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The Roost Podcast | Ep 83 – Realignment and Rice Football with Shehan Jeyarajah

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We take a brief pause in our Conference USA previews to discuss the latest realignment rumors and talk Rice Football with DCTF’s Shehan Jeyarajah.

Shortly before hitting the record button for this week’s podcast, the news broke that Texas and Oklahoma had approached the SEC about joining the conference. Fittingly enough, we’d already scheduled time with Dave Campbell’s Texas Football’s Shehan Jeyarajah. We start off with the pressing news before getting into the upcoming Rice Football season, major storylines across the state of Texas college football and more.

Be sure to stick around for some Conference USA sleepers that Shehan thinks could have big years. You can always find previous episodes on the podcast page. For now, give a listen to Episode 83.

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  • Shehan Jeyarajah joins the show — Shehan dives into the latest realignment carousel before sharing his thoughts on the 2021 Rice Football season, including:
    • What to make of the Texas-to-the-SEC news
    • Who’s the third best program in the state of Texas right now?
    • Conference USA storylines and media days
    • His take on the upside of Rice football in 2021
    • Under-the-radar players to watch in Conference USA

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Conference USA Football Media Days 2021: Live Blog

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The 2021 Conference USA Football media days have arrived. Bookmark this post for updates throughout the week regarding releases, quotes and more.

There’s already a lot to unpack from Conference USA Football Media Days. The full releases can be found on the league website, this thread is for the big rocks and some up-to-date analysis and reaction from the week.

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Buy Now: The Roost’s 2021 Rice Football Season Preview and C-USA Preview

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The Roost is pleased to announce the release of the 2021 Rice Football Season Preview and the 2021 Conference USA Football Season Preview. These digital magazines are the one-stop-shop for every Rice and Conference USA Fan.

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The 2021 Rice Football Season Preview

This 150+ page publication details everything you could imagine about Rice Football. It includes insight on the entire Rice roster, position by position, as well five pages of commentary on every Conference USA team and all four of the Owls’ non-conference opponents. Each profile was compiled with the help from local experts who cover that beat on a daily basis with timely transfer information and any available spring updates. This goes deeper than some national overviews.

As one Rice administrator dubbed it:
it’s the bible for Rice Football fans.

Get answers to questions like “Has the quarterback problem been solved?” or “Which incoming players could make the biggest impact?” or “Who are the top returning players Rice will face in Conference USA?”

This year’s edition included a feature story based on an interview with new offensive coordinator Marques Tuiasosopo. In the piece, we discuss his plans to revitalize the Rice football offense and how new transfer quarterback Luke McCaffrey could fit into that solution.

The 2021 Conference USA Football Season Preview

The complete contents of the Conference USA Preview are contained within the Rice Preview. This 88-page guide includes everything Conference USA fans need to know for the upcoming season. Every team in the conference has a five-page profile. These profiles including coaching notes, pressing questions and the major storylines each squad faces this season. It also includes roster breakdowns with profiles on the biggest incoming and outgoing players.

No preview would be complete without the numbers, and this one has those in bunches. Each team section includes Conference USA metrics, returning production notes and analysis as well as stat lines for every returning player. There’s also a more detailed review of the conference’s top returning players for each major statistic. And it’s all at your fingertips rather than a dozen google searches away.

The Conference USA Preview omits the Rice-specific content like the position and player breakdowns, rising stars and more. Most Rice fans would prefer the Rice Preview whereas fans of other C-USA schools might prefer this version.

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Don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what people are saying:

  • “The Roost’s C-USA preview has been an indispensable resource for me as I make my preparations for this season.”
  • “I just spent 30 minutes going through it, but barely skimmed the surface. It’s a great way to learn the new players.
  • “I don’t know any preview that could be more detailed than that.”
  • “This is worth spending the money on. Best you will get for CUSA”
  • “I liked everything.”

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Conference USA Football: Unpacking the Transfer Portal in 2021

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Each Conference USA Football program has approached the Transfer Portal in different ways. Here’s the latest snapshot following the 2021 class.

The Transfer Portal never had anything near the level of discretion that might have been intended when it was launched a few short years ago. Players that enter and exit the portal are tracked publicly, with sites like 247 Sports and Rivals keeping tabs on their movements.

With data on the 2021 cycle nearly complete and offseason programs approaching, now seemed like an appropriate time to take stock of that latest from Conference USA football programs and the Transfer Portal.

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Conference USA Football and COVID-19: Postponements abound in 2020

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Conference USA football struggled in its battle against COVID-19 this fall. Here’s the final total of postponements and cancelations.

The impacts of COVID-19 were ever-present on the 2020 Conference USA football season. No program was immune. From Western Kentucky, which played 12 games and had just one game postponed, to Charlotte, which had NINE games impacted, schedules were adjusted on the fly.

A total of 37 games involving Conference USA football teams were postponed following the start of the season in late August. Compared to the 116 games scheduled, that’s a postponed/cancelation rate of 31.9 percent.

