There are a bunch of new photos posted on the Rice Football facebook page.

Ah, so that was the foundation for the recovery pool. Makes sense.

(07-31-2015 05:26 PM)rice-76-03-06 Wrote:  There are a bunch of new photos posted on the Rice Football facebook page.

Just took a glance. This is getting exciting. They may be half done by the time we play Wagner.

Anyone else notice how wide the goal posts are? You want to be kicking toward the EZF with the game on the line.

Camera out again. Do they turn it off during practices (the grass field is visible behind the construction)?

When/if they take the camera down for maintenance or practices or trade secrets or whatever, they should just run that fantastic new football video on a loop. That video is top notch.

I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

(08-10-2015 05:18 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

(08-11-2015 11:35 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(08-10-2015 05:18 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

Now I'm curious as to why you hated kicking that direction. Seems the wind iwold usually be at your back kicking toward the north end?

(08-11-2015 12:22 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 11:35 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(08-10-2015 05:18 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

Now I'm curious as to why you hated kicking that direction. Seems the wind iwold usually be at your back kicking toward the north end?

Wind is mostly out of the north and northeast as you move towards winter. Starting in September.

(08-11-2015 01:19 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 12:22 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 11:35 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(08-10-2015 05:18 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

Now I'm curious as to why you hated kicking that direction. Seems the wind iwold usually be at your back kicking toward the north end?

Wind is mostly out of the north and northeast as you move towards winter. Starting in September.

Umm, I don't know what part of Houston you live(d) in, but unless there is a cold front blowing hard, the wind will predominantly be out of the southeast off the Gulf. A pleasant north breeze won't last typically more than a day or two. And fronts that make a real difference don't usually start making an appearance until football season is nearly done - mid-late Nov.

(08-11-2015 01:39 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 01:19 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 12:22 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 11:35 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  

(08-10-2015 05:18 PM)RiceBull Wrote:  I should mention that my post above was a joke. Since no one seemed to laugh, I thought I better point that out to preserve whatever reputation I think I have.

I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

Now I'm curious as to why you hated kicking that direction. Seems the wind iwold usually be at your back kicking toward the north end?

Wind is mostly out of the north and northeast as you move towards winter. Starting in September.

Umm, I don't know what part of Houston you live(d) in, but unless there is a cold front blowing hard, the wind will predominantly be out of the southeast off the Gulf. A pleasant north breeze won't last typically more than a day or two. And fronts that make a real difference don't usually start making an appearance until football season is nearly done - mid-late Nov.

https://weatherspark.com/averages/30560/...ted-States

Wind directions are at the bottom. I can also tell you from a recent project I worked on in Lake Charles, prevailing wind direction in the winter is from the NE towards the gulf. Summer is when it comes from the south.

First of all, winter doesn't start until after the regular season part of football season. Secondly, your data show most of the time in Sept - Nov, the wind is not from the north.

(08-11-2015 03:37 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  First of all, winter doesn't start until after the regular season part of football season. Secondly, your data show most of the time in Sept - Nov, the wind is not from the north.

Ok, poor choice of words. Most likely not mostly. However, the wind is not that likely to be at your back when kicking north as you suggested.

(08-11-2015 01:50 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 01:39 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 01:19 PM)cr11owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 12:22 PM)Tomball Owl Wrote:  

(08-11-2015 11:35 AM)Hambone10 Wrote:  I laughed, and knew what you were referring to, but mostly because i actually hated kicking that direction, lol.

Now I'm curious as to why you hated kicking that direction. Seems the wind iwold usually be at your back kicking toward the north end?

Wind is mostly out of the north and northeast as you move towards winter. Starting in September.

Umm, I don't know what part of Houston you live(d) in, but unless there is a cold front blowing hard, the wind will predominantly be out of the southeast off the Gulf. A pleasant north breeze won't last typically more than a day or two. And fronts that make a real difference don't usually start making an appearance until football season is nearly done - mid-late Nov.

https://weatherspark.com/averages/30560/...ted-States

Wind directions are at the bottom. I can also tell you from a recent project I worked on in Lake Charles, prevailing wind direction in the winter is from the NE towards the gulf. Summer is when it comes from the south.

The important thing in those charts is that after today things get cooler.

(08-11-2015 04:27 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  The important thing in those charts is that after today things get cooler.

It's already started. It dropped from 106F to 77F in The Woodlands between 4:30 and 5:00 today.

Of course the thunderstorm had a large part to play in that.

Camera back up and running.
Looks like they've got a big start on the retaining wall at the base of the end zone

(08-12-2015 01:17 PM)greyowl72 Wrote:  Camera back up and running.
Looks like they've got a big start on the retaining wall at the base of the end zone

Camera down again.

It's back up, but EVERYTHING but the Houston skyline is blocked out.

(08-14-2015 10:48 AM)rice-76-03-06 Wrote:  It's back up, but EVERYTHING but the Houston skyline is blocked out.

Apparently there is a tour on the periscope app at 1230

(08-01-2015 03:06 PM)Afflicted Wrote:  Just took a glance. This is getting exciting. They may be half done by the time we play Wagner.

Speaking of half: camera is back on again but the screen is more than half-blocked out with gray right now. Maybe this is part of the subterfuge of not letting anyone see the team practice before the season starts. The only field area things that could be seen previously were a few footballs floating in the air and the top of the goal posts--no players. Maybe our kicking game will be a key part of the first few games and our coaches don't want anyone to see which way their balls blow in the air. I guess that information would help an opponent decide how to best try to stack their lines to block kicks? It's a stretch but might that explain this?