137-720: The Baylor Bears are the athletic teams that represent Baylor University . The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as one of only three private school members of the Big 12 Conference . Prior to joining the Big 12, Baylor was a member of the Southwest Conference from their charter creation in 1914 until its dissolution in 1996. Baylor
274-514: A 10–3 record and ranked #19 by the BCS & Coaches Poll. During the 2012 season , Baylor shocked the college football world by soundly beating #1 Kansas State 52–24 in Waco. (Kansas State had dropped its two previous meetings in Waco 47–42 in 2010 and 17–3 in 2006.) A 12-yard Florence touchdown rush in the first quarter gave Baylor a 14–7 lead which was never relinquished. The Baylor defense highlighted
411-512: A 41–34 victory in Waco over #23 Oklahoma State). The conclusion of Baylor's 8–5 2012 campaign marked the first time since 1949–51 that the Bears have enjoyed three consecutive seasons with 7+ wins. On December 2, Baylor accepted a berth in the Holiday Bowl , sending the Bears to a third consecutive bowl for the first time in program history. Baylor easily defeated the #17-ranked UCLA Bruins in
548-410: A capacity of 45,000, returned Baylor football games to the campus for the first time since 1935. The Bears played their previous 64 seasons at Floyd Casey Stadium (known as Baylor Stadium until 1988), a 50,000-seat venue located a few miles away from campus. The Bears compete in the Big 12 Conference are currently playing their 116th year of college football competition during the 2014 season. Over
685-591: A close with a fifth straight win over the Texas Longhorns , ending with an 8–1 record to clinch a share of Big 12 title with Oklahoma. Both teams made the postseason for the first time since the 2003 Big 12 Championship Game . Kansas State finished the regular season as the #5 ranked team and were invited to the Fiesta Bowl for the third time, where they were defeated by Oregon . The Wildcats suffered their second consecutive Fiesta Bowl loss since 2003 in
822-579: A contract with NBC to televise its home football games for $ 15 million a year through 2025. The average revenue per conference in 1999 was $ 13.5 million. Universities spend a very large amount of money on their college organizations in the facilities, coaches, equipment, and other aspects. In most states, the person with the highest taxpayer-provided base salary is a public college football or basketball coach. This figure does not include coaches at private colleges. By 2015, most Division I schools had established single-source contracts, which supply
959-547: A different version of the bear appeared in mid- to late-1980s. Bruiser was modified two more times until the current version of Bruiser was introduced in late 2000s. In 2017, Baylor Spirit introduced Marigold as Bruiser's partner. Marigold is usually seen wearing a yellow Baylor Line jersey. College athletics in the United States College athletics in the United States or college sports in
1096-593: A drug dealer. The school placed itself on probation, limited itself to 7 scholarships for two years, and imposed a post-season ban for the 2004–05 academic year. Additionally, the NCAA further punished the team by initiating a non-conference ban for the 2005–2006 season and extending the probationary period during which the school would have limited recruiting privileges. The 2005 Bears were hindered by only having 7 scholarship players and recorded only one win in conference play. In spite of these challenges, head coach Scott Drew
1233-467: A given season. College athletics has been popular since the 1920s and its popularity has increased as the games are being televised. Also, college sports are important both culturally and economically. Intercollegiate athletics creates a culturally and racially diverse setting for academics and athletics. Economically some schools are benefiting from their athletic programs through ticket sales, merchandise sales, and outside donations. College sports in
1370-412: A group of students, returning to campus on a train after an out of town tournament, looked out the window at the wild Texas spring flowers and remarked that the vivid yellow and green colors made a "lovely combination." When the students returned to Waco, the color combination of "green and gold" was recommended and readily adopted by the student body. Baylor University was one of the first universities in
1507-638: A hundred miles apart in central Texas. Both schools were founding members of the Southwest Conference and have played over 100 games against each other. Texas leads the series 74–26. Baylor's fortunes changed in 2010 as Heisman-trophy winning quarterback Robert Griffin III led the Bears to their first win over Texas since 1997. The Baylor–Texas A&M rivalry was known as the Battle of the Brazos , as
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#17327759208711644-401: A number of single sport-organizations, including leagues and conferences (see " List of college athletic conferences in the United States "), as well as governing bodies that sponsor collegiate championships (see " Intercollegiate sports team champions "). During the early 1840s, student-athletes contributed actively to all phases of administration and control. Student athletes were involved in
1781-443: A pep rally. The Homecoming event is continued every year and the annual tradition is now over 100 years old. The Baylor Line is one of the first aspects of Baylor spirit to which freshmen are introduced. The Baylor Line is made entirely of freshmen and is the core of Baylor spirit and tradition. Students wear a gold football jersey with the number of their graduation year and a nickname on the back. Before each American football game
1918-640: A profit around $ 80.5 million. Each year television, advertisements, and licensing revenue also adds to the NCAA profit, but donations, ticket sales, and merchandise sales goes to the school. From marketing and television fees the NCAA gained nearly $ 753.5 million in 2014. In 2010, two of the most profitable college conferences—the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Big Ten—earned over $ 1 billion and $ 905 million, respectively. The University of Texas' football program, which
2055-567: A score of 35–34 in overtime on a two-point conversion . In 2005 the team opened 3–0 for the first time since 1996 and finished 5–6; Baylor also won its first Big 12 road game at Iowa State . Also despite a disappointing 4–8 record in 2006, the Bears swept the Big 12 North portion of its conference schedule and won 3 conference games in a season for the first time since joining the Big 12 in 1996. On November 18, 2007, Baylor fired football coach Guy Morriss and announced on November 28, 2007, that former University of Houston head coach Art Briles as
2192-407: A serious injury while on the field, the scholarship does not pay for the bill of the surgery. Colleges such as University of Connecticut (UConn), Syracuse University , and Kansas State University have some of the worst graduation rates in the country for their student-athletes. UConn had a 25% graduation rate until recently it rose to 50%. Yet, UConn still receives $ 1.4 million competing in
2329-652: A small religious private school. But the Year of the Bear would start with an upset when the Baylor Bears football team defeated former Southwest Conference rival (and later Big 12 rival) TCU (which was coming off an undefeated season and No. 2 ranking the prior year) 50–48. The win would catapult junior quarterback Robert Griffin III into the Heisman spotlight. The Bears finished the season at 10–3 (at that time, tied for
