1/12/2012 Daily Bears Report: Weekend Update with MCM

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Baylor (10-4, 2-0) vs. TCU (9-6, 0-2) Jan. 12, 2013 | 5:00 p.m. CT Waco, Texas | Ferrell Center (10,284) TV: FCS Central & FSSW | Radio: ESPN Central Texas 1660 AM, Sirius 91, XM 91

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MBB Hosts TCU for First Time in Big 12 Play - Baylor Bears Official Athletic Site - BaylorBears.com
Baylor hosts TCU for the teams' first-ever meeting as Big 12 rivals at 5 p.m. CT Saturday at the Ferrell Center. The game will be televised by Baylor Vision on FOX Sports.

TCU Concludes Road Swing at Baylor - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site
TCU wraps up a two-game road swing Saturday evening when it renews a longtime rivalry with Baylor at the Bears' Ferrell Center. Tip-off for the contest, which will be televised live by FOX Sports Southwest, is set for 5 p.m.

Baylor's success admirable, but TCU will build program Trent Johnson's way | Dallas-Fort Wort...
It has been a little more than 10 years since TCU last played Baylor in basketball.

Baylor stays on even keel while coach suspended - San Antonio Express-News
The Bears claimed a tough 86-79 overtime victory over Texas to start conference play. Drew watched from his home, taking a tip from the superstitious San Francisco 49ers fan in the TV commercial who frantically searches for his lucky spot for viewing games. Whether it was their coach's sedentary plans or merely a hot shooting night, the Bears followed Tang's direction to push their winning streak against in-state opponents to 13 games. "I think our staff did a tremendous job," said Drew, who sat out the two games as a self-imposed penalty because of his failure to monitor the sending of text messages and phone calls to recruits beyond the NCAA's limit. The Bears broke defending national champion Kentucky's 55-game home winning streak earlier in the season, but struggled in home losses to College of Charleston and Northwestern.

Baylor (and the rest of college) Football

Looking back on Big 12 3,000-yard passers - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Before the season, I projected the league's biggest playmakers at each position, and for passers, that means 3,000 yards through the air.

The Big 12 vs. major conferences in 2012 - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Which conference is best? Our ESPN Stats and Info crew says it's the SEC, and the Big 12 is No. 2, just ahead of the Pac-12. How did the Big 12 do vs.

Fans pick best Big 12 bowl performance - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
Earlier this week, I asked you to weigh in on which Big 12 bowl performance was best, and you answered emphatically.

College football hangout: 2012 season ends, recruiting takes center stage - SBNation.com
SB Nation's Dan Rubenstein, Spencer Hall, and Bud Elliott chat all things end of the college football year and beyond.

Johnny Manziel is gonna need some ice for these Mike Stoops burns - SBNation.com
Oklahoma's defensive coordinator made some comments about everyone's favorite reigning Heisman winner. They were fairly catty.

Advanced college football rankings 2012: A&M, K-State in top-5 - SBNation.com
The Tide aren't a surprise at the top, but the stats-based ranking system looks quite different than the traditional polls.