RICE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Rice scores 26 straight in 2nd half
Freshman quarterback Driphus Jackson threw for 264 yards in relief of Rice's hurt starter, including two touchdown passes to Jordan Taylor, and the Owls beat Air Force 33-14 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Saturday.
Jackson's first series after taking over for Taylor McHargue ended with a bad pitch for a fumble near the goal line only 2 seconds before halftime, when the Owls...
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December 29, 2012
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Rice unveils patriotic helmet for Armed Forces Bowl
Tradition seems to mean nothing to teams anymore as they continue to cycle through different helmet and jersey styles on almost a weekly basis. At least the Rice Owls did a good job with this helmet. Too bad for them that they still won’t be the most patriotic team playing in the Armed Forces Bowl; the Air Force Falcons have that locked up.Rice will be wearing an American flag...
Kazemi leaves Rice
The Rice University Athletics Department has granted a request by Owls basketball player Arsalan Kazemi for a release to explore transfers to another school. Kazemi, who has played forward with the Owls for three seasons, also may explore professional career opportunities.
Head coach Ben Braun said hes sorry to see Kazemi leave and praised his contributions to the team. Last season...
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September 17, 2012
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Center Oraby transfers from Rice to USC
Omar Oraby, a 7-foot-2 center who played at Rice, will transfer to USC, a source in the program confirmed Wednesday.
Oraby, a junior from Egypt, is scheduled to begin taking classes on Sept. 17, and the Trojans plan to file a hardship waiver with the NCAA that could make him eligible to play this season.
If that waiver is not granted, Oraby will sit out this season and play in...
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September 13, 2012
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Bailiff has high hopes for Rice in 2012
The Rice Owls have won as many games across their last three seasons - 10 - as they did in their breakthrough 2008 campaign.
But coach David Bailiff sees at least some glimmers of hope for 2012, his sixth season leading the Owls.
Rice rolled to a 10-3 record and its first bowl victory in 54 years in 2008, on the strength of one of the nation's most potent offenses. Bailiff...
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August 17, 2012
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Rice coach Bailiff 'fired up'
David Bailiff is fired up. No, make that FIRED. UP. That's closer to how he says it. And David Bailiff is FIRED. UP. because he is the Rice football coach, and it is almost time for Rice football season.
"I am fired up," Bailiff said on Saturday, the first day of fall practice. "I really am. About two days ago you get, as a coach, where you really don't sleep...
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August 04, 2012
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Lynx F McWilliams-Franklin to coach at Rice
MINNEAPOLIS The Minnesota Lynx confirmed Wednesday that veteran forward Taj McWilliams-Franklin was named an assistant women's basketball coach at Rice University.
McWilliams-Franklin, who's playing in her 14th season in the WNBA, will join the Rice team when the Lynx's season ends. She has played overseas during the past 10 offseasons, but she has a home in San Antonio...
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May 30, 2012
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Owls to host NCAA regional
The Rice Owls will welcome Arkansas, Sam Houston State and Prairie View A&M to Reckling Park this weekend for regional action in the first round of the 2012 NCAA Baseball Championship.
The Owls (40-17) will open NCAA play against Prairie View (28-23) at 6:00 on Friday at Reckling Park. Arkansas (39-19) and Sam Houston (38-2-00 will meet in the opener at 1 pm on Friday. The two...
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May 28, 2012
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NFL or not, Solomon has a team in his corner
HOUSTON Most every parent experiences that moment with their football-playing child, an uneasy discussion following the first cringe-worthy injury that leaves all involved questioning the sanity of it all.
Scott Solomon was reared in an academic environment. His father Dale is an anesthesiologist. His mother Diane is a neurologist. His twin brother Stewart is a first-year medical...
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April 27, 2012
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Rice's Bailiff stands by ill recruit
HOUSTON -- You can take your cynicism and your bitterness and your disgust at collegiate recruiting and the NCAA and wrap it in some foil and and put it in the freezer for later. It'll keep.
This is a different kind of recruiting story.
Five months ago, David Wilganowski's heart stopped beating in the middle of a football game he was playing for Rudder High School in Bryan...
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February 03, 2012
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Kazemi, Rice hammer Louisiana College
The score could have been named at any point during the evening thus the final tally was largely irrelevant. Coming out of a 10-day break for final exams, what was of critical significance was how Rice performed.
Would the Owls appear lethargic following their lengthy layoff, or were they chomping at the bit to take the court for the first time since Dec. 3? Would they pick up where...
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December 14, 2011
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Rice coaches Driesbach, LaFavers dismissed
And then there was one.
With the announced dismissals of Chuck Driesbach and Rick LaFavers on Monday, Rice coach David Bailiff has just one remaining member from his original staff from 2007: linebackers coach Darrell Patterson.
Driesbach, 59, and LaFavers, 38, joined Bailiff in the weeks following his Jan. 19 2007 hiring. Driesbach had served as assistant head coach, defensive...
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December 05, 2011
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Kazemi lifts Rice past St. Thomas 81-67
Arsalan Kazemi scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as Rice rolled to an 81-67 victory over St. Thomas, Texas on Saturday.
Kazemi was one of five players to score in double figures for Rice (6-2). Dylan Ennis scored 14 points, Lucas Kuipers and Tamir Jackson had 13 each and Ahmad Ibrahim had 10.
A pair of free throws by Dylan Ennis with seven seconds left in the first half...
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December 03, 2011
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Owls step up with Kazemi out, beat HBU
It was difficult to predict exactly how things would unfold on Wednesday evening for Rice giving the gaping hole in its rotation.
Junior forward Arsalan Kazemi strained his back against Northern Iowa last Friday at the South Padre Island Invitational and played through the pain the following afternoon against Iowa State. He exhausted his resiliency this week during practice, forcing...
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November 30, 2011
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Rice run over by SMU 27-24 in regular-season finale
It seemed just for the 2011 season to end like this, with Rice senior quarterback Nick Fanuzzi playing the role of Sisyphus, laboring to move an offense that had sputtered far more frequently than it had succeeded.
The Owls' defense, good but not great, provided an opportunity by stopping SMU one final time midway through the fourth quarter. The Owls' special teams, solid...
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November 26, 2011
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