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All-NCAA All-Americans
All-SEC All-Americans
Bowl Games
BCS National Championship Game
Vanderbilt School Records
End of Year Coaching Stuff
Job Security: 82%
No New Goals Met
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Rice :Rice: :3star:
Head Coach
Job Security: 58%
Coach's Announcement
Looks like it's about time for me to move on... I've chosen to work with Rice's football team as their head coach.
Players Leaving
Commitments (Pre-recruiting)
Needs
Targets
Not much here, CPU screwed me over anyway... Simming recruiting
Commitments (post-recruiting)
Signing Class: 57th (11 :3star:, 11 :2star:, 3 :1star:)
Position Changes
Players Cut
Redshirted Players
New Recruitment Overview
Depth Chart
:Rice: 2015 Schedule
Preseason Polls
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Preseason All-Americans
All-NCAA
All-C-USA
Week 2
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FCS East vs. :Rice: (0-0)
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Herbstreit's Pick
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Game Stats
Spoiler: show
:Rice: Players of the Game
Worrying lapses in offense
As our new head coach takes the helm with Rice, the turnover issue continues. Despite a blowout win, the team started slowly and suffered the turnover bug once again. In order to stay afloat this season and secure the coach's first bowl bid, they'll have to reverse the turnover margin.
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E. Gibson recovers a FCS East fumble for a TD
Week 3
:Rice: (1-0) vs. :BYU: (1-0)
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Herbstreit's Pick
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:Rice: Players of the Game
Close, sloppy game
Another win, another awful game. The starting QB for the Owls, Steven Johnson, threw a couple interceptions, plus poor ball control all around and poor defense. Statistically, the Owls were underdogs, but the win was much tighter than it should have been. A win's a win, though.
Week 4
:CUSA: :Rice: (2-0) vs. :UCF: (2-1) :CUSA:
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Herbstreit's Pick
Box Score
Injury Report
Game Stats
:Rice: Players of the Game
Great win for Rice
Finally, minus a couple turnovers, Rice seems to be finding themselves. Not a moment too soon, as they came across (and through) UCF for their first C-USA conference game. Despite losing their starting quarterback, a rather inexperienced and mediocre Marion Sears took over, at the very least allowing them to maintain their lead alongside Scott's running game. This brings them to 3 wins on the season, with hopes of matching last season's 10 wins... if not more.
Week 5
Visiting Players
:Baylor: (1-1) vs. :Rice: (3-0)
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Herbstreit's Pick
Game Stats
Tough Loss for Owls
In a game where the run was at first hard to come by, they started off slow. The turnover bug bit them once again, a problem for all the teams the coach has led thus far. However, they nearly pulled off the comeback win at home, but were a touchdown short.
Coaching Update
Player Visit Results
Week 6
:CUSA: #10 :Houston: (4-0) vs. :Rice: (3-1) :CUSA:
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Herbstreit's Pick
Box Score
Game Stats
Bad Loss, Yet Expected
Houston, being the 10th ranked team in the BCS, was expected to win this one. Until the 4th quarter, it was somewhat close, however the defense faded thanks to a persistent Houston offense.
Week 8
:CUSA: :Rice: (3-2) vs. :Tulane: (1-5) :CUSA:
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Box Score
Game Stats
:Rice: Players of the Game
Messy game once again, but a win
Against a team they should've blown out, once again Rice has one of those magical 3-turnover games, and manage to win in OT. (Perhaps time to turn down the sliders a little to keep things down to my ability!)
(And here I figured out, I never reset the CPU sliders to default... Heh. We'll try that.)
Week 9
Mid-Season Update
Conference Standings
Committed Players
Visiting Players
:CUSA: :SMU: (4-2) vs. :Rice: (4-2) :CUSA:
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Herbstreit's Pick
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:Rice: Player of the Game
Domination... Mostly
It seems Steven Johnson has broken out of his turnover funk lately, throwing only one pick to three passing TDs. While the defense held for the most part, the game still ended up closer than it ought to have been. Then again, Rice was the underdog in this game. A true victory for an up-and-down team.
In his first year as head coach, it seems he may finally be getting his bowl bid. One win away from bowl eligibility!
