The Big Ten has canceled its 2020 football season, launching a tidal wave of change across the college football landscape that was already in flux. First it was UConn. Then it was the MAC and the Mountain West. Now the Big Ten, one of the largest and most financially incentivized conferences in the nation has […]

Rice Football took a proactive step to delay the start of its 2020 season, but the future remains as uncertain as ever in the midst of the COVID-19. On Monday afternoon, Rice football announced the delay of its 2020 season. According to the current plan, that would set the Owls up to begin their 2020 […]

Rice Football will delay the start of its 2020 season. Originally scheduled to start on September 3, Rice hopes to begin on September 26. The non-conference portion of the 2020 Rice Football season has been canceled. The Owls will push back the start of their season to September 26. That effectively cancels games against Houston […]

This week has brought plenty of updates as to the status of the upcoming college football season amid a pandemic. Here are a few highlights. This edition of the round up comes one week removed from the previous edition, and my goodness, what can change in a week! A week ago conferences were still sorting […]

The 2020 Rice Football season is scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. In this week’s show, the Roost Podcast breaks down the Owls’ offense. The Extended Offseason steps away from our series of guests to focus on Rice football. This week’s show features a position by position breakdown of the offense. Carter and Matthew […]

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With the LSU game canceled, Rice Football has an open weekend on their schedule. Here are a few schools the Owls could seek out to fill the gap. Schedules are going to look different in 2020. Rice football has lost one game to cancelation so far. Multiple conference peers are missing multiple games, and the […]

This week has brought plenty of updates as to the status of the upcoming college football season amid a pandemic. Here are a few highlights. It wasn’t that long ago that we thought we’d have answers regarding the status of the upcoming football season by the time August arrived. With August here, uncertainties seem as […]

The Roost Podcast welcomes Sam who covers Houston football with the Scott and Holman Pawdcast to break down the Cougars’ upcoming season. The Extended Offseason series takes its first step away from Conference USA this week. After touching base with folks in the know across C-USA, we venture across town for a Bayou Bucket discussion […]

The 2021 Rice Football recruiting class has added their first defensive back pledge. Safety Joshua Williams has committed to the Owls. As has previously been the case under Mike Bloomgren, Rice has been choosy with their offers in this cycle. The 50th offer of the 2021 Rice Football recruiting class wasn’t issued until late June. […]

Rice Football will no longer be playing LSU this season after the SEC opted to play a conference-only schedule this coming fall to mitigate COVID-19 risks. Non-conference games are dropping like flies. Prior to Thursday afternoon, Rice Football remained one of a shrinking list of FBS teams with 12 scheduled opponents. The Big Ten and […]

All-American Level subscribers on our Patreon page get access to a monthly Q&A with me. Here’s our July edition, focusing on scheduling changes. Q. James Madison has told the CAA that it intends to try to play football as an independent this year and is trying to put together a group of schools from the […]

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The Roost Podcast welcomes Aaron Coleman who covers Marshall football with the Runnin’ With the Herd Podcast to break down their upcoming season. July is almost over and, according to the schedule, the start of the 2020 season is just around the corner. After visiting with folks that cover each team in Conference USA West, […]

The 2020 Rice Football class is well-positioned entering July. The Owls have a Top-5 class in Conference USA and plenty of momentum. The success of the most recent Rice Football recruiting classes has been a point of pride for Mike Bloomgren and his staff. They have elevated the level of talent in the program, most […]

Led by linebacker Blaze Alldredge, several Rice football players have earned preseason honors prior to the beginning of the 2020 season. This offseason has been anything but typical, but some things have stayed the same. The preseason watch lists and award calendars have remained largely in sync. Rice Football has had several players recognized across […]

There are several former Rice football players on NFL rosters for this coming season. Each of those NFL Owls received their Madden 21 rating this week. The extended hiatus from sports was briefly interrupted this week by the release of the Madden 21 ratings. Dozens upon dozens of variables were combined to reach one overall […]

The Roost Podcast welcomes Matthew Brune, who covers North Texas football for Mean Green 247 to break down expectations for the Mean Green this fall. Rice Football opponent previews continue this week with another opponent from Conference USA West. This week we welcomed our friend Matthew Brune with Mean Green to give us the inside […]

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The Roost Podcast welcomes Jared Kalmus, who covers UTSA football for Underdog Dynasty to breakdown the Roadrunners and the latest breaking news. When arrangements were made for Jared Kalmus of Underdog Dynasty to join the show we intended to steer the conversation toward UTSA Football. We did spend some time on this in the podcast, […]

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The first conference to act in March, the Ivy League made another big move this week, canceling all fall sports. No events will be held until January. In what could become a pivotal moment in college football history, Jon Rothstein reports the Ivy League will announce the cancel their football season and all fall sports. […]

The Roost is pleased to announce the release of the 2020 Rice Football Season Preview and the Conference USA Football Season Preview. These digital magazines are the one-stop-shop for every Rice and Conference USA Fan. The 2020 Rice Football Season Preview This 160-page publication details everything you could imagine about Rice Football. It includes insight […]

The Roost Podcast welcomes Ben Carlisle, who covers Louisiana Tech football for Bleed Tech Blue to breakdown expectations for the Bulldogs this fall. Rice Football opponent previews continue this week with our fourth Conference USA guest. To this point, we’ve had discussions with folks that cover UAB, UTEP and Southern Miss. This week we welcomed our […]

The Roost Podcast welcomes Jamie Arrington, who covers Southern Miss football on To The Top Talk podcast and relive memories from old Conference USA. Rice Football opponent previews continue this week with our third Conference USA guest. After talking UAB with Evan Dudley and UTEP with Adrian Broaddus we moved on to chat Southern Miss […]