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'I want to win games': Rice football not pleased with strong early returns
The Owls have a brutal nonconference schedule, but Rice is still tired of losing football games.

HOUSTON -- Mike Bloomgren is at the podium in the Brian Patterson Sports Performance Center after a performance against Wake Forest that almost anyone who watched would refer to as a resounding success.
Bloomgren’s Rice squad lost its starting quarterback in the first quarter to a head injury, but pulled the game to a 14-14 tie after one quarter. At the half, the deficit against a solid Power Five opponent was a very manageable 24-14.
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