Small private school. Lack of a winning tradition. Yep, Rice definitely has the infrastructure to become a G5 powerhouse and advance your career.
Conversation in my head:
"What do you think about rice?"
"Well, yellow rice is good, It's the best type of rice, followed by brown rice with white rice being last because white rice simply has no flavor."
"Not that rice. Rice University."
"Oh, well, I would think of academics, the baseball team, the MOB, Houston and then football. In that order."
To put that a little more simply, Rice football is the hardest and least desirable job in Conference USA.