One True Podcast: Baylor/Big 12 football
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBaylor and Big 12 football talk from the banks of the Brazos, every week with Brice Cherry and Zach Smith of the Waco Tribune-Herald.
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Baylor's new-look offense, Aranda's 2024 mission, desperate transfer portal needs, Texas in the CFP and more
December 01, 2023 08:52 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBWe're joined by Texas State correspondent for the Austin American-Statesman Keff Ciardello (@Keff_C), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to react to an eventful week of Baylor and Big 12 happenings as the season winds down. 1. Jake Spavital spent four years as the head coach at Texas State, going 13-35, but was fired after the 2022 season and has been the offensive coordinator at an improved Cal program thi...
One True Podcast: WVU and Dave Aranda watch, the No. 1 Baylor problem, Heisman arguments and Big 12 coaching honors
November 22, 2023 18:31 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWe're joined by Eric Kelly of KWKT-TV Fox 44 in Waco (@EricKellyTV), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk to wrap up the regular season: 1. There will be plenty of good seats available at McLane Stadium on Saturday for the end to a lackluster, to understate it, Baylor Bears season. So we're all on Dave Aranda watch: But does this game even really factor in to that...
Baylor isn't talented enough to win; plus TCU talk, Kansas-KState and Fort Worth eats
November 17, 2023 12:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MB1. This isn't exactly the rivalry game most were expecting coming into this year, with Baylor (3-7) and TCU (4-6) really not having good years, to put it mildly. Is there really any reason to watch this one at all? 2. We've talked a lot about Baylor's spiraling season, but TCU has had a pretty awful year, too, following up on last year's national title game appearance. What has gone wrong in Fort Worth and led to this erratic season for the Horned Frogs? 3. TCU may have won some close game...
Baylor-Kansas State: The total mismatch; K-State's keys to success; Quinn Ewers' status and more
November 10, 2023 15:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWe're joined by Kansas State beat writer Tim Everson of the Manhattan Mercury (@iamtimeverson), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith), Trib alum John Werner (@JohnWernerTrib) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. This is as big a mismatch as Baylor has had this year: The Kansas State Wildcats are the defending Big 12 champs, 6-3 overall despite an OT loss in Austin last week, and they still have a ...
‘Fraudulent Sooners,’ Baylor-Houston's Disappointment Bowl, hot seats for Aranda/Holgorsen, Bedlam picks & more
November 02, 2023 19:36 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWe're joined by Houston beat writer Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle (@Joseph_Duarte), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. Saturday's game could be called the Disappointment Bowl — which may be the closest either of these teams gets to a bowl this year. It's been a pair of erratic, disappointing seasons for the Bears and Cougars, who are both 3-5 overal...
Baylor-Iowa State will be close again; Who will topple OU, Texas? Plus Matt Campbell rumors
October 26, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBWe're joined by Iowa State beat writer Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register (@RandyPete), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. Iowa State's last game was against Cincinnati, too, a 30-10 road win two weeks ago as the Cyclones are coming into Waco this Saturday off a bye week. The Baylor Bears, who held on 32-29 last week in the Queen City, are now just a g...
Pillow Fight of the Week: Baylor, Cincy try to shake sluggish starts; evaluating UH, BYU, UCF so far
October 19, 2023 06:52 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWe're joined by Cincinnati beat writer Scott Springer of the Enquirer (@sspringersports), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. About 15 or 20 years ago, an old ESPN.com feature broke down the "pillow fight of the week." That may not be exactly what's going on this week in Cincinnati, but it's not far off. Both teams are 2-4, after the Bearcats having lost four ...
It's time to talk about Dave Aranda's job. Plus, can OU go undefeated? Is BU's season salvageable? And midseason awards
October 12, 2023 05:37 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBWe're joined by Trib alumn John Werner (@JohnWernerTrib), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@ByZachSmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. Baylor's weird season took a further downturn in a home loss to the Texas Tech Red Raiders. It's hard to say what was most troubling: the non-existent rushing game, the perplexing play-calling or the lack of playmaking by a sleepy defense. Is there still a hope for a...