2466-501: A stretch from November 1, 2011, to January 16, 2012, when the three programs had 40 consecutive wins between them. The Year of the Bear earned Baylor attention across the nation. Sports reporter Jim Rome (who had derided the program earlier, referring to it as "scrubby little Baylor" among other things) said, "Well, not only do they belong in the Big 12, they're running the Big 12." Baylor has won 5 NCAA team national championships. The following national team titles were not bestowed by
2603-469: A team in each of the three season (i. e., Fall, Winter, Spring). Excluding basketball and football, teams must play 100% of their minimum number of games against Division 1 opponents, and 50% of games above the minimum number must be played against Division I teams. Men's and women's basketball teams must play all but two of their contests against Division 1 opponents, and men must play at least one third of their games in their home arena. In Division I, football
2740-612: A trip to the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight in March 2010. Baylor would make another trip to the Elite Eight in 2012 before losing to eventual national champion Kentucky . The Bears would follow up their elite eight run by winning the 2013 NIT title after beating Iowa in the final game at Madison Square Garden . The 2021 team defeated Gonzaga 86–70 to win the NCAA tournament . Baylor men's teams won five conference championships in
2877-422: A wide variety of intramural sports as well. In 2002, in total, about 400,000 men and women student athletes participated in sanctioned athletics each year. The largest collegiate sanctioning organization is the NCAA, and the sport that most schools participate in is basketball, with 2,197 men's and women's basketball teams at all levels. A close second is cross country (with 2,065 NCAA teams) and baseball/softball
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#17327759208713014-652: A women's division in 1975. In the early 1980s, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Collegiate Athletic Association began sponsoring intercollegiate championships for women, and, following one year of direct rivalry in the form of competing championship events, the AIAW discontinued operation after the 1981–82 season. Title IX has had a considerable impact on college athletics. Since its passing, Title IX has allowed for female participation to almost double in college sports. Before
3151-500: Is also a founding member of the Big 12 Conference . During the 2011–2012 season, Baylor set an NCAA record for most combined wins in the four major collegiate sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, and American football. The Baylor American football team opened the new $ 250 million McLane Stadium , located on the current campus on the banks of the Brazos River , for the 2014 season. The opening of McLane Stadium, with
3288-522: Is further sectioned into FBS ( NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ), and FCS ( Football Championship Subdivision ). FBS schools must play at least 60% of their games against other FBS opponents, and demonstrate their ability to attract a high level of spectatorship." Additionally, college football bowl eligibility rules mandate that only one win over an FCS team can be counted toward the six required for eligibility; this in turn means that FBS teams typically schedule at most one game against an FCS team in
3425-676: Is generally seen as a substantial roadblock, only because of the differences between big-time men's sports (football/men's basketball) and women's sports, but also because of the gap between those "big two" sports' profit-producing programs and virtually all other collegiate sports, both male and female. Depending on how one views "pay for play," this can be either a positive of negative effect of Title IX. Increases in opportunities for male coaches, however, have resulted from Title IX legislation. Before Title IX, 90 percent of women's intercollegiate teams were coached by women. By 1978, when all educational institutions were required to comply with Title IX,
3562-455: Is given directly to the players. Collegiate athletics entails time-consuming, intense commitment to practice and play. Only some athletic scholarships are "full rides", and many student-athletes are not able to afford dining, entertainment, and even some educational expenses. Outside of summertime, when work is permitted, student-athletes have no extra time for work in addition to practice, training, and classes. Paying student-athletes would give
3699-474: Is not a career or profession, paying college athletes would present issues under Title IX, which requires that institutions accepting federal funds offer equal opportunities to men and women." About one in ten college teams help to generate a large net amount of revenue for their school, but the athletes are not personally rewarded for their contribution. This money is spread through administrators, athletic directors, coaches, media outlets, and other parties. None
3836-510: Is still is one of the most prolific rivalries in college football, with the first match being played in 1899 and the two teams having played over a century's worth of games. The TCU–Baylor rivalry originated in 1899 when both schools were located in Waco. The two schools are only separated by an hour-and-twenty-minute drive on I-35 and both are private, Christian universities. Baylor and the University of Texas are natural rivals, located only
3973-575: Is third (1,952). Principles for intercollegiate athletics include "gender equity, sportsmanship, and ethical conduct, sound academic standards, nondiscrimination, diversity within governance, rules compliance, amateurism, competitive equity, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, playing and practice seasons, postseason competition and contests sponsored by noncollegiate organizations, and the economy of athletic program operations to ensure fair play and equality throughout all college athletic programs and associations." The first organized college sports club
4110-512: Is told again to the new freshman class at the Freshman Mass Meeting. The names of the ten are called out. In 1996, the senior class provided initial funding to create and place an Immortal Ten statue on campus. Fund raising and discussions about where to place the statues continued off and on over the ensuing years. Finally, on June 22, 2007, the statues, which were sculpted by Bruce R. Greene, were unveiled. The Immortal Ten memorial
4247-657: The 2004 Fiesta Bowl , ending the season with an 11–2 record and were ranked #11 in the final polls. The 2011 Wildcats finished the season with a 11–2 record overall, 8-1 in Big-12 play, behind Oklahoma State . They were invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where they were defeated by the Arkansas Razorbacks , making it the first Cotton Bowl Classic loss for the Wildcats since the 1996 team lost to
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4384-464: The 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Wildcats played their home games at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas , as they have done since 1968. 2012 marked the 117th season in school history . The Wildcats were led by head coach Bill Snyder in his 21st overall and fourth straight season since taking over for his second tenure in 2009. K-State competed as a member of
4521-479: The 32nd Infantry Division stationed at Camp MacArthur in Waco. The soldiers were based in the city during World War I and are said to have given the live bear to a former Baylor President after a poker game. The bears are brought to the stadium by the Baylor Chamber spirit group on game days and they attend pre-game events and stay to be the living symbol of the university at the games. However, since 2010
4658-522: The BYU Cougars in the 1997 Cotton Bowl Classic . In mid-August, incoming freshman quarterback Tavarious Bender decided to leave the team and the university for undisclosed reasons. The Wildcats were favored by 34 going into the game. Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game. Kansas State was favored by 28½ going into the game. For their next road game, the Mean Green played
