Baylor football's bowl hopes remain alive after mopping up Kansas

People were saying it couldn’t be done. After the Bears had lost to the Duke Blue Devils again, and this time in Waco, and again rather decisively, even most Baylor fans had given up on this season. The Bears will never go to a bowl this season, they said. Even some sports writers said that, and put it in writing. But not me. I quoted some of those writers but deep down I always thought the Bears still had a chance to make a bowl trip. The Baylor-Kansas game will be the tell-tale game, I thought. I even told that to some of my friends.

And lo and behold, the Bears beat Kansas. They beat the visiting Jayhawks with room to spare. Beat them, 26-7. So the Bears ain’t dead yet.