Jenkins officially named as starting QB.

(08-18-2025 07:23 AM)dragon2owl Wrote:  Jenkins officially named as starting QB.

Not a surprise. Any other projections out there on a starting lineup? I’m not super concerned about the defense because there is some depth there, but I’m curious what it’s looking like on the OL and other skill positions.

(08-18-2025 04:46 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-17-2025 09:46 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(08-15-2025 08:52 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-15-2025 05:28 PM)Texasowl Wrote:  Rice should win by 3.

How do you figure? Owls are 13.5 pt underdogs and the closest prediction I’ve seen is a 12 pt loss.

New coach, new offense, on the road. Hard to see how this one is close, but that’s why they play the games, I guess.

"Should" is aspirational; if he had said "will", that would be predictive. :)

“Will” can also be used as a given name, implying certainty, namely, “it’s a given”.

Example:

Q. Will Rice win?
A. Will Rice will win!

Q. Will William Marsh Rice win?
A. William Rice should win!

Q. By what score should William Rice win?
A. William 28, LoL 26. It’s a given!

Q. E. D.

This exchange is sapping my will.

Just win.

Did anyone see the scrimmages?

The thing that gives me hope is Abell's confidence. After the 2nd scrimmage he said the offense is way ahead of schedule and based on all the data this personnel is running it well, he said we'd be ready to play this weekend.

(08-18-2025 12:01 PM)Buho00 Wrote:  Did anyone see the scrimmages?

The thing that gives me hope is Abell's confidence. After the 2nd scrimmage he said the offense is way ahead of schedule and based on all de data this personnel is running it well, he said we'd be ready to play this weekend.

I agree. He seemed very (overly?)confident in his quotes cited on The Roost.

(08-18-2025 10:15 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(08-18-2025 04:46 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-17-2025 09:46 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(08-15-2025 08:52 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-15-2025 05:28 PM)Texasowl Wrote:  Rice should win by 3.

How do you figure? Owls are 13.5 pt underdogs and the closest prediction I’ve seen is a 12 pt loss.

New coach, new offense, on the road. Hard to see how this one is close, but that’s why they play the games, I guess.

"Should" is aspirational; if he had said "will", that would be predictive. :)

“Will” can also be used as a given name, implying certainty, namely, “it’s a given”.

Example:

Q. Will Rice win?
A. Will Rice will win!

Q. Will William Marsh Rice win?
A. William Rice should win!

Q. By what score should William Rice win?
A. William 28, LoL 26. It’s a given!

Q. E. D.

This exchange is sapping my will.

Just win.

+1

Tough schedule, but if the offense can get into gear and learn the system fast enough, it should be a fun year, especially with "standard" plays like this -

https://x.com/CoachDanCasey/status/15900...ch-iowa%2F

I'll be flying down to Lafayette for the opener. Hope to see you all there.

A good read. We're any of you there?

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/spo...b9e29.html

(08-22-2025 06:36 PM)Ourland Wrote:  A good read. We're any of you there?

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/spo...b9e29.html

I was there. My first game to attend as a freshman.
I was starstruck… we got to attend division I big time college football games (and, free, to boot!)

378 days and 14 losses later (15 if you count the 1981 season ending Bayou Bucket) we got payback on the University of Southwestern LoL, ended our nation’s longest losing streak, and might or might not have torn down the goal posts.

Accounts differ and my memory is still a little fuzzy

(08-23-2025 02:45 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(08-22-2025 06:36 PM)Ourland Wrote:  A good read. We're any of you there?

https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/spo...b9e29.html

I was there. My first game to attend as a freshman.
I was starstruck… we got to attend division I big time college football games (and, free, to boot!)

378 days and 14 losses later (15 if you count the 1981 season ending Bayou Bucket) we got payback on the University of Southwestern LoL, ended our nation’s longest losing streak, and might or might not have torn down the goal posts.

Accounts differ and my memory is still a little fuzzy

I do believe my fellow Will Ricer Mr. Hambone was in the house for both games, as well…

ESPN giving the Owls just a 27.5% chance of winning next Saturday.

(08-23-2025 10:25 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  ESPN giving the Owls just a 27.5% chance of winning next Saturday.

More than some “Owl fans” are giving them.

If you are laying down money, play the odds.

If not risking money, why predict a loss? What do you get if they lose? Bragging rights?

No credit here for being “right” in your predictions. Not a contest. No prizes.


Just root for the Owls.

Go Owls. Beat OohLaLa.

Article in the Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/...uqTmh1_xEA

(08-24-2025 12:45 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(08-23-2025 10:25 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  ESPN giving the Owls just a 27.5% chance of winning next Saturday.

More than some “Owl fans” are giving them.

If you are laying down money, play the odds.

If not risking money, why predict a loss? What do you get if they lose? Bragging rights?

No credit here for being “right” in your predictions. Not a contest. No prizes.


Just root for the Owls.

Go Owls. Beat OohLaLa.

I don't bet, period. Nor do I like making predictions, especially on a product for which we do not have yet any actual data. I also don't put much faith in ESPN predictions, especially for a non-ESU like RICE. My post was only providing a published datapoint.

I will always pull for the Owls, and I love it when they make ESPN and other major sporting news outlets look silly. Here's hoping they do a lot of that this year.

Likewise. If I predict that Rice is going to lose, I'm still pulling for them to win.

(08-24-2025 08:48 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Article in the Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/...uqTmh1_xEA

“I’m really excited about who we are on the offensive line,” he (Abell) said. “I felt good watching the way our big guys moved in space and in drills. They’ve grown the most of any position group, and their transformation has really been remarkable.”

(08-24-2025 02:26 PM)Ourland Wrote:  Likewise. If I predict that Rice is going to lose, I'm still pulling for them to win.

Understood, but...

Why make a prediction that we will lose? To look smart, in case we lose? What is gained by that?

Let the opponents predict a win for their team. We don't need to abet them.

(08-05-2025 08:03 PM)OwlsJones1986 Wrote:  I will be at the game! If anyone wants to share a cold one don’t hesitate to reach out. I’m buying!

I’ll take you up on that!

(08-24-2025 03:30 PM)NYNightOwl Wrote:  

(08-24-2025 08:48 AM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Article in the Chronicle

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/...uqTmh1_xEA

“I’m really excited about who we are on the offensive line,” he (Abell) said. “I felt good watching the way our big guys moved in space and in drills. They’ve grown the most of any position group, and their transformation has really been remarkable.”

Hope it's true -- this would be the best thing I've heard about the football team in a number of years.
OL is the group that needed to transform the most.

(08-26-2025 08:15 AM)owl at the moon Wrote:  276 days and counting of undefeated and untied football for the Fiesty Nightbirds of Rice University.

I haven’t checked, but that has got to be one of the longest active streaks in D1.

Rice “still unbeaten” this season (0-0) and is 1-0 overall since 11/24/24.

Even Ohio State (4-1) isn’t unbeaten over that time period. (Lost 11/30 v Michigan).

Navy can go back to 11/17 unbeaten- after losing to Tulane, they had a bye on 11/23 then finished with 3 straight wins.

And Air Force is unbeaten since 11/3 after a loss at Army. AFA finished 4-0 to cap a 5-7 comeback season and fall just short of an APR bid.