4795-610: The Big 12 Conference . Conference play began with an upset victory over the Oklahoma Sooners , which was the first win for the Wildcats in Norman since October 25, 1997. The Wildcats started the season with an undefeated 10–0 record, and were ranked as the #1 team in country after a Week 10 defeat of TCU . However, the Wildcats' undefeated season and #1 ranking were derailed one week later after they were soundly defeated by upstart Baylor . The regular conference season came to
4932-675: The NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship , Baylor University's first NCAA national team title. The team made it back to the Championship game in 2005 but lost the national title match to UCLA. The team won 9 straight conference regular season championships dating from 2000 to 2009. The Baylor tennis team has the most conference titles and best winning percentage of any Big 12 tennis team. Baylor's heralded track and field team has produced nine Olympic gold medals, 36 NCAA championships, and 606 All-Americas performances. A majority of
5069-689: The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Individual sports not governed by umbrella organizations like the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA are overseen by their own organizations, such as the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association , National Collegiate Boxing Association , USA Rugby , American College Cricket , National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association and Intercollegiate Rowing Association . Additionally,
5206-467: The 14 seasons from 1998 to 2012, Coach Smith led the team to 12 NCAA Regional appearances (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012), 4 NCAA Super Regional appearances (1999, 2003, 2005, 2012), 3 regular season conference titles (2000, 2005, 2012) and a College World Series appearance (2005). The Bears hosted an NCAA Regional in 1999, 2000, 2005, and 2012 in addition to hosting an NCAA Super Regional in 1999, 2005, and 2012. Since
5343-520: The 1920s–1950s there was still not much regulation of sports and the NCAA created the Committee on Infractions to replace the Sanity Code in 1951. This committee was created to give some structure to the recruitment process. The NCAA also wanted to improve competition between schools, so it began dividing schools into divisions by competitive ability in 1956, placing the most competitive programs in
5480-566: The 1957 Sugar Bowl, and the 1941 team tied #1 Texas) and represented only the fifth time in the BCS era that the #1 ranked team lost to an unranked opponent. The win took Baylor to 5–5 on the season, needing one more victory for bowl eligibility. Kansas State was favored by 10.5 points heading to the game. Oregon was favored by 9 points going to the game. Quarterbacks Running backs Full backs Wide receivers Tight ends Offensive line Defensive line Linebackers Defensive backs Punters Kickers The following
5617-400: The 1980s and 90s college athletics grew along with the revenue because of the game being shown on television. As of the 2017–18 school year, nearly 500,000 students participated in college athletics. There are large amounts of money gained from Division I athletics, but only a small number of schools benefits from their programs. During 2014 the NCAA earned $ 989 million in revenue, with
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5754-558: The 2010 season by beating the University of North Texas to advance to the final, where they lost to Rice University. The Year of the Bear (in Baylor parlance, Añodeloso , a takeoff of the popular Diadeloso festival) is the name given to the 2011–2012 year in Baylor Athletics. The year started out on a potentially ominous note due to the turmoil surrounding the Big 12 Conference after it lost its third member in two years (by
5891-577: The 2016 season, Coach Rodriguez and the Baylor baseball team ended the 2017 season with a record of 34–23, good for 4th overall in the Big 12 and an NCAA postseason appearance. The Baylor Bears, then known as Lady Bears, won the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 2005. Coached by Kim Mulkey , the Lady Bears defeated the Spartans of Michigan State University 84–62. Mulkey became
6028-408: The 2021–22 school year. The mascots of Baylor University are two live black bears named Judge Indy and Judge Belle. American black bears roamed the majority of Texas in considerable abundance during Baylor's founding in 1845, and bears could still be found throughout many areas of the state until the 1940s. The first live bear was a gift from the troops of the 107th Engineers, which was a unit of
6165-481: The 21st century, the high, rising income paid to some colleges by the media for transmitting games to their television audiences, has led some people to complain that the athletes should share in the colleges income. There are arguments in favor of paying athletes. A few schools benefit from owning their own networks. The University of Texas owns The Longhorn Network and Brigham Young University owns BYUtv. Paying college athletes would present several legal issues for
6302-482: The 4 × 400 meter relay Baylor has won 123 conference titles, 90 of which are from the Big 12 , and the other 33 from the Southwest Conference : In recent years, Baylor renewed its historic rivalry with Texas Christian University . TCU and Baylor had the nation's longest "continuous game" rivalry until the series was temporarily stopped in 1995 upon the SWC's demise, as the schools went to different conferences. The series
6439-800: The All-Americans coming under the 42-year tenure of head coach Clyde Hart . A marquee element of the track program has been its men's 4 × 400 relay team, which has sent teams to the NCAA finals in each of the past 28 years. Baylor track and field has also produced three Olympic gold medalists: Michael Johnson , Jeremy Wariner and Darold Williamson . Baylor grads won gold in the 400 meter dash at three consecutive Olympics (Johnson in '96 and '00, then Wariner in '04). In 2005, Clyde Hart became Director of Track & Field, and Todd Harbour took over as head coach of Baylor's track and field and cross country squads. Baylor women's soccer plays at Betty Lou Mays Field. Established in 1996 under coach Randy Waldrum ,
6576-480: The Baylor Line gathers at one end of Floyd Casey Stadium and waits for the signal to make a 'mad dash' down the field to create a giant human tunnel through which the football team runs through to enter the stadium. After that, students rush the sidelines and stand in an exclusive Baylor Line section behind the opponents' bench where students watch the game, cheer the Bears to another victory, and sometimes heckle
6713-534: The Baylor University sexual assault investigation. Jim Grobe took over as interim head coach for Baylor and led them to a 6–6 record and a victory in the Cactus Bowl over Boise State. In December 2016 former Temple coach Matt Rhule , was hired as the head Baylor football coach and given a 7-year contract. Rhule subsequently replaced all of the prior football coaches and support staff and completed
6850-618: The Brazos River runs near both campuses (which are approximately 90 miles apart). The series began in 1899 and was played until 2011, with only a few brief breaks in the 1920s and during World War II. With Texas A&M accepting an invitation to join the Southeast Conference in 2012, the rivalry has been discontinued with no current indication if the rivalry might resume in the future. Baylor's official school colors are green and gold. These colors were picked in 1897 after
