{"id":13681,"date":"2013-12-30T12:41:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T12:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=13681"},"modified":"2013-12-30T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T12:53:18","slug":"individual-honors-roll-in-for-baylor-football-as-bears-prep-for-fiesta-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/12\/individual-honors-roll-in-for-baylor-football-as-bears-prep-for-fiesta-bowl\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual honors roll in for Baylor football as Bears prep for Fiesta Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ucW-lWaAeBQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Two days from now, Baylor football will play in its first New Year&#8217;s Day bowl game since the 1981 Cotton Bowl. That team (like this year&#8217;s) was also the conference champion, led by future NFL stars like Walter Abercrombie and Mike Singletary.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, the No. 6-ranked Bears face No. 15 Central Florida in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2013\/12\/bcs-bowl-bound-baylor-headed-to-2014-fiesta-bowl\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl<\/a> (7:30 p.m. CT, ESPN). This year&#8217;s Big 12 champion squad set program records for most All-Americans (five) and All-Big 12 selections (19). Here&#8217;s a look at some of the players who will suit up for Baylor on Wednesday night:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Parker Award winner<\/a> (Cyril Richardson)<\/li>\n<li>A national coach of the year finalist (Art Briles &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/120913aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Robinson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121013aae.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Bowden<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121013aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Liberty Mutual<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121813aal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bear Bryant<\/a> COY awards)<\/li>\n<li>2 individual award finalists (Petty &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/112613aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">Manning<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/120913aak.html\" target=\"_blank\">Earl Campbell Tyler Rose<\/a> awards; Richardson &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/onlyfans.cstv.com\/schools\/bay\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/112513aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Outland Trophy<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>1 unanimous first team All-American (Richardson)<\/li>\n<li>5 total <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121713aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">All-Americans<\/a> (Ahmad Dixon, Antwan Goodley, Petty, Richardson, Spencer Roth)<\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/122113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Freshman All-American<\/a> (Shock Linwood)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Big 12 Coach of the Year<\/a> (Briles)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year<\/a> (Petty)<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year<\/a> (Richardson)<\/li>\n<li>10 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">All-Big 12 first team selections<\/a> (Dixon, Spencer Drango, Goodley, Eddie Lackey, Chris McAllister, Petty, Tevin Reese, Richardson, Roth, Lache Seastrunk)<\/li>\n<li>9 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">All-Big 12 honorable mentions<\/a> (Demetri Goodson, Bryce Hager, Stefan Huber, Aaron Jones, K.J. Morton, Jordan Najvar, Levi Norwood, Shawn Oakman, Kelvin Palmer)<\/li>\n<li>12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/112113aac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Academic All-Big 12 selections<\/a> (Troy Baker, Collin Brence, Rhett Butler, Drango, Clay Fuller, Sam Holl, Stefan Huber, Lackey, McAllister, Najvar, Jason Osei, Brody Trahan)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/121613aab.html\" target=\"_blank\">FootballScoop Offensive Coordinator of the Year<\/a> (Philip Montgomery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Headed to the game? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/fanzone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here are all the Baylor events<\/a><\/strong> scheduled around the Fiesta Bowl. Can&#8217;t make it to Arizona? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/calendar\/?t=all&amp;cat_id=83&amp;type=day&amp;day=2014-01-01\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for a list of #WatchBU parties<\/a><\/strong> around the country. (And either way, get ready with plenty of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bkstr.com\/NavigationSearchDisplay\/10001-593756000-10068-1?demoKey=s&amp;navActionType=addNewRefinement\" target=\"_blank\">Fiesta Bowl gear<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n<p>On social media discussing the game? Use the <strong>#BaylorFiesta<\/strong> and <strong>#SicUCF<\/strong> hashtags to join the conversation online (and make sure you&#8217;re following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baylor\" target=\"_blank\">@Baylor on Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/bayloruniversity\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorUniversity on Instagram<\/a>, and @BUFootball on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bufootball\/\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/bufootball\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Baylor football!<\/p>\n<p><em>[Like the highlight video above? A one-hour special, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylorbears.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/spec-rel\/122913aaa.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Inside Baylor Sports: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Preview Show<\/a>, will air at 5 p.m. tonight on Fox Sports Southwest, live from the team hotel in Arizona. Afterwards, the show will be available on BaylorBears.com.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13582\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"fiestabowlmc-dec13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fiestabowlmc-dec13.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor - Fiesta Bowl\" width=\"960\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fiestabowlmc-dec13.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fiestabowlmc-dec13-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two days from now, Baylor football will play in its first New Year&#8217;s Day bowl game since the 1981 Cotton Bowl. That team (like this year&#8217;s) was also the conference champion, led by future NFL stars like Walter Abercrombie and Mike Singletary. 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