Predicting Baylor-Tech after strange seasons, ‘new’ QBs so far; the final Big 12 Red River Shootout and the future without Texas, OU
October 05, 2023 17:19 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBWe're joined by Lubbock Avalanche-Journal mainstay Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. This probably isn't where either team expected to be, but Baylor and Texas Tech are both 2-3 (1-1) headed into Saturday's game at McLane Stadium. But both have actual momentum, the Raiders after drilling Houston 49-28 and Baylor posting the bi...
Bounce House showdown: Baylor, UCF are 0-1, but not the same; looking back at the Knights' hungry history, plus new Big 12 rivalries and more
September 28, 2023 06:10 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBWe're joined by Orlando Sentinel beat writer Matt Murschel (@osmattmurschel), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. UCF is hosting Baylor this week — believe it or not, the Bears' first road game of the year. Other than the fact that they're both 0-1 in the Big 12 (UCF a 44-31 loss at K-State last week, Baylor dominated at home vs. Texas), they're not only in d...
Baylor-Texas — Can BU win, even if the Longhorns are for real? Plus Looking back at series' best, rekindling Aggie rivalry
September 21, 2023 17:30 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBWe're joined by Austin American-Statesman royalty Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) and Cedric Golden (@CedGolden), along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. It's the 113th meeting between Baylor and Texas on Saturday at McLane Stadium. And while Texas has bred skepticism for many of us, beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa is maybe turning public opinion toward the Longhorns. What ma...
Can Baylor still have a "good season"? Where's Richard Reese? Plus UT mea culpa, future Big 12 powers and more
September 14, 2023 06:01 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBWe're joined by Jerry Hill (@ViewFromHill) of the Baylor Bear Insider and a Trib alum, along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. Baylor clearly made some across-the-board improvements last week; nevertheless, it's another L as the Bears fell 20-13 to No. 12 Utah. What gives you hope that Baylor can still have a "good season" — and go ahead and define that: What doe...
Will Baylor rebound vs. Utah? Bears' biggest problems, Sawyer Robertson, Utes in the Big 12 and more
September 07, 2023 13:16 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBWe're joined by Eric Walden (@tribjazz), Utah correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune, along with the Trib's Baylor beat writer Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: 1. Baylor’s surprising, perhaps inexplicable loss to Texas State in the season opener may take some of the shine off this matchup, but it still should carry a big-game feel when 12th-ranked Utah comes to McLane Stadium on Saturday for an 11 a...
Baylor-Texas State instant reaction: "Is it too early to say that they're not improved?"
September 03, 2023 05:29 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MBBrice Cherry and Zach Smith take a minute to break down what they saw at McLane Stadium on Saturday night. Read complete game coverage at https://wacotrib.com/sports/college/baylor/ Support the show: https://wacotrib.com/subscribe/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
One True Podcast: Baylor-Texas predictions, Bears' unique schedule, Prime time in Big 12
August 31, 2023 16:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBWe're joined by Texas State correspondent for the Austin American-Statesman and Bobcats alum Keff Ciardello (@Keff_C) along with Trib sportswriter Zach Smith (@byzachsmith) and Trib sports editor Brice Cherry (@BriceCherry), ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: • Guys, at long last, college football is back. Baylor and Texas State will open the 2023 season at 6 p.m. Saturday at McLane Stadium. It’s the third straight year the Bears and Bobcats will have played. Two years ago,...
Baylor season preview: Big question marks, Shapen's make-or-break year, title hopes, Colorado & more
August 04, 2023 11:50 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWelcome to new Trib sportswriter Zach Smith (@byzachsmith), who will be covering the Baylor football beat going forward after John Werner's retirement. Zach and Trib sports editor Brice Cherry are ready to dig into some BU and Big 12 football talk: • Baylor opened its preseason camp Thursday, which means football season is officially here. What does Dave Aranda’s team need to accomplish the most over the next month before the Sept. 2 home opener against Texas State? What’s the biggest prior...
