Rice Owls NCAA Football News

LARAMIE, Wyo., Jan. 5 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen announced on Monday that Dan Hammerschmidt has joined the Wyoming Football staff as its new wide receivers' coach.

Message goes out on sickle cell trait All schools should screen athletes, officials say in recommendation.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association issued the following news release: The NCAA is recommending its member colleges and universities test student-athletes to confirm their Sickle Cell Trait status if that information is not already known.

Houston , June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Noted trial lawyer Mark Lanier, founder of The Lanier Law Firm, is announcing that the family of Rice University student athlete Dale R. Lloyd II has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association that will result in the NCAA recommending for the first time that all collegiate ...

The family of a former Rice University football player who died during a workout has settled its lawsuit with the school and the NCAA, which has agreed to recommend that its member universities test all athletes for sickle cell trait.

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It didn't take folks long to start asking "who is #88?" last spring during Owl practices.

He is tied with teammate Jared Gaither as the tallest players in the NFL . 75 -- His jersey number 16 -- Million dollars Ogden earned in the Ravens' Super Bowl season in 2000, when he was the NFL's highest-paid player .

Rice quarterback Chase Clement waves to the crowd after being presented with the Most Valuable Player trophy after Rice won the Texas Bowl.

How impressed? The rook has a shot to be the team's slot receiver this season, assuming he continues to progress in training camp.

Excellent. With the start of the 2009 football campaign slowly approaching, I find myself getting more and more anxious by the minute to watch some Texas Tech football.

OMAHA, Neb. - His real name is Joseph, but his friends call him Joey, and his Southern Miss teammates have still another name for Joey Archer.

When I found out the Jaguars had drafted Jarett Dillard, it caught my attention more than the average second - day selection.

Thanks to a fifth-inning bolt from the blue on a clear, unseasonably pleasant Louisiana afternoon, Rice is one loss away from elimination in its quest for another trip to the College World Series.

At first it looked like just another trash e-mail. It hyped something called the College Football Performance Awards.

A six-run fifth inning highlighted by Ryan Schimpf's three-run homer propelled top-ranked LSU to a 12-9 victory over No.

BATON ROUGE - The mad dash to the infield began once LSU closer Matty Ott struck out Rice's Brock Holt for the final out Saturday.

Veteran Rice coach Wayne Graham is exactly where he didn't want to be heading into the third day of the NCAA regionals.

A three-run homer by Rice catcher Diego Seastrunk punctuated a six-run uprising that boosted the Owls to an 8-2 lead after four innings.

Former Rice quarterback Chase Clement has decided to start his professional career in the Canadian Football League.