| Baylor Bears Football News: |
| Third-year Coach Guy Morriss' Baylor football team opened spring practice under picture-perfect conditions Wednesday with a two-hour afternoon workout in helmets and shorts on the grass practice fields at Floyd Casey Stadium.
"It was good to get out of the office and back on the practice field," Morriss said. "It was a beautiful day to get started on. I believe the kids' energy level was good and they were flying around pretty good out there." "It is hard to evaluate hitting and those kinds of things without pads on, but I thought the technique and assignments were really good.," he added. "I was impressed with the way they came out and executed everything. That puts us a little bit ahead of where we were last year, which is good in the building process. We're pleased with today's effort--now we have to keep doing it for the next 14 workouts." Baylor will take Thursday off, then hold its second spring workout on Friday at 3 p.m. in helmets and shorts before going through the first of 12 full-pad practices on April 2 at 9 a.m. All practices are open to the public. The Bears, who return 13 starters from a year ago, will end spring practice April 23rd with the annual Green-Gold Spring Game at Floyd Casey Stadium. All-told, the NCAA allows 15 spring workouts including the Spring Game. Practice Note: The only returning letterwinner who is working at a new position in spring practice is junior Julian Hill, who spent last year at defensive tackle but is working at defensive end this spring. Hill started four of his nine appearances as a sophomore and was credited with nine tackles (four solo) on the year. |
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Northwestern State Demons Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Washington State Cougars Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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UConn Huskies Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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8:00 pm
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Rentschler Field
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Oklahoma Sooners Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Iowa State Cyclones Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Oklahoma State Cowboys Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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11:59 pm
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Boone Pickens Stadium
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Nebraska Cornhuskers Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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11:59 pm
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Nebraska Memorial Stadium
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Missouri Tigers Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Texas Longhorns Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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11:59 pm
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Darrell K Royal - Memorial Stadium
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Baylor Bears Football
vs. Texas A&M Aggies Football
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11:59 pm
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Floyd Casey Stadium
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Texas Tech Red Raiders Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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11:59 pm
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Jones AT&T Stadium
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Texas Tech Red Raiders Football
vs. Baylor Bears Football
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11:59 pm
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Jones AT&T Stadium
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| More Baylor Bears Football News: |
| Baylor returns 13 starters, including eight on the defensive side of the ball, from last year's team which went 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the Big 12. All-told, the Bears return 49 letterwinners -- 23 on offense, 22 on defense and four specialists, among their 122-man spring roster.
"It's wide open, no one's job is safe as we begin spring practice, even Daniel Sepulveda's," Morriss said. "I used Daniel as an example to the team in a meeting last week. Here's a kid who won a national award as the best collegiate punter, but if comes out here in the spring and doesn't get the job done, guess where he's going to be? Right there on the sideline with me. So it goes for all positions. Hopefully, the depth will be better, the competition will be better, because that's what will make us get better as a team." All eyes will likely be on the Bears' battle at quarterback between junior Shawn Bell and sophomore Terrance Parks. For the second straight spring, Bell will take the first spring snap in the race to replace Dane King, who departed the Baylor program following the 2004 season. Bell, who has five career starts to his credit, drew three starts as a sophomore and directed Baylor's memorable 35-34 overtime win over Texas A&M. He broke a bone in his non-throwing hand at Oklahoma State which opened the door for Parks to start Baylor's 2004 finale against then-top-ranked Oklahoma at Waco. "I would hope so (that a clear-cut No. 1 could emerge at quarterback by April 23 when spring ball ends), but I don't think its going to happen," Morriss said. "Those things usually take care of themselves and will just kind of play out. I'm sorry Dane left, but that was his decision which has left us a little short-handed at quarterback. "But I think the offensive line will be better, so hopefully we won't have to go through two quarterbacks and then have to go recruit someone off the bench or out of the stands to be the third guy," he added. "But, I think the two guys who are going to be competing are both very capable, and again we are looking for the whole package. Get it done on the field, off the field in the classroom, that's all of the intangibles that we are looking for. Whoever wants it the most, who's going to move the club, that's who is going to start in September." |