BONUS: TCU's wake-up call to America is one of college football's all-time hugest surprises
January 06, 2023 17:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWelcome to special guest Stephen Simcox (@SimcoxStephen), an alum of both TCU and ESPN Central Texas who hosts the Locked On Horned Frogs podcast, available anywhere that you pod and on YouTube. He's here to talk with Brice Cherry and John Werner about Big 12 football, which only means one thing this week in our bonus episode: • From "One True Champion" to the national championship on One True Podcast: TCU is living right and the national championship game is set, Georgia vs. the Horned Fro...
TCU vs. the CFP selectors, Baylor's murky future, Sarkisian's hot seat and more
December 01, 2022 09:40 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBWe're zooming this week with Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) and Cedric Golden (@CedGolden) of HookEm.com (aka the Austin American-Statesman) and the Longhorn Confidential podcast. Brice Cherry and John Werner return to dissect the state of the Big 12 headed into this week's championship game: • Just as everybody expected, it's K-State vs. TCU for the Big 12 title this week. The Frogs back in October scored 21 in the second half to beat the Wildcats, 38-28. How do you see round 2 playing out? • It wo...
One True Podcast: Can Baylor spoil TCU's season? Will Frogs get left out of CFP? Dykes v. Patterson
November 18, 2022 09:52 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB• Many of us wrongly thought TCU was going to slip up in Austin last week, but that didn't happen as the Frogs stayed undefeated with a 17-10 win over Texas and clinched a Big 12 title game berth. How do the Frogs just keep doing this week after week? Is the gap between them and the rest of the league just that big? • TCU travels to Waco this week, and all logic says that TCU wins this one: They're winning close games, they have the No. 1 offense in the Big 12 and are coming off their best ...
Is Baylor now best in the Big 12? Will TCU lay an egg? Can BU get back to Jerryworld?
November 10, 2022 09:07 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB• Is anyone in the Big 12 playing any better than the Bears at this particular moment? Baylor got it done on the road for the second straight week, as the Bears traveled to Norman and pulled out a gritty 38-35 win over the Sooners. Outside of TCU – or maybe even including TCU is anyone in the Big 12 playing any better than the Bears, right now? • Baylor now finds itself in a three-way logjam for second place in the conference alongside Kansas State and Texas, two teams the Bears incidental...
Will Baylor-OU be close or a blowout? Plus OSU's shocking loss, Chris Klieman shout-outs and woes in Sooner nation
November 03, 2022 06:40 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBSpecial guest Jenni Carlson (@JenniCarlson_OK) of The Oklahoman, now in her 24th year covering Sooner state football and other cool stuff like the NBA, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some college football talk: • Last week was kind of a surprise for BU, with Baylor winning impressively in Lubbock over Texas Tech, and now they're on the road for a second straight week to head to Norman. That was Baylor's most complete game of the year, and now they face the Sooners,...
Baylor-Tech: All the subplots / Can TCU go undefeated? / Is Joey McGuire a home-run hire?
October 27, 2022 15:59 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBSpecial guest Don Williams (@AJ_DonWilliams) of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, who's been on the Texas Tech beat since 1986, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some college football talk: • There are many intriguing subplots to Baylor-Texas Tech this week: An ultra-competitive series — a three-point game last year, a one-point game in 2020, double-overtime in 2019, etc. — plus it's 40-39-1 all-time with Baylor holding the edge; both teams have identical records (4-3, 2...
Both starting QBs could be out: Will Baylor, Kansas take advantage? Plus Big 12 parity, KSU-TCU
October 20, 2022 09:57 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBSpecial guest Blair Kerkhoff (@BlairKerkhoff) of the Kansas City Star, in the sportswriting biz for 41 years, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some Big 12 football talk: • Going into this season, Baylor probably wasn't looking at the Oct. 22 matchup with Kansas too closely. Now it's suddenly a big deal. At 5-2, the formerly nationally ranked Kansas Jayhawks are coming to town for Homecoming weekend. Blair's been in Jayhawk country for a long time — did anyone see this...
