As for Rice, here are just a few tidbits....
The New York Yankees once were tenants of Rice.
Rice has become the owner of an interesting collection of real estate holdings, over the years--a result of donations from alumni. None of them was more distinctive, or unusual, than The House that Ruth Built. Rice once owned it
Yankee Stadium for years a Rice crib
President Bush staged his administration's crowning event at Rice.
The 1990 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations held its plenary sessions and ceremonial events on the Rice campus, as President Bush hosted Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl and other international dignitaries.
Rice’s Summit Conference
One of college football's most famous plays -- a Rice touchdown.
Alabama's Tommy Lewis came off the bench to tackle Owls' Dickie Maegle en route to awarded 95-yard TD run in 1954 Cotton Bowl.
Washington Times feature story about the big play
The Rice coach they named the trophy after.
John W. Heisman coached the Owls from 1924 to 1927. It was his last coaching job before taking over management of the the New York Downtown Athletic Club. Later, they had a little trophy they named after him.
Heisman, as in the trophy
"Why go to the moon? Why does Rice play Texas?"
In October, 1962, John F. Kennedy made one of the major policy addresses of his administration before 35,000 in Rice Stadium. "Not because they are easy," JFK said, "but because they are hard."
JFK announces moon program at Rice Stadium
Ohio State, Alabama and Notre Dame all rolled into one.
The Rice '66 NBC College Bowl team blew away the competition, and set all-time records for the brain game.
Nerd Juggernaut
Rice Stadium is one of two remaining on-campus stadia to have hosted a Super Bowl.
On January 12, 1974, the Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII in Rice Stadium.
Old Stanford Stadium and the Sugar Bowl are gone, Rice’s on campus crib still here
And some lagniappe....Rice's most notorious, famous, wildest, horniest, richest alum:
Howard Hughes
Wild facts about Howard Hughes