(12-27-2018 05:02 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  Hammer home the message of 'why Rice plays Texas'. THAT is who we are... as students... as alumni... as athletes... If we wanted an easy degree, we would go somewhere else. If we wanted easy wins, we would go somewhere else.

Tip of the hat for the channeling ( plagiarising? ) JFK at Rice Stadium with that. Nice entendre for the response and awesome dual message....

(12-27-2018 05:43 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(12-27-2018 05:02 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  Hammer home the message of 'why Rice plays Texas'. THAT is who we are... as students... as alumni... as athletes... If we wanted an easy degree, we would go somewhere else. If we wanted easy wins, we would go somewhere else.

Tip of the hat for the channeling ( plagiarising? ) JFK at Rice Stadium with that. Nice entendre for the response and awesome dual message....

Thank you!!

Being a former athlete, I can tell you that LOTS of us went to Rice specifically FOR the challenge. I know that's true of many students as well. I didn't know the JFK quote when I decided to attend Rice for the challenge, but it absolutely applies to me.

I'm betting lots of current students don't know the quote, but would agree as well.

THAT is who WE (Owls) are. We choose to do things BECAUSE they are hard.

(12-28-2018 02:18 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  We choose to do things BECAUSE they are hard.

We know no other way.

August 30 @Army West Point, NY
September 7 Wake Forest Rice Stadium
September 14 Texas NRG Stadium
September 21 Baylor Rice Stadium
September 28 Louisiana Tech Rice Stadium
October 5 @UAB Birmingham, AL
October 19 @UTSA San Antonio, TX
October 26 Southern Miss Rice Stadium
November 2 Marshall Rice Stadium
November 16 @Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TN
November 23 North Texas Rice Stadium
November 30 @UTEP El Paso, TX

My favorite home schedule in years.

In addition to UT, Wake, Baylor we get conference teams I want to see in USM, UNT, Marshall and LaTech

Staying home for September - such a crazy idea.

(And it might be, if a bunch of those games are scheduled for the afternoon. Obviously, NRG is indoors, but still.)

This is about as good of a schedule as you're going to get as CUSA is currently constituted.

Such a stout, front loaded schedule. I'm all for preseason optimism, but, that opening stretch before the bye is....yikes

Good news: no Thanksgiving Day weekend home game in front of dozens of fans. UTEP gets the honor of hosting the Owls on November 30 in Pillow Fight 3.

(01-10-2019 03:50 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  Such a stout, front loaded schedule. I'm all for preseason optimism, but, that opening stretch before the bye is....yikes

Barring a miracle, we open 0-4. Pretty solid chance of 0-6.

(01-10-2019 04:45 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 03:50 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  Such a stout, front loaded schedule. I'm all for preseason optimism, but, that opening stretch before the bye is....yikes

Barring a miracle, we open 0-4. Pretty solid chance of 0-6.

On their way to 1-11.

(01-10-2019 04:53 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 04:45 PM)Antarius Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 03:50 PM)Pimpa Wrote:  Such a stout, front loaded schedule. I'm all for preseason optimism, but, that opening stretch before the bye is....yikes

Barring a miracle, we open 0-4. Pretty solid chance of 0-6.

On their way to 1-11.

Were @UTSA and @UTEP which seem to be our weakest opponents.

Who is the 1 win?

Pretty crappy that the Army game is on a Friday night...would be an easier trip if it was on Saturday morning, especially given it is Labor Day weekend.

Looking 0-12 right in the face.

If we get some of the graduate transfers talked about in the recruiting thread, I can see us being .500 or better.

And this is a big if, but if the government shutdown is still continuing in August (I truly hope that's not the case), there is a chance that Army won't be able to play football next fall for budget reasons.

(01-10-2019 05:23 PM)RiceOL83 Wrote:  Looking 0-12 right in the face.

Huh?

I definitely think we'll be better than last year (especially if we land some of the transfers who are visiting)... Our schedule is tough but I'd put the O/U at 3 wins right now.

(01-10-2019 05:23 PM)RiceOL83 Wrote:  Looking 0-12 right in the face.

There's always UTEP.

(01-10-2019 05:34 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 05:23 PM)RiceOL83 Wrote:  Looking 0-12 right in the face.

Huh?

I definitely think we'll be better than last year (especially if we land some of the transfers who are visiting)... Our schedule is tough but I'd put the O/U at 3 wins right now.

I agree and would take the over personally. I think our offensive line will be quite a bit better and that makes a world of difference.

I’m worried about Dline but I am every year. It’s not like we got too much pressure this year when we weren’t blitzing.

(01-10-2019 03:28 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  This is about as good of a schedule as you're going to get as CUSA is currently constituted.

You're right. This is an attractive schedule for us. I wish we were ready for it. Long, tough season ahead.

(01-10-2019 05:34 PM)ExcitedOwl18 Wrote:  

(01-10-2019 05:23 PM)RiceOL83 Wrote:  Looking 0-12 right in the face.

Huh?

I definitely think we'll be better than last year (especially if we land some of the transfers who are visiting)... Our schedule is tough but I'd put the O/U at 3 wins right now.

I think so too. But we have zero gimme games next year (IMO, 2 season winless UTEP and FCS PV were our 2 last year)

I speculate we end up as betting dogs in every game next year.