(08-31-2025 10:06 AM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  I missed the game unfortunately. But can anyone comment on Jenkins? I understand he barely passed but, of the throws did he attempt, how limited are the capabilities?

Somewhere in the 2nd half I remember the announcers saying he was 5 of 6 which I’d say is pretty spectacular (if not eye popping)

(08-31-2025 10:34 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:06 AM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  I missed the game unfortunately. But can anyone comment on Jenkins? I understand he barely passed but, of the throws did he attempt, how limited are the capabilities?

Somewhere in the 2nd half I remember the announcers saying he was 5 of 6 which I’d say is pretty spectacular (if not eye popping)

Jenkins finished 7/9 for 45(!) yards, 0 TD and 0 INT.

The TD:INT ratio is mathematically eye popping!

QBR was 119.8


By contrast, conference mates like Army and FAU were scuttled by turnover (and specifically, INTs).

I do remember now the play call on Jenkins 2nd incompletion in the 4Q… i believe he threw it behind the receiver and surprised the defender by hitting him in the chest.


Luckily, the Cajuns’ D was as inept at catching the ball as their O.

(08-31-2025 09:38 AM)Ourland Wrote:  Did you guys see all the Rice fans that made the trip? There must have been about 200 celebrating in the stands after the game

You could hear the Rice fans on big plays, kudos to those that made the trip.

Great start for the new coach, now beat the coogs!

The Rice soccer team was there. They play Louisiana today.

https://x.com/tmcclelland/status/1962018983130935510

Huge win, albeit unnecessarily close, results in Owls improving 32 spots to #77 in Massey Rankings. Owls with 3rd best ranking improvement behind only Florida St (41 spots) and South Florida (34 spots).

Hopefully, Jenkins will be most improved vs Coog High

(08-31-2025 10:39 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:34 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:06 AM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  I missed the game unfortunately. But can anyone comment on Jenkins? I understand he barely passed but, of the throws did he attempt, how limited are the capabilities?

Somewhere in the 2nd half I remember the announcers saying he was 5 of 6 which I’d say is pretty spectacular (if not eye popping)

Jenkins finished 7/9 for 45(!) yards, 0 TD and 0 INT.

The TD:INT ratio is mathematically eye popping!

QBR was 119.8


By contrast, conference mates like Army and FAU were scuttled by turnover (and specifically, INTs).

I do remember now the play call on Jenkins 2nd incompletion in the 4Q… i believe he threw it behind the receiver and surprised the defender by hitting him in the chest.


Luckily, the Cajuns’ D was as inept at catching the ball as their O.

Dickman was the only receiver with any significant catches, catching 3 for 44 yards with a long of 23.

I didn't see the whole game, but what I saw, it seemed as though jenkins had happy feet - hurried through his progressions and took off running.

Passing will have to improve, as will play calling and penalties.

(08-30-2025 10:34 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  This win is huge for us. Builds an incredible amount of confidence.
Here’s to Rice football and, hopefully a winning season.

That's a good post. Very true. I picked us losing big. With the win, we have a shot at a bowl game.

It's important to remember that Louisiana is breaking in a bunch of new players on offense. Their wide receivers also dropped a lot of passes. They didn't look good on offense. It wasn't clicking.

(08-31-2025 08:01 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Rice is undefeated. Texas and Alabama aren’t. Wonder when was the last time that happened.

That made me smile!

(08-31-2025 10:39 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:34 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:06 AM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  I missed the game unfortunately. But can anyone comment on Jenkins? I understand he barely passed but, of the throws did he attempt, how limited are the capabilities?

Somewhere in the 2nd half I remember the announcers saying he was 5 of 6 which I’d say is pretty spectacular (if not eye popping)

Jenkins finished 7/9 for 45(!) yards, 0 TD and 0 INT.

The TD:INT ratio is mathematically eye popping!

QBR was 119.8


By contrast, conference mates like Army and FAU were scuttled by turnover (and specifically, INTs).

I do remember now the play call on Jenkins 2nd incompletion in the 4Q… i believe he threw it behind the receiver and surprised the defender by hitting him in the chest.


Luckily, the Cajuns’ D was as inept at catching the ball as their O.

Only 4 of our attempted passes were beyond the line of scrimmage. Jenkins was 2 of 4 on those, and 1 of the 2 completions was a ball that a wide open Dickmann had to dive for to catch. We definitely need to see big improvements in the passing game going forward. Also would note that Braylen Walker, who had been our #1 receiver in camp, was out with an injury.

When we pinned the Cajuns back on their 2 yard line and then they drove 98 yards , I thought here we go again. But this is a quicker better D. Three of the 4 in the secondary for the Owls were recent P4 transfers and 5 transfers made significant plays yesterday for the defense. Holding any FBS team to 12 points is a big deal for Rice. Coach Kay will have something to work with. There was a posted picture of the S&C coach hugging one of the linemen on the field immediately after the game. I thought we won in the trenches last night because the Owls were better conditioned. On offense our players definitely look faster. This was definitely a win not penciled in for a path to a bowl. Keep it up.

