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Austin American-Statesman: Baylor has bear of an opener against tough TCU
By Kevin Lyttle
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
The first Big 12 game of the season is the best matchup of opening weekend as Baylor entertains TCU in a national TV game Friday night (7, ESPN).
Big 12 teams are favored in the other nine openers — from Texas A&M by 15 1/2 over SMU to Oklahoma State by 361/2 over Louisiana-Lafayette — but not in Waco. The Horned Frogs are a 61/2-point choice.
TCU is coming off an undefeated, Rose Bowl-championship season and was No. 14 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
Baylor played in its first bowl game since 1994 and has much of the firepower back that smashed 55 school offensive records, many of them broken by dazzling quarterback Robert Griffin of Copperas Cove. No wonder a near-capacity crowd of 46,000 to 47,000 fans is expected. ...
By Kevin Lyttle
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
The first Big 12 game of the season is the best matchup of opening weekend as Baylor entertains TCU in a national TV game Friday night (7, ESPN).
Big 12 teams are favored in the other nine openers — from Texas A&M by 15 1/2 over SMU to Oklahoma State by 361/2 over Louisiana-Lafayette — but not in Waco. The Horned Frogs are a 61/2-point choice.
TCU is coming off an undefeated, Rose Bowl-championship season and was No. 14 in the Associated Press preseason poll.
Baylor played in its first bowl game since 1994 and has much of the firepower back that smashed 55 school offensive records, many of them broken by dazzling quarterback Robert Griffin of Copperas Cove. No wonder a near-capacity crowd of 46,000 to 47,000 fans is expected. ...