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 The 1998 Season
Post-season reviews and team
features
What went right, what went wrong
for Owls in '98
(The Sporting News)
Rice looks
to build on '98 season in which it never quit believing
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Rice
had good year, despite falling just short of crown
(Jose Luis Cubria, The Rice Thresher)
Owls’ task is to build on
strong finish, near miss
(Webletter feature)
July:
Prognosticator says
'99 Owls could go 8-3
(Collegefootballnews.com)
Helton
envisions Cougars on the prowl
(CollegeSportsNews.com)
Fox announces 3
nationally-televised WAC games
(WAC.org)
WAC faces quiet split; new era already started
(Dallas Morning News)
Michigan
embarrassed by player theft charges, AD says
(Detroit Free Press)
Michigan
players charged with embezzlement
(The Wolverine)
BCS bigwigs scotch
Swiss plan for college football playoffs
(USA Today)
June:
Commissioner
Benson June 14 teleconference highlights
(MustangManiacs.com)
Don't believe all the media hype about "Top 100" recruits
(Honolulu Advertiser)
Judge's ruling does
disservice to college athletics
(George F. Will/Houston Chronicle)
WAC
revels in stability
(Tulsa World)
Nevada gets
invite as ninth WAC member
(WAC press release)
WAC ends wait, signs TV
deal with FoxSports
(Fresno Bee)
Letters
detail OSU's special treatment of Katzenmoyer
(CNN-SI)
Thumbnail sketches of
WAC 8 schools
(Fresno Bee)
Remaining
WAC 8 determined to make a go of it
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
WAC settling
into new foundation
(ESPN)
Rice
LB Jarrett Erwin named NCAA Sportsman of Year
(Rice Sports Information)
May:
WAC
signs one-year with Mobile Bowl
(Conference USA press release)
Tulsa
didn't take easy way out in retaining Rader
(Fox Sports)
Rice breaks ground on new,
$6.4 million baseball park
(Rice Sports Information)
Mobile
bowl approval gives WAC 8 two bowl berths
(Dallas Morning News)
WAC ADs support
eight-school league
(Dallas Morning News)
ADs
said passing buck on WAC expansion plan
(Fresno Bee)
WAC meetings to focus on TV deal, BB tournament
(Dallas Morning News)
Six big issues,
including TV contract, on table for WAC
(Tulsa World)
Bowl game in works for San
Jose
(San Jose Mercury-News)
April:
Football team at work
(Houston Chronicle)
Younger players given
opportunity to impress
(Houston Chronicle)
Fresno AD:
"There will be a WAC four years from now"
(Fresno Bee)
Hawaii
may have to pay to play
(ESPN)
Owl
baseballers back on top in two polls
(Rice Sports Information)
Helton
lauds Coog offensive line performance
(CollegeSportsNews.com)
Michigan,
in spring drills, has holes to fill
(CNN-SI)
Batteaux still in running
at QB for TCU
(Dallas Morning News)
TCU said near own deal with ESPN
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
NCAA
to ask schools to share pain in earnings settlement
(Dallas Morning News)
Reliant,
Williams said possible sponsors for Houston bowl
(CollegeSportsNews.com)
Benford,
McCalla among spring sports banquet honorees
(Rice Sports Information)
NCAA likely to lower
standards in light of court decision
(CBS Sportsline)
Owls make sure Ag
coach doesn't need to worry about bragging rights
(Rice Baseball '99)
Rice
athletics to receive largest endowed gift ever
(Rice Sports Information)
Andrew
Hughes, Judd Smith gain academic honors
(Rice Sports Information)
March:
Suing defectors remains option for WAC presidents
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Willis said to be
serious candidate for vacant UNM job
(ESPN Sportszone)
Marketing firm pitches NCAA Division 1 playoff
(CBS Sportsline)
Judge denies stay in
NCAA Prop. 16 ruling
(CBS Sportsline)
NCAA
to pay $54.5 million to grad assistants
