The Roost Podcast is making its AAC rounds, previewing 2023 Rice Football opponents and sharing one big podcast announcement. The new-look AAC features a mix of familiar and formerly familiar Rice football foes. We start our 2023 preview series with FAU football, most recently a Conference USA opponent of the Houston-based Owls. Kevin Fielder of […]

Rice Football spring practices are in the books, but first we need to talk some basketball recruiting. It’s been a busy week for the offseason on both fronts. It’s time to voice our final approvals and concerns following the conclusion of Rice football spring practices, including an initial review of the first outings of JT […]

We touch base on Rice Football, midway through spring practice and catch up with NFL-hopeful former Owls’ defensive end Ikenna Enechukwu. It’s a busy time in the sports calendar. As Rice football continues to progress through spring practices others await the NFL Draft. In addition to spring notes, we caught up this week with longtime […]

Rice Football has started spring practice with three new assistant coaches, college football has new rules and the Owls’ 2023 schedule is out! A lot has happened in the world of Rice football since the Owls last took the field. From coaching staff changes to new coaches (and a new conference and a new schedule!) […]

The Roost Podcast has news! We’re joining the Dave Campbell’s Texas Football community as part of the Republic of Football Podcast Network. Since The Roost Podcast launched, we’ve endeavored to give you the best Rice football and Rice athletics news and analysis that we can. Today we take that one step further, aligning our brand […]

National Signing Day is in the books and the 2023 Rice football is starting to take shape. We break it all down in this week’s show. Three new players were announced on National Singing Day, bringing the 2023 Rice Football class to 27 official additions with a few more coming down the road. With the […]

From JT Daniels to a few ultra-athletic individuals, the 2023 Rice Football Recruiting Class is flush with talent. We recap everything from the Early Signing Period. The nation was talking about the addition of JT Daniels to the 2023 Rice Football recruiting class, but that was just the tip of the iceberg on the Owls’ […]

Bowl season ended on a downer with Rice football falling to Southern Miss in the Lending Tree Bowl. We recap it all on The Roost Podcast. Rice football rallied to take a second half lead but wasn’t able to seal the deal, falling to Southern Miss in the Lending Tree Bowl. Getting to the postseason […]

The 2022 Rice football regular season is over and there’s a bowl game on its way, but first, the fourth annual Roosties Award ceremony is here. There will be a time for a more formal set of Rice football postseason awards. From Team MVP to newcomers of the year, those awards are coming. First, it’s […]

The 2022 Rice football regular season is over. The Roost Podcast is here to unpack the North Texas game and discuss the coaching staff and the program. In many ways, it was a microcosm of the 2022 Rice Football season as a whole. The Owls made a game out of their trip to Denton as […]

Rice football would soon forget a soggy, sad loss to UTSA, but rain or shy, The Roost Podcast is here to break down the entire affair. For the third time this season, Rice football had its starting quarterback knocked out of a game in the first half. For the third time this season, Rice lost […]

Rice football fumbled away too many opportunities in a crushing road loss to Western Kentucky. It’s time to unpack the defeat and search for answers. Six turnovers and very few third down stops is a recipe for disaster and unfortunately for Rice football, their main course served extra cold on Saturday against Western Kentucky. To […]

Rice football got the job done in a must-win home game against UTEP. Was it proof of things to come as the Owls seek a bowl berth? There was a lot at stake for Rice football this week in their penultimate home game of the 2022 season. The result hung in the balance until the […]

Rice football was blasted at home by a one-win Charlotte team, leaving lots of questions and plenty of bad feelings following the disappointing loss. There were a lot of adjectives used to describe the product Rice football put on the field this past Saturday against Charlotte. Not many of them were positive. Not only did […]

Rice football rallied to top Louisiana Tech, but it was far from a perfect showing. What did we learn about this team in their grueling overtime win? It was stressful from start to finish, but Rice football walked away from Ruston with a much-needed overtime win over Louisiana Tech. Did the Owls get lucky? Or […]

It’s time to pick up the pieces and debrief a frustrating Rice football loss to FAU that put a bit of a damper on rising expectations for the Owls’ season. Despite jumping out to a 14-point lead on the road, Rice football was unable to notch their first win away from home this season, falling […]

Another week brought another big win for Rice football. The Owls upset UAB (again) and are 3-2 heading into the bye for the first time since 2013. In their final meeting in Conference USA, Rice football added more fuel to a possible rivalry fire, beating the UAB Blazers for the second-consecutive meeting. The Owls didn’t […]

Rice football went toe-to-toe with Houston and came up just short. We break down the game and discuss what it means entering conference play. It came down to the final play, but Rice football did eventually fall to Houston in a contentious battle for the Bayou Bucket. The Owls exit their nonconference portion of the […]

Rice football kept on winning this week, upsetting Louisiana in a marquee nonconference victory. We break it all down on this week’s show. From start to finish, Rice football was more or less in control against a Louisiana team projected to beat them by double digits. Had it not been for generous turnovers by the […]

Rice football bounced back with an emphatic Week 2 win over McNeese State. What went right for the Owls and can they keep it up going forward? The second game went much better than the first for Rice football who blasted McNeese State 52-10. It was one of the most dominant showings the program has […]

The 2022 Rice football season opened on a sour note with a blowout loss to USC. Which problems are concerning and how can this team bounce back? Rice football started strong against the USC Trojans in Week 1 but disaster struck in the form of injuries, dropped passes and a flurry of mistakes that turned […]

The 2022 Rice football season kicks off this weekend against USC. Yogi Roth of the Pac-12 Network is on the call and he joins the show this week. Rice football opens its 2022 season against the USC Trojans on the road on Saturday on the Pac-12 Network. Yogi Roth is calling the game and stopped […]

The 2022 Rice football season is right around the corner. This week we preview the offense and discuss the latest from fall camp. Rice football has a quarterback. Shortly before the mic turned on, head coach Mike Bloomgren announced Wiley Green would be the Owls’ starting quarterback, marking his third season opener started for Rice […]

The 2022 Rice football season is right around the corner. This week we preview the defense and discuss the latest from fall camp. Rice football defensive coordinator has opened multiple discussions with praise of ACU transfer Quent Titre, but he’s not the only standout on that side of the ball for the Owls so far […]

Hunter Bailey from the Charlotte Observer joins the show this week to wrap up our conference preview series with a deep dive on Charlotte football. The last of several Conference USA opponent previews is in the books. Hunter Bailey joins us this week to help us understand Charlotte football. The 49ers took a nosedive at […]