From a national perspective, Conference USA was near the bottom of the barrel when it came to scheduling success. The SEC, which shares somewhat of a similar geographic footprint, had only two scheduled regular season games unplayed at the end of the year.

In comparison, Conference USA had just three weekends in the regular season without any games canceled. The first came in Week 1, which was missing two originally scheduled games (Rice vs Houston and FIU vs Jacksonville State) but those had been postponed indefinitely during the summer. All scheduled games were played in Week 8 and then in Week 15, which included only the conference championship game.

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Graph – Postponements and Cancelations by team

List – Postponements and Cancelations by team

SchoolOpponentH/AAt FaultReasonWeek
FIUUCFAwaySelfSeason Delay2
LA TechBaylorAwaySelfCOVID2
MarshallECUAwayOppCOVID2
CharlotteNorth CarolinaAwaySelfCOVID3
FAUGeorgia SouthernAwaySelfCOVID3
CharlotteGeorgia StateAwayOppCOVID4
FAUUSFHomeOppCOVID4
North TexasHoustonAwaySelfCOVID4
UTSAMemphisHomeOppCOVID4
MarshallRiceHomeOppSeason Delay5
RiceMashallAwaySelfSeason Delay5
FAUSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID6
RiceUABHomeSelfSeason Delay6
Southern MissFAUHomeOppCOVID6
UABRiceAwayOppSeason Delay6
CharlotteFIUHomeSelfCOVID7
FIUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID7
Southern MissUTEPAwaySelfCOVID7
UTEPSouthern MissHomeOppCOVID7
FIUMarshallHomeSelfCOVID9
MarshallFIUAwayOppCOVID9
North TexasUTEPAwaySelfCOVID9
UTEPNorth TexasHomeOppCOVID9
CharlotteMiddle TennesseeAwaySelfCOVID10
FIUUTEPAwaySelfCOVID10
LA TechNorth TexasAwayOppCOVID10
Middle TennesseeCharlotteHomeOppCOVID10
North TexasLA TechHomeSelfCOVID10
RiceUTSAHomeOppCOVID10
UTEPFIUHomeOppCOVID10
UTSARiceAwaySelfCOVID10
RiceLA TechAwayOppCOVID11
LA TechRiceHomeSelfCOVID11
North TexasUABAwayOppCOVID11
UABNorth TexasHomeSelfCOVID11
CharlotteGardner-WebbHomeOppCOVID11
LA TechUL MonroeAwayOppCOVID12
UABUTEPAwaySelfCOVID12
UTEPUABHomeOppCOVID12
MarshallCharlotteHomeOppCOVID12
CharlotteMarshallAwaySelfCOVID12
Southern MissUABAwaySelfCOVID13
UABSouthern MissAwaySelfCOVID13
LA TechFIUHomeOppCOVID13
FIULA TechAwaySelfCOVID13
Middle TennesseeFAUHomeSelfCOVID13
FAUMiddle TennesseeAwayOppCOVID13
RiceUTEPHomeOppCOVID13
UTEPRiceAwaySelfCOVID13
CharlotteWKUHomeSelfCOVID13
WKUCharlotteAwayOppCOVID13
Southern MissUTEPAwayOppCOVID14
UTEPSouthern MissHomeSelfCOVID14
UABMTSUAwayOppCOVID14
MTSUUABHomeSelfCOVID14
CharlotteFIUHomeOppCOVID14
FIUCharlotteAwaySelfCOVID14
MarshallFIUAwaySelfC-USA15
FIUMarshallHomeOppC-USA15
MarshallCharlotteHomeSelfCOVID15
CharlotteMarshallAwayOppCOVID15
UABSouth CarolinaAwayOppCOVIDBowl

List – Postponements and Cancelations by week

Week 2

FIU at UCF
LA Tech at Baylor
Marshall at ECU

Week 3

Charlotte at North Carolina
FAU at Georgia Southern

Week 4

Charlotte at Georgia State
FAU vs USF
North Texas at Houston
UTSA vs Memphis

Week 5

Rice at Marshall

Week 6

FAU at Southern Miss
UAB at Rice

Week 7

FIU at Charlotte
Southern Miss at UTEP

Week 9

Marshall at FIU
North Texas at UTEP

Week 10

Charlotte at Middle Tennessee
FIU at UTEP
LA Tech at North Texas
UTSA at Rice

Week 11

Rice at LA Tech
North Texas at UAB
Charlotte vs Gardner-Webb

Week 12

LA Tech at UL Monroe
UAB at UTEP
Charlotte at Marshall

Week 13

Southern Miss at UAB
LA Tech at FIU
FAU at Middle Tennessee
UTEP at Rice
WKU at Charlotte

Week 14

Southern Miss at UTEP
UAB at MTSU
FIU at Charlotte

Week 15

Marshall at FIU
Charlotte at Marshall

Bowls

UAB at South Carolina

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