What Are Best-Case, Worst-Case, and Most-Likely Scenarios for Baylor Football?
What Are Best-Case, Worst-Case, and Most-Likely Scenarios for Baylor Football?
Here are a few scenarios for the Baylor Bears' upcoming season.Tyler Gillum|
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Baylor BearsWith a little over ten weeks until week one against Auburn, the season itches closer every week. Baylor's rebuild looks promising, and everyone is wondering, what can the Bears actually do this year? Here's what I think can be a best-case scenario for Baylor, with a worst-case and most likely for the season this year.
Best-Case Scenario
With potential All-American quarterback DJ Lagway on the throne, hopes are gonna be decently high for most Bears fans. Although offense isn't the only side of the ball you need to win games, we clearly know that from last year, with Baylor ending up 5-7 with an offense that ranked in the top ten in yards and top 30 in points per game. Sawyer Robertson was one of the best quarterbacks Baylor has seen in a while, and even that couldn't help the team to a winning record.
A revamped offensive line was one of the key moves this team needed to have any hope of doing better the following year. Adding big transfers such as Yakiri Walker, who dominated at Memphis and had multiple Power Four teams interested, along with former Texas Longhorn Nate Kibble, a three-star interior lineman from Humble Atascocita High School.
Baylor has three or four really tough games this year, but other than that its managable. This team gets a win over Auburn in week one, cuts it close, and ends up beating Texas Tech or BYU; we could be talking about the first ten-win team since 2015.
Worst-Case Scenario
This one is kinda tough, because with the massive rehaul on both sides of the ball, this could either go really well and revive the fire that Baylor football has, or it could just bury it in the ground. I don't want to bring the hope down too much, but if the offensive line struggles like it did last year, Lagway and the Bears might be in trouble.
Lagway has shown his athleticism and playmaking abilities at Florida, but when pressured, he struggled severely, throwing over 23 interceptions in his two years for the Gators. There is upside with the new playbook and style of offense that Lagway will be implemented into, so there's always the hope that Florida's offense was holding him back, and he can make a Dante Moore-type turnaround.
One of the biggest factors in this worst-case scenario will be the defense. Bringing in over 35 different new players from the portal, that's a lot of new guys to put into one system. I definitely think they have a chip on their shoulder after the disappointing defense from last year, but with such a new roster, you never truly know what's going to happen in week one. Players like Indiana defensive tackle Hosea Wheeler and Kansas State transfer Colby McCalister will be major contributors to have a turnaround season for the defense.
If this defense is similar to last year's, and Lagway struggles, I see a season similar to last year, with the more difficult schedule and higher expectations. A four-or-three win season would be heartbreaking, but with the turnovers Lagway caused at Florida, along with a struggling defense, it would be a very bad combination for stacking up wins against these heavily loaded Big 12 teams.
Most Likely
I do see this team as worthy of having high hopes for a season that's at least better than last year. With the challenging schedule Baylor was given this year, I see at least three games that could go either way. One road game against Arizona State in week five, a road game against BYU in week 11, and hosting Texas Tech in the last week of the season, which will likely be a must-win for the Raiders to make the playoffs, I don't see Baylor's chances of coming out on top very high. If this defense steps up and Lagway performs well, this team should be guaranteed to win at least seven to eight games this year.
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TYLER GILLUMTyler is a writer for Baylor Bears On SI with a deep focus on football and basketball. Professional stat cruncher and high school athlete. Passionate NFL, college, and NBA fan. I love sports and want to put that passion into my writing.
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Ukraine slams Moscow with another massive drone assault: ‘Step by step, we are implementing our plan’
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Ukraine slams Moscow with another massive drone assault: ‘Step by step, we are implementing our plan’
By Ronny Reyes Published June 30, 2026, 6:33 p.m. ETSee more of our coverage in your search results.
Add The New York Post on GoogleUkraine hit Moscow with a large-scale drone attack overnight, striking one of the Russian capital’s largest satellite communication centers for the second time in a week, officials said.
