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Rice Football 2022: UTSA Insider gives his take on the Roadrunners

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Rice Football returns home this week to take on C-USA frontrunner, UTSA. Roadrunners’ insider Jared Kalmus fills us in on what to expect in this game.

Roadrunners’ insider Jared Kalmus of Underdog Dynasty was kind enough to stop by and answer a few questions about the upcoming matchup between Rice Football and UTSA. The answers below should shed some light on the Owls’ upcoming opponent.

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Rice Football 2022: UTSA Game Week Practice Report

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Rice football hosts UTSA in their final home game on Senior Day, their final home game of the 2022 season. Here’s what we learned from practice this week.

The final quarter of a rigorous 2022 Rice football schedule begins this week with a road trip to Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers are just ahead of the Owls in the current conference standings with both teams in need of one more win to reach bowl eligibility (WKU needs seven wins this year because of their 13th game with a trip to Hawaii).

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This week’s roundup focuses the quarterback situation, the running game and injury questions in the secondary and the pass-catching corps, and more.

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Houston: We might need a quarterback

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Rice Women’s Basketball soars past Saint Mary’s on the road

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It wasn’t quite wire-to-wire, but Rice women’s basketball started fast and maintained a comfortable lead in their road win over Saint Mary’s.

Despite the late tip-off, 10:oo p.m. Houston time, Rice women’s basketball showed up ready to play in Califonia against Saint Marys. The Gael’s won the 2022 WBI Tournament and were picked to finish fifth in the West Coast Conference this season. Rice was undeterred.

The Owls jumped out to a nine-point lead in the first quarter, holding Saint Mary’s to 29.4 percent shooting from the field. Shelby Hayes created a mismatch in the interior, scoring eight points in the opening frame. When the defense collapsed to account for her, it opened up shooting lanes for Ashlee Austin and Kaitlyn Crostwait from deep.

More: Rice Women’s Basketball Season Preview

The lead quickly grew to double-digits, as Rice mixed in contributions from a host of different contributors. The Owls got points from nine different players in the first half alone, seeing their advantage grow to as many as 17 points.

The third quarter was more contentious. Saint Mary’s continued to chip away, taking the Rice lead down from double digits to as few as five points. Fortunately for the Owls, every time the Gaels went on a run, they had an answer. The five-point lead ballooned back to 15 early in the fourth quarter. Rice would knock down their free throws to ice the road win.

Player Spotlight | Kaitlyn Crosthwait

On a night when so many different players contributed in big moments, Crosthwait seemed to find herself involved in a good portion of them. She scored 11 points, knocking down three of the Owls’ five three-pointers. She also had six rebounds, playing a team-high 30 minutes.

Rice was able to get so many players into the game on Wednesday night, but that sort of widespread rotation is possible because the team has veteran players that can help direct traffic no matter who is on the court. Crosthwait’s play and direction made a difference in this one.

Up Next | Full Schedule

Rice women’s basketball continues its four-game road trip in the coming days. They’ll take on Pacific on Friday before returning to Texas to play Texas Southern (Wed. Nov. 23) and Texas A&M (Sun. Nov. 27) before their next home game at the beginning of December against TCU.

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Rice Football 2022: NFL Owls Week 10 Roundup

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Rice Football is well represented on 2022 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) Week 10 Result Week 11
Denver Broncos Calvin Anderson (OL) at Titans L, 17-10 vs Raiders
Detroit Lions Jack Fox (P) at Bears W, 31-30 at Giants
Indianapolis Colts Kylen Granson (TE) at Raiders W, 25-20 vs Eagles
LA Chargers Bryce Callahan (DB)
Christian Covington (DL)		 vs Cardinals L, 22-16 vs Chiefs
Pittsburgh Steelers Chris Boswell (PK) vs Saints W, 20-10 vs Bengals
Seattle Seahawks Myles Adams (DL) at Bucs L, 21-16 — BYE —
Tampa Bay Bucs Nick Leverett (OL) vs Seahawks W, 21-16 — BYE —

Offense

Calvin Anderson – OT, Broncos

Anderson started his second straight game this weekend and the third of the season

Kylen Gransen – TE, Colts

Gransen tied a season-high with four receptions on Sunday, racking up 57 yards to aid the Colts’ win over the Raiders.

Nick Leverett – OT, Buccaneers

Leverett made his third consecutive start of the season on Sunday, this time playing against fellow Rice football alum Myles Adams.

Defense

Myles Adams – DL, Seahawks

Adams was active this week and registered one tackle while playing special teams and defensive snaps. He lined up on the other side of the line from fellow Rice football alum Nick Leverett.

Bryce Callahan – CB, Chargers

Callahan had a quiet week on the stat sheet, accounting for one tackle in the Chargers’ loss to the 49ers.

Christian Covington – DL, Chargers

Covington had a season-high five tackles in the Chargers’ loss to the 49ers.

Special Teams

Jack Fox – P, Lions

Fox punted four times in the Lions’ win over the Bears on Sunday, including al booming 59 yarder.

Chris Boswell – K, Steelers

The Steelers placed Boswell on IR prior to their Week 10 game against the Saints. He’ll be out for at least the next four weeks.

More Owls in the NFL

From practice squads to current free agents, there are other Owls on the cusp of returning to active rosters. Find more detail on current contractual agreements and former Rice football players waiting for their next opportunity here.

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Rice Basketball ravaged in early CUSA tilt with MTSU

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By virtue of a bizarre scheduling quirk, Rice basketball opened conference play in the middle of November at MTSU. It did not go well.

This wasn’t one to write home about. On a cold night in the middle of November in Murfreesboro, TN, Rice basketball started Conference USA play against Middle Tennessee. Well, “started” is a bit of a misnomer. Neither squad will play another league game until late December, part of a strange scheduling quirk that put the Owls on the road in a meaningful game in the first week of their season.

To be fair, Middle Tennesee was dealt a similar hand. They had to play this early game, too. For whatever reason, they were much more prepared at tip than Rice was.

More: Rice Basketball Season Preview

Rice scored the opening basket, a jumper by Quincy Olivari, then proceeded to fall apart. Against Pepperdine in their opener, Rice was decimated by a tremendous shooting performance from the Waves. This time around, it was the Blue Raiders’ smothering defense.

MTSU held Rice to 33 percent shooting from the field in the first half and no three-pointers. Rice would only go 2-of-14 from three for the game, but much of those missed triples came after the game was well in hand. Only one starter, Travie Evee, reached double digits. Max Fiedler led the team in rebounds, but the Owls’ were outrebounded as a whole 35-25.

Final Box | MTSU 81 – Rice 46

Up Next | Full Schedule

Rice basketball can’t get home soon enough. Fortunately, they’ll have four straight in Houston before having to brave the road again. The Owl Invitational starts this weekend: Fri. (vs Georgia Southern), Sat. (vs Western Michigan) and Sun. (vs HCU). Rice will then host Prairie View A&M on Nov. 30.

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