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The Roost Podcast show notes
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 178 – 2024 USF Preview with Seth Varnadore
Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Seth Varnadore of the Bay Area Examiner dives into South Florida football in 2024. South Florida went from bottom dweller to front runner in the span of one offseason. How reasonable have expectations gotten in Tampa? Can the Bulls compliment a high-powered offense with […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 177 – 2024 Memphis Preview with Bryan Moss
Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Bryan Moss of the Tiger Sports Report dives into Memphis football in 2024. Memphis football has sky-high expectations in 2024. Are those reasonable? The Tigers have a high-flying offense, questions on defense and a dearth of NIL money set aside to help solve those […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 176 – ’24 Charlotte Preview with Hunter Bailey
Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Hunter Bailey of the Charlotte Observer dives into Charlotte football in 2024. A seemingly annual matchup with Charlotte football is on deck one again in 2024. This time the Owls host the 49ers following a resounding road win at their place a season ago. […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 175 – ’24 UTSA Preview with Jared Kalmus
Next up as The Roost Podcast continues its AAC opponent previews: Jared Kalmus of Alamo Audible dives into UTSA football in 2024. A familiar foe and a longtime friend of the podcast, Jared Kalmus of Alamo Audible joins us this week to preview UTSA football in 2024. From the absence of star quarterback Frank Harris […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 174 – ’24 UAB Preview with Evan Dudley
The Roost Podcast is kicking off AAC opponent previews. Up first: Evan Dudley of Al.com previews UAB football in 2024. The Rice football season will be here before we know it. Now we begin the long road back to the fall, previewing all of the Owls’ 2024 opponents on the gridiron, including a once familiar […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 173 – Rice Football Spring Ball Review
Rice football has officially concluded a successful set of spring practices, generating optimism. How much faith is reasonable at this juncture? Several weeks of Rice football spring practices are in the books and the general sentiment from South Main was positive for both sides of the ball. Several players and position groups have earned their […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 172 – Rice Football Offseason Roundup
A lot has happened since the Rice football season ended. The Owls have signed new players, added a new assistant and more. We recap the news. Once again, Rice football has made program history, signing the highest-rated class in school history. That feat included a couple of big wins in the run up to National […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 171 – Rice Football Season Review and Signing Day
It’s time to put a bow on the 2023 Rice Football Season as we recap the bowl game loss, break down signing day and more. There are bad quarterback days, and then there’s the sort of disastrous day Rice football experienced in the First Responders Bowl against Texas State. The end result stung and there’s […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 170 – Fifth Annual Roosties for Rice Football
The Rice football regular season is in the books. That means its time for our podcast awards, the fifth annual Roosties! 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 time to present our immediate […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 169 – Rice Football is bowl bound!
Rice football clinched bowl eligibility, downing the Owls from FAU to secure their sixth win of the season and allow us all to exhale. The first play was scary, but Rice football responded well and found a way to make sure they scored at least one more point than the visiting Owls to secure back-t0-back […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 168 – Rice Football blasts Charlotte
Rice football got back in the win column with an emphatic victory over Charlotte thanks to a dominant defense and an outstanding day from Dean Connors. For the first time in the last four weeks, Rice football faced an opponent that was not unbeaten in league play and the Owls took out several weeks’ worth […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 167 – Rice Football rolled by Roadrunners
Rice football stayed close for a half, but couldn’t overcome a disastrous third quarter against UTSA, falling to the Roadrunners yet again. For the eighth straight time, Rice football lost to UTSA. After being blown out in the last two contests with the Roadrunners, the Owls kept it close this time around with a backup […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 166 – Rice Football falls short vs SMU
Rice football was down multiple defensive starters and had no JT Daniels late, but still managed to give SMU a dogfight down to the final whistle. When Rice football quarterback JT Daniels didn’t emerge from halftime, the situation felt dire. Yet somehow, Rice rallied and gave one of the best teams in the AAC a […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 165 – Tulane outlasts Rice Football
Rice football ran out of time at home against Tulane, missing out on what would have been a tremendous upset by a few points and falling to 4-4 on the season. It didn’t look like things would be that tight when Rice football fell behind 27-7 at halftime, but the Owls held Tulane to just […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 164 – Rice Football thumps Tulsa
Rice football returned from the bye and got right back in the win column, posting an impressive prime time victory over Tulsa. Everybody exhale. Rice football needed a bounce-back win in the worst way and they found it on Thursday night against Tulsa. The Owls put their loss to UConn in the rearview mirror, posting […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 163 – Eeek! Rice Football falls to UConn
A previously winless UConn team handed Rice Football its first home loss of the season. There’s no way to sugarcoat this one. After starting the season 3-0 at home including a Power 5 win, Rice football lost to UConn in Week 5 as double-digit favorites. The loss soured tempers heading into the bye week, which […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 162 – Rice Football beats ECU for first AAC win
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 […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 161 – Rice Football falls to USF
Rice Football came back to earth this weekend, dropping their AAC conference opener to South Florida in painful fashion. A halftime lead would not be enough for Rice football on the road. The Owls lost quarterback JT Daniels at the tail end of the third quarter and were unable to keep pace with a USF […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 160 – Rice Football blasts TSU
Rice Football wasted no time in a thorough drubbing of Texas Southern, moving to 2-1 and securing the “Clutch City Sweep” over all Houston programs. Texas Southern barely stood a chance on Saturday in their matchup with Rice football, which dominated their visiting intra-city foes from the very first snap. It was a cathartic and […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 159 – Rice Football takes down Houston
Rice Football knocks off Houston for the first time in 12 years, a marquee win for head coach Mike Bloomgren. Let’s unpack the big game. More than an hour after the final whistle, the Rice football scoreboard was still on. 43-41 it read, Owls over Cougars in double overtime. The win was historic for a […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 158 – Unpacking Rice Football vs Texas
Rice Football hung around for a bit before falling to Texas. What does it mean for the Owls moving forward? We discuss on this week’s show. The 2023 Rice football season has officially begun, and although it started with a loss, there were plenty of reasons to be optimistic about its future. The defense had […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 157 – Rice Football vs Texas Preview with Eric Henry
It’s game week! Rice football heads to Austin to play Texas this weekend which means it’s time for a chat with Eric Henry of 247 Sports to preview the game. The 2023 Rice football season is finally upon us. The Owls open with the Texas Longhorns on the road, covered by longtime friend of the […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 156 – Previewing the 2023 Rice Football Defense
We wrap up our fall camp discussion with the Rice football defense, breaking down that side of the ball and talking through the depth chart at each position. The Rice football defensive line lost a lot, but might actually be better. The linebacker room looks as deep as its been in quite some time and […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 155 – Tommy McClelland Introduction and Presser Takeaways
The Roost Podcast mixes up the format this week to debrief Tommy McClelland’s introductory press conference. Hear from the Owls’ new AD himself. New athletic director Tommy McClelland was introduced this week and he had a lot to say beyond the podium. In addition to his more formal remarks — you can read those here […]
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The Roost Podcast | Ep 154 – Previewing the 2023 Rice Football Offense
After touring the conference, it’s time to talk exclusively Rice Football. This week we preview the offense position by position and we get deep. The opponent previews have wrapped up and this week it’s all Rice football talk, starting with the offense. We talk JT Daniels, the pass catching options and the offensive line and […]