(08-31-2025 12:49 PM)Uteowl Wrote:  When we pinned the Cajuns back on their 2 yard line and then they drove 98 yards , I thought here we go again. But this is a quicker better D. Three of the 4 in the secondary for the Owls were recent P4 transfers and 5 transfers made significant plays yesterday for the defense. Holding any FBS team to 12 points is a big deal for Rice. Coach Kay will have something to work with. There was a posted picture of the S&C coach hugging one of the linemen on the field immediately after the game. I thought we won in the trenches last night because the Owls were better conditioned. On offense our players definitely look faster. This was definitely a win not penciled in for a path to a bowl. Keep it up.

We look very quick on offense. I was disappointed that we played so conservatively. There has got to be more to this offense than what was showed. If not, UH will shut it down quickly.

(08-31-2025 10:15 AM)Ourland Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:06 AM)Intellectual_Brutality Wrote:  I missed the game unfortunately. But can anyone comment on Jenkins? I understand he barely passed but, of the throws did he attempt, how limited are the capabilities?

Our pass plays were hurried. He didn't have time. I think he only attempted about seven passes all night. We didn't have enough passing to keep their defense honest, and I didn't see much option football in the second half. It looked mostly read-option directly to the running back to me. We'll definitely have to open things up. Jenkins is very athletic and quick, but I know we're protecting him.

And of those 7, only 2 were actually downfield - the other 5 were basically forward laterals.
What we saw last night didn't include the QB as a serious run option either. (maybe partly to do with ULL's defensive game-plan)
So, there's much less reason to rely solely on Jenkins at QB.
After film-reading, UH will stack the box, completely overwhelm us, and the game will be over by the end of the 1st quarter.
I think this week might be the perfect time to start Devellier or Padgett, and run pass plays that aren't only third and long (assuming they're in the playbook).

(08-31-2025 12:49 PM)Uteowl Wrote:  Three of the 4 in the secondary for the Owls were recent P4 transfers and 5 transfers made significant plays yesterday for the defense.

#27, the transfer from Oregon State, really stood out to me.
Also was great to see the new DT Clemmons.

(08-31-2025 10:39 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Jenkins finished 7/9 for 45(!) yards, 0 TD and 0 INT.

Excluding the 30 yd completion to Dickmann, the stats were 6/8 for 15 yds.
(2.5 yds/completion)

What I stated was correct - reported attendance is tickets sold - and many of you have acknowledged that.
Many of you have also correctly stated that that is what everyone does.
I was not implying otherwise.
However, there are quite a few programs where the turnstile count is a lot closer to the reported attendance than ours.
Our good friends and neighbors the Longhorns and Aggies come to mind.
Undoubtedly there are some that have a larger gap between the counts.

We would have a better game day experience if the delta between the two attendance numbers approached zero.
I'm not going to guess what the difference is.

As many have repeated - just win.
That will go farther than anything else toward getting more people to come out and cheer for the Owls.

(08-31-2025 02:03 PM)Barney Wrote:  

(08-31-2025 10:39 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Jenkins finished 7/9 for 45(!) yards, 0 TD and 0 INT.

Excluding the 30 yd completion to Dickmann, the stats were 6/8 for 15 yds.
(2.5 yds/completion)

Yeah? Well excluding his two incompletions he was a perfect 7 of 7!

Lots to like about every win…. And lots of room for improvement.

Coach’s previous teams…. At least the film he showed had a lot more down field passing than I saw Saturday. A lot. So there is still obviously more to come. Idk if he was ‘holding back’ or if he needs more time to get the pieces in place or just to be confident….. but there is a lot more to see than a ‘Hatfield-Esque’ all run, no pass.

And while Jenkins passing stats were okay, remember how many of those were essentially forward hand-offs behind the line. Again, there is a lot more of this offense to come !

(08-31-2025 05:30 PM)Hambone10 Wrote:  Lots to like about every win…. And lots of room for improvement.

Coach’s previous teams…. At least the film he showed had a lot more down field passing than I saw Saturday. A lot. So there is still obviously more to come. Idk if he was ‘holding back’ or if he needs more time to get the pieces in place or just to be confident….. but there is a lot more to see than a ‘Hatfield-Esque’ all run, no pass.

And while Jenkins passing stats were okay, remember how many of those were essentially forward hand-offs behind the line. Again, there is a lot more of this offense to come !

So far, so good.

(08-30-2025 10:08 PM)RojoGrandeOwl Wrote:  I’ve seen this so many times in my 69 years. Maybe they’ll hold on.

It began in earnest with Hatfield defenses. Even with Conover he put some of our best athletes in the defensive secondary. And mostly prevented late losses. IF we had a lead the chant was, "SCORE DEFENSE, SCORE!"

I am slightly concerned that Jenkins looked a bit banged up by the end of the game. Let’s get this man a 24/7 bacta tank in the medical center.

Hopefully picking up the W will help our guys bodies feel better this week.

Beat UH