Sic 'Em, Bears

(Pictured Above: Baylor's secret weapon--these 4 offensive linemen and their cute cheer leader.)

Congratulations to Baylor Football and all of my Baylor family and friends! After 15 years wandering in the Bowl-less desert, Baylor secures a post-season bowl game with their 47-42 win over Kansas State. Let's hope they can knock off some of the biggies--Texas, Oklahoma St., Texas A&M, and Oklahoma--over the next four weeks.

I wish I could get up to Waco to see some more games.
:-(

Sic 'em, Bears!

2010 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

09/04/10 vs. Sam Houston State Waco, Texas W, 34-3
09/11/10 vs. Buffalo (PW) Waco, Texas W, 34-6
09/18/10 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas L, 45-10
09/25/10 at Rice Houston, Texas W, 30-13
10/02/10 vs. Kansas * Waco, Texas W, 55-7
10/09/10 vs. Texas Tech * Dallas, Texas L, 45-38
10/16/10 at Colorado * Boulder, Colo. W, 31-25
10/23/10 vs. Kansas State (HC) * Waco, Texas W, 47-42
10/30/10 at Texas * Austin, Texas 6:00 p.m. CT
11/06/10 at Oklahoma State * Stillwater, Okla. TBA
11/13/10 vs. Texas A&M * Waco, Texas TBA
11/20/10 vs. Oklahoma * Waco, Texas TBA

Football Bowl Eligible With Win Over KSU
Bears bowl eligible for first time since 1995 with 47-42 win.

WACO, Texas (AP) - After 14 seasons of futility and lopsided losses in the Big 12, Baylor finally gave its fans a reason to celebrate Saturday night.

Jay Finley rushed for a school-record 250 yards, Robert Griffin threw for a career-high 404 yards and four touchdowns and the Bears became bowl eligible for the first time since joining the conference, beating Kansas State 47-42.

Baylor (6-2, 3-1) has not played in a bowl game since 1994, back when the Bears were a member of the now defunct Southwest Conference.

Seconds after the game ended, hundreds of jubilant students climbed out of the stands and stormed the field to party with Baylor players and coaches. A few even made a run at the goal posts before being turned away by security.

These were sights many Baylor followers probably never expected to see. Not after watching the program lose 30 straight Big 12 games at one point and go 14-98 in league play from 1996-2009.

"We'll cherish this moment," Griffin said. "This is a day we'll always remember."

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2014 Super Bowl To Be Held in New Jersey

This is a big deal. A Super Bowl in an un-domed stadium in a cold- winter city. It should be interesting.

By Aaron Kuriloff and Dex McLuskey

May 25 (Bloomberg) -- The new home of the New York Giants and Jets will host the 2014 Super Bowl, the first time the National Football League game will be held outdoors in a cold-weather city.

Owners of the league’s 32 teams voted to award the championship game of the most-watched U.S. television sport to the $1.6 billion New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

In choosing the new stadium over bids by Tampa and Miami for a game that organizers say may pump $550 million into the area’s economy, the owners heeded arguments led by Commissioner Roger Goodell that staging the contest in the nation’s financial and media capital outweighed the risk of snow and freezing temperatures.

“I’m absolutely thrilled; very, very happy for New York and New Jersey,” New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch said in an interview. “It’s going to be a great Super Bowl, and it’s a massive boost for New York City.”