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Rice vs UAB Prediction, Game Preview

Rice Owls vs UAB Blazers prediction, game preview, how to watch, lines: Saturday, October 23

Rice vs UAB prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 23

Rice vs UAB How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 23
Game Time: 3:30 ET
Venue: Protective Stadium, Birmingham, AL
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: Rice (2-4), UAB (5-2)
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Rice vs UAB Game Preview

Why Rice Will Win

Can the offense work?

It’s a low bar to set, but Rice is now 2-0 when it gets to 315 yards and 0-4 when it doesn’t.

UAB’s offense has been fine, but it hasn’t hit 400 yards in any of the last three games with a passing attack that’s struggling to crank up the big production.

Rice doesn’t throw a ton of picks, and it has to avoid the big mistakes against a UAB that got most of its takeaways in two games. This is the week the Owl offense has to finally start establishing something on the ground against a team that loves to control the clock, but …

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Why UAB Will Win

The UAB defense has been just that good.

There were problems against Liberty, but the D allowed 21 points or fewer in five of the other six games. The pass defense is a rock, and this isn’t the time when the Rice ground game is about to get going.

Rice is great at controlling the clock – and it needs to do it in this – but UAB is better at it. Best of all for the Blazers, the Owls just don’t know how to put the biscuit in the basket – they’re miserable at capitalizing on their drives into the red zone …

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What’s Going To Happen

Can Rice even get enough drives to get inside the 20? It’s only been there once in the last two games.

UAB might not be cranking up the giant offensive numbers, but it’s efficient, it’s not making the giant mistakes lately, and the defense is taking care of the rest.

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Rice vs UAB Prediction, Line

UAB 34, Rice 10
Line: UAB -23.5, o/u: 45
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3
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Must See Rating: 2

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UTSA vs Rice Prediction, Game Preview

UTSA vs Rice prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

UTSA vs Rice prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 16

UTSA vs Rice How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 16
Game Time: 6:00 ET
Venue: Alamodome, San Antonio, TX
How To Watch: ESPN+
Record: UTSA (6-0), Rice (2-3)
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UTSA vs Rice Game Preview

Why Rice Will Win

Rice was supposed to be able to run the ball a bit – at least that was the hope as the Mike Bloomgren era rolls on – but the passing attack has been able to rise up over the last few weeks with a solid receiving corps and QB Jake Constantine rising up into a bigger role.

He’s hitting 77% of his throws, the passing game has pushed past the 200-yard mark in the last two games – both wins – and it all led to two wins to finally get the season going.

UTSA might be playing well, but Rice lost its first three games to Arkansas, Houston, and Texas – this could be a playing-team-its-own-size game and a breakout moment for a team building up to a game like this.

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Why UTSA Will Win

The Roadrunners have been terrific.

They’re used to pulling off tight wins – four of the six were by seven points or fewer – they’re great at coming through in tough spots, and they’re doing it but not screwing up and a good passing attack that’s getting stronger.

UTSA is the best in Conference USA at avoiding getting flagged, turnovers aren’t a big issue, and the special teams haven’t been bad. They’re doing the little things right, all while veteran QB Frank Harris is starting to push the ball down the field a whole lot more, averaging over nine yards per pass over the last two games.

The Rice defense has been okay, but it got rolled for well over 300 yards in each of the last two games – the UTSA offense will be efficient.

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What’s Going To Happen

Rice is starting to show what it can do, and it might be better than its 2-3 record, but UTSA is playing with confidence, it’s finding ways to win games, and it’s doing it all by – again – not screwing up.

Rice will battle, but UTSA will win the time of possession battle by at least five minutes and grind down the fourth quarter to put the game away.

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UTSA vs Rice Prediction, Line

UTSA 30, Rice 17
Line: UTSA -17.5, o/u: 53.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2

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Key quotes from Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian after the Rice win

Sarkisian seemed pleased with Texas’ performance in Week 3.

Texas looked like a completely different team this week in their 58-0 blowout win over Rice.

Yes, it was against an inferior team and program, but the Longhorns badly needed to perform the way they did otherwise there would be some major concerns heading into Big 12 play.

Casey Thompson got the start at quarterback, and outside of one interception caused by the offensive line being inept, he had a really good game throwing two touchdowns and completing 15-of-18. However, the big story was the rushing attack.

Texas had two players in Bijan Robinson and Roschon Johnson rush for over 100 yards, while having four players rush for over 60 yards. Along with six rushing touchdowns, the Longhorns running game accumulated 427 yards rushing and 10.4 yards per carry.

