🐻The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

TGIF Baylor Fam. Bears, baguettes and basketball! What a way to start next season!

What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

👟 Among The Elite
🏈 Preseason Praise
⏱️ Countdown To Kickoff
🐻 And much, much more!

⏱️ COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 1️⃣0️⃣ WEEKS

That’s right, we are just 1️⃣0️⃣ weeks away from kickoff of the 2025 season!

It’s never a bad time to relive the historic career of the legendary #1️⃣0️⃣, RGIII, at Baylor.

His most recent honor came last month when he was added to the most recent ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.

The 2011 Heisman Trophy winner, Griffin had a historic career for the Bears from 2008-11. He set for tied 54 school records, including 20 career marks, 26 single-season and eight single-game records, including career passing yards, total offense, completions and passing TDs. He was a consensus first-team All-American in 2011, helping lead the Bears to a No. 12 nationally ranking, which came after a 2010 season that saw BU advance to its first bowl game in 16 years. 

Griffin boasts a bevy of awards from his Baylor career, in addition to the Heisman, including Big 12 Male Athlete of the year, the Davey O'Brien and Manning Awards, and freshman All-America honors in 2008. He was inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022 and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. 

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Preseason Praise. We’re still 10 weeks away from kickoff, but the praise has begun to roll in for the Baylor football squad.

Keaton Thomas and Palmer Williams were both named preseason All-America, and a total of 10 Bears earned preseason All-Big 12 Conference by Phil Steele. 
 
Williams, Baylor's dynamite punter, was named second-team preseason All-America, and Thomas, who ranked No. 25 in the nation in tackles last year, was named fourth-team preseason All-America.

In addition, 10 total Bears earned preseason All-Big 12 Conference by Phil Steele, including Thomas and Williams, and Omar Aigbedion (OL), Travion Barnes (LB), Josh Cameron (WR & PR), Sidney Fugar (OL), Jackie Marshall (DL), Sawyer Robertson (QB), Michael Trigg (TE) and Bryson Washington (RB).

🔼 Oui Oui. Each and every season opener is special, but this one, this one hits a little different.

The Baylor women’s basketball received some exciting news as the Bears were announced as part of the Oui-Play Paris doubleheader and will take on Duke in the season opener for the upcoming 2025-26 season on November 3rd.
 
The event, in its third edition and second consecutive as a doubleheader, will also feature Vanderbilt and California at Adidas Arena in the City of Lights.

🏀 More Details On The Event

🔼 Among The Elite. Rising sophomore Hannah Lowe wasn’t quite done with her Baylor uniform and racing cleats for the season.

Lowe laced them up one more time among the nation’s best on Thursday night at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. and earned a seventh-place finish at the USATF u20 Championships in the 100m dash.

🎥 BAYLOR+: ALL NEW SIC ‘EM POD

On the latest of episode of The Sic 'Em Podcast, we sit down with Johnnie Harris,
the newly appointed Associate Head Coach for Baylor Women’s Basketball.

A seasoned leader with championship experience, Coach Harris shares her journey through the coaching ranks, her passion for developing young women on and off the court, and what excites her most about joining the Baylor Family.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Baylor’s dynamic punter Palmer Williams earned his rightful spot among the nation’s best with his first preseason All-America honor of the year this week.

Last fall, how many punts did Williams unleash that traveled 50+ yards?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom to see the answer!

🎥 BAYLOR+: HOUSE SETTLEMENT INTERVIEW

The biggest news story in the college athletics world
right now is the House Settlement and the future of college athletics.

In an exclusive interview with Baylor+, Voice of the Bears John Morris sat down with Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Mack B. Rhoades IV to talk about the ruling and the exciting future of Baylor athletics.

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