Filed under: Baylor, Texas, Big 12
AUSTIN, Texas -- The signs have been there for weeks this could be quite a special season for the Baylor Bears.Finally Saturday, the proof beyond a doubt was provided when 25th-ranked Baylor rallied from nine points down in the third quarter to stun the Texas Longhorns, 30-22, in their own Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. Baylor is no longer the doormat of the Big 12 South.
In fact, the Bears (7-2, 4-1 Big 12) are enjoying the view from the top after coming into Memorial Stadium on Saturday and beating Texas (4-4, 2-3) for the first time since 1997 and for the first time in Austin since 1991. As unbelievable as it is to imagine, the Bears are three wins away from claiming their first Big 12 South title, although that will be a huge challenge with a tough game at Oklahoma State next week followed by back-to-back home games against Texas A&M and Oklahoma.
A program that had never won four games in a Big 12 season is now part of the conversation.
"Times have changed," said Baylor sophomore quarterback Robert Griffin (pictured above), who finished the day with 219 yards passing and two touchdown passes third-and-long. "There has been that big bear that Baylor never beats this team or Baylor never beats that team. That bear is gone. We beat Texas and we can beat Oklahoma State and that's all that matters right now because that's the next team we've got on our slate."
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