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It had all the makings of a special season for Baylor. A season-opening victory at Wake Forest convinced long-suffering Bears fans they really could go to a bowl game for the first time since 1994.

Eight Baylor student-athletes earned Big 12 Conference yearly football honors, the league office announced Tuesday.

When Joe Pawelek drives to Floyd Casey Stadium, he sees bigger than life posters of All-America linebackers Mike Singletary and James Francis hanging from the facade along with other Baylor greats.

After the 70,000-plus fans leave and most of the lights are out at Cowboys Stadium, the Baylor seniors will spend their last moments together as a team.

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Date: November 28, 2009 :: Time: 5:00 p.m. CST :: Weather: Dallas, TX TV: FSN :: Radio: Affiliates :: Game Cast: Fox Sports A little short on time due to the holidays.

With Colt McCoy's wins and numbers have come overwhelming recognition and respect.

When the play - "I right U red franny" - was called in the huddle, Christine Michael had a flashback to a preseason practice in Texas A&M's indoor practice facility.

Freshman quarterback Nick Florence experienced the thrill of silencing a big crowd when Baylor upset Missouri two weeks ago in Columbia.

Texas running back Tre Newton had felt like himself for a while after suffering a concussion against Colorado last month.

With campuses sitting only 80 miles apart, Baylor would be motivated to play century-old rival Texas A&M in anything - rugby, pingpong, bowling.

Texas coach Mack Brown continued to dominate Baylor with a 47-14 thrashing Saturday at Floyd Casey Stadium.

There's no question Austin is sprawling, but it looked like the city limits had spread all the way to Floyd Casey Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Colt McCoy tied the NCAA record for career victories by a starting quarterback, throwing two touchdown passes to help No.

By DWAIN PRICE If the Baylor Bears can play a whole game consistently like they did in the second half of the past two, then they would be in the thick of the Big 12 South race.In the second half against Nebraska two weeks ago, the Bears outscored the Cornhuskers 10-0. And in the second half Saturday at Missouri, the Bears had a 24-5 edge.That ...

I can't tell you specifically what goes on in the locker room at halftime of a Missouri football game.

Desperate for its first Big 12 win, Baylor went to the Show Me State and showed the Missouri Tigers the door.

Out: QB Robert Griffin , CB Mikail Baker , CB Antareis Bryan MISSOURI Out: LB Luke Lambert Probable: LG Jayson Palmgren , CB Munir Prince FOUR QUESTIONS 1. Do the Tigers run to victory? Only twice since 2006 has Missouri pounded the ball more times than last week's 45-carry day at Colorado.

Series: Oklahoma leads 69-17-4 Notes: Kansas State can maintain its surprising lead in the Big 12 North if it can snap Oklahoma's school-record 27-game home winning streak.

Looking up at the sea of red at Floyd Casey Stadium, the Baylor players could have sworn they were in Lincoln.