Day: July 18, 2017

New Baylor head coach Matt Rhule knew the challenges that came with accepting the job in Waco. But he also saw tremendous opportunity that included playing in a great conference at a university that shares his personal values. Rhule spoke during the second day of Big 12 Media Days July 18. “What I did not know was just how many phenomenal people there are at Baylor University and really, in part, in the entire community,” he said. “Men and women who are committed to education, to faith, to service, to…

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New Texas head coach Tom Herman gave Longhorns fans some hope July 18 when he began the second day of Big 12 Media Days. Herman was asked to compare his time at Texas when he was graduate assistant about two decades ago to where the program is today. “I think they’re very comparable,” he said. He noted that when Mack Brown took over at Texas, the program was coming off a losing season in 1997. But the Longhorns had won the Big 12 in 1996 after winning the Southwest Conference…

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TCU head coach Gary Patterson is direct when he tells people about the 2017 Horned Frogs. “I tell everybody that the good news is we have everybody back,” he said, “and the bad news is we were 6-6, we got everybody back. So how do you make that work?” That’s the question Patterson, who spoke to reporters on the first day of Big 12 Media Days July 17, has been attempting to answer throughout the offseason, despite losing lost Doug Meachem, who left Fort Worth to become offensive coordinator at…

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