(CNN-SI)
UCLA players cleared in point-shaving episode
(The Sporting News)
NIT
official gives "reasons" for snub of Owls
(Houston Chronicle)
NCAA reacts to
anti-SAT court decision
(CBS Sportsline)
Heisman winner's dad jailed on embezzlement charges
(CollegeSportsNews.com)
Judge
rules SAT can't be used to determine eligibility
(ESPN)
NIT to Willis:
No thugs, no play
(Houston Chronicle; headline: Webletter)
Mobile bowl game
all set for '99
(CNN-SI)
Rice
baseball ranked number 1 in nation by two polls
(Rice Sports Information)
Graham: "We are
going to have to get better"
(Houston Chronicle)
Wilson
named WAC Mountain basketball coach of year
(Rice Sports Information)
UH hires McCann-Erickson in attempt to improve image
(The Daily Cougar)
7
schools submit WAC basketball tourney bids
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
No
Rice game with FSU: Seminoles fill gap with LaTech
(CBS Sportsline)
Sex
bias suits against NCAA made more difficult
(CNN-SI)
Case tests
boundaries of logos on NCAA uniforms
(Kansas City Star)
TCU
positioning for big jump when and if time comes
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Longhorns face
life after Ricky Williams
(Austin American-Statesman)
Air Force soars despite recruiting restrictions
(CBS Sportsline)
Food for thought
about Gary Barnett's exodus
(CBS Sportsline)
February:
$2.4 billion said
offered for NCAA football playoff
(Houston Chronicle)
Owl
baseballers ranked no. 2 in nation
(Rice Sports Information)
Recruiting
hostesses: campus guides or escort service?
(CBS Sportsline)
Rough times for NCAA enforcement chief
(CBS Sportsline)
Texas, Notre Dame
go 1-2 in Burton recruiting rankings
(The Sporting News)
Notre Dame: "Independence is our be$t way forward"
(Grand Rapids Press)
Mack to
earn $1 mil a year through 2008
(CNN-SI)
Navy
mulls conference affiliation
(The Washington Post)
OSU caught in
rules violation (We're shocked, SHOCKED)
(The Sporting News)
Tulsa puts finishing touches on recruiting class
(Tulsa World)
Fresno
State baseball team may take swing at Title IX
(Fresno Bee)
Hawaii star
recruit gets 270 days
(San Diego Union-Tribune)
Neuheisel in hot water at UW over recruiting irregularities
(The Sporting News)
Slighted ACC
commissioner urges boycott of Auburn
(The Sporting News)
NU's Lundy admits
fumbling to shave points
(CBS Sportsline)
FWST
WAC recruiting roundup
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Notre
Dame trustees reject joining Big 10
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
"Hard
time" may await U of Hawaii recruit
(Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Coach
Hatfield on Bill Parcells' turning it around at AFA
(Rocky Mountain News)
'97 Rice loss beginning of end
for Barnett's tenure at NU
(Webletter feature)
"Hey, Gary, here's the door"
(Skip Bayless, Chicago Tribune)
January:
Owl
road trips include Hawaii, Michigan in '99
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Rice
still near top, UH near bottom in grad rates
(Houston Chronicle)
Play ball! Collegiate
Baseball tabs '99 Owls no. 4 nationally
(Rice Sports Information)
Third year in row for Rice students as Rhodes scholars
(Houston Chronicle)
No
plans for football playoff, NCAA president says
(ESPN)
Recruiting in full swing during
"unlimited contact" period
(Webletter feature)
Rice announces new baseball stadium for
Spring, 2000
(Webletter feature)
No
plans for football playoff, NCAA president says
(ESPN)
Barnett's
departure a traditional pattern for Northwestern
(Chicago Tribune)
Franchione,
Barnett said two top choices for CU job
(Boulder Camera)
Rice
taps new AD for development, Owl Club
(Rice Sports Information)
WAC conference champ, BB
tourney to Hawaii?
