College
The Duality of Dave Aranda
As Baylor Bears head coach Dave Aranda enters a make-or-break fifth year, he is still balancing the man he wants to be versus the man today's college football requires.
Dave Aranda had a recurring fear when he took over at Baylor in 2020.
He's walking down a hallway in the football facility, head down, oblivious to the people around him. Someone passes him walking the opposite direction. It's a player, a coach, an athletic staff member or a staff member's wife. Someone he should know. Except Aranda doesn't recognize them. His mind is too consumed with football. His body is there but he is not.
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