Rice Bus Trip official details:

Quote:Rice Athletics is coordinating buses to take our fans up to College Station for the day. The buses will depart from the front of Rice Stadium at 7:30 a.m. so that we can arrive in time for the pre-game tailgate hosted by the Alumni office, and will head back to Houston immediately after the game ends. The cost per person is $40. To reserve your seat on the bus please contact me, Ashley McKenney, at 713-348-6922. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you, along with details about parking in the Rice lots well in advance of the game. Please, Rice fans only.

(emphasis added)

Thanks to Rice Athletics for organizing this!



Rice Pre-Game Party official details

Register online here:
https://online.alumni.rice.edu/default.a...entID=1740

Quote:Texas A&M Football Tailgate
Date: Saturday, August 31, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Join Rice alumni, students, family, friends, and fans as the Rice Owls take on the Texas A&M Aggies with a Pre-Game Tailgate at Simpson Drill Field, located on Lamar Street across from Cain Hall.

After the tailgate, take a short walk to Kyle Field for kick-off at 12:00 p.m.!

MEAL TICKETS are $20 per person and $10 for children age 15 and under. Please register online if you plan to attend, for catering purposes it is very important that we know the number of attendees. Assorted breakfast items including kolaches, pastries, bagels, and fruit as well as bloody marys, mimosas, and beer will be served.

GAME TICKETS are available by calling 713-522-OWLS (6957). Football gameday parking & shuttle information and map can be found online, please see the links below.

Football gameday parking & shuttle information

Football gameday parking map


Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:55 p.m. (CST)

Thanks to Rice Alumni Affairs for organizing this!

Bump: bus trip info added!
Go Owls!

Is it true Manziel will be at the tailgate signing autographs?

(08-06-2013 03:29 PM)smackdaddy Wrote:  Is it true Manziel will be at the tailgate signing autographs?

For a not so small fee.

Sign up for these! I am especially excited about the bus trip -- not because the drive to College Station is arduous, but because the ability to not have to worry about driving and especially parking is very appealing.
Remember: Rice fans only. This is not a transit service for those in maroon.

For the bus trip, sign up by calling Ashley McKenney in Athletics at 713-348-6922.

For the pre-game party, sign up here:
https://online.alumni.rice.edu/default.a...entID=1740


Many thanks to the Rice staff for organizing these, and Go Owls!

https://online.alumni.rice.edu/default.a...entID=1740

Just talked with the Rice staff this morning: one bus is sold out, and the second is filling. Call 713-348-6922 to sign up!

(08-16-2013 10:05 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  Just talked with the Rice staff this morning: one bus is sold out, and the second is filling. Call 713-348-6922 to sign up!

Already beats number of Kansas fans who came to A&M two years ago. And most of theirs were parents of players from Houston area.

(08-01-2013 03:59 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  Rice Bus Trip official details:

Quote:Rice Athletics is coordinating buses to take our fans up to College Station for the day. The buses will depart from the front of Rice Stadium at 7:30 a.m. so that we can arrive in time for the pre-game tailgate hosted by the Alumni office, and will head back to Houston immediately after the game ends. The cost per person is $40. To reserve your seat on the bus please contact me, Ashley McKenney, at 713-348-6922. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to you, along with details about parking in the Rice lots well in advance of the game. Please, Rice fans only.

(emphasis added)

Thanks to Rice Athletics for organizing this!



Rice Pre-Game Party official details

Register online here:
https://online.alumni.rice.edu/default.a...entID=1740

Quote:Texas A&M Football Tailgate
Date: Saturday, August 31, 2013
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Join Rice alumni, students, family, friends, and fans as the Rice Owls take on the Texas A&M Aggies with a Pre-Game Tailgate at Simpson Drill Field, located on Lamar Street across from Cain Hall.

After the tailgate, take a short walk to Kyle Field for kick-off at 12:00 p.m.!

MEAL TICKETS are $20 per person and $10 for children age 15 and under. Please register online if you plan to attend, for catering purposes it is very important that we know the number of attendees. Assorted breakfast items including kolaches, pastries, bagels, and fruit as well as bloody marys, mimosas, and beer will be served.

GAME TICKETS are available by calling 713-522-OWLS (6957). Football gameday parking & shuttle information and map can be found online, please see the links below.

Football gameday parking & shuttle information

Football gameday parking map


Registration Deadline: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:55 p.m. (CST)

Thanks to Rice Alumni Affairs for organizing this!

Bump -- don't forget to sign up!!!

Two updates:

Rice pre-game and during-game party

Rice pre-game party is ALSO a during-game party -- i.e. a watch party, as stated in this official email yesterday from the Alumni Office:

Quote:The Association of Rice Alumni tailgate tent will be located on Simpson Drill Field in one of the large tents
...
The tent will have two 42” flat screen TVs and we welcome our guests to remain in the tent to watch the game.

