As he said repeatedly this summer, nobody is more ready for this offseason to end and for football to begin than Jim Grobe. Baylor’s interim head coach came out of retirement to guide a program rocked by a sexual assault scandal. How far can he take this team?
Here is our season preview capsule for the Baylor Bears:
Key losses: QB Jarrett Stidham, WR Corey Coleman, OT Spencer Drango, DT Andrew Billings, DE Shawn Oakman, DE Jamal Palmer, LB Grant Campbell, CB Xavien Howard
Preseason storyline: How Baylor handles the challenge of getting through a long season with fewer than 75 scholarship players will be interesting to follow.