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No. 6 Baylor football was thrown into a whirlwind after Tuesday night’s announcement of the latest College Football Playoff rankings. With just one game left in the regular season, the odds are stacked against the Bears to make it into the new four-team playoff system this year.
The 12-member College Football Playoff selection committee will gather Saturday in Texas to watch the final weekend of the season play out and then rank the top 25 teams in the country. The top four will compete for the national championship in the sport’s first ever playoff.
The College Football Playoff selection committee will reveal its final top 25 rankings and set the four-team field for the College Football Playoff on Sunday.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer Sleeping bags, tents, poster boards, oversized markers and Baylor fans will flood campus to witness…
Senior quarterback Bryce Petty has been named as a finalist for The Manning Award for the second straight year, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Wednesday afternoon.
The brutal defeat that Kansas State endured two years ago at Baylor is not in the back of the Wildcats’ minds. More like front and center, every day of every week.
When head coach Art Briles arrived in Waco six years ago, the Baylor football team hadn’t gone anywhere in the Big 12 conference. Briles’ first season as the Bears’ leader was dismal, and the team went 2-6 in conference play.
The top four in the College Football Playoff rankings going into the final weekend of the regular season is as follows: Alabama, Oregon, TCU and Florida State.
Over Thanksgiving break, No. 7 Baylor football gave Baylor Nation something to be thankful for. The Bears escaped the jaws of defeat against Texas Tech in a 48-46 shootout to keep playoff hopes and a shot at winning back-to-back Big 12 Championships very much alive.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer ARLINGTON — It was definitely a shootout at AT&T Stadium, but No. 7 Baylor prevailed…
By Cody Soto Sports Writer ARLINGTON – Things are getting interesting here in Jerry’s World. With a big effort by…
No. 7 Baylor football battled past two obstacles Saturday night in the team’s 49-28 win at McLane Stadium: Oklahoma State and Mother Nature. The Bears used a big rushing offense to finish the game after rain continued to make its presence.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer It’s raining, it’s pouring, and the Bears are rolling. No. 7 Baylor football leads 28-14…
The bye week is over and the final stretch of the season is out in front of No. 7 Baylor football. Three games remain for the Bears to defend their Big 12 conference title.
Last season was one of those stories of “what could’ve been” for Baylor football. The team reached No. 3 in the AP Poll, but many say the Bears peaked a little too early in the season. It all came crashing down on a freezing cold night in Stillwater, Okla., against Oklahoma State.
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An attorney for Oklahoma State said Wednesday the school could seek sworn testimony from Texas football coach Charlie Strong, Longhorns players and school administrators in its fight to recover nearly $600,000 from former Cowboys assistant Joe Wickline, who is now at Texas.
When a fan talks about the seventh-ranked Baylor Bears football team during their lunch hour, the College Football Playoff is going to be in the conversation.
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If defense and special teams provided the spark for the Bears’ first-ever win in Norman, Okla., Coleman was the fireworks show.
Heading into last weekend, Baylor had never won a game in Norman, Okla. Ever. Down 14-3 after the end of the first quarter, the streak seemed to be alive and well.
No. 12 Baylor football sophomore receiver Corey Coleman and freshman kicker Chris Callahan were named Big 12 Players of the Week on Monday following the team’s 48-14 win against No. 15 Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday.
No. 12 Baylor football made history Saturday afternoon. After a slow start in the opening quarter, the Bears scored 45 unanswered points to dominate No. 15 Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. for a 48-14 win in Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
This game is far from over in Norman, Okla. After a very competitive half, No. 12 Baylor football leads Oklahoma 24-14 in their final conference road game of the season.
By Cody Soto Sports Writer Iowa State (2-6, 0-5) at Kansas (2-6, 0-5) Iowa State will travel to Lawrence, Kan.,…
After losing senior offensive tackle Troy Baker to an ACL injury and another injury to junior right guard Desmine Hilliard, concerns surround the Bears’ offensive line. The offensive line was already under fire after a poor performance against West Virginia, and with the two injuries, even more repairing had to be done with the personnel.
It’s no secret; Baylor has had Saturday’s game circled on its calendar since the beginning of the year. Despite whipping the Sooners 41-12 in the meeting between these two teams last season, Oklahoma was picked to win the Big 12 by the media.
Senior quarterback Bryce Petty threw three touchdowns and 277 passing yards in a 60-14 thrashing of the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday. However, Petty was given attention on social media feeds not for his actions on the field, but for his actions from the postgame podium.
No. 12 Baylor football raised over $6,000 in last weekend’s Touchdown Pledge Drive to fund research for cerebral palsy through the team’s Uplifting Athletes chapter.