GoldMind said:
Dnicknames said:
Some forget Coach Kaz was the strength coach at South Florida before Baylor, where he helped USF become the #2 ranked team in the county his last year. USF, number 2, nationally.
Kaz left USF for a downtrodden Baylor program, where he helped Baylor reach #1 nationally. Repeating the success from USF at Baylor wasn't luck.
SMU coaches are telling parkies they hired the top college strength coach in the county. I agree with them.
We've never been ranked number 1. #3 was the highest. Just FYI
When the Baylor football team takes the field Saturday against West Virginia, it will do so in a way the Bears never have before as
the No. 2 team in the nation.
In both major polls released this week (
the AP and Coaches Poll), head coach Art Briles' squad is ranked No. 2 the highest ranking in the program's 113-year history. The Bears had previously reached No. 3 in the rankings twice, in
1953 and
2013.
More than 20% of the Associated Press writers who voted in the AP poll put the Bears at No. 1 on their ballots, as Baylor received 13 first-place votes believed to be the most in program history.
What has propelled the Bears to such record heights? Well, there's the offense, of course, which again leads the nation in both
points per game and
yards per game (after having paced the country in both categories in
2013 and
2014, too). Baylor is the only program to be among the nation's top 10 in both passing (8th) and rushing (2nd) yards per game. Quarterback Seth Russell leads the country in five categories, including passing efficiency and passing touchdowns, while wide receiver Corey Coleman tops the nation in touchdown catches (13 one shy of the Baylor single-season record) and scoring, and ranks 4th in receiving yards per game.
Oct. 13, 2015