The fall sports schedule is here as Baylor soccer is already underway and three other Bear sports are set to open up their seasons this weekend. The first on campus events officially get going on Friday with volleyball and soccer, while football kicks off on Saturday.
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After a tough 2023 season, Baylor football is back with an overhauled offense and a high-energy offensive line, poised to significantly impact the upcoming season.
The coaching overhaul and personnel additions have poised the Bears’ offense to be much more explosive than in the past couple of years. The Bears should come into the fall with their eyes set on bowl games and beyond.
The stage is set, and the cards are on the table as the 2024 NCAA football season begins. With Week 0 in the rearview mirror, Big 12 football on the Brazos is on deck. Here are some of the Lariat Sports Desk’s predictions for Baylor football in a make-or-break season.
The Biletnikoff Award is given to the season’s most outstanding receiver, with the most recent winner being Ohio State’s Marvin Harrison Jr. Winning the praise wouldn’t be new for a Bear, as in 2015, Baylor wide receiver Corey Coleman took home the hardware. Bringing the award back to Waco may not be too big of a stretch with offensive coordinator Jake Spavital’s Air Raid offense inducing a heavy dose of passing.
When redshirt sophomore Keaton Thomas lays his head on his pillow at night, the X’s and O’s of head coach Dave Aranda’s unique defensive playbook flicker like an old movie on repeat.
As the Bears prepare for the 2024 season, the focus is on improving, and no one feels this more than the secondary. After a down season that highlighted strengths and areas for improvement, head coach Dave Aranda made it clear that intensity will be the key to preparation.
Just one week before the season, Baylor football named Toledo transfer Dequan Finn its starting quarterback over former Mississippi State transfer Sawyer Robertson.
After losing most of 2023 to a season-ending knee injury, Garrison Grimes looks to continue Baylor’s elite long-snapping legacy.
Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah bring the conference’s membership to 16.
Head coach Dave Aranda has been open about the shortcomings of Baylor’s recruiting, citing a failure to aggressively pursue players in the transfer portal and highlighting an increased commitment to name, image and likeness (NIL) benefits next season.
Baylor football is expected to name Toledo transfer sixth-year quarterback Dequan Finn as the team’s starting quarterback, according to Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports.
Baylor will tie a school record of seven participating athletes set during the 2020 Tokyo Games and look to win a gold medal for the eighth time in the past nine Olympic Games.
The Longhorns scored 10 or more runs for the fifth straight game.
The Bears outlasted the Knights 3-2 to secure their first Big 12 Tournament victory since the 2018 season.
Despite no Big 12 Championships for any program as of May 2, Baylor Athletics kept it moving with another year filled with winning seasons. Here’s a glance at the best sports moments of the 2023-24 year, even though both golf teams, softball, baseball and track and field are still competing.
Missi was tabbed as the 22nd overall pick in ESPN’s Mock Draft on April 17, while Walter was projected in the lottery at No. 12. Fraschilla said they’re both “prototype NBA players once they physically mature in the next two, three, four [or] five years.”
“This golf course will test you, but par is a good score,” McGraw said. “The reality is, if you play well, you’re probably going to make it [to nationals]. If you don’t, you’re probably not going to make it. So ideally, we just need to do what we’ve been doing lately, and that will probably be good enough to get out.”
As Posey flirted with history, the rest of the team rallied behind him as Baylor (20-23, 9-12 Big 12) secured its seventh nonconference win out of its last eight outings outside of league play.
A former individual acrobatic gymnastic athlete and current brand sponsor, junior top Jordan Gruendler said she appreciates the Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team for giving her a squad to care for and helping bring new skills into the sport.
One team has a bus ride less than 100 miles away while the other has a flight halfway across the country, but both Baylor tennis programs heard their names called during Monday night’s NCAA Selection Show.
Winning the NCATA National Championship may be old hat for Baylor acrobatics and tumbling, but the Bears described their off-the-mat bonds as something entirely unique.
No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling secured its ninth-straight NCATA national championship, as it defeated No. 3 Gannon by a score of 272.220 to 269.315 on Saturday night at the Feaster Center in Fairmont, W.Va.
No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling defeated No. 4 Oregon in the semifinals of the NCATA National Championship by a score of 268.355 to 260.470 on Friday night at the Feaster Center in Fairmont, W.Va.
No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling started its quest for a ninth straight NCATA national championship with a 271.170-256.070 win over No. 8 Fairmont State in the quarterfinal round on Thursday night at the Feaster Center in Fairmont, W.Va.
Having won 11 of its last 14 games, Baylor baseball is looking to stabilize its position in the Big 12 standings. The Bears’ next opportunity to do that comes when they clash with No. 21 West Virginia for a three-games series, which will start at 5:30 p.m. on Friday at Monongalia County Ballpark in Morgantown, W.Va.
Baylor met with Utah for the first time since the 2013 season when the Utes topped the Bears 5-2.
“I think every tournament since the Aggie — even though the finishes might not be first — we know we’re getting better and starting to yield the fruit of hard work,” McGraw said. “We still have a long way to go to be the team we want to be, but you can feel the energy, so I love that.”
No. 1 Baylor acrobatics and tumbling will look toward securing its ninth straight NCATA National Championship with a “one day at a time” approach. The Bears open the postseason tournament with No. 8 Fairmont State in the quarterfinals at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Feaster Center in Fairmont, W.Va.
Baylor baseball third baseman Hunter Teplanszky tripped at first base when taking his secondary lead in the bottom of the first inning, but it was intentional. As Teplanszky face-planted, San Houston senior left-handed pitcher Gavi Coldiron disengaged with the rubber in confusion.
