DCTF's Rice 2025 Preview with Matthew Bartlett

An episode of the Dave Campbell's College Podcast Network podcast, hosted by Dave Campbell's Texas Football, titled "DCTF's Rice 2025 Preview with Matthew Bartlett" was published on July 15, 2025 and runs 38 minutes.

July 15, 2025 ·38m · Dave Campbell's College Podcast Network

Summary

Host Carter Yates and senior writer Mike Craven sit down with Matthew Bartlett, the editor of "At the Roost," to preview Rice's 2025 season (2:30 – 3:50) What does Matthew make of Scott Abell's honeymoon months. (3:50 –6:45 ) What Matthew thinks about the option offense. What will Abell's scheme look like? (6:45 – 8:30) How has Scott Abell fit in with the culture? (8:30 – 11:10) How is Abell able to win at places where it's tough to do so? (11:10 – 12:20) Who is the starting QB at Rice? What does he bring to the table? (12:20 – 13:45) Who is the bellcow back, if there is one? (13:45 – 16:00) Offensive strengths and weaknesses (16:00 – 17:50) Is this offense OL friendly? (17:50 – 20:30) What Matthew thinks of Rice elevating Jon Kay to DC. How different will the scheme look? (20:30 – 23:00) Defensive strengths and weaknesses (23:00 –24:30 ) Will Michael Daly be the next Rice pass rusher (24:30 – 26:10) Who is Rice's MVP and X-Factor (26:10 – 28:20) Will Rice's defense struggle because they practice against the option? (28:20 – 29:30) Schedule outlook (29:30 – 30:55) Realistic expectations in 2025 (30:55 – 32:20) What Matthew thinks of the American Athletic Conference (32:20 – 34:40) Is Rice administration ready to play ball? (34:40 – 35:50) Matthew's record prediciton (35:50 – END) Is Rice ready for revenue share? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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