🐻 The Official Daily Newsletter For Baylor Athletics

Good morning Bears! We’re officially BACK!

That’s right, the summer is gone, well, not for all of us, but our Bears are back on the practice fields and WE LOVE IT!

We’ve got all the coverage from the practice fields and much more!

Plus… It’s National Coloring Book Day!

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

🏈 Gabe The Great
👏 The Wait Is Over..
✈️ Leaving On A Jet Plane
🐻 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Gabe The Great. Power. Speed. Domination.

That’s what Gabe Hall instills on the Baylor defensive line and his talents have drawn eyes from across the country.

Yesterday, Hall was named to the 2023 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List.

The senior out of Waller, Texas, leads a BU defensive front that held opponents under 100 yards rushing in five games last season, including in each of its first four contests.
 
In 2022, Hall played in all 13 games for the Bears and made 12 starts at defensive end. He totaled 36 tackles, including 5.5 for loss, with 4.5 sacks and four quarterback hurries.

The 6-6, 287-pounder has already racked up a handful of preseason all-conference accolades from Phil Steele (first team), Athlon Sports (third team) and College Football Network (honorable mention) and previously warranted a mention on Bruce Feldman's "Freaks List" ahead of the 2022 campaign. Hall carries an 18-game tackle streak into 2023, with multiple stops in 12 of his last 18 outings.

🔺 They’re Baackkkkk. The sweat dripping. The water flowing. The whistles blowing.

The Bears are officially back in action folks!

Today, kicks off BU football training camp, while the women’s soccer team got underway yesterday in Waco.

The volleyball team will join the party later this week, with cross country coming in a few weeks.

Stay tuned to the Brew for all the sights, sounds and storylines.

🔺 We’re Leaving In On A Jet Plane…. Don’t worry though, we know when we’ll be back again.

Tomorrow morning, you’re invited to join us at the Ferrell Center and help send our women’s hoops squad off in style as they head overseas for a 10-day trip of a lifetime to Italy and Greece.

Be sure to come on out to the Ferrell Center at 9:15 a.m. and cheer on some of your favorite Bears!

🐻 ICYMI….

🔺 ICYMI… 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.

🐻 WE TRIPPIN’

🔺 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.

🎟 ON SALE NOW!

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 NOW! Get ‘em while they are hot!

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

🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF: 31 DAYS

Last fall, Blake Shapen in front of the Iowa State faithful in Ames.

It was late September in front of a sold-out Jack Trice Stadium and Shapen led a potent Baylor attack to a 31-24 victory, the first Bears win in Ames since 2016.

On that beautiful afternoon, Shapen threw for 238 yards and three TDs to lift Baylor to a 3-1 start.

The three TDs that day was a season-high for the now rising junior who will be at the helm of the Bears this fall.

🗓 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

15 Days. That’s right folks.

We are just 15 days 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 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

And It’s Gooooooddd! As we mentioned above, last year’s win at Iowa State was the first for Baylor since 2016.

In that game, the Bears staged off a dramatic victory with 17 unanswered points, capped off by a game-winning field goal as time expired.

Who drilled the game-winner and bonus points if you know how long the field goal was?

Think you got it? 

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: Chris Callahan from 19 yards out FOR THE WIN!

A dramatic come-from-behind win in Ames on October 1, 2016 was capped off with Callahan’s game-winner.

🐻 Have a great day Bears!