(Fresno Bee)
Fox Sports said
interested in WAC media contract
(Rocky Mountain News)
Mountain
West gains berth in NCAA tournament
(Denver Post)
Frog ex-coach to join Watson Brown at UAB
(Houston Chronicle)
Baseball America picks Owls 6th
in preseason poll
(Rice Sports Information)
Torello, McCalla named Football
News All-WAC
(Rice Sports Information)
Jamie Tyler named
Chronicle WAC freshman of year
(Houston Chronicle)
December:
Air
Force rolls to easy Oahu Bowl win over Washington
(Denver Post)
Rice baseball facility
expected to be among nation's best
(Houston Chronicle)
He who laughs last gets
all-expenses-paid trip to Sun Bowl
(Denver Post)
Surprised
over TCU Sun Bowl entry? Take the "TCU Test"
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Owls seeking help in
offensive, defensive line
(Houston Chronicle)
Rice officials mum
about new facilities
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
WAC
helps TCU get day in the Sun
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Hard feelings help TCU
get Sun Bowl bid
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Air Force
continues charmed life, flies past BYU
(Denver Post)
BYU: "We manhandled them
all day"
(Denver Post)
Former Rice coach Goldsmith out at Duke
(CollegeSportsNews.com)
Torello
only Owl named All-WAC first team
(Rice Sports Information)
Air
Force, BYU square off in WAC swan song
(CBS Sportsline)
The 1998 Season
WAC Roundup...
Links to game stories for each WAC
team, every week
Air Force
Week:
Game story, features.....
No way around it:
this one hurts
(Webletter feature)
"We
came within eight minutes of a division title"
(Fox Sports)
AF 2ndLt Beau Morgan's take on the Air Force-Rice game
(AirForceSports.com)
Interception turning point of
game and season
(The Sporting News)
Big play rears ugly
head, spoils Owls' date with history
(Jose Luis Cubria, The Rice Thresher)
For want of a play, a
championship was lost
(Rice Sports Information)
Falcons limp home with win
(Denver Post)
AFA
linebacker steps in, runs away with big interception
(Rocky Mountain News)
AF
backup earned his QB stripes
(Denver Post)
Air Force burns Rice, gets shot at WAC title
(Rocky Mountain News)
Falcons fly
to WAC title game; earn bowl bid
(Air Force Sports/AP)
'Pokes
can't explain 35-0 drubbing at hands of Tulsa
(Denver Post/AP)
For Hatfield, DeBerry,
bond remains strong
(Neal Farmer, The Houston Chronicle)
"We're
just going to fill the air with passes" -- Hatfield
(The Denver Post)
Forget
all the ifs, DeBerry says beating Rice only real focus
(Rocky Mountain News)
Rice
remains critical obstacle for Air Force
(Rocky Mountain News)
2Lt
Beau Morgan's take on Air Force-Rice
(AirForceSports.com)
Younger Morgan also an
heir force
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle) Chronicle)
No surprises when Owls, Falcons
meet
(The Sporting News)
Falcons thrive on friendly rivalry
(The Denver Post)
Falcons'
Warren finishing strong at safety
(The Denver Post)
Unsung
seniors leave AFA on high note
(Colorado Springs Gazette)
Owls
use first unit to help prepare for Air Force
(Rice Sports Information)
Rice-Air Force game notes
(Rice Sports Information)
Hawaii
bowls wooing Falcons
(Rocky Mountain News)
Falcons'
message: take us seriously
(The Denver Post)
Rice option forces defenses to
adjust
(Rice Sports Information)
Neal Farmer's
rankings (Nov. 17)
(Houston Chronicle)
Andrew Hughes sustains
season-ending knee injury
(Houston Chronicle)
Judd Smith, Travis Ortega named
academic All-District VI
(Rice Sports Information)
UNLV Week:
Game story, features.....