Baylor's missing leaders, reset before WVU, best Big 12 settings & bad football at Oklahoma, IowaSt.
October 13, 2022 05:08 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBSpecial guest Chris Williams (@CWillTV) of KWTX-TV, Channel 10, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some college football talk: • Coming off an open week and a loss to Oklahoma State, Baylor heads into an unforgiving climate: The Bears play their annual Thursday night game at West Virginia, quite the doomsday scenario for BU, as they've never won in Morgantown. Is this the year the streak ends? • John wrote last week about Baylor really missing the leadership they had o...
These Bears can't return to Big 12 title game; biggest Baylor surprise; Red River snoozer; Leipold vs. Dykes
October 06, 2022 08:39 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBSpecial guest Kurtis Quillin (@KurtisQuillin) of KCEN-TV, Channel 6, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some college football talk: • Oklahoma State got a little payback on Baylor — and while they're still good and it's only one loss, unless something changes, it seems like the Bears are not destined for a return to Jerryworld for the Big 12 championship game. Agree or disagree? • Baylor is 3-2 with losses to BYU and OSU. What's been the most surprising (read: disappoi...
Baylor-OSU and Big 12 parity, snakebit Spencer Sanders, K-State's amazing win
September 29, 2022 07:34 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBSpecial guests Kelly Hines (@KellyHinesTW) and Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig), both mainstays of the venerable Tulsa World, join Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry for some college football talk: • Obviously this is an intriguing matchup Saturday in Waco, a rematch of last year's Big 12 championship game at AT&T Stadium, which came right down to the McWire in a thrilling finish for the Bears. But what are the chances that Baylor and Oklahoma State end up back at JerryWorld again at th...
Iowa State looks to flip script on Baylor; Cyclones' stingy D; plus Tech's UT woes, Kansas' success
September 22, 2022 09:25 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB• This sets up as a pretty interesting Big 12 opener for both Iowa State and Baylor, which is traveling to Ames this week. It was also intriguing as last year's opener, as the Bears were unranked and unproven before their 31-29 win over the No. 14-ranked Cyclones. Do you see Iowa State flipping the script this year? • The Cyclones haven't given up more than 10 points so far this year. How does this stingy defense compare to some of Matt Campbell's other teams, and what is it they do particu...
Was that BYU finish a positive or negative for Baylor? Will Texas State be close again? Plus UT talk
September 15, 2022 09:01 - 20 minutes - 19 MB• Baylor went to Provo and fell in double-OT in the Big 12 After Dark game, and the crowd stormed the field after the game (even though they were favored, but whatever). In a game that featured 14 Baylor penalties, four sacks and just 137 passing yards for the Bears, they were still right there until the last moment. Is that a positive or a negative for Dave Aranda's squad? • Werner-Orts University is in Waco this week for the Bears' final nonconference game as the Texas State Bobcats arriv...
BYU looking for payback on Baylor, how the Cougars can win, BYU embracing the Big 12 move & more
September 09, 2022 09:26 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBKevin Reynolds of the Salt Lake Tribune, on Twitter @KevinReynolds30, joins Trib sports guys John Werner and Brice Cherry as the Bears head to Provo: • It's a big-time Big 12 matchup this week as the No. 9 Baylor Bears head to Provo to play the No. 21 BYU Cougars. On paper, this sets up as an enticing battle with near-even odds, according to the bookies. We ask our dueling beat writers: BYU/Baylor wins this game if ... what? • Dave Aranda and Kalani Sitake obviously respect one other — b...
Can Baylor win the Big 12 as the favorite? Plus UAlbany, UT's Sarkisian, WVU-Pitt and beef jerky
September 01, 2022 17:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBJerry Hill joins the Trib guys as college football kicks off for 2022: • At long last, the season openers are here. Baylor will open up at home against the University of Albany on Saturday. The Bears, of course, are the Big 12 preseason favorites for the first time in program history. What will need to happen for Baylor to actually live up to that prediction this season? • Dave Aranda said this week that one of his chief objectives for the opener was to “establish an identity.” Obviously t...
