Northwestern @ Rice Preview

It's gameday! And luckily it's not a home game because this weather sucks. This game, all-in-all, is very much in our favor. Rice, quite frankly, is not a good team. People often point to the fact that they held tight with Texas at the beginning of their week 1 game as evidence that they are a much improved team. That, however can easily be attributed to week 1 jitters. It took only until the second quarter for Texas to start running away. Then the Owls only managed to beat North Texas by a point last week. Both Rice's pass and rush offenses have been weak, and teams have not had much difficulty passing against the Owls. Expect Persa to have a big game. Another player to watch is Alex Daniel. He is making a return from suspension and could potentially be a factor in tonight's game.

My prediction: Northwestern by 17