon kickoff that became an evening affair. In the meantime, […]

Led by an interim head coach, Rice football waded through a five-hour delay before taking Navy to deep water and emerging victorious. The odds might have been stacked against them, but the players in that Rice football locker room didn’t seem phased when they met Navy as double-digit underdogs on a water-logged field late Saturday […]

AAC Football was back in action this weekend. Here’s the latest from the teams on the gridiron this week. Team Record  This Week Result Up Next Army 8-0 (6-0) vs Air Force W, 20-3 at North Texas Charlotte 3-6 (2-3) vs Tulane L, 34-3 — OFF — ECU 4-4 (2-2) — OFF —  — vs […]

Rice football persevered through a five-hour delay and a water-logged field to knock off Navy in the Owls’ first game under interim head coach Pete Alamar. The rain eventually let up, but Rice football never did. Despite the adversity of an in-season firing and a game against a Navy team previously unbeaten in conference play, […]

Navy is next up on the 2024 Rice football schedule so we’re going behind enemy lines with Middies’ insider Mike James from Rivals’ The Mid Report. Middies’ insider Mike James was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions about the upcoming matchup between Rice Football and Navy. The answers below should shed […]

Rice football has an interim head coach, quarterback uncertainty and an injured captain. Here’s what we learned from the Owls at practice this week. Mike Bloomgren is out. Pete Alamar is in. And Rice football marches on. Navy is next up on the docket, no small task for any permutation of the Owls’ program. This […]

Pete Alamar has been named the interim coach for the remainder of the 2024 Rice Football season. What will the program look like now? We look at both in this month’s subscriber Q&A. There are still four games remaining in the 2024 Rice football season. The decision to move on from Mike Bloomgren midseason — […]

Next up for Rice football: Navy. Here’s what interim head coach Pete Alamar had to say about the matchup and a few depth chart notes. Following the dismissal of head coach Mike Bloomgren on Sunday, interim head coach Pete Alamar and a set of players met with the media for their customary weekly availability. They […]

Rice Football is well represented on 2024 NFL rosters. Here’s the latest from the NFL Owls in action in Week 8. 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 […]

With an interim coach at the helm, Rice football is preparing to take on Navy for Homecoming. How to watch, key stats, x-factor picks and more. Now former Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren was relieved of his duties following a road loss to UConn last Saturday. In his place, interim head coach Pete Alamar […]

Following a loss to UConn, Rice football has fired head coach Mike Bloomgren. We share our thoughts on the timing and what’s next for the program. Mike Bloomgren has been relieved of his duties as the head coach of Rice Football. He leaves the Owls midway through his seventh season after compiling a 24-52 record. […]

Mike Bloomgren will no longer be the head coach of Rice Football, effective immediately. The Owls are making a leadership change within the program. The Roost can confirm reports, first from ESPN’s Pete Thamel, that Mike Bloomgren has been fired. This decision comes in the days following another disheartening loss, this time to UConn, sinking […]