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Rice Football 2023: Houston Game Week Practice Report

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Rice football comes home this week to play the Bayou Bucket rivalry game against Houston. Here’s what we learned from practice this week.

This week was spent refining some things as Rice football prepares for its 2023 home opener, an important intra-city rivalry game with Houston. The Owls came close a year ago and believe they have what it takes to get over the hump this time around.

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This week’s roundup focuses on a shakeup at one offensive possession, some learnings from the Texas game and some healthy updates as the team readies for Week 2.

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Rice Football 2023: Texas Game Week Practice Report

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Rice football is gearing up for its first game of the season, a road trip to play Texas in Austin. Here’s what we learned from practice this week.

This week was spent ironing out the final touches as Rice football readies itself for the 2023 season and an opening game against a ranked Texas squad. The Owls finalized their depth chart and some of their critical rotations this week and got some news (both good and bad) regarding the availability of some members of the two-deep in question entering Saturday.

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This week’s roundup focuses on a few key position battles, some players on the rise who won jobs this week and a few potential concerns for the team as the begin their season on the road.

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Rice Football Practice Report: Availability, opportunities and questions before game week

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Rice football has some positions solved and others are still up in the air as the team gets closer and closer to starting game prep for its season opener against Texas.

In the days ahead, Rice football will officially start installing its game plan for the season opener against Texas on September 2. In the meantime, there are a few position groups with uncertainty to figure out. Depth charts are forthcoming, but how the team is attacking this interim period also says a lot about who is in the mix for which spots.

This practice report digs into those position groups of note, addressing a few existing injuries and some players on their way back as well as a few additional items.

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Rice Football Practice Report: Offense bounces back from scrimmage woes

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Rice football is halfway through fall camp. The offense had a bit of a bounce back and a few individuals are making waves.

The Rice football defense stole the show in the first scrimmage of fall camp, putting the onus on the offense to respond. The unit bounced back in earnest this week, putting together a much more cohesive performance than they did last Saturday.

This practice report will dig into what went right for the offense as well as highlight a few individuals on that side of the ball who continue to rise through the ranks.

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Rice Football 2023 : Takeaways from Fall Camp Scrimmage 1

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The first scrimmage of Rice football fall camp is in the books and the defense came to play. What went right for that unit and what can the offense improve?

Rice football head coach Mike Bloomgren summed it up rather well in his comments following the Owls’ 10th fall camp practice. “I’ve done this too long to be surprised that the defense is ahead at scrimmage number one,” he remarked, going on to reiterate his confidence in the offense and the growth of the team as a whole.

This practice report will dig into what the defense did well as well as identify some of the key problems the offense had. There’s a lot to improve before Rice football hosts its second scrimmage next week.

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