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We are blessed.<\/p>\n
For years, Baylor fans talked about the idea of bringing football back to campus from its home two miles\u00a0away, but it was never more than a “maybe someday…” dream. But then, in less than three years,\u00a0that idea jumped\u00a0from dream to possibility to\u00a0reality — one\u00a0we will fully enjoy for the first time this Sunday.<\/p>\n
Stop and think about that for a moment. Three years is not a long time; for context, consider that most of today’s Baylor seniors were already on campus as freshmen\u00a0when the first renderings of an on-campus football stadium were unveiled in November 2011. Baylor football players such as\u00a0Bryce Petty, Antwan Goodley and Bryce Hager\u00a0had already taken snaps for the Bears.<\/p>\n
Now here we are, just a couple of days from seeing the Bears take the McLane Stadium field for the first time. Amazingly, while a few of the details have changed, the core of that first concept is exactly what we see sitting on the banks of the Brazos today. Here’s how we described the idea then<\/a>:<\/p>\n The architect\u2019s preliminary vision is for a 45,000- to 50,000-seat stadium, open on one end to look out across the Brazos at the Baylor campus, with a red-brick exterior to match Baylor\u2019s campus architecture. A foot bridge would span the river to allow fans and students to walk freely from campus to the stadium and back and offer boat access to the stadium as well.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n