Rice seniors pave way for blowout
win
(Jose Luis Cubria, The Rice Thresher)
UNLV post-game notes
(Rice Sports Information)
Rice
converts pivotal fumble into 38-16 rout
(Neal Farmer, The Houston Chronicle)
"They'd get on me if a quarterback chased me down"
(Houston Chronicle)
Rice, bad
breaks keep UNLV winless
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NCAA record highlights Rice win
over UNLV
(Las Vegas Sun/AP)
Twin tragedies fail to
derail Rice's Tyler
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Owls
turn salvage outfit into contender
(Jose Luis Cubria, The Rice Thresher)
Coach Hatfield doesn't want Owls to underestimate UNLV
(Rice Sports Information)
UNLV
coach tries to use past success to motivate team
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Owls do math, keep
eyes on Mountain top
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Jamie Tyler named WAC Mountain offensive player of week
(College Sports News/WAC)
UNLV's
Sawyer making strides toward NFL
(Las Vegas Sun)
WAC division leaders
in fight for respect
(Houston Chronicle)
Rice-UNLV
game notes
(Rice Sports Information)
TCU week:
Game story, features
Owls can commiserate with Frog
misfortunes
(The Rice Thresher)
Rice thwarts TCU's
late threats for 14-12 triumph
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Both Rice, TCU had
strategic surprises in store
(Houston Chronicle)
Freshman leads Rice by TCU
(Rice Sports Information/AP)
Neal Farmer's WAC
rankings (Nov. 10)
(Houston Chronicle)
Chad Richardson begins
to turn the corner
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
For Owls, win against CSU was all in day's work
(Webletter feature)
WAC taps Chad Richardson for
player-of- week honors
(Rice Sports Information/WAC)
Owlcartoon:
Lambie'll be
seeing ol' number 5 flying around in his nightmares long after Halloween's
over!
From Fort Worth:
TCU's
Franchione hedging bets on QB spot
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Mental
error leaves mark on Huffman effort
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Quotes from Ken Hatfield's
Monday press conference
(Rice Sports Information--Nov. 2)
Neal Farmer's WAC
rankings
(Houston Chronicle)
Owl football, basketball
moving to KPRC/KSEV
(Rice Sports Information)
Colorado State week:
Game story, features
AIr
Force may have aided Hatfield
(Denver Post)
"We
killed ourselves. They didn't beat us."
(Rocky Mountain News)
Richardson, Rice run off Colorado State
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Owls
cripple Rams' WAC title hopes
(Rocky Mountain News)
Rams'
title repeat up in smoke
(Denver Post)
Rice-CSU
game notes
(Houston Chronicle)
With Colorado State
visiting, Rice remembers
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Rams
hoping to batter Rice
(Denver Post)
RIce's chemistry works
for Andrew Hughes
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Home record
suggests Owls have a chance against CSU
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
CSU's
Taylor expecting taste of home cooking on Rice trip
(Rocky Mountain Tribune)
Hatfield says kicking game OK
despite problems against Wyoming
(Webletter feature)
Ram QB
Eslinger blooming in October
(Denver Post)
CSU
keeping faith in wideout Davis
(Rocky Mountain News)
Haggins CSU's sack man
(Denver Post)
WAC/Around the league
(Houston Chronicle)
Neal Farmer's WAC
rankings
(Houston Chronicle)
Rams
on a roll and ready for Rice
(Rocky Mountain News)
Ram QB
Eslinger blooming in October
(Denver Post)
Rice looks to bounce back against
Colorado State
(Rice Sports Information)
"Mountain West" name now
official
(Denver Post)
Wyoming week:
Game story, features
Wyoming survives Owls'
late rally
(Houston Chronicle)
Pokes
sweat another close call
(Denver Post)
Brigham
polishes game as senior
(Denver Post)
28-point
first half surges Wyoming past Rice
(Excite sports)
Wyoming
rushes past Rice
(Rice Sports Information/AP)
Owls take high hopes
to Wyoming's heights
(Houston Chronicle)
Crowd
of no more than 15,000 expected for Wyoming-Rice
(Denver Post)
Rice blockers enjoy
pushing foes around
(Houston Chronicle)
Hatfield happy with Owl effort
against Tulsa,
but warns of tough road ahead at Wyoming
(Webletter feature)
Montgomery
adds zip to Cowboy offense
(Denver Post)
Defensive improvement adds spring
to Owls' step
(Rice Sports Information)
Owls prep for tough task at
Wyoming
(Rice Sports Information)
Hatfield
happy with Owl effort against Tulsa,
but warns of tough road ahead at Wyoming
(Webletter feature)
If WAC can't get bowl
tie-in, how about buy-in?
