Big XII Champions for Life

Today’s Events

• Women's Volleyball, @ TCU, 2:00 PM CT, Gametracker, Listen, Watch: FSSW+ (Fox Sports Southwest Plus)

Football, vs. Oklahoma, 5:30 PM CT, Gametracker, Listen Free, Watch

• Men's Tennis, Ivy Plus at Princeton, NJ, All Day
• Women's Golf , Schooner Fall Classic at Norman, Okla., All Day
• Men's Tennis, Oracle ITA Masters at Indian Wells, Calif., All Day

Volleyball

• Preview: Volleyball Preps for Saturday Match at TCU, Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor volleyball (11-3, 1-0 Big 12) hits the road for a Big 12 matchup against I-35 rival TCU Saturday at 2 p.m. CT at University Recreation Center in Fort Worth.

Baylor looks for its first win in Fort Worth since Nov. 14, 2012 where the Bears won in straight sets. BU also looks for its first win at TCU under head coach Ryan McGuyre. Last season, the Bears split the regular season meetings, sweeping the Horned Frogs at home and then falling on the road in five sets.

The Big 12 matchup will be featured on Fox Sports Southwest Plus with Chuck LaMendola (play-by-play) and TCU volleyball alum Alexia Heist (color) on the call.

A live radio stream will be available to subscribers at BaylorBears.com during the match.

• Volleyball Downs Texas Tech in Big 12 Opener, Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor volleyball (11-3, 1-0 Big 12) surged to a four-set win over Texas Tech in the team's Big 12 opener Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center, 25-20, 23-25, 25-20, 25-16.
• GOFROGS.COM - Preview: Baylor - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site, Home action for the 2017 Big 12 season for the TCU volleyball team will kick-off on Saturday, Sept. 23 as the Horned Frogs welcome Baylor to The Rickel inside the University Recreation Center for a 2 p.m., first serve.

Golf

• Women's Golf Opens Season at Schooner Fall Classic - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor women's golf opens its 2017-18 season this weekend at the Schooner Fall Classic in Norman, Okla. The three-day, 54-hole tournament runs Saturday through Monday on the par-71, 6,046-yard course at Belmar Golf Club.
• Hall of Fame 2017 Spotlight: Melanie Hagewood Willhite - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, While breaking all the records for the Baylor women’s golf team, including most career top-10 (21) and top-five finishes (12), the Clarksville, Tenn., native also earned a degree in mechanical engineering and developed a Mathletes program for Baylor student-athletes to help encourage elementary students with their math studies.

Tennis

• MTs Schretter Still Undefeated at Oracle ITA Masters - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor men’s tennis junior Johannes Schretter advanced to the main draw singles semifinals and mixed doubles final after a successful 4-0 day at the Oracle ITA Masters Friday at the Malibu Racquet Club.
• Men's Tennis Duo Begins Ivy-Plus Invitational Play - BaylorBears.com - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor men's tennis juniors Jimmy Bendeck and Will Little went 2-2 on day one of the Ivy-Plus Invitational on Friday at the Lenz Tennis Center.

Equestrian

EQ Sets Program Point Record with 18-2 Win - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, No. 5 Baylor equestrian (1-0) opened its 2017-18 season with a commanding 18-2 win over West Texas A&M (0-1) on Friday morning at the Willis Family Equestrian Center, setting a new program record for most points scored in a single contest.

Scandal Fallout

• Why I feel sorry for Baylor football | News OK, The guilty are gone, the innocent left behind, so where's the glee in Baylor's demise?
• Should we derive pleasure from Baylor's losses?, Blasting News, This football team is extremely bad, and they play in a brand new stadium that hosts a loser right now.

Football

• What's the best playout if, for some reason, Baylor loses to OU? - Our Daily Bears FanPost, There are lots of ways the game could play out: blowOUt, BlowoUt, and everything in between.

