AAC released the schedule today so we now know the dates of all of our games. Here's the complete schedule.
9/2 at Texas
9/9 vs. Houston
9/16 vs. TSU
9/23 at *South Florida (* conference game)
9/30 vs. *East Carolina
10/7 vs. Connecticut
10/19 at *Tulsa
10/28 vs *Tulane
11/4 vs *SMU
11/11 at *UTSA
11/18 at *Charlotte
11/25 vs. *FAU
The Tulsa game is on a Thursday. All the others are Saturday games I believe.
https://riceowls.com/news/2023/2/21/foot...games.aspx
(02-21-2023 12:03 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: [ -> ]The Tulsa game is on a Thursday. All the others are Saturday games I believe.
The official graphic released on the AAC Twitter page has a note that seems to imply that the UH game has the option to be flexed to Friday night
(02-21-2023 12:10 PM)2018Owl Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 12:03 PM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote: [ -> ]The Tulsa game is on a Thursday. All the others are Saturday games I believe.
The official graphic released on the AAC Twitter page has a note that seems to imply that the UH game has the option to be flexed to Friday night
The aforementioned graphic, if anyone's interested in the full conference lineup:
https://twitter.com/American_Conf/status...96352?s=20
And it means Homecoming will be either the last weekend in October or the first weekend in November.
This is a great schedule for Rice with at least 7 games that can be considered regional opponents/rivals, including 4 at home. Plus there will be easy travel games to Austin and San Antonio. If I was the AD I would put a stake in the sand and push (hard) for an average of 25-30k in the stands from the marketing/ticket department. Rice should also partner with a event/travel partner and put together bus/hospitality excursions to San Antonio and Austin, plus provide free bus travel/game tickets to students for the San Antonio game.
I also like having the USF game (who was the worst team in the AAC last year) as our conference opener. Plus, it's the week after they play Alabama.
Probably playing Tulane on homecoming does not bode well for breaking our homecoming slump if Tulane stays as good as they were last year. But it would be a heck of a way to break that streak
Ran my simulation and folks, it’s looking like 12-0
(02-21-2023 03:18 PM)BSWBRice Wrote: [ -> ]Ran my simulation and folks, it’s looking like 12-0
I think you need to adjust your simulation parameters.
But I’ll have one of whatever you are drinking.
(02-21-2023 03:18 PM)BSWBRice Wrote: [ -> ]Ran my simulation and folks, it’s looking like 12-0
I ran mine and it said 4-8, just like every year it seems.
(02-21-2023 04:11 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 03:18 PM)BSWBRice Wrote: [ -> ]Ran my simulation and folks, it’s looking like 12-0
I think you need to adjust your simulation parameters.
But I’ll have one of whatever you are drinking.
Agree. Because that would clinch both a conference champ berth and a bowl game. Actually against that schedule an outside shot at the (final) 4-team CFP.
We got this
Big shakeup on the football staff. Three assistant coaches let go. Strange timing-there’s got to be more to the story.
(02-21-2023 06:34 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Big shakeup on the football staff. Three assistant coaches let go. Strange timing-there’s got to be more to the story.
Quote:Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL
Rice Football has parted ways with several assistant coaches, including tight ends coach Jim Jackson, safeties coach Colin Spencer and running backs coach C.J. Anderson, per sources
@KPRC2
The bios:
Jim Jackson played football and baseball for Cornell. He was a journeyman coach, mostly at the FCS level, since 2003. He had some tight ends experience, but his most recent work was at San Diego and UMass coaching O-line. We hired him spring 2021.
Colin Spencer was a defensive back and punt returner at the University of the Redlands (CA). Graduating in 2016, he spent two years at Redlands as a graduate assistant. We hired him right after he got his masters in 2018. He's coached safeties since 2021.
CJ Anderson was an NFL player who served as a volunteer assistant for one year under Tuiasosopo at Cal before coaching high school ball in California. We hired him last March.
It's not terribly unusual to be firing and hiring assistants at this point. I'd have rather resolved this earlier, but below the coordinator level and maybe S&C, there's still some flexibility in the job market. Prospective replacements aren't going to have big buyouts.
(02-21-2023 04:11 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 03:18 PM)BSWBRice Wrote: [ -> ]Ran my simulation and folks, it’s looking like 12-0
I think you need to adjust your simulation parameters.
But I’ll have one of whatever you are drinking.
Make mine a double.
(02-21-2023 07:10 PM)dragon2owl Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 06:34 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Big shakeup on the football staff. Three assistant coaches let go. Strange timing-there’s got to be more to the story.
Quote:Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL
Rice Football has parted ways with several assistant coaches, including tight ends coach Jim Jackson, safeties coach Colin Spencer and running backs coach C.J. Anderson, per sources
@KPRC2
Wow agree there's gotta be more to the story.
CJ was posting recruiting stuff on Twitter as late as yesterday..
(02-21-2023 09:13 PM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 07:10 PM)dragon2owl Wrote: [ -> ] (02-21-2023 06:34 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote: [ -> ]Big shakeup on the football staff. Three assistant coaches let go. Strange timing-there’s got to be more to the story.
Quote:Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL
Rice Football has parted ways with several assistant coaches, including tight ends coach Jim Jackson, safeties coach Colin Spencer and running backs coach C.J. Anderson, per sources
@KPRC2
Wow agree there's gotta be more to the story.
CJ was posting recruiting stuff on Twitter as late as yesterday..
Quote:Cj Anderson
@cjandersonb22
It’s always good to look back at a situation and laugh cuz when you too real It upsets people ?
12:03 PM · Feb 21, 2023
(02-21-2023 02:28 PM)Kayjay Wrote: [ -> ]This is a great schedule for Rice with at least 7 games that can be considered regional opponents/rivals, including 4 at home. Plus there will be easy travel games to Austin and San Antonio. If I was the AD I would put a stake in the sand and push (hard) for an average of 25-30k in the stands from the marketing/ticket department. Rice should also partner with a event/travel partner and put together bus/hospitality excursions to San Antonio and Austin, plus provide free bus travel/game tickets to students for the San Antonio game.
My father used to always wonder why Rice never organized bus rides to area road games for the fans, and this was back in the SWC days. It would be a lot of fun.
It's a good schedule. I'd like to end every season with Tulane, but it's a good schedule.