By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterZach Galifianakis is a comedic genius. His new film, “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,” is a lovely play on a tired comedic bit that works splendidly for an 80 minute Netflix film. Galifianakis’ dry humor and wit are perfect for the new streaming generation. To sit down and watch a movie based on a skit that ran on a website is perplexing, but at the same time, familiar. The world is filled with teenagers and young adults obsessed with social media, sitting for hours on end with Instagram and Twitter and, for whatever reason, TikTok.…
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By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer, Video by Nate Smith | Broadcast Reporter No. 2 Baylor volleyball extended their winning streak to 10 matches last night at the Ferrell Center with a sweep of Texas State 25-19, 25-16, 25-11. The Bears have only dropped two sets all season and have now gone four matches in a row without a lost set. The biggest stat of the night was the Bobcat’s hitting percentage. Texas State posted 20 errors and 19 kills, resulting in a -.013 clip. The Bear defense didn’t have to do much tonight as the Bobcats consistently left points…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterAmerica’s most popular matchmaker has done it again. Chris Harrison orchestrated yet another season of beautifully over-produced reality television centering around unlikely relationships and extravagant personalities. But we still watched, didn’t we?Bachelor Nation first showed on ABC in 2002 with the launch of its namesake “The Bachelor.” The show was such a success that it has produced a number of spinoffs, gathering a crowd of faithful fans as large as any other franchise on television. One of those spinoffs, “Bachelor in Paradise,” just finished its sixth season. Even though I just began watching during Colton’s…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterFinally! A weekend in college football that held up to the hype. Michigan stays good, Texas teams stay bad and Los Angeles decides to be a football town again. So, let’s talk about it. LA Came to Play This weekend two of the more surprising results came from the downtrodden Los Angeles squads. The Trojans and Bruins each faced worrisome seasons as UCLA started 0-3, while USC lost its starting quarterback. That didn’t stop either team from pulling out wins this weekend. On Friday night, No. 10 Utah went into the Coliseum, and unexpectedly left…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer, Video by Drake Toll | Broadcast Reporter Baylor volleyball finished the Baylor Classic with a victory once again, beating No. 13 Hawai’i in three sets. Baylor is now 9-0, having only dropped two sets over the course of the season. The Bears remain one of two undefeated teams in the country after sweeping the previously undefeated Rainbow Wahine. In the Ferrell Center, however, the game didn’t feel like a sweep. The Bears struggled in the second and third sets, falling behind by as many as seven points late in the second, but Baylor managed…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterNo. 5 Baylor volleyball once again swept their opponent, beating No. 17 Missouri 3-0 at the Ferrell Center Friday night. The 8-0 Bears have now swept six of their eight opponents, including three ranked squads. After two dominant sets from the Bears, the third set was tied through 12, with neither team able to set up any kind of momentum. Then, Baylor rolled out a 6-1 run, bringing the score to a solid 18-13 lead. Missouri called a timeout, which jumpstarted their own 6-1 run to tie it back at 19 all, prompting a timeout…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterNo. 5 Baylor volleyball hosts No. 17 Missouri and No. 13 Hawaii for the Baylor Classic this weekend. The Tigers and Rainbow Wahine present the Bears with their first top-25 matchups at home since the beginning of the season. As both Missouri and Hawaii come to Waco without a loss, three of the nine remaining undefeated squads in the country will play against each other in the Ferrell Center this weekend. Head coach Ryan McGuyre said he is excited for the challenge ahead of his team. “What a fun weekend. We just want to prepare…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer After a fairly open-shut week of college football, nothing is truly more clear than the week prior. Still, we can still find some takeaways from this week’s games. Clemson’s In There have been three weeks of college football and Clemson has already faced its two best opponents. Its week two home date with the Aggies was a letdown to say the least, as the Tigers trounced Texas A&M 24-10. This past week Clemson knocked off No. 37 Syracuse 41-6, a team that had been ranked the week prior but got decimated by unranked Maryland…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports ContributorWith the third Democratic primary debate in the books, I feel like it’s time to take a look at the field. There weren’t necessarily any bad performances, but some of these candidates have been running a poorly rated show since they got on the trail. The country is still a little over four and a half months from the first crucial deadline of this election season, that is the Iowa Caucus on February 3. Still though, the race has been