Alrighty, so my family has an almost unhealthy support of Baylor Athletics. My brother went there, I went to Mary Hardin-Baylor (sister school to Baylor), but even before that my family bled green. No reason except there was deep Christian heritage at the university and then the Mangum's just kind of became grafted into the Baylor fan base.
Nobody has ever jumped on this bandwagon with me, I have been the only one out of my friends who has even uttered the "Go Baylor" cheers.
Baylor has been through much...the illegal recruiting of the men's basketball program in the mid 90's...then the penalties from the NCAA...after that, a player shot and killed a fellow player, the coach tried to cover it up (not to mention illegal recruiting - again...the players and the school got slammed by a massive list of penalties (including the men's basketball team not being able to play a single game until the Big 12 Conference schedule started in the 05-06 season).
So, it is a joy...yes, a joy that I'm watching Baylor lead Texas at halftime of the Big 12 Quarterfinal game 43-25...we'll see if the lead sticks...but, I'm proud of these fellas...easily the best guard play in the league...
Best gaurd play in the league?!? 3 words...Acie Law IV. :) I hear ya on rooting for the underdog though. I went to plenty of A&M basketball games when there were more people on the court than in the stands.
Posted by: Kayla | Mar 12, 2007 at 02:09 PM