Great turnout Sunday night at the watch party -- over 40 people! And some delicious burgers and sausage on the grill.
Particular honors go to two hard-working Rice staff members:
- Rick Mello, senior associate athletic director, for getting the ESPN3 blackout fiasco fixed. As soon as we saw the blackout notice, Rick was on the phone to his NCAA contact, who then got on the phone to ESPN headquarters, and soon it was fixed. Others may have been rattling the cages as well, but Rick certainly knew who to call.
- Veronica Boorom, operations manager in Housing & Dining, who graciously facilitated our use of the McMurtry commons, and who came in on Sunday to make sure everything was going all right.
Thanks also to the members of McMurtry College for having us as their guests.
Finally, perhaps the nicest part of this whole process was this email that I received from someone who is close to the team, and is with them in Eugene right now:
Quote:Just wanted to say thank you to you for organizing the watch parties. The boys here know they have a big fan base following them in Houston and it means a lot! Go Owls!!
As indicated from the outset, I personally cannot organize anything for tonight. But other folks are working on it this morning. As soon as the details are confirmed, someone will post them here.