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(11/14/08 12:00am)
For all intents and purposes, Division I basketball is back at Rice University. After playing their home games last season in front of sparse crowds at the Merrell Center and Reliant Arena, the Owls are returning home Saturday to play their first game on campus in over a year and a half. Saturday's game at 3 p.m., featuring the defending Big Sky Conference champions and 2008 NCAA tournament participant Portland State, will also mark the debut of first year head coach Ben Braun and the renovated Tudor Fieldhouse.
(11/07/08 12:00am)
For only the ninth time since 1961, but the second time since 2006, the football team is bowl eligible. Unlike the 2006 campaign, however, the team did not have to wait until the season's waning moments to qualify. Accomplishing the task after only nine games, the Owls will enjoy a much deserved homecoming celebration tomorrow afternoon at Rice Stadium. The Owls' 49-44 victory over the University of Texas-El Paso last Saturday night in the Sun Bowl gave them the minimum of six victories necessary to play in a bowl game, and gave the senior class a chance at redemption after losing to Troy University 41-17 two years ago in the New Orleans Bowl.
(10/24/08 12:00am)
Although the Golden Eagles gave them a last-quarter scare, the football team held off a surging University of Southern Mississippi squad in the final seconds to secure a 45-40 victory last Saturday afternoon at Rice Stadium. For once the Owls were the ones looking in the rear view mirror as the two sides traded scores throughout the second half. Fortunately, USM was unable to tap the spirit of their 1969 alumnus Jimmy Buffett and Rice improved to 4-3 on the year. The Rice offense did not show any signs of rust from its bye week, as they continued their torrid pace. Senior quarterback Chase Clement tossed six touchdowns, tying the Conference USA record he set last season at the University of Texas-El Paso.
(10/03/08 12:00am)
Turn the page on Tim Rattay and Troy Edwards. Forget about Colt Brennan and Davone Bess. Last Saturday afternoon, senior quarterback Chase Clement and senior wide receiver Jarett Dillard became the most prolific scoring duo in college football history. To put it in perspective, there has not been a diad this hot since Carrie Bradshaw set her sights on Mr. Big in episode one of Sex and the City. By connecting on three touchdowns in a 77-20 wipeout of the University of North Texas, Clement and Dillard broke the NCAA all-time record for most touchdowns between a receiver and quarterback pair. The three touchdowns gave them a total of 41 and set them two ahead of the previous record holders.
(09/19/08 12:00am)
The football team outgunned Vanderbilt University early before running out of ammunition in the second half of a 38-21 loss Saturday night. Rice gained nearly 100 more yards of total offense than the Commodores in the first two quarters and looked to carry a seven-point advantage into the half before a late score by Vanderbilt tied the game and stole whatever mental advantage the Owls had. The Owls are reloading for this Saturday as they look to beat the well-rested and undefeated University of Texas at 6 p.m. The seventh-ranked Longhorns are 2-0 after defeating Florida Atlantic University and University of Texas-El Paso. The Longhorns' game against the University of Arkansas last week was postponed because of Hurricane Ike.
(09/12/08 12:00am)
Unfortunately for the University of Memphis, losing athletic contests at the last minute is becoming a familiar feeling. First, the Tigers' basketball team lost the national championship in the dwindling moments last spring. Then, the Tigers' football team could only watch as its pesky Owl opponents seemingly stole a 42-35 victory last Saturday night. Some might say that two instances is not enough to establish a pattern, but the dejection on the Tigers' faces as they watched freshman defensive back Chris Jammer seal the win for Rice certainly resembled the expressions shown by their basketball team six months ago. Immediately following the first interception of his career, Jammer's 69- yard return for a touchdown with 11 seconds left capped a game that saw Rice recover from a 28-13 deficit in the fourth quarter en route to its first 2-0 start in four seasons.
(05/16/08 12:00am)
Last year the members of the men's track team could count the number of NCAA regional events they qualified for on one hand. This year, however, that hand could be used to count the events that senior Bubba Heard has qualified for all by himself. Add another hand and a foot and maybe we could start counting his individual victories.Facing both collegiate and amateur competition last weekend at the Houston Invitational, Heard qualified for regionals in his third event this season, the 100 meter sprint. Heard was the top collegian in the race, which counts as a victory by NCAA standards, and finished with a time of 10.43 seconds. He improved his mark by .31 seconds from the previous week and moved up to second in the Conference USA event rankings.
(04/18/08 12:00am)
Each week this spring it seems as though a different member of the men's track team jumps, throws or runs into the spotlight. And this week was no exception. Senior Bubba Heard found the bright lights when he finished first in the 200 meters at the Texas Southern Quadrangular with a personal best time of 20.93 seconds. His time was .36 seconds faster than the second-place finisher, fellow senior Gary Anderson, who clocked a time of 21.29.Heard received the Conference USA male track athlete of the week award on Wednesday, but that was perhaps the least important of his accolades. His time placed him first in the conference and put him in the top 20 in the nation. Heard became the first Rice athlete to break 21 seconds in competition since Bryan Bronson (Wiess '95) did so in 1995, when he ran the event in 20.61.
(04/11/08 12:00am)
Sophomore sensation Jason Colwick vaulted from behind the hedges and into the national spotlight this past weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin. Colwick's mark of 18 feet, 2.5 inches in the pole vault not only earned him first place but also broke Rice's oldest men's track and field record. One of Rice's most distinguished athletic alumni, Dave Roberts (Will Rice '73), set the record in 1972 with a vault of 18-0.25. Roberts' height came in the middle of a career during which he became the first vaulter to ever win three straight national championships. When done setting Rice records, Roberts moved on to the world stage and twice broke the world record before winning a U.S. national title. Roberts also won a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
(03/28/08 12:00am)
Despite coming up short during the indoor season, the men's track and field team was in midseason form at the first meet of the outdoor season last weekend. Four Owls posted NCAA regional qualifying marks, one fewer than the total number of athletes that were able to do so all of the last outdoor season.The team competes again this Friday and Saturday at the Victor Lopez Bayou Classic, the first meet of the year at the Rice Track/Soccer Stadium. Notable visiting teams include Harvard Univeristy and the University of Texas, which is currently ranked ninth in the nation.
(03/14/08 12:00am)
The men's track and field team has grown by leaps and bounds this year, mainly due to its impressive ability to leap and bound. The Owls flew into second place at the Conference USA Indoor Championships two weeks ago, helped by first-place finishes in both the heptathlon and pole vault. Freshman Shea Kearney cleared a mark of 16 feet, 11 inches, to grab first in the pole vault on his third and final jump of the afternoon.Unfortunately for the Owls, host University of Houston managed to make up those points in other events and notched 152 points to repeat as champions. Rice finished with 116.5, followed by the University of Memphis' 104. The University of Texas El-Paso and the University of Tulsa rounded out the top five with 100 and 88.5 points, respectively.