6987-610: The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) took place on November 6, 1869, at College Field (now the site of the College Avenue Gymnasium at Rutgers University) in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In addition to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), there are other collegiate multi-sport athletic organizations, some of which also have hundreds of member schools. These include: There are
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#17327759208717124-616: The Holiday Bowl on December 27, 2012, by a final margin of 49–26 after jumping out to a 21–0 lead early in the 2nd quarter. Lache Seastrunk (RB) and Chris McAllister (DE) were named Offensive Player and Defensive Player of the game respectively. Coach Art Briles has led the Bears to a record of 11–1 in November and December the past 2 seasons which includes 2 bowl wins. In May 2016, Head Coach Art Briles , Athletic Director Ian McCaw , and University President Ken Starr were fired due to
7261-543: The Kansas State Wildcats, led by potential Heisman Trophy candidate Collin Klein . The two teams had last met during the 2010 season , when the Wildcats defeated the Mean Green 41–49 in the final game at Fouts Field . This time playing at Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium , the Wildcats were favored to win by 28 points by spread bettors prior to the game. Each team scored two touchdowns by midway through
7398-531: The Lady Bears won both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles and made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament before falling to Louisville in one of the biggest upsets in the history of the women's tournament. In 2019 , they won the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. In April 2021, after over two decades at the helm, Mulkey left Baylor to coach LSU. Basketball was one of
7535-426: The Lady Bears won the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles along with making it all the way to the Elite Eight before being knocked out of the tournament by rival and eventual national champion Texas A&M. In 2012 , they finished a perfect 40–0, became the first men's or women's college basketball team to finish 40–0, and won their second national NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship . In 2013 ,
7672-484: The NCAA and its member institutions. If paid, the athletes would lose their amateur status and become university employees. As employees, these athletes would be entitled the National Labor Relations Act to form or join labor organizations and collectively bargain . Advocacy groups for college players could certify as a union given the revenue involved in college athletics." Collegiate sports
7809-516: The NCAA for accepting free tattoos and selling memorabilia they had earned. However, there are many that argue that student athletes selling of personal and earned memorabilia is their right, with gray-areas where which the NCAA has a hard time justifying their punishments. After a number of efforts to go to trial against the NCAA's incoming revenue, a court date has been set. Former UCLA Bruin Ed O'Bannon along with Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell lead
7946-628: The NCAA tournament, despite the low number of graduates. Paying these athletes would give some incentive to stay and finish college. In 2013, Steve Spurrier , the head football coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks , said that all 28 men's football and basketball coaches in South Carolina's conference, the SEC, favored paying athletes up to $ 300 per game for football players and a little less for basketball players. It would cost
8083-452: The NCAA, argued that the players should be able to unionize and bargain collectively. The court ruled in the players favor. The court's decision only applied to those football players at Northwestern on a scholarship. Required football practice and playing had reduced the time students could use to pursue their studies. Former player Kain Colter argued that athletic departments should decrease
8220-491: The NCAA. Both sports in question are currently part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program; equestrian has been included in this program since the 2001–02 school year, with acrobatics & tumbling added effective in 2020–21. Baylor won its first team NCAA title in 2004 as the men's tennis team defeated UCLA in the championship match. They narrowly lost to UCLA in the 2005 national championship match
8357-410: The SEC about $ 280,000 per year. Jalen Rose has a similar view to Spurrier's, as he believes that student athletes should be given a stipend of $ 2500 per semester. The College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) focuses on the idea of giving compensation to football and basketball players. The CACA has not decided if this will affect sports that do not make money for schools. The NCAA has rejected
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#17327759208718494-492: The U.S. took place on November 6, 1869, in New Brunswick, New Jersey , when clubs from Princeton and Rutgers played under rules modified from those of association football. The first intercollegiate rugby game took place on May 15, 1874, at Cambridge, Massachusetts , when Harvard played against McGill University. The first intercollegiate football game between teams from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) and
8631-656: The USA Rugby Collegiate Division II National Championship in 2001. Baylor has had success in various competitions, including winning the 2009 Cowtown Rugby Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. Baylor Rugby made the State Championship Game in the 2009 season by beating Texas State University to advance to the final, where they lost to Texas Tech University. Baylor again made the State Championship Game in
8768-401: The United States refers primarily to sports and athletic training and competition organized and funded by institutions of tertiary education (universities and colleges) in a two-tiered system. The first tier includes the sports that are sanctioned by one of the collegiate sports governing bodies. The major sanctioning organizations include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),
8905-733: The United States is measured by the large number of universities that participate in more than 24 different NCAA sports. This allows more than 460,000 student-athletes, both male and female, to participate in those NCAA sports. Even in the late 1980s, the average Division I program employed over 75 coaches, trainers, and administrative staff as full-time faculty to support their athletic programs. NCAA Division I, II and NAIA schools offer scholarships to well over 200,000 athletes. Every year these D-I, D-II, NAIA schools spend over $ 4 billion in athletic-scholarships. American college sports are popular worldwide with over 20,000 international athletes participating in college athletics. Another reason for
9042-455: The United States to stage a homecoming celebration. The Baylor homecoming event was launched in November 1909 as a way to reconnect Baylor alumni with current students. Thousands of Alumni traveled from all over Texas and throughout the South to take part in the festivities. The first homecoming weekend event included a football game, bonfire, concerts, speeches, a reception, a class reunion, and
9179-775: The University Division and all others in the College Division. In 1973, the University Division was renamed Division I , and the College Division was split in two on the basis of scholarship policies. College Division schools that wished to continue offering athletic scholarships, or compete in all sports against such schools, were placed in Division II or in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Schools that chose not to award athletic scholarships were placed in Division III . Throughout
