Could this finally be the year the Baylor Bears can end the bowl drought that has kept them at second-class citizenship for years in major college football, fans have wondered each year?
But finally with the halfway point of the season approaching, this is indeed looking like the year the Bears qualify for the postseason for the first time since ... 1994. Their quarterback, Robert Griffin seems to be back in stride after season-ending ACL surgery a year ago, there is sufficient talent around him and after Saturday's confidence boosting 55-7 rout over Kansas it seems a matter of when the Bears (4-1, 1-0 Big 12) will get the necessary two wins over the next seven games to become eligible.
What is interesting is, whereas in the past all Baylor and head coach Art Briles have talked about is the need to get to bowl eligibility, this week the subject has been taboo with a critical game on the horizon Saturday against struggling Texas Tech at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
"They are all important, quite honestly," Briles said when asked to speculate how a win over his alma mater Saturday could put his Bears one step away from bowl eligibility. "What we are trying to do is just get better and that's what we are trying to do. We've got some areas we are trying to get better in, so we have to just keep progressing as a team and all that other stuff will take care of itself." Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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