A quick note of thanks to the team, coaching staff, support staff, athletic department, and Rice fans. It is really, really nice to read such positive speculation. Thank you for such a pleasant diversion.

(03-17-2014 10:41 AM)13thOwl Wrote:  A quick note of thanks to the team, coaching staff, support staff, athletic department, and Rice fans. It is really, really nice to read such positive speculation. Thank you for such a pleasant diversion.

Here, here!

(03-17-2014 10:15 AM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  The issue this year-- and it's going to be a very big problem for the Committee should things continue as they've been going-- is that the SW region (including Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma) currently has 5 teams worthy of regional host slots: Rice, UH, UT, LSU, ULL...and SHSU and TX Tech are not far behind. I'd imagine, three, at most, are going to be hosting.

Sports are funny. Currently 5 of the Top 10 teams in ISR are from the state of Texas, yet at the end of 2011 ISR had only one Texas team in the top 15 - Baylor, which is now down at 68!

More on scheduling from Sorenson.

Quote:Of course, this list DOES confirm one thing; Rice and Texas are a little more impressive than we might’ve thought. Both of them have 15 wins on the year and have played nearly as tough of a schedule as possible.