TCU safety Nick Orr, suspended for the first half of the Big 12 championship game because of his role in a fight against Baylor, said he was defending himself and “did what I felt like I had to do.”
Orr said he was kicked in the ribs while he was on the ground in the Nov. 24 mass scuffle and can still feel pain from that.
“That’s just now starting to go away,” he said Sunday at the Alamo Bowl.
Orr and two Baylor players were disciplined by the Big 12 after the league reviewed video of the incident and saw Orr throw a punch.