🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Happy Tuesday, ya’ll. The nerves. The jitters. The excitement.

All of it is alive and well as the Bears are officially reporting to camp TODAY in Waco and the practice fields and courts will be full of whistles, sweat and much more in less than 24 hours.

We’ve got you covered with all the sights, sounds, and story lines!

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

🏈 Nothin’ Beats A Reese(‘s)
🏀 Super Send-Off
✈️ Road Trip!
🐻 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Nothing Beats A Reese(‘s). It’s hard to find anyone who doesn’t love a good Reese’s candy.

The same goes for rising sophomore running back Richard Reese, who this week was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, an award presenting annually to the most outstanding player in college football.

Reese is one of just 13 Big 12 players on the list.

Already a preseason All-Big 12 honoree, Reese was tabbed a Freshman All-American in 2022 after shattering Baylor's rookie rushing record with 972 yards on 198 carries. He added 14 touchdowns, which ranked fourth-best in BU single-season history, and finished just 28 yards shy of becoming the 16^th 1,000-yard rusher in program history.
 
The Bellville, Texas, native logged three games of 100+ yards rushing and was twice named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in 2022.

For his efforts, Reese was also named the Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year by the league coaches and Offensive Freshman of the Year in the state of Texas by Dave Campbell's Texas Football a year ago.

🔺 Super Send-Off. Who doesn’t love some ice cream with some friends?

That’s exactly what the Baylor women’s hoops squad did on Sunday and now, let’s help send them off!

The Bears head to the airport on Thursday for a 10-day trip to Italy and Greece, not too bad of a way to end the summer right?

Be sure to come on out to the Ferrell Center at 9:15 a.m. and cheer on our girls as they head overseas!

🔺 Road Trip!!! Gather your friends, join your Baylor fam and head on out to Orlando for an awesome road trip to one of our newest conference foes.

Jump on board and join the Bears Foundation as we enjoy a few days in Orlando, the sun and some great football.

Maybe we’ll even run into the giant mouse that roams around down there.

🔺 Oui Oui. Rosetta Stone on Speed Dial, please!

That’s right, our Baylor Bears are headed across the pond for an experience of a lifetime with a 10-day trip through France.

These international trips are permitted by the NCAA every four years and allows the team to learn new cultures, see things they’ve never experienced and play a few exhibition games in the process.

Make sure to follow @BaylorMBB on all social media accounts and right here in the Brew to catch all the sights and sounds of the upcoming trip!

🐻 ICYMI….

🔺 Welcome Back, Old Friend. One of the founding members of the Big 12 is coming home.

Late last week, it was released that Colorado will be rejoining the Big 12 conference beginning in 2024-25.

The Buffs were one of the original group of schools that made up the Big 12 conference when it formed in 1996.

🔺 Two Shots, Two Opportunities. You might have heard of this guy before, he kinda just set the single-season rushing record at Baylor in 2021. He’s kind of fast.

That’s right, Abram Smith is taking his talents to NFL camps as the former Bear was invited to tryouts with the Buffalo Bills and Las Vegas Raiders.

Smith was in camp with the New Orleans Saints, but was among the last cuts before the season started.

This past spring, he was the first overall pick in the 2023 XFL draft and had a standout season with the DC Defenders, who were the North Division Champions and posted a 9-1 record.

Smith was outstanding in those 10 games, rushing for nearly 800 yards and seven TDs. He was named to the 2023 All-XFL First Team.

🎟 TICKETS, GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

Secure Your Seats. Mark those calendars. Fire up the iPhones. 🔒 in those seats NOW!

That’s right, the Bears are primed for a BIG 2023-24 season and tickets have already started being secured for some sports.

Single game 🏈 tickets are on sale TODAY! Get ‘em while they are hot!

You don’t want to be left out, we promise!

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 32 DAYS

Over 5,000 passing yards.
Over 350 completions.
Over 6,000 yards of total offense.
32 passing TDs.

All four of those were program records when “Commander Cody” Carlson graduated from Baylor and moved onto the NFL. The 32 passing TDs now sits seventh all-time in school history.

Carlson went on to enjoy a seven-year NFL career with the Houston Oilers, starting 19 games over that span and primarily serving as a backup to NFL Hall of Famer Warren Moon.

The Dallas native now resides in Waco with his family and is active with the B Foundation and current Baylor student-athletes.

🗓 SAVE THE DATE

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 14 different sports. Snap some pictures. Get some autographs and get some cool prizes!

You don’t want to miss it!

⏱ BEAR (COUNT)DOWN

16 Days. That’s right folks.

We are just 16 days away from the start of the 2023-2024 Baylor athletic calendar. The Baylor women’s squad kicks things off (literally) when they travel to Oregon to take on the Ducks on August 17th at 9 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.

🤔 SIC ’EM TRIVIA

We’re Baacckkk. The 2022 Baylor women’s soccer team was loaded with young talent.

That talent was evident from the start and continued all fall. The best part about young talent? They’re back next year even better!

And that’s the case with the Bears, who are the first Baylor team in action on August 17th.

In 2022, the Bears tallied 44 total points. How many of those came from returners for this upcoming season?

Got a guess? 

Scroll 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: 33 of 44 points were scored by returners

Then-freshman Renata Vargas was the team’s leading scorer with five goals and will be back this fall to help the Bears on the offensive attack.

🐻 Have a great day Bears!