9316-660: The Year while coach Kim Mulkey would win National Coach of the Year. The baseball team would win 49 games (one shy of its all-time best), including a school-record 24-game winning streak. At one point it reached the No. 1 ranking for two weeks (a program first), but it finished in the NCAA Super Regionals and a No. 9 ranking. Baylor's four major programs (American football, men's and women's basketball, and baseball) would finish with an NCAA record 129 wins during
9453-424: The athletes an incentive to stay in school and complete their degree programs, rather than leave early for the professional leagues. They would be much less tempted to earn money by taking illegal payments and shaving points. By not paying their athletes, colleges avoid paying workmen's-compensation benefits to the "hundreds" of college athletes incapacitated by injuries each year. Furthermore, if an athlete receives
9590-560: The athletic scholarship and transfer rules, prohibitions against agents, limits on due process, failure to deliver on the promise to educate, the unobstructed selling of athlete images, and the like are tools of exploitation that benefit college sport leaders while oppressing those who perform on the field. Because of their demanding schedules, most athletes have no time to make any additional money, making it difficult to help support needy family members. In 2010 ESPN published an article about Ohio State football players that had been sanctioned by
9727-412: The bears are no longer allowed at American football games on leashes. The USDA informed Baylor officials that they would no longer be permitted to bring the bears to games per Federal Code of Regulations 2.131(c)(1)which states "During public exhibition, any animal must be handled so there is minimal risk of harm to the animal and to the public, with sufficient distance and/or barriers between the animal and
9864-405: The cost of attendance. This would scrap the injunction found by U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken that division one football and basketball players could receive up to five thousand dollars a year for playing. The Supreme Court would deny to hear the case on appeal, effectively stopping O'Bannon's fight. In a 2014 court case brought by a few Northwestern University football players against
10001-400: The definition of student-athletes a "employees". Several college athletes have been accused of financial improprieties, including Reggie Bush , Cam Newton , and Johnny Manziel . A USA Today article takes issue with the critics because the terms had been drawn up by the colleges: For college athletes to be held to the terms and conditions of a one-year scholarship that have been set by
10138-434: The different measures of excellence for academics and athletics necessitates compromise by those who are placed in both settings." This policy, attempted by a large number of colleges, works for only a few. College administrators have the challenge of balancing university values while maximizing the revenue generated by their athletic department. To maintain financial sustainability, several athletic directors have stated that
10275-684: The distribution of college athletes by sex since its passing in 1972. The law states that: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance ... In 1975, the final clause of Title IX was signed into law and included provisions prohibiting sex discrimination in athletics. The regulations pertaining to athletics require that an institution which sponsors interscholastic, intercollegiate, club or intramural athletics shall provide "equal athletic opportunity" for members of both sexes. Since
10412-410: The distribution of free allocations to athletics. Furthermore, this movement today focuses on the role of intercollegiate sports in the United States rather than the contributions of the student athlete. Academic curriculum and requirements affect student athletes: "When academic and athletic departments have conflicting aims, problems arise that affect the entire institution. American society values
10549-419: The elimination of men's nonrevenue programs is the only way to balance their athletic budgets. Men's nonrevenue sport teams will likely be facing declining financial support in future generations. " Division I institutions are required to have seven athletic teams for men and seven for women (or six for men and eighth for women). As well, there must be two team sports for each gender, and each gender must have
10686-514: The elitism of academics and athletics in a manner that provokes conflict for participants in both domains. At various colleges, it is believed that academic elitism can be constructed on athletic elitism: Athletic teams aspire to be national champions, while their affiliate academic institutions seek national rankings. However, the means by which coaches and faculty achieve national reputations can create conflict for student athletes attempting to exist in both environments. Although both aspire to excel,
10823-609: The end of 2021, when the Jobsons stepped away from coaching. Paul finished as Baylor's all-time winningest coach, with a record of 97–57–26, including 40–28–12 against Big 12 opponents. The team is now coached by Michelle Lenard. Baylor University Rugby Football Club plays in Division 1-A in the Allied Rugby Conference , a conference composed mostly of schools from the Big 12 South, against its traditional rivals such as Texas, Texas Tech, and Texas A&M. Baylor won
10960-444: The end of the year, it would lose a fourth member) and the real potential for the conference to disband. Baylor was not being considered by any major conference as a potential member due to its poor overall football performance as a Big 12 member (the 2010 season was the first year that the program finished at .500 in conference play, and only the second time that it had not finished last or tied for last in its division), along with being
11097-418: The equity between male and female student athletes. Females, regardless of whether an administrator, coach, or athlete, thought there to be less equity than males when it comes to these five factors: program support, financial support, sports offerings, scheduling, and changes in the past two to three years. In regards to the concept of "pay-for-play," (see section below, "Debate over paying athletes") Title IX
11234-473: The first half. In the third quarter, Baylor put up another touchdown (a 4-yard Glasco Martin IV rush) and forced a Kansas State punt that pinned Baylor on their own 1-yard line. Two plays later, Florence attempted a quick pass to Terrance Williams that was intercepted on the 2-yard line, setting up a Collin Klein touchdown rush that made the score 35–24 in Baylor's favor. The Bears went on to rack up 17 more points in
11371-535: The first official intercollegiate baseball league was formed. The first intercollegiate cricket match took place in 1860 between Franklin & Marshall College and Millersville State Normal School . Track and field also grew in popularity during this time, and the first intercollegiate track and field event occurred in 1873. This competition featured a two-mile race between athletes from Amherst College, Cornell University , and McGill University of Montreal , Quebec, Canada. The first intercollegiate soccer match in
11508-452: The first tier is characterized by selective participation since only the elite programs in their sport are able to participate; some colleges offer athletic scholarships to intercollegiate sports competitors. The second tier includes all intramural and recreational sports clubs, which are available to a larger portion of the student body. Competition between student clubs from different colleges, not organized by and therefore not representing
