Hey Commodore fans, if anybody has no business being overconfident about an upcoming opponent, it's us. These quotes should do the trick: Rice Head Coach David Bailiff on the comeback against Memphis: "To score 29 points in the fourth quarter is amazing. It was a great win. It's funny how it started — the offense started sluggish."
Bailiff on the Owl Offense's ability to wear down defenses: "A lot of what we do offensively is so up-tempo it's fatiguing to defenses. You look even at last year at times, you look at the third and fourth quarter where we had most of our success. You watch the fatigue of some of the teams we play, it just wears you down. The most fatiguing thing is a pass-rush to a defensive lineman. That is a hard skill set to continue to try and do all night. It's tough on you in the fourth."
Quarterback Chase Clement on typical Rice games: "Obviously it wouldn't be a Rice game if it didn't come down to the last two minutes."
Clement on coming from behind: "I love it. I love being in the fourth quarter. I love the two-minute drill. I think that's where our offense is most successful. It's where we enjoy being. Unfortunately, we've actually been in the situation too many times. But when we are in that situation, that's where we like to be and where a lot of guys feel comfortable." Clement on the Commodore defense: "With them, as physical as they are, our offense is so spread out that it kind of eliminates that a little bit. Since you're able to get our guys in space and able to move them. We're not going in there playing smash-mouth football, I-back running downhill. That's what this offense does, it eliminates some of the physicality and allows you to spread it out a little bit.
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