Baylor-TCU: Gary Patterson reaction (and his replacement), the Big 12's best job, Baylor's CFP chances
November 04, 2021 14:10 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MBWelcome to special guest Stephen Simcox, an alum of both TCU and ESPN Central Texas who hosts the Locked On Horned Frogs podcast, available anywhere that you pod. He's here to talk with Brice Cherry and John Werner about Big 12 football: The big news of the week is that Gary Patterson won't be on the sideline for the first time in 20 years when TCU face Baylor. Even though the Frogs have been trending in the wrong direction for a couple of years, it seems like a pretty surprising move, espe...
Baylor-Texas picks, future of BU-UT rivalry, evaluating a very average Longhorns team and better-than average Bears, plus SEC barbecue
October 28, 2021 09:34 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBWe're glad to welcome Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) and Cedric Golden (@CedGolden) of HookEm.com (aka the Austin American-Statesman), here to talk about Baylor-Texas week with Trib sportswriters Brice Cherry and John Werner: Baylor hosts Texas on Saturday at McLane Stadium, and it's a tale of two teams going in very different directions. The Bears are coming off back-to-back wins over West Virginia and a ranked BYU team, while Texas is floundering with a couple of inexplicable collapses against Okla...
Big 12 expansion: Will UCF, Houston, Cincinnati arrive early? What's the biggest reason? Plus analyzing time zones and the Mount Rushmores — with Jason Beede and Joseph Duarte
October 21, 2021 07:06 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBWe're glad to welcome Jason Beede of the Orlando Sentinel, who's @therealBeede on Twitter, and welcome back Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle who's @Joseph_Duarte on Twitter. They're here for a special Big 12 expansion edition with Trib sportswriters Brice Cherry and John Werner: So, the word is that UCF, Houston and Cincinnati are slated to join the league “no later than 2024-25.” But what are the odds that those three are able to wiggle out of the American Athletic Conference prior t...
Baylor's biggest improvements; BYU's football culture, its Big 12 future and likely McLane reception; Texas-OSU implications and more — with Chris Williams of KWTX-TV
October 14, 2021 08:57 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBWe didn't have to go far to find special guest Chris Williams, who's @CWillTV on Twitter: He's been a sports reporter for KWTX-TV News 10 for about a year, and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk college football: Well, the Bears got back on track with a convincing 45-20 win over West Virginia last wee. What impressed you the most about Baylor's performance? Where was the biggest improvement — QB play, pass rush? They didn't know it when they scheduled it, but a future Big 12 opp...
Baylor's biggest offensive issues, the Bears' MVP so far, OU-Texas, TCU-Tech and more
October 07, 2021 07:08 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBAs the Bears regroup from their first loss, Brice Cherry and John Werner are ready to talk some college football: • The Baylor Bears will not go undefeated as the dream fizzled in Stillwater. Let's glance into John Werner's Dave Campbell-esque crystal ball — will the Bears be ranked in the Top 25 at the end of the season? • Offensively, Baylor has regressed in its last two games against Oklahoma State and Iowa State. Admittedly, those are pretty good defenses. But what's most concerning fo...
Baylor-Oklahoma State picks, Gundy woes in Stillwater, Spencer Rattler's woes and more — with Jenni Carlson of The Oklahoman
September 30, 2021 10:39 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWe're glad to welcome Jenni Carlson, who's @JenniCarlson_OK on Twitter: She's been writing for The Oklahoman since 1999 and joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk college football: • Pretty good game this week in Stillwater: Are the undefeated Bears or the undefeated Cowboys more surprising to you so far this season, and who do you like in this matchup? OSU has an good resume with a road win over Boise State and last week's 31-20 dispatching of ranked K-State. Obviously, Baylor pulled...