Player Visits
Coaching Update
Week 10
Committed Players
:CUSA: :Rice: (5-2) vs. :UTEP: (5-2) :CUSA:
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:Rice: Players of the Game
Scrappy, tough game
Rice is going bowling! Well, bowl eligible, anyway. This was the toughest, scrappiest battle yet, with the offense unable to crack UTEP's tough secondary to break into the end zone. However, Seth Justice came through once again with just enough in the field goal territory to get the Owls the win.
Coaching Update
Week 11
:CUSA: :Rice: (6-2) vs. :Tulsa: (6-2) :CUSA:
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Herbstreit's Pick
Oh c'mon, Kirk!
Box Score
Game Stats
Category 5 Hurricane
The Rice defense was in shambles after being run over by the fierce Golden Hurricane offense, rarely able to make a stop when they needed to. A close game at first with hard-fought offensive yardage on the Rice side soon turned into a blowout. Now Rice must fight for the chance to play in a better bowl game, as they just lost another game to their conference rival.
Game Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzEPv2eq4uQ
Coaching Update
Week 12
Committed Players
:Rice: (6-3) vs. :Army: (3-5)
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:Rice: Players of the Game
Great Game for Rice
Once again, their turnovers were limited to a single INT, and they managed to keep a positive turnover ratio, but their defense also held strong, keeping Army to only 7 points. The coaches are none too happy about Rice's poor red zone offense, however. The team will have to work on that before showing up for the next game.
Week 13
Visiting Players
:CUSA: :East_Carolina: (4-6) vs. :Rice: (7-3) :CUSA:
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:Rice: Players of the Game
Great Defensive Game
Okay, maybe not so much. However, Rice still managed to win, despite being outgained. That bend-but-not-break defensive style has gotten them the win more often than not. They look forward to their final game of the season, before preparing for bowl week.
Player Visit Results
Coaching Update
Week 14
Visiting Players
:CUSA: :UAB: (3-8) vs. :Rice: (8-3) :CUSA:
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Herbstreit's Pick
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:Rice: Players of the Game
Great win
This was a great win for Rice, to finish out conference play. The only mark on today's game was the safety in the first quarter, but after then, there was no competition out of UAB. Now it's time to see which bowl they'll play in.
Player Visit Results
Conference Championship Week
Committed Players
Coaching Update
Conference Standings
Tentative Bowl Projection
Conference Championship
Bowl Week
All-:CUSA: All-Americans
:Rice: Player of the Week Summary
Bowl Invite
Matchup Preview
Herbstreit's Pick
Box Score
Game Stats
:Rice: Players of the Game
Pulling off a bowl win
The Rice head coach finally notches his first bowl win, barely eking out a victory against a tough West Virginia team. Once again, the defense does just enough to win, and the offense has good ball control, only giving up one turnover. This was a great win to finish off the head coach's first season, and to give the seniors a great sendoff. It's yet to be seen whether the head coach will stick around, or whether Rice itself can continue its success with so many players graduating.
End of Season Coaching Update
Other Bowl Results
BCS National Championship
New Rice Records
Coaching Carousel
New Rice Contract
Head Coach - 4 years - 58% starting job security
Rice Future (New recruits notwithstanding)
Decisions...
So... Does Rice have enough to make reaching the goals somewhat easy, or is this going to be a problem? Especially for committing to 4 years, with several goals needing to be fulfilled each year... Immediate alternatives in next post.
Coaching Carousel
Other Contracts
Southern Miss
Head Coach, not guaranteed, 4 years, 58% starting job security
Unexpected Jobs
Air Force
Offensive Coordinator, not guaranteed, 3 years, 46% starting job security
Coaching Announcement
I think I'll be accepting Rice's extension. Knowing my likelihood of poor games in the passing game, I didn't want to risk the Air Force job, plus I like HC-ing anyway. Besides, they're not guaranteed. I could look around, but... I won't.
Players Leaving (All Graduates)
AKA Ouch...
Committed Players
Top Recruiting Classes
Position Changes
Players Cut
Redshirted Players
AKA, lookie all the froshes I has!
Rice 2017 Schedule
Preseason Polls
:CUSA: Outlook
:CUSA: Preseason All-Americans
Week 2
Committed Players