Forgot to point this out, Rice's problem is...

By Eric Sorenson - March 03, 2007

the team batting average coming into tonight is freakin' .256! That's hard to believe. I'm willing to bet Wayne Graham himself just wants to grab a bat and go to the plate, gritting his teeth.

The opponents bat at a .228 clip. So that's more Rice-like for the quality arms of the Owls.

Now you see why Rice is just 10-5 and not still the No. 1 team. But as Wayne Graham told me in the interview I did with him in Houston a few weeks ago, "Hitting always comes and goes. Pitching is more important."