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Jones, Griner give Baylor matching Big 12 Preseason Players of the Year

…g Big 12 Player of the Year honors at year’s end as well. A consensus first-team all-American and a finalist for each of the three major national player of the year awards last season, Griner was also Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for 2010-11. Jones and Griner weren’t Baylor’s only preseason all-Big 12 selections, either. Sophomore Odyssey Sims joined Griner on the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, while senior Quincy Acy earned honorable mention h…

Baylor’s RG3 leaps to forefront of early Heisman conversation

…ylorBears.com later this week for complete details). You can also follow along with Griffin’s exploits via Facebook.com/RG3forHeisman and Twitter (@RG3forHeisman), as well as at BU-RG3.com, which features video highlights, stats and more covering Griffin’s accomplishments both on and off the field. Sic ’em, RG3!…

After eventful two months, Big 12 ready to move forward

…ix years, a move that is the norm in conferences such as the Big 10 and Pac-12. A long-term pledge of that sort is generally considered an effective means of preserving a conference, since it restricts the financial benefit of teams changing conferences. (If a member left one conference for another, the new conference would not have television rights for that school until its original conference rights expired.) Sunday night, the Southeastern Conf…

Baylor boasts top 25 teams and nat’l player of the year candidates in all three major sports

…s also surrounding the Baylor men’s basketball program headed into the 2011-12 season. Both The Sporting News and Lindy’s project Baylor to win the Big 12. TSN has the Bears in its preseason top 10, and Lindy’s joins MSG.com in predicting Perry Jones III will be the Big 12 Player of the Year. How many schools do you think have all three sports in the top 25 right now? One. Only Baylor is in the AP Top 25 for football and The Sporting News‘ preseas…

Baylor matches best-ever ranking from U.S. News, tops 15,000 enrollment for first time

…p Baylor the second-most diverse student body in the Big 12. Add to these numbers top-25 rankings for football and basketball, a distinctly recognized curriculum and culture of service, best-buy status for the sixth straight year, etc., and one must seriously consider: Has there ever been a better time to be a Baylor student? Sic ’em, Bears!…

National honors for Baylor, RG3 follow TCU win as Bears jump into AP Top 20

…only Griffin’s on-field talents via statistics and video, but also his off-the-field accomplishments in the classroom and in the community. (You can also show your support via the official “RG3 for Heisman” Facebook page.) What a week! Remember, the Bears have the week off this Saturday, but you can still show your Baylor pride for Green and Gold Friday. And of course, make your plans and get your tickets now for Baylor’s next two home games, Sep…

Baylor Nation shows its true (green and gold) colors in force

…aMatthews: Spotted a Baylor gold rush shirt in the Miami airport. #SicEm @Lauren_Sears: Gold is not in my colorwheel and yet I find myself buying Gold to wear tonight to support the Baylor Bears. Sic ‘Em @BaylorProud @SBMarshallBU: So awesome to get so many “sic em’s” around the DFW area today! #collegecolorsday @DanielFox85: Deaf kids at our school in La Ceiba Honduras asked what Baylor on my shirt meant, I told them it was the best school in Ame…

Baylor pride swells following epic football win over #14 TCU in front of national audience

…Wright and Griffin stepped out on a national stage. (Coincidentally, an RG3-for-Heisman site, BU-RG3.com, launched about 24 hours before kickoff. Griffin will also be on ESPN’s College GameDay set Saturday.) This was a nationally televised ESPN game, on a night where there was only one other college football game being played anywhere, and it brought national college football writers from ESPN, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, CBS Sports an…

This Friday, ‘Be Bold, Wear Gold’ as the Bears open against TCU

…ur tickets (quickly — I’m hearing talk of a near sellout), wear your gold, come early, and be loud! Coincidentally, Friday is also College Colors Day all across the nation. You know what that means; whether you live in Dallas or Detroit, Houston or Hong Kong, get your green and gold out and wear your Baylor colors to work, to school or just around town this Friday. Let’s show the rest of the world our Baylor spirit! This is the sort of fanaticism…

Things change fast: The latest on Big 12 alignment, A&M and the SEC

…athletic directors conferred, with every school (but A&M) reaffirming its commitment to the league. Sunday morning, an op-ed from Baylor President Ken Starr ran in the Waco Tribune-Herald; in it, Starr again emphasized Baylor’s commitment to the Big 12 and its historic rivalries. Sunday afternoon, the SEC reaffirmed its current alignment of 12 schools, but said expansion is not off the table entirely. This afternoon, the TAMU Board of Regents met…