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 […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a big picture look at all of Conference USA football with Eric Henry. There was a lot to unpack from Conference USA Football media days and who better to dig into the weeds than friend of the pod, Eric Henry from Underdog […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a look at UTEP football with Adrian Broaddus of ESPN 600 El Paso. UTEP football had a breakthrough season in 2021, but few in El Paso are content to leave things where they left off. After breaking a bowl game berth drought, […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a look at UTSA football with Jared Kalmus of Alamodome Audible. UTSA football had a breakthrough season in 2021, winning a conference title over Western Kentucky. Now the question becomes not if they can do it, but can they do it again. […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a look at FAU football with Kevin Fielder of Owls 247. FAU Football has been through two tumultuous seasons under the direction of former Florida State head coach Willie Taggart. What is the true trajectory of the program today and how much […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a look at UAB football with Evan Dudley of AL.com. The sudden retirement of Bill Clark sent shockwaves throughout the Conference USA universe this past week so naturally we went straight to UAB beat writer Evan Dudley to get his reaction and […]

It’s preseason preview time at The Roost Podcast. We continue this week with a look at Louisiana Tech football with Ben Carlisle of Bleed Tech Blue. Catching up for the last time in the preseason as Conference USA football foes, Carter and Matthew touch base with Ben Carlisle of Bleed Tech Blue this week and […]