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Wednesday Poll Question: To Australia or Not to Australia

With rumors now swirling rampantly that Baylor is trying to put together a 2016 football game in Australia against an as-yet undetermined Pac 12 foe, it's time to take the pulse of Baylor Nation on the subject.

Briles never having been to Australia didn't keep Rod Gilmore from speculating that he might take that open coaching job some day.
Briles never having been to Australia didn't keep Rod Gilmore from speculating that he might take that open coaching job some day.
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So the reports are out there now about the rumored Baylor game in Australia to open the 2016 season.  Yesterday, Baylor AD Ian McCaw spoke publicly about the possibility of an international game in the near future, then David Ubben of FoxSports.com reported about the Australia Option (to phrase it like a Clive Cussler novel) and the story really started gaining traction.

Today's poll question is relatively simple: do you want Baylor to play a game in Australia in 2016 or not?

There are layers to this question, to be sure: you could love the idea of playing a Pac 12 team but prefer another locale; you could love the locale but hope for someone better than the rumored opponent, Cal-Berkeley; or you could hate the idea altogether because ... well, I don't know why.  Answer however you like, then give your #hottake about it in the comments.  The idea here is to figure out what kind of support this game would have among the Baylor Faithful.

At the same time, if you're not among the happy (relatively) few that comprises this particular band of brothers (and sisters!), please feel free to weigh in among us.  It's always helpful to know how this kind of move would be received by people who don't necessarily support Baylor but that would have some kind of interest.