BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

always look on the bright side of life.

- MP BHJ

D!

Go Bears!

Shreveport .... or Bust!!

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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They may get AI engineer jobs and be able to buy and sell you within a year.

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BUGWBBear said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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There won't be any "real jobs" left in 3 years.

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BUGWBBear said:

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BUGWBBear said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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There won't be any "real jobs" left in 3 years.

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that shaped and formed roast beef roll aint gonna slice itself......

- UF

... or will it.

D!

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BUATX2000 said:

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BUGWBBear said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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There won't be any "real jobs" left in 3 years.

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that shaped and formed roast beef roll aint gonna slice itself......

- UF

... or will it.

D!

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yeah an Optimus (Elon) or Atlas (Boston Dynamics) robot will do it: Welcome to the Arby's of The Future!

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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This guy doesn't like the video games

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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This guy doesn't like the video games

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Dude doesn't realize that it's not 1994 anymore. You absolutely can make money from playing video games. Also, these dudes are presumably at Baylor to get a degree, so it's kind of a weird flex. Back when I was in school, these were the dudes that were getting programming and software engineering jobs making six figures right out of school

Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Does he happen to like football too? Because that would be awesome.

ARbear13 said:

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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this post deserves many, many stars.

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ARbear13 said:

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Does he happen to like football too? Because that would be awesome.

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He is from Saudi Arabia and attended Baylor at the peak of our football program's ineptitude (early 2000s). I would guess that he isn't, though I don't know for sure.

Faisal bin Bandar is on the board of the Global Esports Federation and has donated many millions of dollars to the sport. In terms of the sheer number of dollars he can throw around, he is likely Baylor's single biggest potential BMD in any sport.

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ARbear13 said:

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Does he happen to like football too? Because that would be awesome.

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He is from Saudi Arabia and attended Baylor at the peak of our football program's ineptitude (early 2000s). I would guess that he isn't, though I don't know for sure.

Faisal bin Bandar is on the board of the Global Esports Federation and has donated many millions of dollars to the sport. In terms of the sheer number of dollars he can throw around, he is likely Baylor's single biggest potential BMD in any sport.

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without googling i'm guessing we compete in CS2 and Overwatch, too?

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Does he happen to like football too? Because that would be awesome.

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He is from Saudi Arabia and attended Baylor at the peak of our football program's ineptitude (early 2000s). I would guess that he isn't, though I don't know for sure.

Faisal bin Bandar is on the board of the Global Esports Federation and has donated many millions of dollars to the sport. In terms of the sheer number of dollars he can throw around, he is likely Baylor's single biggest potential BMD in any sport.

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without googling i'm guessing we compete in CS2 and Overwatch, too?

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I'm not sure, but I know for a fact that we are rapidly expanding our program. I'm a friend of a friend of the Baylor Esports head coach, which is how I know about this.

BUGWBBear said:

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BUGWBBear said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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Might actually give them a leg up. I mean, they can monetize anything.

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william said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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There won't be any "real jobs" left in 3 years.

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that shaped and formed roast beef roll aint gonna slice itself......

- UF

... or will it.

D!

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yeah an Optimus (Elon) or Atlas (Boston Dynamics) robot will do it: Welcome to the Arby's of The Future!

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wither the slicer???

PA.

- UL

{ LFS rubs prominent brow and stares out the window at a squirrel running round the base of a tree chasing his nuts while pondering the fate of the common man in 'Murrica in this age of robotics and computing machinery }

D!

{ sipping coffee }

When will Optimus and Atlas be in the boxing ring? Would be a major upgrade!

BUGWBBear said:

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BUBradley said:

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At least we are winning in eSports!

BEARS WIN! 🐻🎮@BaylorEsports took home the Rocket League title at the Hawai’I Esports Invitational -- the program's first tournament trophy:https://t.co/k1YV5mZ609

— Baylor University (@Baylor) February 21, 2026

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Good luck retiring on being able to obliterate fake martians.

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I believe from a previous article, some of these guys made over $250k gaming. I'm sure Baylor is paying them to play.

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Good luck getting a real job with that on the resume

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I'm a boomer, and even I know this is one of the most boomer comments ever made. Dude, read the papers!

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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this post deserves many, many stars.

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Hell, let's play a football game over there...

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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this post deserves many, many stars.

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Hell, let's play a football game over there...

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You're joking, but it isn't the craziest idea ever proposed.

The Saudi royal family knows very well that their fossil fuel wealth won't last forever. Like Dubai, they are trying to diversify their economy against the day when oil prices start their ultimate death spiral. Controlling large swathes of the global entertainment industry is a major part of their long-term plans. LIV Golf is the most famous of their investments, but they have other irons in the fire.

If the House of Saud wanted to branch into American football, the alma mater of a prince with an entertainment portfolio is one of the most obvious choices.

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ARbear13 said:

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Esports has 640 million regular viewers worldwide. At current rates of growth, professional video gaming will overtake most other traditional sports within the lifetime of many people on this board. It is already the most commonly watched sport among Gen Z.

One of the biggest Esports promoters in the world, Faisal bin Bandar al Saud, is a member of the Saudi royal family and a loyal Baylor grad. He is the BMD for Baylor Esports and is determined to make them the top program in the U.S.

Baylor has a golden opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the next big wave in collegiate sports. This won't matter to the old folks on this board, but it matters greatly for the future of Baylor Athletics as an institution.

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Does he happen to like football too? Because that would be awesome.

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probably not the same football