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Rice Football 2023 Season Preview: Preseason Superlatives

August 26, 2023 By Matthew Bartlett

The 2023 Rice football season is right around the corner. Here’s the final forecast for player superlatives this fall.

There are high expectations for a host of individual Rice football players this season. The roster is deep and there appear to be playmakers at a variety of positions. Handing out superlatives is always a challenging exercise, but this year felt particularly difficult compared to years past. Here’s where I landed. Who did I miss? Which other players have breakout campaigns in 2023?

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

August 23, 2023 By Matthew Bartlett

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

August 17, 2023 By Matthew Bartlett

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

August 12, 2023 By Matthew Bartlett

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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Rice Football 2023 Season Preview: Roster Grid

August 9, 2023 By Matthew Bartlett

Rice football has a 113-man roster entering the 2023 season. From position changes to eligibility remaining, this chart will help keep everything in order.

Keeping track of eligibility and positions can be challenging and there wasn’t one single source that had the most up-to-date information — now there is. In addition to the roster tracker and as a complement to the roster, which has been updated to account for all the final additions and changes with the start of camp, this grid tracks every Rice football player by position and classification. Position changes from last season and/or the spring are also detailed below.

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