11645-537: The first women's coach and only the third coach in history to win an NCAA Division I basketball championship as both a player and a coach, joining Dean Smith and Bob Knight . In 8 of her 9 years as head coach, Mulkey has guided the Lady Bears to the NCAA Tournament. In 2010, Mulkey returned the Lady Bears to the Final Four , where they lost in the national semifinals to eventual champion UConn. In 2011,
11782-458: The following year. Under its former nickname of Lady Bears, Bears women's basketball won the school's next three championships in 2005, 2012 and 2019. During the 2011–2012 season, Baylor set an NCAA record for most combined wins in the four major collegiate sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, and American football. Baylor has won 39 NCAA individual championships. Appropriately branded "Quartermile U", Baylor has won 20 national titles in
11919-467: The former Southwest Conference (1932, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950) and one regular season championship in the Big 12 Conference (2021). The Bears reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 1946 and the Final Four in 1948, 1950 and 2021. The 1948 team advanced to play the Kentucky Wildcats for the NCAA championship, but fell 58–42 to Adolph Rupp 's first national championship team. Both
12056-480: The game with a stout goal-line stand in the 4th quarter and intercepted Heisman hopeful Collin Klein three times, the last in the endzone to set up an 80-yard touchdown run by Lache Seastrunk . The victory over Kansas State represented the program's first and only win to date over a #1 ranked team and sparked a 3-game win streak for Baylor (with a 52–45 overtime victory over Texas Tech in Cowboys Stadium and
12193-527: The game. Oklahoma was favored by 14 going into the game. at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium , Norman, Oklahoma Kansas State was favored by 24 going into the game. Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game. at Jack Trice Stadium , Ames, IA West Virginia was favored by 2.5 going into the game. The game was hyped as a matchup between Heisman Trophy hopefuls Geno Smith from West Virginia and Collin Klein from Kansas State. Kansas State took an early lead and had
12330-455: The game. Kansas State was favored by 11 points going into the game. One week after falling in Norman, and almost a year to the day after the Bears' BCS-shaking first victory against Oklahoma, the Bears again took on a top 5 opponent in Waco. This time the opponent was 10–0 Kansas State, ranked #1 in the BCS after an Alabama loss the previous week and clear favorites in their final two games of
12467-467: The general viewing public so as to assure the safety of the animals and the public." In the fall of 2005, the university finished renovation and construction of the Bill and Eva Williams Bear Habitat, a $ 1 million facility which includes a thirteen-foot (four-metre) waterfall, three pools, two dens, grass, and eye-level viewing. The facility is a United States Department of Agriculture- licensed Class C Zoo. It
12604-410: The goal-line stand of their season, halting four straight Collin Klein rushes and forcing a turnover on downs. Baylor would subsequently almost completely run down the clock, picking up 4 first downs on 10 straight rushes before punting the ball back to Kansas State with only 32 seconds left in the game. The victory was Baylor's first ever over a #1 ranked opponent (the 1956 team defeated #2 Tennessee in
12741-486: The hiring process in February 2017. Baylor Bears baseball has had a total of 4 baseball coaches in the past 50+ years, Mickey Sullivan served for 21 years prior to Steve Smith and Texas Sports Hall of Famer Dutch Schroeder for 12 seasons before Sullivan. Coincidentally, Sullivan and Smith both coached for exactly 21 seasons. Led by Steve Smith, Baylor's baseball team achieved success rarely seen before his arrival. In
12878-439: The importance of college athletics in the U.S. is the important role it plays in the hierarchy of sport organizations. In his article about collegiate sports programs, Thomas Rosandich refers to a "performance pyramid", which shows the general progression of athletic organizations in the United States. At the bottom of this pyramid is youth sports organizations, since these organizations have participation open to nearly everyone. As
13015-412: The inception of the Big 12 Conference, Baylor is one of only two teams (Baylor & Oklahoma) to have qualified for the Big 12 Tournament every year. In May 2015, Steve Smith was not retained as head coach, he ended his tenure at Baylor with a 744–523–1 record. In June 2015 Baylor Bears baseball announced the hiring of former Pepperdine head baseball coach Steve Rodriguez . Following a 24–29 record in
13152-406: The increase in student debt and limited academic budgets. As of 2016 only 23 out of 228 Division I programs earned enough money to make up for their extreme spending. Due to donations, 16 of the 23 schools were able to cover their expenses, so truly only 7 of the 228 universities broke even due to their athletic programs. For the other 203 schools that did not break even, they are partially funded by
13289-453: The institutions or their faculties, may also be called "intercollegiate" athletics or simply college sports. Unlike in the rest of the world, in the contemporary United States, many college sports are extremely popular on both regional and national scales, even competing with professional championships for prime-time broadcast , print coverage and for the top athletes. The average university sponsors at least twenty different sports and offers
13426-591: The interest of having a more substantial looking student section the decision was made to use gold every year starting around 1999. In January 1927 a bus carrying the Baylor basketball team collided with the Sunshine Special train in Round Rock, Texas . Ten members of the traveling party were killed and many others were injured in the accident. Each year at homecoming the story of the Immortal Ten
13563-495: The last three Baylor women's sports to abandon the "Lady" moniker, doing so in advance of the 2021–22 season. The men's basketball program was plagued by a scandal in 2003. Patrick Dennehy, a player for the team, was murdered by Carlton Dotson, a former Baylor player who had been kicked off the team. Then-coach Dave Bliss was forced to resign amidst allegations that he had made financial payments to four players while also making public statements that had characterized Dennehy as
13700-404: The late 2010s, bat and ball games had started to become highly known and the sport of baseball was starting to become an establishment at U.S. universities. The first intercollegiate baseball game took place in 1859 between Amherst College and Williams College . The popularity of collegiate baseball increased from this point, and by 1870, college teams were playing extensive schedules. In 1879,
13837-429: The law was passed in 1972 fewer than 30,000 girls participated in college sports; as of 2011 more than 200,000 girls participated in college sports. Title IX has been both credited with and blamed for a lot of things that have happened in college athletics since 1972. Studies on the gender equity of sports found on college campuses have provided an examination of how Title IX is perceived. Questions have been raised over
13974-440: The lawsuit . The trial is scheduled to begin during the summer of 2014. Although the NCAA claims that their athletes have amateur status , the organization has made billions of dollars off of merchandise licenses . The NCAA has earned billions from broadcast revenues annually. By selling the image of their players, the NCAA is able to make money from each sport. O'Bannon has stated that some of this revenue should be spread out among
