Rice coach Mike Bloomgren sees the similarities between his program and the UTEP team he faces Saturday.
Bloomgren, in his third season at Rice after a stint as offensive coordinator at Stanford, is trying to bring in a new culture and a new system to a rebuilding program that hasn’t historically won much in the last few decades.
The Owls are trying to become a physical, power football team, and while wins are not yet coming in big quantities, the progress is obvious.
“I think both of us are sitting here in year 3 trying to get similar things across to our team,” Bloomgren said of comparison’s to UTEP.