UT vs. Rice

On Saturday we went to see UT play Rice at Reliant Stadium.  UT came away with the win, but did not beat the spread.  Rice, which usually plays games at its stadium on campus, had its largest "home" game since 1961, when they played LSU.  As you can tell from the pictures below, the attendees at Saturday's game were mostly UT fans.

The entertaining quote of the week was by Rice Coach David Bailiff, paraphrasing a speech JFK made on the space race at Rice Stadium in 1962: "President Kennedy said, 'Why does Rice play Texas? Not because it is easy, but because it is hard,'" Bailiff said. "I sure wish he'd said, 'Why does Rice play New MexicoState?"

If you are not familiar with it, Rice Stadium, built in 1950, has an interesting history including the JFK speech and hosting a Superbowl in 1974.