WALK HUMBLY) and Bible passages (I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH CHRIST.) adorn the lobby of the sparkling new $36 million sweat palace known as the Simpson Athletics and Academic Center. A billboard towering over nearby I-35 proclaims that Baylor is DISCOVERING TRUTH T-shirts give easy instructions (ACT JUSTLY. As for those in need of ironic contrast, God will provide.
McCaw's line will no doubt send the hypocrisy police scrambling to cite the nose-snapping punch that Lady Bears 6'8" superstar Brittney Griner delivered to a Texas Tech opponent in March 2010, and every questionable (or, to Baylor fans, aggressive) recruiting move by men's basketball coach Scott Drew. Talking such talk, of course, is akin to walking onto a target range with a bull's-eye on your heart Baylor is all but asking for it. A sweet-faced boy grips a large yellow sign with a message out of Deuteronomy 7:2: SHOW THEM NO MERCY. The Bears jog out amid billows of liquid nitrogen. By the time warmups are over, the face-painted, green-and-gold-kitted fans are wound up to a screaming pitch, spurred on-this being the world's largest Baptist university-by the band's wheezy rendition of Livin' on a Prayer. Who doesn't? Today's nationally featured game against Missouri represents the first top five showdown in the history of the Baylor men's program and the first time tickets sold out in advance. "There's great things going on at Baylor, and no one wants to miss out. "Look what's going on: Our women's volleyball team made the playoffs our women's soccer team made the NCAA tournament football team's Number 12 in the men's basketball team was Number 3," says Griffin who, despite being projected as a top three NFL draft pick, seriously mulled returning to school for his senior season.
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