(Houston Chronicle)
Tulsa week:
Game story, features
Rice converts defensive gem into 14-10 win
(Houston Chronicle)
Owl point total fewest
in victory since '93
(Houston Chronicle)
Hurricane fails
on TD bid at crunch time
against 92nd-ranked defense
(Tulsa World)
Owls
have no margin of error for rest of season
(The Sporting News)
Reserve running
back Griffin fills void, offers options
(Houston Chronicle)
Owls focus on pressuring the quarterback
(Rice Sports Information)
Bad Day at Black Rock for smart guys
(Webletter feature)
After 1-4 start, Owls
are experts in near misses
(Houston Chronicle)
Hatfield:
"Frustrated and disappointed"
(Rice Sports Information)
Tulsa-Rice quick facts...
(Rice Sports Information)
Tulsa sees
option to stop downward spiral
(Tulsa World)
Big noise from WAC defectors nothing but talk, hot air and few wins
(Rocky Mountain Collegian)
San Jose State week:
Game story, features
Usually Patton-like Hatfield turns
into General Montgomery
(Webletter feature)
TCU improvement shows what a good
X-and-O man can do
(Webletter feature)
Let's
face facts: brains and brawn don't mix
(The Nashville Tennessean)
Rice sees future in
young, improving defensive line
(Houston Chronicle)
Judd Smith returning,
Larry Ruffin out for SJS
(Rice Sports Information)
SJS gets zero
games televised locally in '98
(San Jose Business Journal)
Aspirations for
league games intact for Owls
(Houston Chronicle)
Coach Hatfield upbeat after week off
(Rice Sports Information)
Between
W. Lafayette and Austin, there was a meltdown
(The Sporting News)
SJS
in tune playing musical quarterbacks
(San Francisco Chronicle)
California, here we come
(USA Today)
Independence Bowl
mulls WAC ties
(Houston Chronicle)
Aspirations for league
games intact for Owls
(Houston Chronicle)
Rice-San Jose State game
notes
(Rice sports information)
Spartans
run past Lobos in second half
(San Francisco Examiner)
SJS
in tune playing musical quarterbacks
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Ducks
fly past San Jose State
(Excite sports)
Texas week:
Texas game story, features
Hatfield sees some
postives in UT debacle
(Houston Chronicle)
Ricky does it
again--this time, to Iowa State
(Houston Chronicle)
Around the league...
(Houston Chronicle)
Ricky likes Rice
(USA Today Rice football notebook)
Ricky rebounds in a
big way
(CNN-SI)
Texas
rolls to victory over Rice
(Associated Press)
Rice-Texas
game summary
(Houston Chronicle)
Rice-Texas box score
(Excite Sports)
Pre-game stories:
"A win would mean an awful lot..."
(Rice Sports Information)
Quarterbacks,
Ricky Williams featured in Owls' practice
(Collegesportsnews.com)
Rice
determined to reverse course
(Houston Chronicle)
History
suggests Owls a tonic for Longhorns
(Houston Chronicle)
UT
to gauge Rice defensive improvement
(Houston Chronicle)
Brown
hoping he can get UT past bumps in road
(Houston Chronicle)
TexasSports
Rice preview
(TexasSports.com)
Note to cynics:
all ain't lost yet
(The Daily Texan)
Forsake
pass and pass shall foresake you
(College Sports Xchange)
What
started out as novelty is now a timeless offense
(Houston Chronicle)
Northwestern week:
Northwestern game story, features
Gary, did this game really
mean that much to you?
