Lawrence, Kansas- While Baylor’s first season didn’t go as planned, in year two, Baylor’s on the path to contending for Big 12 titles again. That may not happen this season—we’re only three games into the campaign—but the framework is there to return to the top of the league.
The 2020 Bears were abysmal on offense. That may be the understatement of all understatements. Aranda faced a choice after the futility of his 2020 offense: stay the course or recognize something had to change. Rather than blame the failures of the year one offense on the pandemic—or thinking he needed to give it more time—Aranda elected to hire Jeff Grimes and switch offenses.