The Rice University Owls were under water Wednesday morning.
The football field at Rice Stadium was a lake because of the torrential rain that has battered Houston for the last three days. KTRK-TV shared a photo of the flooded stadium on Twitter.
The @RiceUniversity football stadium underwater this morning
MORE FLOOD PHOTOS –> https://t.co/5svfmKeqBR pic.twitter.com/Rezyw65kN5— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) January 18, 2017
Rice player Tobias Thompson Jr. offered this view of what some called “Lake Rice.”
https://twitter.com/Qb_Killa91/status/821706633667559425
The storms have shut down highways and closed schools in Houston, just two weeks before the Super Bowl is held in the city.
Thumbnail photo via Thomas B. Shea/USA TODAY Sports Images
