Colt Barber

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Drew, Collen Fail to Meet Expectations as Aranda Returns to Center Stage

1 month ago | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

Baylor Basketball A few months after Baylor football exceeded preseason expectations, Scott Drew and Nicki Collen’s basketball teams saw their seasons come to a frustrating end. I’m not the basketball guru of our SicEm365 team, so I will withhold from you my amateur analysis of where these teams went wrong, but it’s fair to call these two teams disappointing for different reasons.
Baylor Wide Receiver Ashtyn Hawkins Granted Extra Season of Eligibility

2 months ago | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

The NCAA has granted Baylor wide receiver Ashtyn Hawkins an extra season of eligibility, SicEm365 has learned through sources. Before transferring to Baylor last offseason, Hawkins starred at Texas State for three seasons and played at Cisco Community College in 2020. He will be entering his sixth collegiate season this fall. Hawkins was a reliable target for quarterback Sawyer Robertson all season and was second on the team in receptions (45), receiving yards (567) and touchdowns (5).
Breaking: Baylor To Hire TCU's Paul Gonzales As Cornerbacks Coach

Jan 12, 2025 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

Baylor football is expected to hire TCU's Paul Gonzales as its new cornerbacks coach, SicEm365 has learned. Gonzales will also hold the passing game coordinator title. Gonzales has coached TCU's safeties since 2018 after serving as the Horned Frogs cornerbacks coach the previous three seasons from 2015-2017. In his time coaching safeties at TCU, Gonzales mentored six eventual NFL players.
Final Two Games Can Confirm Progress, Differentiate '24 Baylor from '22 Baylor

Nov 21, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

A few days ago, I was ardent for the opportunity to write an op-ed titled “Bowl Eligible Bears Back On Track Under Dave Aranda,” filled with disclaimers of how I believed the corner had been turned with the program. After a few days of mulling it over, I realized that writing about the subject felt disingenuous. Through the first six games of 2024, it was obvious that the talent level was different from that of 2023 and, to a lesser degree, from that of 2022.
Source: Aranda Purchases Suite Access for 2013-2014 Championship Teams

Oct 27, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

Head coach Dave Aranda has paid for former Baylor football players who played on the Bears’ 2013 and 2014 Big 12 Championship teams to have access to McLane Stadium’s brand new end zone suites for Saturday’s home contest against TCU, sources tell SicEm365. One source confirmed that Aranda is fully covering the costs for all players who attend “out of his own pocket.” Baylor is set to officially honor the back-to-back Big 12 Championship teams during the game Saturday.
Aranda, Baylor Finds Itself in an Incredibly Familiar Position to 2023

Oct 23, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

After a 32-29 road victory over Cincinnati in the seventh game of the 2023 season, Baylor football stood with a 3-4 overall record. Although small, there was a flickering light at the end of the five-game tunnel that the Bears could potentially reach a bowl game with a wiggle and a squeeze and make their way back to a competitive season despite a horrific start.
Every Single Snap: It's Time for Baylor Players to Win

Oct 2, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

Baylor’s 34-31 last-minute defeat at the hands of West Virginia to end the 2023 season was the first of three consecutive conference losses for Baylor by one possession or less. Enough was presented on the field to make it competitive and fun, but not enough to drive the nail in the opponent's coffin. Big plays in big moments, but not the right play at the right moment. I have zero analogies to help me communicate how games like those make me feel.
Reminder: Baylor's Return to the Top Takes Everyone

Sep 26, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

Writing that Baylor’s home game against No. 22 BYU is important would not do the situation and moment justice. For a single team, no isolated game should ever be defining. A single game for a program trying to find its bearings could arguably provide so much definition that it would only slightly fall short of having its own place in a hard copy of a Webster’s Dictionary.
It's a Trap! Or is it? Baylor's Offensive Plan Might Not Have Told Us Much

Sep 2, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

In game one of the 2024 season against Tarleton under new offensive coordinator Jake Spavital, Baylor’s offense ran 71 plays for 442 yards, a 6.23 yard per average. That yard-per-play average would have ranked No. 6 in the Big 12 over the course of the entire 2023 season, but through week one of 2024, it ranks No. 12. Throughout 2023, Baylor averaged only 5.3 yards per play, No. 13 in the Big 12, and only once averaged more than 6.2 yards per play.
What to Make of Key Inclusions and Exclusions of Baylor's Depth Chart

Aug 26, 2024 | sicem365.com | Colt Barber

On Monday, Baylor released its first depth chart for the 2024 football season. The preseason depth chart is the first opportunity to examine the personnel expectations after the Bears added a number of transfer portal and junior college prospects to their roster in the offseason and shifted their offensive scheme under new offensive coordinator Jake Spavital. Excluding the quarterback position which has been covered in-depth since the announcement of Dequan Finn (6Sr.