Baylor's chances to upset No. 14 Iowa State, analyzing the Bears' strengths, a new idea for Big 12 division play — with Randy Peterson of the Des Moines Register
September 23, 2021 05:21 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBWe're glad to welcome Randy Peterson, who's @RandyPete on Twitter: He's been writing for the Des Moines Register since the 1970s and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk college football: Following three straight afterthought opponents, Baylor takes a dramatic upward step in its schedule this week when 14th-ranked Iowa State comes to Waco. Both teams are coming off extremely impressive wins, as the Cyclones dismantled UNLV, 48-3, in Las Vegas last week, while Baylor opened Big 12 p...
Is the Big 12 a defensive league now? Plus Baylor and hapless Kansas, Oklahoma-Nebraska redux, and remembering our favorite Jayhawk
September 17, 2021 02:19 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB• After a 2-0 start against a couple of in-state schools, Baylor opens up Big 12 play this week at Kansas. The Jayhawks are hitting the reset button again — what's the matter with Kansas? New head coach Lance Leipold, formerly of Buffalo, takes over a program that has been in a perpetual rebuilding cycle over the past 10-plus years. Is there any reason to believe that Leipold can succeed where Turner Gill, Charlie Weis, David Beaty and Les Miles failed? • Obviously, the shining jewel of th...
Baylor's areas of concern, Big 12 bids and bad blood, Iowa State-Iowa — with Joseph Duarte of the Houston Chronicle
September 09, 2021 03:42 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBWe're glad to welcome back Joseph Duarte, who's @Joseph_Duarte on Twitter: He's spent 25 years on several sports beats at the Houston Chronicle and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk college football: Baylor opened the year with a fairly pedestrian 29-20 win over Texas State on Saturday. What did we see that was encouraging for the 2021 Bears, and what areas of concern jumped out? Instead of previewing Texas Southern, which should be a layup, let's talk with Joseph Duarte of the...
Baylor's first trip to Texas State, the future of Steve Sarkisian, Big 12 blitz
September 02, 2021 08:52 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB• Baylor opens its season with its first-ever game in San Marcos — luckily, we have two Texas State alums, former Tribber Jason Orts and longtime Baylor beat writer John Werner, to reflect on the rise of the program from the NAIA ranks to the FBS: What's the gameday atmosphere like at Bobcat Stadium, and how does it compare to those halcyon student days? • Both the Bears and Bobcats are coming off two-win seasons, though the Bobcats played 12 games to Baylor's nine. Given the fact that Bay...
Baylor-Tech: Who's more desperate, Matt Wells' future, BU's big losses and some great Masters/Jim Nantz stories
November 12, 2020 10:26 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBFor the first time since 2008, Baylor will travel to Lubbock this week — that was Art Briles' first year, so it's been awhile. Two not-so-great teams will meet there, with the 1-4 Bears seeing injuries start to mount while the Red Raiders are just 2-5. Who do you think needs a win more, Tech or Baylor? It's Matt Wells' second year now at Tech, and while he didn't exactly inherit a juggernaut from Kliff Kingsbury, Red Raider fans have to be frustrated with the progress. After a 4-8 campaign...
Why Baylor is so inconsistent, Bears' road trip to Iowa State and Jerry Hill talks dancing
November 05, 2020 09:29 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBHello to our old friend Jerry Hill, who's @ViewFromHill on Twitter: He's been covering sports in Waco since he started at the Tribune-Herald 1983 and he's been on the Baylor football beat since 1987, before moving over to edit the Baylor Bear Insider in 2008. He joins Brice Cherry and John Werner for a Trib reunion to figure out what's going on with this year's crop of Bears: • It was an agonizingly slow start (but a rapid finish) against TCU as the Bears fell, 33-23. Brice wrote about seve...
Baylor vs. TCU in Disappointment Bowl, plus OSU and the state of Big 12 defenses — with Drew Davison
October 29, 2020 10:17 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWe're joined by Drew Davison, who's @drewdavison on Twitter: He's spent 13 years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the last three on the Horned Frogs beat, and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner return to dissect this week's head-scratcher at Amon Carter Stadium: • This week it's a renewal of the old TCU-Baylor rivalry, and it feels like the Frogs and Bears are floating down the Brazos in the same boat: Both teams are coming off disappointing losses to Big 12 teams who have endured their ...
