Immediately after Baylor finished the 2017 season at 1-11, Matt Rhule said, “Absolutely, we’re going to a bowl game next season.”
Not one to shy away from his prediction, Rhule handed Verkedrick Vaughns an award at the Green & Gold game and said, “He will lead our defense this fall as we go to a bowl game together.”
Those predictions seem wildly off base given last year’s results. The Bears lost 11 times. Liberty—a school known for the politics of its presidents and led by a head coach who helped bring Kansas football to disaster—beat Baylor at home.