re: A&M trying to make the Rice game exciting?

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The only thing I know about Rice is that an Alabama player came off the bench (literally) to tackle a Rice player who was en route for a touchdown in the 1954 Cotton Bowl. Tommy Lewis

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The Rice running back was College Football Hall of Fame member Dickie Maegle. (formally spelled Moegle)

He went on to play for San Franciso, Pittsburgh and Dallas.

Those were back in the days when Rice was pretty good and needed that 80,000 seat stadium. Stadium is still there but seldom do they get a crowd of over 10,000.
Student body is less than 5,000 and is the second smallest Division I school in NCAA.

Great place to get an education or play baseball.

My nephew was a 4 year football letterman there in the 1990's. His sophomore year they opened with road games with Texas, UCLA and Florida State. All three schools were ranked. Should have canned the AD, who is now at TCU.

IMHO they should drop to FCS but they have a ton of money and are stubborn.