14111-441: The maximum number of hours a player must participate in a sport to remain part of the team and retain a scholarship. As it stands, 50 hours a week is the maximum. On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the NCAA cannot bar relatively modest payments to student athletes. 2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team The 2012 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in
14248-655: The men and women call the Foster Pavilion home, which was built in 2024. Previously they played in the Ferrell Center . A non-exhaustive list of BU players who played in the NBA include Vinnie Johnson, David Wesley, Michael Williams, Terry Teagle, and Brian Skinner. Ekpe Udoh was selected with the #6 pick in the 2010 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. In 2004, the Bears men's tennis team won
14385-574: The men's and women's basketball teams started strong. The men's team would start with 17 straight wins en route to a 30–8 season (the best in school history), a berth in the NCAA Elite Eight (its second in three seasons) and a No. 10 final ranking. The women's team would win the program's second national title, becoming the first basketball program – men's or women's – to finish 40–0. Center Brittney Griner would win National Player of
14522-410: The most wins in school history) and a No. 12 final ranking, with six straight wins to close the season, including another upset along the way – this against then No. 5 Oklahoma , a program it had never defeated in 20 previous tries – and a win in the 2011 Valero Alamo Bowl led by Griffin, who won the 2011 Heisman Trophy and National Player of the Year honors. While the football team finished strong,
14659-573: The new coach. During the 2010 season, Briles led Baylor to finish with a 7–5 regular season record. The 2010 season was a breakthrough for the Baylor Bears even though they suffered an early season loss to rival TCU. Baylor earned an invitation to the Texas Bowl in Houston after finishing the regular season with a 7–5 record. The Bears subsequently lost the Texas Bowl to Illinois, however. In
14796-538: The opposing team. The Baylor Line was organized almost 50 years ago and was an all-male organization until 1993, when women were allowed to join. At its inception, the Baylor Line was a group of freshmen men who lined the front of Baylor's student section for the express purpose of protecting Baylor women from the other teams' fans. The jersey colors of the Line were originally rotated between Baylor green (in odd numbered years) and Baylor gold (in even numbered years), but in
14933-562: The passing of Title IX, many NCAA institutions have had problems with the compliance of these regulations. To successfully comply with Title IX requirements, NCAA institutions must meet one of the requirements in the "three prong test" as follows: OCR (Office of Civil Rights) is one of the governing bodies that attempts to ensure that title IX is enforced. They have the power to pull federal funding from schools or organizations that are found to be noncompliant with title IX, although this power has never been exercised. The OCR will usually work with
15070-408: The percentage of same-sex coaching had plunged to 58 percent. Although the actual number of female coaches increased between 1979 and 1986, the percentage of female coaches continued to decline over that same period. The all-time low of 47 percent of women coaching female sports was achieved in 1990. In addition, although men have broken into coaching female athletes, female coaches have not experienced
15207-515: The players who help bring in this cash to the NCAA. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas showed how a person could search the NCAA website by player name and have the resulting school jersey appear. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit would find that Ed O'Bannon was right in his thesis that the NCAA is taking advantage of a players image. Though the court found this ruling, all that would come of it would be that schools would only have to cover
15344-542: The program's history, the Bears have won or tied for nine conference titles, and have played in 24 bowl games, garnering a record of 13–11. The football program experienced a period of success lasting from the 1970s to the mid-1990s during the tenure of head coach Grant Teaff . Since becoming a founding member of the Big 12 in 1996, Baylor had its best season coming in 2013 when they finished with an 8–1 conference record and 11–1 overall. In 2004, Baylor defeated its first ranked opponent since 1998, #16 ranked Texas A&M , by
15481-416: The pyramid progresses, the level of competition increases, while the number of competitors decreases until the highest level of organized sport, professional sports, is reached. In many respects, the intercollegiate sports level serves as a feeder system to the professional level, as the elite college athletes are chosen to compete at the next level. This system differs greatly from nearly all other countries in
15618-411: The regular season the Bears victories included Big 12 conference wins over Kansas and Kansas St, as well as road wins over Colorado and Texas. Building on their 2010 winning season, the 2011 Baylor Bears went on to a 9–3 (6–3 Big XII) regular season, finishing with five straight wins including wins against #5 Oklahoma , #25 Texas Tech , and #22 Texas . These wins helped place Robert Griffin III at
15755-475: The rowing team from Harvard at Lake Winnipesaukee , New Hampshire . This marked the beginning of intercollegiate competition and followed by the creation of numerous college athletic organizations. This historic race sparked the venerable rivalry between the two schools, and the Yale-Harvard Regatta is considered the cornerstone of intercollegiate athletic competition in the United States. In
15892-497: The same opportunities to coach male athletes. In 1972, 99 percent of collegiate men's teams were coached by men, and the same is true today. Since the turn of the 21st century, a debate has arisen over whether college athletes should be paid. Although the earliest of star athletes were known to have received a variety of types of compensation (including endorsement fees), benefits to college athletes outside of academic scholarships have largely been prohibited under NCAA governance. In
16029-558: The school or organization that is noncompliant to set up a schedule or plan to follow to become compliant. Research concerning Title IX institutional compliance and gender equity issues has found that: The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971, evolving out of the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women founded in 1967. In its peak, the AIAW had almost 1,000 member schools. The National Junior College Athletic Association established
16166-414: The score at 52–7 with 2:25 left in the third quarter. The final score was a Kansas State victory 55–14. After the conclusion of the season, ESPN sportswriter David Ubben named this the fifth best game of the Big 12 Conference for the season. Kansas State was favored by 7 going into the game. Kansas State was favored by 8.5 points going into the game. Kansas State was favored by 7 points heading to
16303-418: The sporting process, made athletic procedures and regulations for universities and also played an important role in determining which sporting events would and would not happen on universities. Today, the kind of involvement on the part of the athlete is virtually unheard of, with the only remnants of student participation in athlete administration being programs in which student governments have some control over
16440-615: The state or student fees. Most of the money that is being spent is used to pay the coaching staff, for the games, and the top-of-the-line facilities. The amount spent on an athlete is seven times more than the average amount spent per student. At big Division I programs, the amount of money that is spent on a football player exceeds $ 90,000. Title IX (of the Education Amendments of 1972 ) — which requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding – has specifically made an impact on
