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Opinion: Baylor football back on top four years after sexual assault scandal rocked campus

USA TODAY

Exactly four years ago, the nation’s premiere college football matchup took place under a cloud of uncertainty and defiance when Baylor’s unbeaten team hosted Oklahoma.

For a lot of people around the country, the game was secondary. In August of that year, details began to emerge about the widespread sexual assault scandal that would later consume the university. At the same time, questions about whether coach Art Briles and his staff enabled a culture of violent behavior in the football program started to gain momentum, creating an uncomfortable dynamic with many fans who refused to believe he had done anything wrong.