Year five of the Mike Bloomgren era launches this September at Rice. The Owls, despite notching several marquee wins over the past few seasons, have yet to break through the glass ceiling to attain bowl eligibility. Rice owns the longest bowl drought in the C-USA dating back to 2014. Ending that trend will be of utmost importance for Bloomgren and his personnel, and in order to do that, fielding a higher-powered offense is the most essential step in the right direction.
“Our whole offensive staff has done a great job in understanding that it’s hard to do a 15-play drive every single time,” Bloomgren said.