(11-03-2020 12:48 PM)franklyconfused Wrote: A lot of this is valid, but I would point out that the LSU game would have been pulled whether we were open to playing or not. The SEC cancelled OOC.
Fair... and iirc, UH had some early covid issues (I may be mis-remembering)... but its the idea of canceling the entire thing and not looking for a replacement game. Even the UAB game, we only seem interested in playing it 'if it matters' to the standings.... and even then, we may not. Why wouldn't you ASSUME that its going to matter and schedule it?
The second aspect of that just magnifies the issues for us of CUSA.
(11-03-2020 01:02 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote: Interesting - I wasn't aware that alumni had started to pull donations for this year because Rice chose to drop some games.
I think this is a binary view of the actual calculus being done.
There are many people unhappy with both the administration and AD, on various levels and for a variety of reasons. One can over-simplify their reasons, but most often that creates not only a misleading perception, but it can also create a completely false one... i.e. under our President, we have had a SIGNIFICANT increase in our enrollment from China. Someone who sees Rice as an regional alternative to Stanford or Harvard might have genuine concerns, not about 'China' (though admittedly there is at least one fairly well known one for whom this would be accurate) but about the 'following of the pack' aspect of the pattern.... making Rice less unique... which is a genuine concern, even if one doesn't share it. If you boil it down to just being about 'China', then its easy to dismiss the concerns as 'ethnic'... when that isn't remotely their concern. It's a good way to 'win' an argument, but a horrible way to engage in rational discussion and debate. There is a facebook page where you can read a lot about it. Some of the complaints are petty... I complained about the painting of the statues around Reckling a blue color OTHER than Rice blue... which is something I'd still feel if we were winning the CWS this year, but probably wouldn't care enough to put it on facebook, especially in a forum that is pretty unhappy with major things if we were winning.
For some people, the reactions we're having to a number of issues are just the final nail in their personal coffin. There's a reason for the axiom about 'the last straw' breaking a camel's back. It's not because that one strand of straw is heavy.
(11-04-2020 09:15 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: (11-04-2020 09:10 AM)Volkmar Wrote: After checking out the standings, I found that UTSA and Texas State are the only schools in the nation to play 8 games so far, and UTSA is the only school to have played 8 consecutive games without a bye, as Texas State started their season a week early and had a bye between their contests against Boston College and Troy.
I'm predicting a 20-15 win for Rice this weekend. Unconventional score for us, but I think it might be an unconventional game. We have a stout defense and our offense has struggled, especially in the last 5 games. You guys are still improving, having played only two so far, and I think you're gonna do enough to go 2-1.
five FGs?
What have you got against FGs?