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Rice Football: Behind enemy lines with a UConn Insider

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UConn is next up on the 2023 Rice football schedule so we’re going behind enemy lines with Huskies’ insider Joe Arruda from the Hartford Courrant.

Huskies’ insider Joe Arruda from the Hartford Courrant was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions about the upcoming matchup between Rice Football and UConn. The answers below should shed some light on the Owls’ upcoming opponent.

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Rice Football 2023: UConn Game Week Practice Report

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Rice football hosts UConn this week in their final non-conference game of the season. Here’s what we learned from practice this week.

A week removed from their first ever AAC win, Rice football returns to non-conference play for one final time this season against UConn. The health of quarterback JT Daniels remains a question heading into the week, but there was some good news on that front, as well as some clarification on how the team will build their gameplan as they prep for the Huskies.

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This week’s roundup focuses on Daniels’ status for Saturday, what the Owls are doing alongside of him and a few defensive beliefs that are driving the Owls on that side of the ball.

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Rice Baseball 2023: MLB Owls End of Season Update

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The 2023 MLB season is done and Rice baseball played their parts across the league. Here’s how the season went for each of the MLB Owls.

J.T. Chargois – Miami Marlins

Chargois was the only Rice baseball alum to make a postseason appearance this year. He pitched 0.2 innings in the Marlins’ second game of the Wild Card Round, allowing one hit and no runs. In the regular season, he notched a 3.61 ERA in 42.1 innings. His 0.6 home runs allowed per nine innings rate was his lowest mark in that metric since his debut season in 2016.

Tyler Duffey – Chicago Cubs

Duffey spent almost the entirety of the season with the Cubs’ AAA affiliate, making 36 minor league appearances with a 3.70 ERA before getting the call from the big league team on the final day of the 2023 season. In game 162, Duffey tossed two innings, allowing a solo home run, but otherwise fairing well. He struck out three batters.

Tristan Gray – Tampa Bay Rays

Gray wasn’t given a long time with the big league club, but he made every moment of his MLB debut count. Gray failed to reach base in his lone plate appearance in his debut game (Sep. 16 against the Orioles) but delivered a massive go-ahead home run the next day, his only career start thus far before being sent back down to AAA after the game.

Lucas Luetge – Atlanta Braves

Luetge signed with the Atlanta Braves this offseason after spending the last two years with the New York Giants. Although he started the year with the big league club, he would be optioned to AAA early in the summer, making a few spot appearances with the Braces in July and mid-September. On the whole, he totaled 12 big league outings this season with a 1-0 record and a 7.24 ERA.

Dane Myers – Miami Marlins

Myers had a tremendous debut in the big leagues this season. On July 4, his first-ever MLB game, he went 2-for-3 with an RBI, the start of a terrific 10-game explosion. In his first 10 appearances, Myers slashed .444/.460/.583 with eight RBI and three extra-base hits. His offensive explosion would come down to earth later on, but he still finished the year with a potent .269 average through 22 games played.

Glenn Otto – Texas Rangers / San Diego Padres

Otto spent the first few months of the regular season working to return from injury, finally making his 2023 debut on June 30 against the Astros, the first of three separate appearances against Houston in his six outings with Texas this season. Following a two-inning relief appearance on September 4, Otto was designated for assignment and claimed off waivers by the San Deigo Padres.

Anthony Rendon – Los Angeles Angels

On July 4, Rendon fouled a ball off his shin. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, that would end his season. Rendon’s unfortunate injury luck limited him to just 43 games this season. Rendon had some productive outings when healthy, but finished the season with a .236 average and 22 RBI, hindered by his limited playing time.

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Rice Football 2023: UConn presser quotes and depth chart

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Rice football hosts UConn this week. Here’s what Mike Bloomgren had to say about the matchup at hand and a few depth chart notes.

Head coach Mike Bloomgren and a set of players met with the media for their customary weekly availability. They recapped last week’s game and looked ahead at their upcoming matchup with UConn.

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We touch on those items, then dig into the Rice football depth chart and what the team looks like heading into the weekend. First, the quotes:

Press Conference Quotes

“Looking back at the film from all three phases of ECU, it’s exactly how we felt after the game. It was certainly not to our standard. We can play a lot better. But that’s really cool as [The Roost] pointed out the other night at the presser, when you can not play your best and we have a big enough margin for error to still find a way to win those games. It’s really nice. It speaks to what we’ve brought in this building. It speaks to how hard these players have worked. But it’s not how we want to live.” – Mike Bloomgren on learnings from the ECU game

“We’re aware that there record does not reflect the team that they are. They are a talented football team. They are a well coached football team. They have many players on both sides of the ball that would be very good players in the American Conference, there’s no doubt in my mind as I watch them play, how hard they play.”– Mike Bloomgren on UConn

“It was better. It was nowhere near the standard. It is not good enough in terms of what I’ve talked about. I don’t need to be balanced in terms of percent of run to pass, but I do want to be able to run the ball whenever we need to run the ball, and that includes 4-minute situations. We were not able to gain enough confidence in what we were doing to call runs like I would have wanted to in 4-minute.” – Mike Bloomgren on the running game

“As you see on a week to week basis, pretty much every pass is a catchable ball. He makes our job a lot easier and it’s up to us to kind of make his job as easy as we can too.” – Wide receiver Rawson MacNeill

“They’re a group of dogs. You can tell when you watch film that they really want it. They’re hungry… definitely a team that we cannot take lightly and we got to take our same preparation as we do every week.” – Safety Marcus Williams

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Depth Chart Notes

Bloomgren announced on Tuesday offensive tackle Brad Baur would be out for the season. Clay Servin didn’t get the start last week, but finished the game at left tackle. He’s back with the first string this week with Miguel Cedeno backing him up. The rest of the depth chart is unchanged from last week. We’ll have more updates on the latest on injuries and the plan for Saturday later this week for subscribers.

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The Roost Podcast | Ep 162 – Rice Football beats ECU for first AAC win

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Rice Football rebounded from a tough loss to USF with their first-ever AAC win, beating East Carolina at home in a gritty win.

Quarterback JT Daniels was playing hobbled and the defense gave up yards in bunches, but both beleaguered units made the plays when it mattered most, lifting Rice football to its first-ever AAC win. It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win.  Let’s recap the game.

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Recapping Rice Football vs East Carolina

  • JT Daniels started slow, but finished strong
  • The defense gave up yards in bunches, but came through in crunch time
  • What level of concern should we have with the defense? Is there an obvious adjustment?
  • Rawson MacNeill has another big game
  • Rice football found a way to win ugly

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