Aug. 2, 2008
Read official "View From The Hill" blog about fall practice
Art Briles put his Baylor squad through its second day of fall camp Saturday, when the Bears went through two and a half hours of practice in shorts and helmets.
The Baylor players have an off-day Sunday before resuming fall camp Monday with a 3:30 p.m. practice. The Bears will don shoulder pads for the first time Monday. [Briles quotes below]
NOTES: Saturday morning the team took part in its annual picture day, posing for team, group and individual photos on the Floyd Casey Stadium turf... Baylor opens its 2008 season Aug. 28 when it hosts 2007 Meineke Bowl champion Wake Forest at Floyd Casey Stadium in front of a national television audience on FSN.
BAYLOR PREVIEW ON FSN SOUTHWEST
A half-hour season preview special on Baylor football will air throughout the month on FSN Southwest leading up to the season-opening game vs. Wake Forest. The preview features head coach Art Briles as well as wide receiver Thomas White, offensive lineman Jason "Smooth" Smith and defensive tackle Vincent Rhodes. The show will be carried on FSN Southwest and FSN Houston in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and parts of New Mexico and also will be shown nationally on Fox College Sports and other FSN regional networks in Big 12 and SEC markets. Show schedule below (all times Central):
FSNSW 2008 Baylor Football Preview
Monday, Aug. 4, 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 16, 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2:00 a.m.
Thursday, Aug. 28, 6:00 p.m.
BAYLOR HEAD COACH Art Briles - Aug. 2, 2008
On how he wants this football team to be viewed:
"The thing that we are trying to stress is how we have to be viewed as a football team. If it's hot, we want it hotter. If I am tired, I want to be more tired. If I am hurt a little bit, let me have something else hurt because whatever we are dealt, we have to overcome. That's the type of football team we have to be and that's the personality we have to have. That's the thing our players are getting to and that's the thing we are getting to as a staff. We have to be a tough-minded football team."
On player's dealing with the hot weather:
"I guess it's warm and they need water. Our guys are in great shape. That's just the way the world works... If you get 105 people out here you are going to have one or two cramps."
On Saturday's practice:
"We weren't quite as sharp as what we would like to be, but when you are in shorts and a t-shirt and you are not running the football because you don't want to risk somebody getting hit, then it can get a little unclean."
On players who stood out today:
"Defensively I think Krys Buerck has really looked good, as has Jason Lamb. Jason Smith plays with great tenacity and great effort and is always going to be right up there. I am pretty pleased with the way our running backs are seeing the holes. Their vision has been pretty good for the limited amount of time that we are running the ball right now. Ray (Sims) is a talented guy who has great feet and soft hands, so he brings something different to the table."
On freshmen who are catching the coach's eye:
"The obvious ones are Robert (Griffin) and Kendall (Wright), but some of those other guys are really good players too. We feel good about our class, and that is why we recruited them. Romie (Blaylock) is in the mix because he plays with great effort and passion. If you combine that with some talent you have a chance to have a really good football player, and whatever he's got he gives."
