Thirteen years. Seven tries. One trophy.
A long period of time has passed since the Bayou Bucket last graced the campus of Rice University. The roughly 50-year old rivalry trophy between the two crosstown rivals was perched on Houston’s trophy shelf for more than a decade, with no signs of mobilizing 4.5 miles through the nation’s fourth-largest city. At least until Saturday night at Rice Stadium.
When Rice safety Jonathan Jean broke up Donovan Smith’s pass to Matthew Golden on the game-tying two-point try in double overtime, the Bayou Bucket finally reappeared in a swarm of blue rather than marinating in its typical hue of red.