Football has chance for memorable year

As two seniors who have followed Rice University athletics over the past few years, we have gone through some surprises and disappointments. We have witnessed volleyball's huge upset to clinch the conference title at home in 2009 and women's tennis's impressive winning streak that handed it the conference title last season. We saw both women's soccer and swimming become premier teams in the conference, securing their first conference championships in their short histories. On the other hand, there have been times when seasons have ended abruptly. Baseball last year was on the cusp of going back to the College