ooops! The football game's started, fianlly. Go dawgs!

(11-19-2022 03:48 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:28 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:20 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  Looking like we’ll be shutout again. Somebody do the research for me. How many times has a Bloomgren team now been shutout? I think it’s gotta be more than Bailiff, Graham, and Hatfield combined.

CORRECTIONS ... Thanks to WRC for alerting me not to count shutout wins!! (There were two of those rare events in this period by the Owls under these four coaches.)

Bloomgren: 3 before today.

1 in 2018 (UAB: 42), none in 2019 or 2020, 2 in 2021 (Texas: 58; UTSA: 45) ... none in 2022 (so far).

Bailiff (11 years): 1 shutout (2008)
Graham (1 year): 0
Hatfield (12 years): 3 (1 in each of 1994, 1996 and 2000.)

So 3<4 ... and it will stay that way today, as Padgett hits Rozner for the Owls' first score today.

We didn’t get shutout in 2008

(11-19-2022 03:52 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:48 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:28 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:20 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  Looking like we’ll be shutout again. Somebody do the research for me. How many times has a Bloomgren team now been shutout? I think it’s gotta be more than Bailiff, Graham, and Hatfield combined.

CORRECTIONS ... Thanks to WRC for alerting me not to count shutout wins!! (There were two of those rare events in this period by the Owls under these four coaches.)

Bloomgren: 3 before today.

1 in 2018 (UAB: 42), none in 2019 or 2020, 2 in 2021 (Texas: 58; UTSA: 45) ... none in 2022 (so far).

Bailiff (11 years): 1 shutout (2008)
Graham (1 year): 0
Hatfield (12 years): 3 (1 in each of 1994, 1996 and 2000.)

So 3<4 ... and it will stay that way today, as Padgett hits Rozner for the Owls' first score today.

We didn’t get shutout in 2008

Yeah just checked. Bailiff’s Rice teams were never shutout. Nor were there any in Graham’s one year.

The beginning of the end for meaningful men’s D1 athletics at Rice.

(11-19-2022 03:59 PM)Tiki Owl Wrote:  The beginning of the end for meaningful men’s D1 athletics at Rice.

Oh, please. The decline began long before then.

Owl running backs now going crazy with 18 carries for 29 yards (a robust 1.6 ypa)

(11-19-2022 03:58 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:52 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:48 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:28 PM)Almadenmike Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 03:20 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  Looking like we’ll be shutout again. Somebody do the research for me. How many times has a Bloomgren team now been shutout? I think it’s gotta be more than Bailiff, Graham, and Hatfield combined.

CORRECTIONS ... Thanks to WRC for alerting me not to count shutout wins!! (There were two of those rare events in this period by the Owls under these four coaches.)

Bloomgren: 3 before today.

1 in 2018 (UAB: 42), none in 2019 or 2020, 2 in 2021 (Texas: 58; UTSA: 45) ... none in 2022 (so far).

Bailiff (11 years): 0
Graham (1 year): 0
Hatfield (12 years): 3 (1 in each of 1994, 1996 and 2000.)

So 3 for both ... and it will stay that way today, as Padgett hits Rozner for the Owls' first score today.

We didn’t get shutout in 2008

Yeah just checked. Bailiff’s Rice teams were never shutout. Nor were there any in Graham’s one year.

Geeez. Mea culpa! What was I looking at?? Thanks for the correction!

(Time to have my cataracts checked??)

We have CLINCHED the TOP victory !!!!

(11-19-2022 04:02 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Owl running backs now going crazy with 18 carries for 29 yards (a robust 1.6 ypa)

Yep. They are having a field day versus the UTSA benchwarmers, equipment guys, bus driver and ball girls.

Another outstanding showing by the Bloomgren Era Owls!

Well that was a 1st class butt whipping. 41-7.

After the last 2 weeks, tough to see us going up to Denton and getting a win next weekend. But I suppose anything is possible.

(11-19-2022 04:12 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 04:02 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Owl running backs now going crazy with 18 carries for 29 yards (a robust 1.6 ypa)

Yep. They are having a field day versus the UTSA benchwarmers, equipment guys, bus driver and ball girls.

finished with a whopping 5 yards rushing overall... 5.
mathches 1 yard rushing for every year of the Bloom era.
Glorious!

(11-19-2022 04:22 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  After the last 2 weeks, tough to see us going up to Denton and getting a win next weekend. But I suppose anything is possible.

Sure. Bloomgren could get fired, too. But don’t think that is any more likely than the Owls pulling the upset in Denton.

Vandy beats Florida 31-24.
That's 2 SEC wins in a row for the Commodores.

Once again, please email Desroches and let him know that this is unacceptable.

(11-19-2022 04:26 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(11-19-2022 04:22 PM)RiceOwls2019 Wrote:  After the last 2 weeks, tough to see us going up to Denton and getting a win next weekend. But I suppose anything is possible.

Sure. Bloomgren could get fired, too. But don’t think that is any more likely than the Owls pulling the upset in Denton.

What happens in Denton stays in Denton. Owls will go to a who cares? bowl. Parliament posters will gush over the team's "success" and celebrate Bloom breaking the bowl drought. Bloom signs extension. Next season (1st in AAC) is even "better".

Rice football coaches in year 5:

Philip Arbuckle (1916) 6-1-2
Jack Meagher (1933) 3-8 *
Jimmy Kitts (1938) 4-6 **
Jess Neely (1944) 5-6 ***
Ray Alborn (1982) 0-11 ****
Fred Goldsmith (1993) 6-5 *****
Ken Hatfield (1998) 5-6
David Bailiff (2011) 4-8
Mike Bloomgren (2022) 5-6

* left Rice for Auburn after the 1933 season
** replaced with Jess Neely after his 1939 team went 1-9-1
*** WWII years are tough to evaluate
**** fired after going 1-10 in 1983
***** left for Duke after the 1993 season

So, precedent: the last 5 Rice football coaches with losing records in year 5 did not get fired after that season. I do not expect that precedent will be broken.

(11-19-2022 04:50 PM)WRCisforgotten79 Wrote:  Rice football coaches in year 5:

Philip Arbuckle (1916) 6-1-2
Jack Meagher (1933) 3-8 *
Jimmy Kitts (1938) 4-6 **
Jess Neely (1944) 5-6 ***
Ray Alborn (1982) 0-11 ****
Fred Goldsmith (1993) 6-5 *****
Ken Hatfield (1998) 5-6
David Bailiff (2011) 4-8
Mike Bloomgren (2022) 5-6

* left Rice for Auburn after the 1933 season
** replaced with Jess Neely after his 1939 team went 1-9-1
*** WWII years are tough to evaluate
**** fired after going 1-10 in 1983
***** left for Duke after the 1993 season

So his 5th year performance is as good or better than all but two of these guys.