Walking off the field after the last game of his first season at Baylor, Matt Rhule had an epiphany.
“It’ll never be this bad again,” the coach thought.
Of course, getting worse would’ve been tough.
The Bears finished that season with just one win. Eleven losses came by an average of two-plus touchdowns, including a season-ending beatdown by rival TCU.
To make matters worse, a fight had broken out during the game after a TCU defender tackled a Baylor ballcarrier into the Bears’ bench area. Benches darn near emptied. Coaches and officials had to separate players, and in the end, every player was issued an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.