If, for some reason, Baylor doesn't pull it out today, what's the way you'd like it to happen?...

• Baylor WR Chris Platt's speed, versatility draw comparisons to Robert Griffin III, DieHards, Baylor wide receiver Chris Platt is one of several football players who run track during the offseason for the Bears. His versatility has earned him a comp
• Five Keys to #SicOU - Baylor University Official Athletic Site, Baylor’s defense has made dramatic strides over the last two weeks, holding Duke to just 4-of-18 on third down.

Despite the 0-3 start, Rhule said the players on this team are “going to end up being champions because they have a championship character, so support them now. Follow them in the most adverse of times, because those kids need to know that ‘someone has my back.’’’

• Brice Cherry: Baylor fans, don't show up in 2019 if you're not going to show up now | Baylor Bears Football | wacotrib.com, Every fan base has its wannabes.
• Oklahoma-Baylor: Time, TV channel, watch online for Week 4 game (9/23/2017), DieHards, Oklahoma-Baylor is set for 6:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Sept. 23, in Waco, Texas. The Sooners are going for their third-consecutive Big 12 title this season.
• Bears face multiple challenges against powerful Sooners | Baylor Bears Football | wacotrib.com, Baylor coach Matt Rhule and his staff could drive themselves insane thinking about all the challenges No. 3 Oklahoma presents in Saturday’s Big 12 opener at McLane Stadium.

“It’s a tremendous opportunity for our players to play against the No. 3 team in the country, a team that went to Ohio State and beat them on their field,” Rhule said. “Baker Mayfield, as we all know, is a fantastic quarterback, and he has a tremendous amount of weapons around him. They have a really good defense. We certainly have our work cut out for us and we’re excited to try to get something done against them.”

• Baylor Fan Offers Baker Mayfield Money To Not Show Up In Waco Saturday, Baylor fans aren't looking forward to facing Baker Mayfield.
• OU GAMEDAY: 5 things to watch during OU-Baylor | Don't Miss This | normantranscript.com, Oklahoma’s path to the Big 12 championship game begins at Baylor, where Sooner fans might outnumber the those in the home crowd.
• Three storylines: Oklahoma at Baylor | News OK, Keeping CeeDee rolling

While his targeting ejection ate up most of the attention surrounding CeeDee Lamb this week, the fact the freshman receiver is emerging as a go-to target for Baker Mayfield has been overlooked a bit.

Lamb has shown the ability both to make catches in traffic and burn defenders deep. His ability to keep pressuring defenses is important not only for Saturday but the rest of the season for the Sooners.

Protecting depth

The depth that was one of the big reasons the Sooners' offensive line was so vaunted coming into the season continues to erode.Before the season, Alex Dalton was lost to a season-ending injury, and the decision was made to try to redshirt Johnathon Alvarez if possible.

• Oklahoma at Baylor 2017: Game preview, prediction and 6 things to know - Crimson And Cream Machine, The Oklahoma Sooners open Big 12 play Saturday night against Baylor in Waco
• Oklahoma Football: 8 questions about the Baylor Bears - Crimson And Cream Machine, with Craig Smoak of ESPN Central Texas. Learn a little more about the Baylor Bears before Oklahoma’s Saturday contest in Waco.
• Oklahoma vs Baylor: Sooners look to avoid a Bear trap, Last Word on College Football, -The Oklahoma Sooners open up conference play on Saturday against the Baylor Bears. A breakdown of Baylor team as well as game predictions are here.
• Oklahoma Takes 13-Game Winning Streak To Baylor « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth, Oklahoma takes the nation's longest winning streak into its first Big 12 game under new head coach Lincoln Riley. The Bears also have a new coach in Matt Rhule. Baylor hasn't started a season 0-4 since 1999.
• OU football: Behind enemy lines with the Waco Tribune-Herald's John Werner | OU Sports Extra | tulsaworld.com, An insider's look at the Baylor Bears.