re: Speculation Time: What school will court and win the DGB lottery?

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he has Briles written all over him.

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I agree... Baylor Basketball was a dry run for Baylor Football. Baylor was so bad in sports and needed to turn things around, so they dropped their character requirements for its athletes, which is partially why they sucked from 1995-2007.

Baylor Basketball began the experiment. They started taking chances on risk players with character issues, and it paid off in 2008 with an NCAA tourney bid.

Then they hire Briles and start doing the same thing for football, recruiting talented risk players who other established schools don't want to gamble on. It paid off last year with a Big 12 title.

Eventually this system has to come crashing down on itself unless Briles really is that good at keeping the prison yard in order.