Mark Berman ‏@MarkBermanFox26 15m15 minutes ago Houston, TX

Former @RiceFootball1 RB Sam McGuffie makes US bobsled team:"To represent my country is huge, always wanted 2represent my country n a sport"

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skele...-Announced

Awesome news. Big congrats to him for being our first 2016 Rice Olympian (I'm assuming the USA bobsled team is in the 2016 Olympics?).

I'm kind of stunned to see 100 views and no responses?

(10-26-2015 03:42 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Awesome news. Big congrats to him for being our first 2016 Rice Olympian (I'm assuming the USA bobsled team is in the 2016 Olympics?).

I'm kind of stunned to see 100 views and no responses?

2018, unless it gets added to the summer program at Rio

(10-26-2015 03:56 PM)That Guy 2012 Wrote:  

(10-26-2015 03:42 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Awesome news. Big congrats to him for being our first 2016 Rice Olympian (I'm assuming the USA bobsled team is in the 2016 Olympics?).

I'm kind of stunned to see 100 views and no responses?

2018, unless it gets added to the summer program at Rio

Well, Rio is in the southern hemisphere . . .

http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Bobsled-Skele...-Announced

Press release on the 18-person men's team (and women's team). Quite a few former collegiate athletes are there along with McGuffie.

(10-26-2015 03:42 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  Awesome news. Big congrats to him for being our first 2016 Rice Olympian (I'm assuming the USA bobsled team is in the 2016 Olympics?).

I'm kind of stunned to see 100 views and no responses?

I was shocked too. I was expecting someone to complain because our OC's had never tried that with Sam to "get him out free in space".

Then and now: How Herschel helped turn football players into bobsledders - ESPN

You can watch Sam's Heat 1 run at about 58:13 on this video where they take the lead away from USA's Olson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woch15M4Al4

Link to story on Rice website: McGuffie Wins First World Cup Gold

ETA: make that 58:13 in the video.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ol...101377408/

Steven Holcomb found dead in Lake Placid. He was America's most experienced bobsledder and I believe the pilot for McGuffie's USA bobsled team. This is an odd and sad story and I'm sure more news will be coming on the death as further details emerge.

Wow - it was McGuffie's driver. The run is at 29:47 in the video. Thanks for posting.