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Rice Football 2023 Spring Notebook 10: Defensive Takeaways

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The Rice Football defense once again had a productive spring. Here’s what we learned about that side of the ball.

Despite coming out of the wrong side according to the final score in the 2023 Rice Football Blue and Gray Game, the defense had a largely positive spring. They asserted their will in the prior two scrimmages and made plenty of noise along the way, but they have questions still to be answered as spring winds down. Here are 10 closing thoughts on the defense from the totality of the spring.

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Rice Football 2022 Fall Camp Notebook 4: Offense shines in Scrimmage 1

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The Rice football offense put its best foot forward in the first scrimmage of fall camp, scoring four touchdowns and coming close on a few other drives.

Rice football reached the halfway point of fall camp this week. capping a run of six straight practice days with their first scrimmage. The offense stole the show, piling up touchdowns and points against a Rice defense that — on this rare occasion — looked mortal. Luke McCaffrey in space can make that happen.

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There was some separation on the quarterback front, a few offensive playmakers worth noting and even a few defensive standout that warranted some praise despite the tough day for their side of the ball. Altogether, we learned a lot and the team as a whole should be pleased with how things are progressing so far in camp.

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Rice Football: Schedule, depth, recruiting — July Patreon Q&A

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A host of great questions came in this month targeting various areas of Rice football so we’re answering them all in this month’s Patreon Q&A.

Our subscribers came through with a host of Rice football related questions for this month’s Patreon Q&A. We’ll start by discussing optimal results for non-conference play, segue into the backup, backup quarterbacks, check in on the depth along the edge behind Kenneth Orji and Josh Pearcy before landing the plane with a brief recruiting discussion in this month’s Patreon Q&A.

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Rice Football 2022 Season Preview: Defensive Line

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As part of our 2022 Rice Football Preseason Preview series, next we’ll examine the offensive line position and discuss the Owls’ plans for that group.

Following years of injuries and inconsistencies, Rice football has now accumulated a surplus of riches along the defensive line. Defensive coordinator Brian Smith will have to decide how he’ll deploy so many proven commodities and that’s never a bad problem to have. Here’s our 2022 Defensive Line Preview.

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Rice Football 2022: What we learned from the defense this spring

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It was a productive spring for the Rice Football defense. Here are five things we learned from the unit over the course of the six weeks of practice.

The defense started strong and carried its moment through more than a month during Rice football spring practices. A mix of up-and-coming stars-to-be joined up with several well-known veterans and combined to give the offense fits. Who stood out the most and what did we learn from this unit as a whole during the spring?

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