Texas Tech Aims To End Big 12 Skid Against No. 4 Baylor
The Red Raiders are hoping to change that this year. But after dropping the last three games after a 7-0 start some players might be concerned about the past repeating itself.
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The Red Raiders are hoping to change that this year. But after dropping the last three games after a 7-0 start some players might be concerned about the past repeating itself.
Reese hurt his wrist after coming down awkwardly on an incompletion late in the first half of Baylor's 41-12 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday night.
The conference has just one team in the top 10 in No. 4 Baylor. It's no coincidence that the Bears are also the only team in the league to have essentially one quarterback, Bryce Petty, behind center all season.
Florida State took firm hold of second place in the BCS standings behind top-ranked Alabama and grabbed the inside track to the national championship game.
Askia Booker had one last chance to keep Colorado in the game against No. 25 Baylor. The guard's jumper from the wing missed, like so many other shots for the Buffaloes in their season opener.
When their fast-paced, high-scoring offense sputtered early, the fifth-ranked Bears' largely overshadowed but consistently solid defense kept stopping No. 12 Oklahoma.
No. 12 Oklahoma at No. 5 Baylor, with first place on the line in the Big 12, kicks off tomorrow night. Then, a few minutes after 9 p.m., comes No. 2 Oregon against No. 6 Stanford, the Pac-12 game of the year.
With the Big 12 heading into a final five-week stretch to determine its 2013 champion, the league on Tuesday released in 2014 conference football schedule.
This is the week college football fans have had circled on the calendar for quite some time. This is the week that will begin to truly shape the BCS Championship picture. This is the week we have been waiting for.
The Big 12 regular season spans 15 Saturdays from August to December. It could easily go the distance before a champion is crowned.
Coach Scott Drew is up front about how the Bears can make up for the loss of Jackson, the Big 12 leader in scoring and assists who in his two years led them to an NCAA regional final and an NIT championship.
Alongside fifth-ranked Baylor, No. 13 Oklahoma, No. 15 Texas Tech and No. 18 Oklahoma State, it's unranked Texas (5-2, 4-0) that can take sole possession of first place over the idle Bears with a win at home Saturday against Kansas.
Baylor climbs to No. 5 in The Associated Press college football poll, the best ranking for the Bears in 60 years.
Texas Tech (7-0, 4-0), which was ranked seventh in the preseason Big 12 poll, is now ranked 10th in the country and alone in first place.
Bryce Petty threw for 343 yards and two touchdowns, Antwan Goodley had 182 yards receiving and two scores, and No. 12 Baylor tied a school record with its 10th straight win, beating Iowa State 71-7 on Saturday night.
No. 12 Baylor and 16th-ranked Texas Tech are the league's only undefeated teams. Texas is 3-0 in the conference after starting 1-2 this season.
Baylor coach Art Briles knew that his team would be tested at some point his season. Things had been too easy for the No. 15 Bears during four lopsided home wins.
Baylor running back Lache Seastrunk boldly proclaimed that he would win the 2013 Heisman Trophy, or at least get very close.
The fact that six teams got first-place votes in the preseason Big 12 poll was a sure sign that league would be unpredictable in 2013.
Fire crews were called to Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine twice Thursday, after several staff members reported feeling sick.
Bryce Petty threw for 351 yards with four touchdowns and ran 2 yards for another score as No. 20 Baylor kept piling up the points, beating Louisiana-Monroe 70-7 on Saturday.
Baylor got off to another fast start, scoring at least 28 points in the first quarter for the third game in a row.
The Heisman hype these days is focused a few feet behind Petty at running back Lache Seastrunk as the Bears prepare for their season opener Saturday night against Wofford,
The Bears have the running back duo of Lache Seastrunk and Glasco Martin, who combined for 1,901 yards rushing and 22 touchdowns last season.
Baylor running back Lache Seastrunk and TCU defensive end Devonte Fields are the Big 12 preseason players of the year.
University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school would appeal the ruling.
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University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school would appeal the ruling.
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University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school would appeal the ruling.
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