16577-399: The student body decided to pick an American black bear as their new mascot. In 1917, troops of the 107th Engineers donated a live bear named Ted to the university. Ted made his debut at the 1917 Baylor– Texas A&M football game. Many years later, a costumed bear first made its appearance at the start of Baylor's 1981–1982 basketball season. This version of the bear did not last too long as
16714-520: The team has won four Big 12 season titles, winning the regular season in 1998 and Big 12 tournament titles in 2012, 2017, and 2018. They made the Elite 8 in the NCAA tournament in 2017 and 2018. Baylor women's soccer was coached by husband and wife Paul and Marci Jobson for 14 seasons, starting in 2008 when Marci became head coach and Paul associate head coach, then with the two as co-head coaches in 2013 and 2014, and finally with Paul as sole head coach until
16851-417: The third quarter, but a blocked extra point attempt after North Texas' second score made the score 14-13. Kansas State answered with three unanswered touchdowns in the third and fourth quarter, bringing the score to 35-13 before North Texas scored its final touchdown with 2:31 left in the game. The final score was 35-13 in favor of the Wildcats. Mean Green quarterback Derek Thompson completed 25 of 28 passes in
16988-443: The third quarter, the last touchdown coming on an 80-yard Lache Seastrunk rush after Joe Williams intercepted Klein in the endzone (the third of Klein's three interceptions on the night). With 58 seconds remaining in the third quarter following Seastrunk's touchdown, Kansas State embarked upon an 8-minute, 21 play, 74-yard drive that brought the Wildcats to first-and-goal from the Baylor 6-yard line. An inspired Baylor defense turned in
17125-674: The top of the Heisman Trophy voting; he became the first Baylor player to win the award and the first Baylor player since Don Trull in 1963 to factor significantly in the voting. The Bears celebrated their successful season with a 2nd consecutive bowl appearance by being selected for the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio. The Bears went on to beat the Washington Huskies 67–56, finishing the 2011 season with
17262-399: The university alma mater 'That Good Old Baylor Line' while holding their "Bear paws" in the air. Baylor's fight song, "Old Fight!", was written in 1940 after a group of students wrote to various famous musicians asking for their help in creating a fight song for the university. Two Brothers, Fred and Tom Waring, volunteered to help. Together the pair wrote "Bear Down Baylor Bears", this song
17399-481: The university with apparel for all athletic programs, sometimes including cheerleading squads and dance teams, which compete outside the NCAA structure. The contract deal made college history when the University of Michigan and Nike made a 11-year contract deal for almost $ 200 million. Many athletic programs do not make enough money to cover the cost to maintain those programs, so they use student fees to fund their programs. This could cause some problems because of
17536-483: The very authorities who financially benefit the most and render the athletes involved voiceless in the process is a glaring conflict of interest. In an article by usa today they state "Players in the NCAA's top-tier Division I bowl subdivision say they devote more than 43 hours a week to the sport during the season, and those in a couple of other sports — baseball and men's basketball — approach that commitment, an NCAA study shows." (Wieberg, USA Today ) ... The conditions of
17673-557: The world, which generally have government-funded sports organizations that serve as a feeder system for professional competition. Before 1910 sports were not strictly regulated which caused a number of injuries to the athletes and in some severe cases death. President Roosevelt took action and formed the Intercollegiate Athletic Association (IAA) which is now known as the NCAA. The NCAA was put into place to create rules for intercollegiate sports. During
17810-400: The year (and an overall record of 129–28 for a winning percentage of .822) and Baylor would be the only school to have all four programs ranked at the end of their respective seasons (football No. 12, men's basketball No. 10, women's basketball No. 1 and baseball No. 9). The football and men's & women's basketball programs also set NCAA records with a combined 80 wins between them, including
17947-467: The year, at Baylor and vs. Texas. As so often during the season, the quick-strike Baylor offense put the Bears ahead early on a 38-yard Florence pass to Tevin Reese. Kansas State answered when then-Heisman favorite Collin Klein completed a touchdown pass to tie the game 7–7. Baylor subsequently put up 21 unanswered points to go ahead 28–7 before the Wildcats managed 10 more points in the final two minutes of
18084-429: Was able to put together a 2005 signing class ranked No. 7 nationally by HoopScoop. The 2006 Bears included Aaron Bruce, the highest scoring freshman in the NCAA in 2005, and Mamadou Diene, rated one of the top 10 centers for the 2007 NBA draft. The program's recovery culminated in 3 straight postseason appearances: an at-large NCAA Men's Tournament berth in March 2008, an NIT championship game appearance in March 2009, and
18221-401: Was formally dedicated on October 28, 2005. Bruiser and Marigold are the costumed bear mascots of Baylor University. Even though Baylor began its intercollegiate athletics in the 1890s, they did not have an official mascot until 1914. President Samuel Palmer Brooks held a vote to choose a mascot from dozens of options including the buffalo, bookworm, antelope, and ferret. It was then when
18358-411: Was formed in 1843 when Yale University created a boat club. Harvard University then followed in their footsteps, creating a similar boat club a year later. These boat clubs participated in rowing races called Regattas. The creation of these organizations set the stage for the first intercollegiate sporting event in the U.S. This event took place in 1852, when the rowing team from Yale competed against
18495-598: Was officially dedicated during Homecoming on November 2, 2007, in Traditions Square. In 1931, Mrs. Enid Markham, wife of music professor Robert Markham, wrote lyrics that were presented in chapel in November and soon sanctioned as the official school song. The " In the Good Old Summer Time " tune was rearranged to fit Mrs. Markham's "Baylor Line" by Baylor Band Director Donald I. Moore. Before kickoff and after each game's conclusion Baylor fans sing
18632-435: Was the most valuable in college sports in the early 2010s, was estimated by Forbes to be worth over $ 133 million in 2013, totaling over $ 1 billion in the previous 10 years. At that time Texas made, on average, $ 93 million a year just from the football program. The two schools that followed Texas, Georgia and Penn State, each made around $ 70 million a year. Another prominent football program, Notre Dame, has
18769-803: Was then performed by the Pennsylvanians on the Warings' live national NBC radio broadcast ("The Chesterfield Pleasure Time Radio Show") on December 20, 1940. Eventually, two students Dick Baker '50, and Frank Boggs '48, decided to rewrite the song to make it easier for students to sing. The wrote the new song lyrics on a weekend in 1947 and the completed song was introduced outside of old Brooks Hall near Minglewood Bowl that fall. Baylor had historically used "Lady Bears" as its women's sports nickname, but over time all women's teams dropped "Lady". The last three holdouts were basketball , soccer, and volleyball ; all three teams became simply "Bears" effective with
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