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Bowden vs. Tebow and more picks

Bruce Feldman

I had a shaky week last week in going 8-9 against the line -- putting me 15 over for the season versus the number. The good was picking BYU to beat Ai...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Rice signs 11

High School Baseball

Posted by Andrew Drennen, ESPN RISEThe Rice Owls have inked another strong recruiting class for the fall of 2010.  The class is led...

Blog Entry | November 17, 2009

10 programs primed to rise this season

Andy Katz

Here are 10 programs that will jump within their respective conferences after a disappointing 2008-09 season: Georgia Tech 2008-09 record: 2-14 ACC,...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

It's a block party at SMU

Richard Durrett

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas -- Margus Hunt blocked a 21-yard field-goal attempt early in the third quarter to preserve SMU's 21-20 lead. It was Hunt's s...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

SMU takes 24-20 lead to the fourth

Richard Durrett

UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas -- SMU blocked a field goal and made one of its own to extend its one-point halftime lead to 24-20 at the end of three quarters...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

SMU 21, Rice 20 at the half

Richard Durrett

...74 yards to the end zone as time expired to give the Mustangs a 21-20 lead. Rice went on a drive at the end of the half and set up for a 37-yard...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Rice 13, SMU 7 after first quarter

Richard Durrett

...through the first quarter. The Owls then drove it 80 yards for a touchdown. On the next drive, Padron scrambled and was hit on his blind side and fumbled. Rice recovered at the SMU 33...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009

Prediction time: The week's college football picks

Richard Durrett

Well, 7-1 is not a bad week. Kudos to the SMU Mustangs, who proved me wrong and beat Tulsa on the road. That was a big win that puts them just two vic...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 06, 2009

SMU quarterback Kyle Padron ready to lead

Richard Durrett

...s morning practice. "But we still have to work and do everything we can to prepare for Rice. It's no different than the rest of the season." That's when Padron went through a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009

Week 5 Wrap: Miami not yet The U of old

Bruce Feldman

...0 start through the roughest first month of a season in over 30 years (the 1978 Rice Owls were the most recent team to open with four top-20 opponents) and then I think...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 04, 2009

Time to make some picks

Bruce Feldman

...creative offense to pull out a victory. The pick is Boise State 23, Fresno State 20. Temple Owls at Penn State Nittany Lions (12:00 p.m. ET Saturday, Big Ten Network) The good news...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2009

Big 12 predictions for Week 2

Tim Griffin, Big 12

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin Here are my Big 12 picks for this weekend. Colorado 21, Toledo 20: This might be the biggest game of Dan Hawkin...

Blog | September 10, 2009

The dominance of the '95 Cornhuskers

Bruce Feldman

Opening up the Friday mailbag with some reaction to my "best team ever" blog entry. From Ben in Tampa, Fla.: I understand your outlook on players m...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | August 28, 2009

Big 12 mailbag: OSU playing 8 home games?

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...schedule with the four Big 12 games and home non-conference games against Georgia, Houston, Grambling and Rice. I guess the risk/reward is this. Most coaches want their team to face a non-conference...

Blog | August 21, 2009

Rice-Texas game in 2010 headed for Reliant Stadium

Tim Griffin, Big 12

...s a figure so sizable that it nearly doubles the Owls' total revenue from their six home games played at Rice Stadium in 2008. "Every single institution around the country has...

Blog | August 20, 2009