Kyiv fired more than 60 drones at Moscow late Monday as part of a large wave of attacks over the border that saw Russia scramble to take out 419 drones across 18 regions.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the center served as a “reconnaissance and for coordinating the activity of Russia’s occupation contingent in Ukraine.
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“Step by step, we are implementing our plan of long-range sanctions and making it as difficult as possible for the aggressor state to carry out its invasion operations against Ukraine and the occupation of our territories.”
Ukraine has ramped up its pressure campaign against the Kremlin this year, with drone attacks in Moscow becoming more and more common and spurring discontent among Russians over dictator Vladimir Putin’s war.
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The Kremlin slammed the latest attacks on Moscow, telling reporters that the drone assault led to the deaths of civilians, including children.
Moscow regional official Andrey Vorobyov said a 6-month-old baby was killed Tuesday when a drone crashed into a home southeast of the capital.
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Jalen Ramsey Points Out What Makes Deion Sanders Different
A few Colorado Buffaloes heard from NFL cornerback Jalen Ramsey about what makes Coach Prime different during their summer leadership retreat.Liam Howard|
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Colorado BuffaloesThe Colorado Buffaloes took a leadership retreat to coach Deion Sanders’s Texas ranch during the final week of June. Transfer Buffs and returning players used the time to build chemistry and learn from some of the top influences in the football world.
Those influences, of course, included Coach Prime himself, but also an important guest speaker. NFL cornerback and safety Jalen Ramsey spoke to the team, giving the players career advice and helping put their circumstances into perspective. Part of that included telling the players how lucky they are to have the unique experience of learning under Coach Prime and his staff.
What Jalen Ramsey said about Deion Sanders and his staff
One of the themes most consistent in Ramsey’s conversation with the players was the reminder of how unique their situation is. Playing for arguably the greatest cornerback to ever play the game is an uncommon benefit, to say the least, and Ramsey told the players how they can use those circumstances to shape how they play.
“Being in the presence of greatness, you can’t really pay any of these coaches back for any of that,” said Ramsey to Colorado players in a YouTube video posted by Well Off Media. “The only way you can pay somebody back for that is by being yourself in a respectful way, but also by the way that you play for them…That [greatness] isn’t normal…it isn’t like that anywhere else.”
As a three-time first-team All-Pro, an eight-time Pro Bowler, a National Champion in college and a Super Bowl Champion in the NFL, Ramsey has had about as ideal a career path as a football player could ask for. Still, he even claimed that he wouldn’t have ended up at Florida State had a staff like Colorado’s existed during his college career.
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Colorado’s players were receptive to Ramsey’s advice. Several players present at the retreat chimed in on the differences they’ve noticed between Coach Prime and any other coach they’ve played under.
A pair of SEC transfers in former Texas Longhorns wide receiver DeAndre Moore Jr. and former Georgia Bulldogs offensive lineman Bo Hughley spoke about the differences in coaching relationships they’ve seen since joining the Buffs.
They claimed they hadn’t been able to be themselves or form close relationships with their coaches at their former stops, and that it was a hindrance to their play and personal lives. Since arriving in Boulder, that hasn’t been a worry of theirs, as they’ve formed tight bonds with Coach Prime and other members of the staff.
Freshman offensive lineman Xavier Payne gave his thoughts on the Buffs’ unique closeness with their head coach as well. Although this is his first season at the college level, Payne still identified how unique an experience like Coach Prime’s leadership retreat is.
As the team takes shape ahead of the 2026 season, the retreat, as well as what the players learned from Ramsey, will play major roles in their chemistry. Sanders’s players are bought in, and the program’s leadership appears to have made great strides since 2025.
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LIAM HOWARDLiam Howard is a Colorado Buffaloes On SI beat reporter and a men’s basketball beat writer and sportscaster for Sko Buffs Sports. A Longmont, Colorado native, he has built a diverse portfolio across sports media, with experience in broadcast production, graphic design, and documentary storytelling. Known for his detailed coverage of college athletics, Howard is also the founder and host of SBS Football Live, where he provides thoughtful analysis and original reporting.
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