🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good Monday Morning. I bet you started singing Shania Twain when you read that subject line, didn’t you? It’s ok to admit it.

Well, Baylor family, order an extra donut with breakfast. Throw a little confetti on your desk. We finally made it!

That’s right. By the time kickoff arrives on Thursday night in Eugene, Oregon, we’ve had waited for this day for…

• 5,880,180 seconds -or-

• 98,003 minutes -or-

• 68 days, 1 hours and 23 minutes

However you want to count, it’s been a while since we’ve seen our Bears in official collegiate competition and we… can’t… wait!

What else is stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below!

⚽️ Game Week Is Here
🏀 We Got Sights. We Got Sounds. We Got Hoops.
🏈 Earned And Not Given
🐻 And much, much more!

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📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Game Week Is HERE! It’s been nine months since the Baylor soccer team has taken the pitch together and Thursday can’t come soon enough.

The Bears have put together two impressive preseason victories over Oklahoma (3-2) and Tarleton (4-0) with both the veteran and new talent shining bright.

⚽️: Away From the Pitch

💪: Preseason Grinding, Preparing In Every Way

🌊: Bears On The Water

🔺 Hoops and History. The BU men’s hoops squad is finishing up their trip in France, playing their second of two games, while also taking in plenty of history along the way.

🏀: Hoopin’ It Up

🚲: Rollin’ Through Lyon

👀: Unforgettable Sights

🔺 Now That’s How You Finish Strong. Baylor’s women’s team wrapped up an unforgettable trip across Italy and Greece over the weekend with a final group dinner before heading back to Waco.

Hoops were played, sights were scene and memories were made.

🏀: Ballin’ Out

🌊: Island Fun in the Sun

🔺 Earned Not Given. As one of the more experienced presences in the wide receiver room, it would be easy for Ketron Jackson Jr. to have a certain level of expectations on his playing time or targets.

However, in a world full of transfer portals and new faces, Jackson’s mantra and mindset has been a refreshing one, let my play do the talking and let me earn my spot, not be given a spot.

In the latest edition of View From The Hill, we take a deep look into the Arkansas transfer and his adjustment to Waco.

🔺 It’s All Coming Together. This week, the Bears strapped on the pads and kicked up training camp another notch as the season is three weeks away.

One of the group that feels it the most when the pads come on is the offensive line, a unit that the Bears seeing continuing to come together with new faces becoming a cohesive unit.

A View From The Hill takes an in-depth look at a unit that could be a critical part of the team’s success this fall.

🔺 Once A Bear, Always A Bear. The term Baylor family is not thrown around lightly. Once you don these colors, you’re part of our family forever.

Just because our Bears may depart Waco, they are still shining examples of what being a part of our family is all about and a couple of BU alums are making their impact in the professional ranks.

🏈: Rollin’ With Ross

⚾️: Jubilation for Jared

🏟: Max Mania In LA

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 19 DAYS

Before he was a part of Baylor Athletics staff, Walter Abercrombie was a menace for opposing defenses to try and stop.

He carried the ball more than any other player in program history. His legacy on the gridiron is unmatched, graduating as the school’s leading rusher and went on to become the 12th overall pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

His name is all over the Bears’ record book including still holding the record for most 100-plus yard rushing games with 19.

He rushed for nearly 4,000 yards during his time in Waco and went on to play seven professional seasons, six with the Steelers and one with the Philadelphia Eagles.

He returned to Waco in 2004 and now serves as the Executive Director of the “B” Foundation.

⏱ BEAR (COUNT)DOWN

THREE DAYS! That’s right folks.

We are less than ONE WEEK away from the start of the 2023-2024 Baylor athletic calendar. The Baylor soccer squad kicks things off (literally) when they travel to Oregon to take on the Ducks, next Thursday, August 17th at 7 pm CST.

Two weeks later, the soccer, volleyball, cross country and football teams are ALL in action. Block off that weekend and make sure you’ve got the Green and Gold ready!

Order those shirts. Secure those tickets. 

The Bears are coming.

🗓 SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 26

Get it on your calendar now fans.

This event is one of the must attend on the Baylor Athletics calendar and we can’t wait to see everyone back at McLane Stadium next month for our annual “Meet the Bears” day.

Get a sneak peek at the rosters for the upcoming season. Meet student-athletes from 15 different sports. Snap some pictures. Get some autographs and get some cool prizes!

You don’t want to miss it!

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

Give ‘Em Five. This fall is the fifth anniversary of a record-setting season for the BU women’s soccer program as it put together a 20-win season back in 2018, a Big 12 regular season championship and a second straight trip to the NCAA Elite Eight.

It was a season that won’t ever be forgotten.

Can you name the team’s leading scorer that year?

Think you got it?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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📅 COMING SOON

Wednesday, August 16

🏐 Green vs. Gold Game @ Ferrell Center @ 6:00pm CT

Thursday, August 31

⚽ Soccer vs. Louisiana Tech @ 7:00pm CT (Home Opener) | Tickets

Saturday, September 2

🏈 Football vs. Texas State @ 6:00pm CT on ESPN+ | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Julie James.

James will forever be one of the best to ever play for Baylor, leaving the program as the all-time leader in career minutes (nearly 8,000) and ranks among the top-10 in goal and point scorers.

In 2018, James finished tied for the team lead with 10 goals, but also added three assists for a team-high 23 points on the year. She finished her career with 54 points in her four seasons in Waco.

🐻 Have a great Monday, ya’ll!