Rice Unfiltered

Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren recaps the Owls win over UTEP with Nate Griffin. Running back Cam Montgomery comes on the show to discuss his role this season. Fullback Jerry Johnson discusses the grunt work of being his position. Running Backs Coach C.J. Anderson explains his path from Laney College to the NFL. 

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Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren recaps the Owls loss to Charlotte and previews UTEP. Luke McCaffrey joins the show to discuss his move to wide receiver. Wide receivers coach Mike Kershaw breaks down his unit. 

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Listen back to all of the best moments from Rice's 42-41 win in overtime at Louisiana Tech!

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Dunleavie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren breaks down the Owls wild 42-41 OT win at Louisiana Tech. Luke McCaffrey had a monster game and the Owls offensive line came together.

The big fellas were featured and the first to the table to talk with Voice of the Owls J.P. Heath was redshirt freshman Ethan Onianwa. The bioengineering major speaks about the brotherhood of this year’s team and why he wants to be an orthopedic surgeon.

Clay Servin discusses his athletic background from Richardson and the strides he’s seen from the o-line in 2022. He talks about his former goalkeeper days and a close tie to one of the best college basketball players in the country.

O-line boss Sanders Davis details how a tweet eventually led to the job he has now. He breaks down his much improved unit. Playing at Dartmouth helps him relate things to his linemen.

Coach Bloomgren then previews the Charlotte 49ers talented collection of receivers and their mentality coming in with their head coach just relieved of his duties.  

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Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren breaks down the Owls 17-14 setback at FAU last week. The defense was destructive and while the offense had some big plays from Bradley Rozner there needs to be improvement.

Linebacker Myron Morrison chats with J.P. about his interesting background and eventual path to South Main, which includes talk about a famous Canadian coffee chain. He also talks about his career-high tackles game at FAU.

“Big Sexy” Blake Boenish credits a current teammate who shares a hometown with influencing him to come play football at Rice. He elaborates on the tough love from d-line coach Cedric Calhoun.

And coach Calhoun takes his turn next, telling J.P. about a famous coaching mentor. He breaks down the great performance of his unit, elaborating on Ikenna Enechukwu and Josh Pearcy.

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In the latest edition of Rice Owls Insider, Director of Athletics Dr. Joe Karlgaard discusses the latest news around the department. Voice of the Owls J.P. Heath asks Joe about the strong C-USA starts in volleyball, soccer, and football. They also talk about one of the best fundraising nights at the Evening for Rice's Honour. Joe goes into detail about the Shelley Pennington Assistant Women's Basketball Coach Endowment. He also elaborates on the facilities upgrades at Rice Stadium, and the team room and locker room upgrades for women's basketball and soccer. There is also an updated timeline for the turf installation at Reckling Park. Joe also recaps the first Black Student-Athlete Celebration and then concludes the podcast talking about Reginald DesRoches' first few months as Rice University President and the new structure of the Owls development team.

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Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren has a lot to discuss coming off the bye week. He gives a nod to the huge win vs UAB the week before and where he sees the team now at 3-2.

Treshawn Chamberlain opens up by admitting this is the first time he’s tried oysters. He breaks down his big fumble return for a touchdown vs UAB and how big that win was for the team.

Gabriel Taylor comes to the mic and talks about going home to south Florida for this next game at FAU. The Owls leader in tackles and interceptions also used to be quite the basketball player.

Safeties coach Collin Spencer has quite the position group to coach. He breaks down the unit and tells of a chance encounter with defensive coordinator Brian Smith that eventually brought him to Houston.

Coach Bloomgren comes back to preview Willie Taggert’s FAU Owls.

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Listen back to all of the best moments from Rice's 28-24 victory over UAB at home!

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Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren breaks down the close setback to the Cougars. It is never okay to lose but he was proud of his team for showing that “Rice fight never dies” mentality all the way to the end.

The cornerbacks were spotlighted because of their strong play to start the season. Jordan Dunbar and Sean Fresch told Voice of the Owls J.P. Heath what the big difference has been so far this season and how important a short memory is at their position.

Corners coach Gerard Wilcher gives his two cents to the unit’s play this season and how their play and the defensive line’s play goes hand in hand. Coincidentally he talks about recruiting current d-line coach Cedric Calhoun to Morehouse. Coach Wilcher also coached Owls defensive coordinator Brian Smith at UMass.

Coach Bloomgren rounds out the show previewing Bryant Vincent’s UAB Blazers. 

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Dunlevie Family Head Football Coach Mike Bloomgren recaps the Owls big win vs the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns, which ended the longest active winning streak in the FBS. Coach talks with Voice of the Owls J.P. Heath about the defensive dominance, T.J. McMahon’s three touchdowns passing and the corrections he made in the second half.

Ikenna Enechukwu tells his compelling story about coming to Rice from being a lightly recruited player out of Kansas City to future NFL draft pick. He explains his involvement with the Black Student Association and his heart for community service. He even brags about his native KC BBQ!

“The Mannequin” Josh Pearcy tells J.P. what he loves about coming to Houston from his native New Jersey. He loved modeling the Artemis I jersey used before the NASA Space Day Game.

Defensive Coordinator Brian Smith breaks down the Owls dominant defensive effort and the strong points of this year’s unit. He goes into great detail about his coaching inspirations and then tells how the Cougars present some problems on offense.

Coach Bloomgren ends the show by breaking down that team across town. 

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