Picking Baylor-Texas (finally), quarantining with Big 12 coaches — with Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden
October 22, 2020 09:56 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBZooming with Kirk Bohls (@kbohls) and Cedric Golden (@CedGolden) of HookEm.com (aka the Austin American-Statesman), Brice Cherry and John Werner return to dissect this week's showdown in Austin with the Longhorns: • As of right now, the Baylor-Texas game is still a go for Saturday as the Bears are 2-3 this year — 2 games played, 3 canceled. Has this tumultuous season going like you expected, and what's the likelihood that the game still hits the scrap heap before Saturday? • A typically r...
Is Baylor just unlucky? Gary Patterson for president, Big 12 parity and more
October 15, 2020 10:02 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBChad Conine drops by to talk Big 12 football with Brice Cherry and John Werner as the Bears take another unexpected siesta this week: • This one wasn't a scheduled bye week: The Bears are dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases that led to the postponement of the homecoming game with Oklahoma State, and as we sit here today, it feels like even next week's game at Texas is in question. Has Baylor just been unlucky, or have the Bears not been cautious enough with all the protocols? • Now ...
What went wrong with Baylor and Charlie Brewer, agreeing with Gary Patterson on the Big 12 and more
October 08, 2020 10:22 - 20 minutes - 19 MBChad Conine drops by to talk Big 12 football with Brice Cherry and John Werner as the Bears take a breather this before homecoming Oct. 17: • So, the cliché tells us that the biggest improvement in a team comes from Week 1 to Week 2, and Baylor's Dave Aranda even agreed with that sentiment last week. So, what exactly happened to the Bears in Morgantown? And what was the most disappointing step back for Baylor? • Obviously he was under duress much of the game, but it was far from Charlie Br...
The Skip Bayless Award, Baylor-West Virginia, Texas' title hopes and OU's woes
September 30, 2020 22:18 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBWe welcome a very special guest in Trib sports writer Chad Conine this week. Baylor finally got a game in, trouncing Kansas handily with a 47-14 win. But on a scale from “it's just Kansas” to “that was a thoroughly impressive performance,” where does this one rank? It's yet unknown whether WVU fans will burn couches after watching the Mountaineers from home as the Bears go to Morgantown for their first road trip of the year. Given the usual home-field advantage at Milan Puskar Stadium, how...
One True Podcast: Will Baylor play Kansas? How's Les Miles doing? Can UT win in Lubbock? — with Benton Smith
September 24, 2020 07:09 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBHello to Benton Smith, who's @BentonASmith on Twitter: He's spent 9 years at the Lawrence Journal-World in Jayhawks county and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk about (hopefully) a football game being played in Waco this week: • Baylor had the first Power 5 game in the country canceled on a Friday this year, and given everything going on, what’s the likelihood that this Kansas-Baylor game happens? • Les Miles was an interesting hire by the Jayhawks, to say the least. What’s the ...
Will Baylor play Kansas? How's Les Miles doing? Can UT win in Lubbock? — with Benton Smith
September 24, 2020 07:09 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBHello to Benton Smith, who's @BentonASmith on Twitter: He's spent 9 years at the Lawrence Journal-World in Jayhawks county and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk about (hopefully) a football game being played in Waco this week: • Baylor had the first Power 5 game in the country canceled on a Friday this year, and given everything going on, what's the likelihood that this Kansas-Baylor game happens? • Les Miles was an interesting hire by the Jayhawks, to say the least. What's the...
Joseph Duarte talks Baylor-Houston, Aranda-Holgorsen and the state of the Big 12
September 17, 2020 02:05 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBWe're glad to reconnect with Joseph Duarte, who's @Joseph_Duarte on Twitter: He's spent 25 years on several sports beats at the Houston Chronicle and he joins Brice Cherry and John Werner to talk Baylor-Houston, the Big 12's disaster week and more: • It's remarkable how this game came together so quickly, especially in the age of college football schedules being set up eight to 10 years in advance. Was this the best-case scenario for both schools? • Dana Holgorsen is entering Year 2 at Hou...