Webletter feature
Northwestern feeds on
Rice
(The Daily Northwestern/Excite Sports
Northwestern pulls out stops, tops Rice
(Houston Chronicle)
Trickery
lifts Cats to win
(Chicago Tribune)
Pregame stories:
Coach
Hatfield: Evans will do good job at backup QB
(Rice sports information)
Northwestern
fans have plenty to jeer about
(Chicago Tribune)
Waco's KBBW joins Rice
Radio Network
(Rice Sports Information)
Ken Hatfield monday
interview (September 14)
(Rice Sports Information)
Rice-Northwestern game
notes
(Rice Sports Information)
Wildcats
looking to rebound
(NUSports)
Purdue week:
Purdue Game story, features
Rice
rolls up big offensive numbers, but falls short on scoreboard
(AP)
Purdue lost
battle but won war
(Purdue Exponent)
Rice
wins statistical battle but loses game
(PurdueSports)
Rice bid lacks happy ending
(Houston Chronicle)
Purdue said
disappointed with effort in win
(Indianapolis Star)
Option
owns spot in college football history
(Purdue Exponent)
Boilers ready
themselves for Rice wishbone
(Purdue Exponent)
Coach
Hatfield lauds Purdue passing attack
(College Sports News Daily)
Rice presents unique
challenge for Purdue
(Indianapolis Star)
Injury
bug hampers Purdue
(Purdue Exponent)
Purdue game notes
(Rice sports information)
SMU week:
SMU game story, features
(various sources)
Bates
grades satisfactorily in first start
(Houston Chronicle)
Coach
Hatfield's Monday quotes (Sept. 7)
(Rice sports information)
"Could have,
should have, would have..."
--SMU Daily Campus (September 7)
Rice
vanquishes SMU in overtime
(Houston Chronicle game story)
Owls'
Bates gives his all while running the option
--Houston Chronicle (September 4)
Slimmed-down sophomore takes reins at QB for SMU
--Houston Chronicle (September 2)
Houston Chronicle Football '98 Section
--the Rice Owls
Renovations
put Owls on cutting edge
Deep
Owls have sights set high under Hatfield
'98
Owls at a glance
WAC Roundup
Preseason prognostications
Rice
rebounding toward football respectability.
CNN/SI-AP preseason feature story.
For
Rice, airing it out just a passing thought
Neal Farmer's look at the Owls on the
Chronicle's 1998 football media tour.
Offensive-minded
Rice adds "D" to its repertoire.
By Jim Carley, College Sports News.
Talented seniors lead Owls in quest for '98 WAC crown.
--Rice Sports Information
Rice
welcomes true freshmen; hopes none needed in '98
--Houston Chronicle (August 10)
L'affaire WAC
Effort to attract
Houston bowl picks up steam
(Houston Chronicle)
WAC-Conference
USA bowl matchup in Mobile?
(CNN-SI)
New
SF Freedom Bowl to host '99 WAC champ
(San Francisco Examiner)
Mountain West's TV
coup leaves WAC with little to barter
(Fresno Bee)
Sun Bowl picks TCU to face Southern Cal
(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Turn WAC title game into bowl
(Denver Post)
If WAC can't get
bowl tie-in, how about buy-in?
(Houston Chronicle)
Officials courting
Liberty Bowl for WAC champion
(Neal Farmer, Houston Chronicle)
Purse
for Wac's football championship game takes big hit
(Houston Chronicle, August 24)--
Rice
officials said to be taking hard line on WAC splitup
Houston Chronicle/AP (August 22)--
SDSU President
Still Hopes for Plan to Avert Splitting of WAC
Deseret News/Fresno Bee (August 22)--
Umbrella
Idea Won't Hold Water
Fresno Bee (August 14)--
NCAA:
Money is WAC's
Dallas Morning News (August 14)--
League factions
still tangled
ESPN Sportszone (July 28)--
Division
No Easy Chore for WAC
Fresno Bee (August 5)--
Divorce
proceedings all about business
Dallas Morning News (July 29)--
Departing
8 want lawsuit protection
Dallas Morning News (July 28)--
Departing
Members Set to File
Tulsa World (July 31--
WAC dropped from
Holiday Bowl
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