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Freshman Nick Florence passed for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, helping Baylor defeat Missouri 40-32 on Saturday.

Texas star Colt McCoy has enjoyed plenty of success throwing the ball against Baylor, but not as much in his lone visit to Floyd Casey Stadium.

The old saying goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. The Longhorns were almost fooled again when they had the ball on their own 1-yard line last Saturday and tried to run Cody Johnson out of the end zone in the I-formation. Remember in 2008 when Texas was stopped for a safety against Texas Tech after trying to run Chris ...

The Big 12 North has hit the rewind button. With two-time defending champion Missouri buried in last place alongside reeling Kansas, Kansas State and Nebraska have emerged as the front-runners to represent the North in the Dec.

Baylor freshman quarterback Nick Florence was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week after his record-setting performance in Baylora s 40-32 upset at Missouri, the league office announced Monday.

More than an hour after the final whistle, the parking lot was still half full, purple-clad tailgaters flipping burgers and drinking beer, sitting in camp chairs under portable awnings.

Freshman Nick Florence passed for a school-record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for a fourth, helping Baylor defeat Missouri 40-32 on Saturday.

When Mizzou runs Mizzou's running game showed some progress against Colorado, whose run defense ranks 10th in the Big 12, and Baylor's run defense is ranked last.

Nebraska At Baylor FACTS & STATS: Site: Floyd Casey Stadium -- Waco, Texas. Television:Versus. Home Record: Nebraska 3-2, Baylor 2-2. Away Record: Nebraska 1-1, Baylor 1-2. Neutral Record: Nebraska 0-0, Baylor 0-0. Conference Record: Nebraska 1-2, Baylor 0-3. Series Record: Nebraska leads, 10-1. GAME NOTES: A couple of reeling Big 12 teams lock ...

Pelini: 'We need to win' 6:29 p.m. The NU players aren't mentally bruised beyond repair, but winning Saturday would be a good confidence boost, according to coach Bo Pelini.

Baylor is without quarterback Robert Griffin for Saturday's game. When Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin last year darted around the end of Nebraska's front four on a fourth-and-short play, then accelerated past all of the Cornhusker defenders for a 47-yard touchdown run, a low murmur went up in the Memorial Stadium press box.

Nebraska defensive coordinator Carl Pelini says Baylor's offense will present a big challenge with its speed.

By DWAIN PRICE WACO - Until a reporter recently told him, Baylor coach Art Briles had no idea cornerback Clifton Odom's father used to play in the NFL.That wasn't really good news for the younger Odom.'When coach Briles said, 'I didn't know your dad played in the NFL,' that's something I don't like to talk about,' Odom said.

Unexplained mysteries are popping up all over the Big 12. How do you explain Texas Tech beating Nebraska in Lincoln and then turning around and losing to heavy underdog Texas A&M in Lubbock? How does Kansas State give up 66 points against the Red Raiders and then score 62 the next week against the Aggies? Did anyone really think Nebraska would ...

With quarterback Zac Robinson leading the way, Oklahoma State can put points on the board faster than most teams in college football.

Top 25 Overview It was over when... Oklahoma State opened the second half with an 87-yard drive capped by a Cooper Bassett TD to make it 24-zip. Gameball goes to... Zac Robinson.

With Hurricane Katrina about to slam into New Orleans, Ernest Smith was getting ready to hop on a bus and play the first football game of the 2005 season.

The 14th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys carry a four-game win streak into Saturday's Big 12 Conference road clash with the Baylor Bears.

Quietly and methodically, the hunter stalks his prey. When the moment is right, he raises his rifle and squeezes off a shot.

By DWAIN PRICE WACO - To the football purist, Baylor's chances of becoming bowl eligible this season are astronomical.With six games remaining against some of the toughest teams in the Big 12, the Bears have some rough terrain to cover in order to reach their preseason goal of becoming bowl eligible for the first time since 1994.The challenge is ...