The defense also had their best performance of the season, not allowing any big plays, and were displaying much better tackling than what we saw last week against Arkansas. The front seven was able to physically overmatch the Rice offensive line and was extremely disruptive.

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian seemed very pleased when speaking with reporters postgame. Take a look at what he had to say on the next page.

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Rice Owls: CFN College Football Preview 2021

College Football News Preview 2021: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Rice season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2021: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Rice season with what you need to know.

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2020 Record: 2-3 overall, 2-3 in C-USA
Head Coach: Mike Bloomgren, 4th year, 7-23
2020 CFN Final Ranking: 106
2020 CFN Preview Ranking: 116
2019 CFN Final Ranking: 115

Rice Owls College Football Preview 2021: Offense

– The offense started to turn a bit last year. It was only a five-game season, and the team didn’t have a chance to get into any sort of a groove, but after few years under Mike Bloomgren, the team was able to control the clock like it wanted to, the passing game was efficient, and …

– There wasn’t enough scoring. The running game has to be stronger, but the receivers are once again in place to at least push the ball downfield a bit. Leading passer Mike Collins is gone, but redshirt freshman Jovani Johnson is a 6-3, 215-pound more mobile option who was solid when he got his chances.

Leading receiver yardage-wise Austin Trammell is done, but leading pass catcher Jordan Meyers is back at tight end along with likely starter Jack Bradley, and sophomore Jake Bailey is a decent slot target. The big deal, though, is the return of star Bradley Rozner after he opted out last year.

– The biggest key to the offense that revolves around pounding away and controlling the clock – all five starting offensive linemen are expected to be back. There’s good size, solid depth, and enough time logged in to be a whole lot better after struggling at keeping defenses out of the backfield.

The top rushers are all back. Khalan Grifin, Juma Otoviano and Ari Broussard should combine to average at least four yards per carry, and again, JoVoni Johnson can run. However, the Owls only ran for one touchdown, and it came from a wide receiver.

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College Football News Preview 2020: Rice Owls

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Rice Owls season with what you need to know.

College Football News Preview 2020: Previewing, predicting, and looking ahead to the Rice Owls season with what you need to know.

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2019 Record: 3-9 overall, 3-5 in C-USA
Head Coach: Mike Bloomgren, 3rd year, 5-20
2019 CFN Final Opinion Ranking: 115
2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 115
2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 122

No one knows what’s going to happen to the 2020 college football season, and we certainly want to be mindful of all that’s happening, especially in the Houston area as this is being published.

We’ll take a general look at where each team stands – doing it without spring ball to go by – while crossing our fingers that we’ll all have some well-deserved fun this fall. Hoping you and yours are safe and healthy.

5. College Football News Preview 2020: Rice Owls Offense 3 Things To Know

– The Rice offense has had a few issues. The attack finished 125th in the nation averaging just 294 yards per game, and scoring appears to be optional, averaging fewer than 18 points per outing. However, there were signs of life.

The O that is trying to pound the ball and get the ground game going failed to hit the 28-point mark in any of its first nine games. It came up with 31 against Middle Tennessee and 30 against UTEP – both wins – and now there’s at least a little positive momentum.

But the low-scoring – as crazy as this seems – is partly by design.

Run the ball, shorten the game, control the tempo. But a bit more pop would be nice.

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– The leading runners are gone, but Aston Walter and Charlie Booker only combined for just over 1,000 yards. Walter is the big loss, with the top leading returning rusher – sophomore Juva Otoviano – only running for 114 yards in three games. 215-pound Ari Broussard brings a little more thump.

There aren’t a slew of experienced running backs to work behind, and just two starters are back up front. It’s not a big group, but it can move, and it will try getting physical for the ground game. That’s been a fight to generate a consistent push, but C Shea Baker is a good one to work around. Losing OT Uzome Osuji to Boise State doesn’t help.

– The Owls are never going to bomb away, but at least the passing game has to be efficient. That’s been an issue over the last few years, but the receivers are in place to do more with the top five targets expected back.

6-5, 195-pound Brad Rozner and 5-10 senior Austin Trammell combined for 115 catches – they’re as strong a 1-2 punch as the program has had in a while. Add 6-4 transfer Christian McStravick from Boston College to the mix, and the receiving corps should be one of the team’s biggest strengths.

Someone has to get them all the ball.

Top passer Tom Stewart is done, but sophomore Wiley Green is back after throwing for 787 yards and four scores. In comes Michael Collins from TCU to add more downfield pop. The 6-5, 225-pounder is a pro-style passer who should settle the position.

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