Jefferson's 3 TDs Lead Baylor Over North Carolina In Russell Bowl
Johnny Jefferson rushed for three touchdowns and a record 299 yards, and No. 18 Baylor ran past No. 10 North Carolina 49-38 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday night.
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Johnny Jefferson rushed for three touchdowns and a record 299 yards, and No. 18 Baylor ran past No. 10 North Carolina 49-38 in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday night.
The Aggies scored 14 of the game's first 16 points and led 51-30 at halftime.
The Lady Bears beat McNeese State 105-46 on Sunday.
Gathers had a career-high 31 points to go with 21 rebounds -- the second 30-point, 20-rebound game in school history -- and the Bears pulled away in the second half for a 75-62 victory against Northwestern State on Tuesday night.
The Big 12 is 5-1 against the SEC so far this season.
Nina Davis and freshman Beatrice Mompremier each had 18 points, leading five players in double figures for the No. 4 Lady Bears in a 96-42 win over Grambling State on Sunday.
For the first time in five seasons as a 10-team league with a round-robin schedule, the Big 12 has no games on the final weekend of the regular season that will impact who wins the conference title.
Already guaranteed a second consecutive losing season under second-year coach Charlie Strong, the Longhorns finish the regular season Saturday at No. 12 Baylor
Trevone Boykin had quite a closing act in his final home game for No. 15 TCU.
Johnathan Motley has been coming off the bench for Baylor, like Taurean Prince did for most of his first three years with the Bears before becoming a starter this season.
Baylor stands in the way of perhaps the biggest Bedlam matchup ever.
Baylor is no longer undefeated.
The No. 4 Bears are trying to become the first team ever to beat a Bob Stoops-coached Oklahoma team three consecutive times and join the Sooners as the only teams to win three Big 12 titles in a row.
Clemson remained No. 1 on Tuesday night, with Alabama moving up two spots to No. 2, Ohio State staying at No. 3 and the Fighting Irish up a spot to No. 4.
Jarrett Stidham threw for 419 yards and three scores in his first start, Corey Coleman caught a pair of touchdown passes and No. 2 Baylor held on for a 31-24 victory over pesky Kansas State
Defending Big 12 co-champs Baylor and TCU, the first teams left out of the initial four-team playoff last season, are still undefeated, along with Oklahoma State.
Kansas State is the underwhelming team, losers of four in a row. And the No. 2 Bears are unbeaten and pointed toward college football's playoff as they head to Manhattan on Thursday night.
A Dallas police rookie is under investigation after a wild night at a strip club.
Next up is freshman Jarrett Stidham, whose turn as starter comes much sooner than expected -- and with the toughest stretch of the season still ahead for second-ranked Baylor (7-0).
Playoff hopeful Baylor is facing a potentially huge loss after staying undefeated, with quarterback Seth Russell set to see a specialist for a fractured bone in his neck.
Baylor beat Iowa State 45-27 for its FBS-best 20th consecutive home win.
The 2-4 Cyclones on Saturday play one of the nation's top three offenses for the third week in a row. Baylor is the best of the bunch by a large margin, piling up 720 total yards and 64 points a game.
Even when not adding to his FBS-leading and school-record 16 touchdown catches, Coleman proves hard to tackle while creating more highlights for the second-ranked Bears.
It was Baylor's FBS-best 19th consecutive home game.
The Bears, now with their highest AP ranking ever, were coming off their epic 61-58 comeback victory over TCU last season when they went to West Virginia and lost 41-27.