ramping up and drawing massive coverage from both sides of the news, so why does…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer, Video by Drake Toll | Broadcast Reporter No. 5 Baylor is now 7-0 after bringing down Tennessee 3-0 completing its fifth sweep of the season and first at home in front of a record-breaking 3,878 fans at the Ferrell Center Saturday afternoon. Head coach Ryan McGuyre loved the energy during today’s matchup. “It was so much fun. I felt like I was getting ready to get on an airplane and take off at the start of the game. We’ve said it all the time: we’re a family here, and great family knows how to…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterAfter a long, heated match, the Baylor soccer fell to Arkansas 2-0, giving up both goals in the last ten minutes. Through the first half, the Bears could not gather any momentum as they trailed in shots (13-4) and shots on goal (4-2) after 45 minutes. Arkansas put pressure on Baylor but couldn’t finish in the box. The Bears dominated the first 30 minutes of play after halftime, firing off more shots in a shorter period of time, but couldn’t execute and gave up the first goal in the 83′. Head coach Paul Jobson thought…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterWelcome to the aftermath of Week Two of the college football season! The Bears win again, but what happened outside of Waco? Is UT Not Back? If you knew a Longhorn last fall, you probably heard that UT is back. Well, sorry for the folks in burnt orange, but once again the Horns fall to a team in week two. The two previous seasons Tom Herman and crew managed to get trounced by inferior Maryland squads, so this year they decided to take on an even bigger plate. Their eyes were too big for their…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports Writer After starting the season 5-0, No. 5 Baylor volleyball returns home on Thursday to face off against unranked Houston (5-4) and Tennessee (2-3) for their first home tournament of the season.The Bears defeated three ranked squads in the first two weeks of play which jumped them to No. 5 in the country in the most recent poll, destroying the program record of a No. 12 ranking, set just last season. That 12 spot jump from their previous ranking of No. 17 represents the largest jump in the history of the AVCA poll.Head coach Ryan…
By Matthew Soderberg | Sports WriterBaylor soccer returns home to face unranked Arkansas on Thursday night. The Bears are looking to get back on track after a long road trip that ended in a loss to Colorado on Sunday. Baylor comes home in hopes of extending their nation-leading 15-game home win streak. The Bears have been on an 11-day road trip, but all that missed class has built chemistry among the team according to junior goalkeeper Jennifer Wandt and junior defender Sarah Norman. “We were with each other 24/7 for ten days, so we definitely had a lot of bonding…
By Matthew Soderberg | ContributorOn Sunday, Baylor golf tees off for the first time this year. The Bears travel to the Gopher Invitational for their first tournament of the season. The Bears made it a point to keep the momentum from the team’s success this past summer. “I think every single one of us is going to build on our summers we had,” co-captain Colin Kober said. “It’s definitely a big boost in confidence knowing that everyone on the team is playing good.” Co-captain Cooper Dossey won the Pinehurst North & South Amateur in June. Dossey began the tournament ranked…
By Matthew Soderberg | ContributorAfter sweeping both UCLA and Creighton last weekend in Lincoln, Baylor volleyball is in position for a strong season. The road only gets tougher from here though, as the Bears travel to Madison, Wis., on Thursday for matchups against Syracuse and No. 4 Wisconsin. Baylor makes it out of August undefeated after dominant displays against UCLA and No. 20 Creighton. Both matches finished with 3-0 splits, and junior outside hitter Yossiana Pressley finished with 19 kills in each match, more than the top two Bruins combined and the top three Bluejays as well. This past weekend…
By Matthew Soderberg | ContributorThe Powers That BeThe perennial powerhouses of college football took care of business this past weekend. Clemson defeated conference foe Georgia Tech 52-14 on Thursday night, Alabama manhandled Duke 42-3 Saturday and Oklahoma played a close one against Houston (49-31) Sunday evening.In a sport that preaches parity, there doesn’t seem to be any coming anytime soon. Those three teams have made up 60% of college football playoff spots over the past five years, including five straight appearances by Alabama. It also doesn’t help the rest of the country that those contenders all bring elite quarterbacks to…
By Matthew Soderberg | ContributorThis weekend, No. 20 ranked Baylor volleyball opens its season in Lincoln, Neb. against unranked UCLA and No. 18 Creighton for the Husker Invitational. Baylor has scheduled 14 matches against currently ranked squads, good enough to give them the fifth-hardest schedule in the country. Junior setter Hannah Lockin admired her team’s willingness to schedule gritty opponents early in the season.”Just to know that our tough competition is first … it’s a really cool opportunity to start really strong,” Lockin said. Head coach Ryan McGuyre has a reason for taking on that tough competition early on and…