Baylor Bears NCAA Football News

Baylor was the talk of the Big 12 after its out-of-left-field upset of Missouri last weekend.

No. 2 Texas at Baylor , Saturday, Noon ET Line: Texas by 24. Series record: Texas leads 72-22-4. Last meeting: 2008, Texas, 45-21. What's At Stake Texas QB Colt McCoy can tie Georgia's David Greene for most career NCAA victories as a quarterback with 42.

It was a first round game in the '09 TSSAA playoffs, but most observers agreed it was played with championship game intensity.

Baylor coach Art Briles likes to call the Big 12 South the neighborhood. A place where everyone knows each other better than his own family.

Baylor freshman quarterback Nick Florence was named Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week after his record-setting performance in Baylora s 40-32 upset at Missouri, the league office announced Monday.

The computers, collectively, weren't so impressed with Texas ' 35-3 dismantling of Central Florida .

More than an hour after the final whistle, the parking lot was still half full, purple-clad tailgaters flipping burgers and drinking beer, sitting in camp chairs under portable awnings.

After watching Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert put together a near-perfect first half, Baylor's defense could have simply thrown up its hands in frustration Saturday afternoon.

Out: QB Robert Griffin , CB Mikail Baker , CB Antareis Bryan MISSOURI Out: LB Luke Lambert Probable: LG Jayson Palmgren , CB Munir Prince FOUR QUESTIONS 1. Do the Tigers run to victory? Only twice since 2006 has Missouri pounded the ball more times than last week's 45-carry day at Colorado.

Bill Snyder orchestrated a massive turnaround in his first stint as Kansas State's coach, transforming a team with more losses than any other into a national title contender.

After struggling with an ankle injury, Missouri sophomore quarterback Blaine Gabbert is healthy again.

When Clifton Odom, Chris Francis, Matt Singletary and Elliot Coffey arrived at Baylor two years ago, they quickly realized they shared something unique.

The Missouri football team's loss to Nebraska on Oct. 8 and Baylor's loss to the Cornhuskers last Saturday had several differences.

It's been fun, folks. It really has. And that's exactly what makes this so hard.

When Clifton Odom, Chris Francis, Matt Singletary and Elliot Coffey arrived at Baylor two years ago, they quickly realized they shared something unique.

Baylor at Missouri , 1 p.m. Saturday CST A Line: Missouri by 14. A Series Record: Missouri leads 10-2. A Last Meeting: 2008, Missouri won 31-28. A What's at Stake A Missouri trying to climb back into contention in Big 12 North after first 0-3 conference start since 2002, coming off easy 36-17 victory at Colorado.

Jared Crick had what Carl Pelini called a "monster game." Right after Bo Pelini was hired to coach Nebraska in 2007, a good helping of Cornhusker fans, well-versed in both modern and historical college football, pointed to this upcoming week as an early mid-term, if you will, on NU's progress under Pelini.

By DWAIN PRICE WACO - The second half of last Saturday's game against Nebraska gave the Baylor Bears a ray of hope.In that game, Baylor fell behind 20-0 at the half.

Looks like Green will start 11:38 a.m. As we inch toward game time, we've had more and more indications that true freshman Cody Green will start today's game for Nebraska.

Cody Green get his first start of his young and promising career. Huskers must hold on to the ball.