Football Shootout Vs. Texas Tech To Air On FSN
6/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
June 3, 2011
Kickoff for the 2011 Baylor-Texas Tech Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Shootout at Cowboys Stadium has been set for 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, Nov. 26 and will be televised nationally on FSN, the Big 12 Conference announced Friday as part of its early season telecast package release.
The Shootout vs. Tech, in which Baylor is the designated home team, is the Bears' third announced television contest of the season. Previously announced were the Sept. 2 opener vs. TCU (to be telecast on ESPN at 7 p.m. CDT) and Dec. 3 regular-season finale vs. Texas (on ABC at 2:30 or 7 p.m. CST), both at Floyd Casey Stadium in Waco.
"We're pumped up about more opportunities to play on national TV and the exposure for our program," Baylor head coach Art Briles said. "Having three nationally televised games already set for Baylor Football certainly shows the respect for this program and the direction we're headed."
Baylor's remaining two non-conference games are both scheduled for 6 p.m. kickoffs, home contests vs. Stephen F. Austin Sept. 17 and vs. Rice Sept. 24 (Parents' Weekend).
Season tickets for Baylor's 2011 season are on sale now online at BaylorBears.com/tickets or by calling 254-710-1000 or at the Baylor Athletic Ticket Office at the Ferrell Center (8-5 p.m. Monday through Friday). Packages start at just $90 and include reserved seats to each of the Bears' school-record tying seven home games this fall at Floyd Casey Stadium.
Baylor opens the 2011 season with three straight home games for the first time since 2008 and only the second time in the Big 12's 16-year history. All-told, BU will play seven home games in 2011, including four of its first five at Floyd Casey Stadium, where it posted a 4-2 record a year ago.
Baylor returns 14 starters, including 2011 Heisman Award candidate Robert Griffin III, from last year's team which went 7-6 overall and played in the school's first bowl game in 16 years. The Bears' record-breaking 2010 season, which saw them spend multiple weeks in the polls en route to a school-record for Big 12 victories, was fueled by a powerful offense that set or tied 55 school records.
| 2011 BAYLOR FOOTBALL SCHEDULE | |||
| Sept. 2 | TCU (ESPN) | 7 p.m. | Waco, Texas |
| Sept. 17 | Stephen F. Austin | 6 p.m. | Waco, Texas |
| Sept. 24 | Rice | 6 p.m. | Waco, Texas |
| Oct. 1 | at Kansas State | TBA | Manhattan, Kan. |
| Oct. 8 | Iowa State | TBA | Waco, Texas |
| Oct. 15 | at Texas A&M | TBA | College Station, Texas |
| Oct. 29 | at Oklahoma State | TBA | Stillwater, Okla. |
| Nov. 5 | Missouri | TBA | Waco, Texas |
| Nov. 12 | at Kansas | TBA | Lawrence, Kan. |
| Nov. 19 | Oklahoma | TBA | Waco, Texas |
| Nov. 26 | vs. Texas Tech (FSN) | 2:30 p.m. | Arlington, Texas |
| Dec. 3 | Texas (ABC) | 2:30 or 7 p.m. | Waco, Texas |
