![]() ![]() “But it’s been really awesome because we didn’t win every game, all of our home games we won, which was really fun. “I was fully prepared to go into this season being sad,” Plano senior Paige Koepke said. “Down the stretch, clearly been the team to watch in our league, so we’ve got ourselves a great challenge.”Īranda and his team will have the full support of the Baylor fans who they’ve quickly won over with their dominant performances at home throughout the season, garnering victories over both OU and the University of Texas. “We’re going to need all of the lessons learned for this one coming up,” Aranda said. There’s been personal growth and maturity within the players as they’ve learned to each do their “1/11,” play as a cohesive unit and “keep the main focus the focus” while being “big-men driven.” Aranda said it’s going to take everything they’ve learned so far to be successful this weekend. However, it wasn’t just coaching changes that helped turn this team around. The belief and the connection that was forged then, I think is way special.”Īfter going 2-7 in Aranda’s first season as head coach there’s been many changes within the team to get to where they are now, such as the additions of offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes and offensive line coach Eric Mateos. I go back to those December, January meetings where things were maybe unclear to see kind of how this was all going to play out. “I think of our seniors, I think of the overall team buy-in, I think of the staff and their cohesion and their belief. ![]() “Credit goes to a bunch of a bunch of folks,” Aranda said. The game will be the culmination of what has been a two-year journey for head coach Dave Aranda and his team. It will be Baylor’s second appearance in the conference title matchup, the first being a loss to OU in 2019. OSU’s victory Saturday night secured Baylor’s spot in the Big 12 Championship game being played at 11 a.m. 7 Oklahoma State University didn’t make it any easier for the Bears as it took a wild game and everything the Cowboys could muster to do what they haven’t done since 2014: defeat No. 8 Baylor football and their Big 12 Championship hopes, as their game against Texas Tech University came down to a missed field goal as time expired. Saturday was a nerve-wracking day for No. Senior running back Trestan Ebner scores a touchdown against Texas Tech on Nov. ![]()
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