The Baylor football team finally recorded a win in conference play with a 41-14 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.

“This is the first time I’ve felt good in a month,” head coach Art Briles said. “I wish I was being funny.”

It was a coming out party for sophomore running back Lache Seastrunk had 105 yards on the ground and 95 yards through the air.

Baylor leads the Kansas Jayhawks 20-14 at the half at Floyd Casey Stadium.

Senior quarterback Nick Florence was 20-of-31 for 232 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He also rushed for 32 yards.

Sophomore running back Lache Seastrunk lit up the field in the first half with 44 yards on the ground and 89 yards through the air and a touchdown.

Seven games into the season, the Baylor Bears (3-4, 0-4) are still looking for their first Big 12 Conference win.

Luckily, the football schedule brings the Kansas Jayhawks (1-7, 0-5) to Waco for homecoming. The Jayhawks, like Baylor, are also looking for their first Big 12 Conference win.

The Bears are in a rut, but with five games left to play, there’s still plenty of time for the Bears to find their identity and play their best football down the stretch.

Sure, Baylor has had a tough time in conference to date, but there’s still plenty of football to be played this season.

Chardonae Fuqua’
Height: 6-0

Freshman forward Chardonae Fuqua’ brings an athletic edge to the already loaded Baylor squad. A native of Birmingham, Ala., Fuqua’ excelled in track and field, winning three state championships in the high jump, as well as leading her basketball squad to two state championships.
She chose Baylor over LSU and Georgia because of its friendly atmosphere and the dedicated basketball program.

The word “defense” has become taboo around Waco because of the Bears’ football woes. But the football teams’s defense isn’t the only squad under the microscope. The No. 18 Baylor basketball team is undergoing some fundamental changes on the defensive side of the floor.

After bringing home major national awards last season one after the other, senior post Brittney Griner is back in the green and gold for her final season as a Lady Bear. Averaging 23.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.2 blocks a game, Griner has both dominated and changed the game of women’s basketball. Even though Griner is a force of nature on the hardwood, she doesn’t stop improving her game.

Baylor fell to the eventual National Champion, Kentucky, last year in the Elite Eight 82-70. A big reason for Kentucky’s success was its 6-foot-10-inch freshman Anthony Davis.

Davis torched the Bears that game for 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks. Baylor had no answer for the Associated Press Player of the Year and eventual first overall pick in the NBA Draft.

So what did Baylor head coach Scott Drew do about it? He went to Arlington and got an Anthony Davis of his own, minus the unibrow. This one goes by the name of Isaiah Austin.

While the football team is busy trying to scrape a win out of the goose egg in the conference win column, the women’s basketball team is protecting its 40-game win streak.

What’s the difference between the two besides the obvious?