Food and drinks will be served 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Association of Rice Alumni tent. We welcome our guests to remain in the tent after kickoff to watch the game or return to the tent after the game so please feel free to bring your own snacks, alcoholic, and non-alcoholic beverages for that time. In addition, food will be available to purchase outside the north end of the stadium. The tent will remain open until two hours post game.

(emphasis added). Online registration is closed but you can pay at the tent.

Buses almost sold out -- but not quite!

There is still room on the Rice bus(es) to College Station! Call Ashley McKenney, Development Events Coordinator for Athletics, 713-348-6922. For reference, it turns out that the cost of parking at A&M on game day is similar to the cost of the bus ride.

(08-30-2013 09:49 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  Two updates:

I thought the parking lots for football games at A&M were reserved anyway, so it usually comes down to finding parking on a street far away from the stadium.

Rice pre-game and during-game party

Rice pre-game party is ALSO a during-game party -- i.e. a watch party, as stated in this official email yesterday from the Alumni Office:

Quote:The Association of Rice Alumni tailgate tent will be located on Simpson Drill Field in one of the large tents
...
The tent will have two 42” flat screen TVs and we welcome our guests to remain in the tent to watch the game.

Food and drinks will be served 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Association of Rice Alumni tent. We welcome our guests to remain in the tent after kickoff to watch the game or return to the tent after the game so please feel free to bring your own snacks, alcoholic, and non-alcoholic beverages for that time. In addition, food will be available to purchase outside the north end of the stadium. The tent will remain open until two hours post game.

(emphasis added). Online registration is closed but you can pay at the tent.

Buses almost sold out -- but not quite!

There is still room on the Rice bus(es) to College Station! Call Ashley McKenney, Development Events Coordinator for Athletics, 713-348-6922. For reference, it turns out that the cost of parking at A&M on game day is similar to the cost of the bus ride.

Additional update re the bus trip:
It is my understanding that, while the buses will provide a certain amount of food and drink for the morning journey, they are not exactly dining cars or bars-on-wheels. Thus, if you are a particularly thirsty or hungry traveler, you are welcome to take you own provisions (which you can stow safely on the buses during the game if you wish).

(08-30-2013 09:49 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  Two updates:

Rice pre-game and during-game party

Rice pre-game party is ALSO a during-game party -- i.e. a watch party, as stated in this official email yesterday from the Alumni Office:

Quote:The Association of Rice Alumni tailgate tent will be located on Simpson Drill Field in one of the large tents
...
The tent will have two 42” flat screen TVs and we welcome our guests to remain in the tent to watch the game.

Food and drinks will be served 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Association of Rice Alumni tent. We welcome our guests to remain in the tent after kickoff to watch the game or return to the tent after the game so please feel free to bring your own snacks, alcoholic, and non-alcoholic beverages for that time. In addition, food will be available to purchase outside the north end of the stadium. The tent will remain open until two hours post game.

(emphasis added). Online registration is closed but you can pay at the tent.

So if the Owls are winning going away in the fourth quarter, and it gets hot in the stands, we can retreat to the Alumni Tent?

(08-30-2013 11:25 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  you are welcome to take you own provisions (which you can stow safely on the buses during the game if you wish).

Of course they'll be safe on the bus. It's not like we're playing at Tech.

(08-30-2013 03:49 PM)texd Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 11:25 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  you are welcome to take you own provisions (which you can stow safely on the buses during the game if you wish).

Of course they'll be safe on the bus. It's not like we're playing at Tech.

What I really meant was that the buses going home will be the same buses that brought us there. That isn't always the case (at least, it wasn't always the case on other group trips I've been on), which is why I made a point to ask.

I figured you meant that. I just wanted to get a dig in at Tech (whose high-paced offense currently leads SMU in the anticipated shootout 6-3).

I would like to extend very public praise to Ashley McKenney, Development Events Coordinator for Athletics, and her colleagues for organizing a very enjoyable bus trip, and to the entire Alumni Affairs team for the very popular pre-game party. It was a wonderfully fun day to be a Rice fan, and these folks made it not just fun, but effortless as well!

(09-01-2013 12:57 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  I would like to extend very public praise to Ashley McKenney, Development Events Coordinator for Athletics, and her colleagues for organizing a very enjoyable bus trip, and to the entire Alumni Affairs team for the very popular pre-game party. It was a wonderfully fun day to be a Rice fan, and these folks made it not just fun, but effortless as well!

+1

Wish we could have found the tent before the game to play the Fight Song for you.

I'd be interested to know whether any Parliamentarians are in this Rice video. (Also has some good game highlights.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feTy28HgNo8

(09-01-2013 06:43 PM)S.A. Owl Wrote:  I'd be interested to know whether any Parliamentarians are in this Rice video. (Also has some good game highlights.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feTy28HgNo8

Me, Chuck, a brief glimpse of George.