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Baylor loaded with experience, confidence after playoff snub

AUG 19, 2015 at 1:15p ET

AUG 19, 2015 at 1:15p ET

WACO, Texas (AP) Baylor defensive end Shawn Oakman is a big man who certainly demands attention. He is making the season's goal for the Bears crystal clear.

''We have to be No. 1,'' said Oakman, who surprised many by returning for his senior season instead of early entry in the NFL draft. ''We have to make it to the playoffs, and we have to make it to the national championship.''

Not too many years ago, even when Robert Griffin III was winning the Heisman Trophy at Baylor, it would have been easy to dismiss what the 6-foot-9, 275-pound Oakman is saying.