A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the many all-Big 12 honors received by Baylor football players this year. This week, we’re taking it up a notch. Congratulations to 2008 all-Americans Jason Smith, a senior offensive lineman, and Robert Griffin, the Bears’ freshman quarterback! Smith, widely considered a probable first-round pick in this spring’s […]
With college football’s regular season now complete, it’s now awards season. The winner of the Heisman Trophy will be announced tomorrow, and while none of the three finalists are Bears, it’s interesting to compare some numbers: Player A: 2,515 yards passing, 28 touchdown passes, 564 yards rushing, 12 rushing touchdowns Player B: 2,091 yards passing, […]
Thornton Sterling — Baylor’s oldest living letterwinner and as big a fan of the Bears as anyone you’ll ever find — passed away Saturday night in Waco. I had the privilege of getting to know Mr. Sterling about a decade ago when I worked in athletic media relations here at Baylor. I spent several years […]
After starting the season 6-1, including a win over 14th-ranked Arizona State, the Baylor men’s basketball program has broken into the Associated Press’ Top 25, landing at No. 24 this week. That ranking is the Bears’ highest since they were ranked 19th in February 1969. Last season, the men spent two weeks at No. 25; […]
If you’re looking to live in an affordable city where you can still easily watch big-time college football, there aren’t many locations better than Waco and Baylor’s Floyd Casey Stadium. Coldwell Banker studied the average price of what they considered to be a reasonably comfortable family home in the home city for each of the […]
Baylor first drew attention in the soccer world when the Lady Bears won the school’s first Big 12 Conference title in 1998. Though Baylor (like the rest of the Big 12) does not field a varsity men’s soccer team, it does sponsor club soccer teams for both men and women — and both of of […]
Well that was certainly a fun weekend for fans of Baylor athletics! If you weren’t following along, here’s what you missed: * Baylor football blew out Texas A&M, 41-21, on Senior Day at Floyd Casey Stadium. The game wasn’t even as close as the score indicated, as the Aggies scored two touchdowns late after the […]
Yesterday was National Signing Day for a number of NCAA sports, and Baylor’s baseball, men’s basketball, men’s golf, softball and volleyball teams all announced commitments from a number of highly regarded student-athletes who will enroll at Baylor next fall. Each of those programs did well, hauling in nationally rated prospects from across the country, but […]
Baylor’s women’s basketball program fully arrived on the national scene when it won the NCAA championship in 2005. Three years later, evidence is mounting that the Baylor men are approaching a similar level of recognition for their achievements on the court. The Lady Bears are ranked 19th in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll, […]
Going forward, head coach Art Briles and the Baylor football program will receive a boost from today’s announcement of the lead gift for an indoor football practice facility. The Jay and Jenny Allison Indoor Football Practice Facility will be constructed adjacent to the Highers Athletics Complex, located between University Parks Drive and the Brazos River […]
